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I have a line in my plan that says no trades after 1400. Of course the trade that appears at 1415 would have made me a winner today. Woke up closer to 0900 due to the military overworking (worked 3 in a row 12-12-8 hours) now since the government is in so much debt and June is the peak...

Well, nothing new to report. I had to stop around 11 am due to some errands.

The past 2 days have reminded me of market wisdom I've read over the past 4 years. -More trades are not necessarily better. -The more obvious the trend is, the less likely it is to last. -All great traders have one thing in common; low risk ideas. -Most movement in the market is the result...

Well, of the 3 trades I saw and wanted to take, I took one, and exited a few ticks away from the top. There was a fourth one occured around noon that would have hit it's full target and more. The first 2 would have scratched for small losses. My execution is nearly perfect now. I've been...

Cut the second one short because I need to revise the plan. Just realized I was putting the wrong month in the photo titles, oh well.

Same thing has happened last few trading days. I had best possible entry but didn't let it go due to reversal signals.

What I'm finding is there has to be some sort of additional filter for these patterns. I had the two best possible entries today. The problem is scratching good trades. I reversed my first short to long. I didn't hold onto this long though because another reversal (short) pattern occurred...

No good reason for a loss today. First and best long trade signal occurred @ 0800. That trade would have hit it's 4 pt target. I usually get up around 0500 for work, but my body tends to want to sleep in on off days. Trading will be part time for the next few years. I think it's best that way...

Did one today and scratched it. Same thing that happened last day I was able to trade happened again. The 2nd best short trade happened in what I call a range. The 1st best short was before I was watching the market (0523). I took the best long I saw, and could have taken money from the...

No trades today. As I watched price develop, the market was sluggish. I didn't take the first trade I saw because we were in a range. Second trade I wanted to take I didn't simply because of how slow we were moving. Could have taken money off both of these trades but they wouldn't have hit...

Today is the 3rd day in a row I've made $, which is hopefully the result of my preparation. Could have made more had I been more patient. Probably the toughest thing to master is when to exit. I might need to study ranges a little more closely, even though I know most of the time my target will...

End of year equity curve. Somehow the final dollar # is off but I'll fix it for 2013. The main point is the slope of the curve. Mods, feel free to retire (close) the old me (thread).

Slow start to the year. I got back from vacation this past Sunday, and worked Mon and Tue. The stats for my refined strategy are below. I have pre-entry, entry and exit rules. As far as I can see at this point, I am leaving nothing to chance. Before anyone criticizes the sample size...

For all/most of my past trading, I have left at least one part or more of my trading up to an undetermined factor. I felt the effect as my 24k account has dwindled to 8k (-16k) after it peaked at 33k early in 2012. All of my past trading profits/losses are due to the fact that I was not...

A better trader would have made at least 3 times what I did today. I'm happy with my 4 pts. Plan execution 100% The larger time frames might have helped me stay in this trade.

I figured out the answer to a question I posted on here about alerts: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3707854#post3707854 If you create a strategy in OEC and include the "Playsound" function, it works when you run that strategy simulation on the chart. Not even the...

oh yea last time i saw a 50 point range in night session was.... never. Must be those HFT

Does anyone have alerts working in OEC? I have tried both: If ... then begin Alert("Buy Signal"); PlaySound("D:\Storage\Exclamation.wav"); end; Both of these functions compile but don't do jack. I have alerts enabled on the chart and in the program properties.

Tremendously boring day. If I had taken a trade today, it would have been a short around 830. Nearly every trade signal after that was in the same location as the previous one (market is not moving anywhere). Days like this in ES remind me that it mite be wise to have at least 2 other...

This Corey guy cracks me up.... last time his income 'sucked' he made 200k in a year. TOP < ONE PERCENT! http://www.globalrichlist.com/ I'm sitting at 88-90% as a slave :cool: