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I know the whole deal about indicators are not a holy grail etc. I don't use an indicator as a sole trigger. For those that are using stochastics, I wonder exactly how you are using them. What are the stochastics doing when you decide to make a trade decision? Some examples : 1) When I...

Wow, does thinkorswim have a data feed that i can plug into Ninja? And this data feed has internals (TICK ADD)?

I believe you can yes. I also use 2 machines though so it's not a problem to have the other machine on a different data feed.

I'm using Zenfire w/ NinjaTrader and zenfire doesnt seem to support TICK and ADD. I wonder, is there some other way I can get TICK and ADD? I'm with Mirus, not IB, so I can't use the IB feed. I prefer not to register with another broker. Is there a way to do this for free without registering...

Today is proving out to be pretty useless. # of trades: 9 # of winning trades: 3 % winning trades: 33% YM points profit: -26 Today's trading Action all day was not wavy, the first 2 hours price was stuck in a narrow range, not doing a whole lot. I didn't get the wavy action I like...

I wanted to post my thoughts about puretick.com since it was the first time I went into their room today. I am using their trial subscription. I gotta say that I was really happy with what I saw. This is the first chatroom / shadowing service that I've used (except for ThinkOrSwim's shadow...

First day trading live on the YM (playmoney) and it was pretty good. I also jumped into puretick.com (more on this below) and have good things to say on that. Performance - # of Trades: 10 - # of Winners: 8 - % Winning Trades: 80% - # of YM points profit (after commisions): 10...

mine also squeeks. I saw a post while searching google about camtasia / adobe flash player having a bug http://www.fabianlim.name/camtasia-chipmunk-audio-bug-fix i think they have a patch that can be downloaded to fix the squeeking, but the person making the video (spectra) needs to...

-- Weekly Performance Summary - Tuesday March 4 - Friday March 7 -- # of trades - 30 # of winners - 24 % winning trades - 80% # of ES ticks profit - 24 I'm pretty happy with the performance above for my first week. It was all done on the ES.. In order to have smaller swings, lower...

I've attached a chart from a replay session I've been doing this afternoon. YM. I plan to switch to YM this week since I expect to start with real-money using the YM instead of ES at first. The chart shows the wavy action that I look for. I've circled a few points where price clips top of...

Yeah, I plan to switch to real money once I am reasonably consistently profitable. Probably 2 or 3 weeks I think. To be clear though, I am not using simulated data. I am using a real-time data feed (IQ Feed) and placing orders in real-time. I'm just not using real dollars. I will post...

I guess what is the difference between Market Order and Market if touched? I understand that a Market Order will execute right away, whereas a market if touched will execute when price moves through your target. With a market stop order, there is a target associated, so is it the same as a...

So, let's say margin for 1 ES contract is $3500.. This means I buy about $65 000 of S&P contracts for only $3500.. So, thats about 20:1 leverage. Assuming I buy 1 contract, what happens when S&P tanks? 1) The broker (mirus or openecry most likely) will close my position when...

Mixed bag today.. I started out in the red early on this morning but managed to dig myself out of it into profitability right before lunch (barely). Performance - # of Trades: 5 - # of Winners: 4 - % Winning Trades: 80% - # of ES ticks/points profit (after commisions): 2 (0.5)...

Another good day today, mostly doing what I did on Tuesday. Am I trading well on the 2 of 3 winning days so far? Or am I just getting lucky with the market following my orders? We'll find out in a few more sessions. Performance - # of Trades: 8 - # of Winners: 7 - % Winning Trades: 87.5%...

After commissions: My average loss for these 2 days is $99 per trade (4 losers) My average profit for these 2 days is $33.75 per trade. (13 winners) My order goes in with a 2-point stop loss and a 1-point or 1.5 point take profit. If I don't see the trend moving how I want, I bring that...

Bad day today - Maybe I should have started the journal tomorrow :) Performance - # of Trades: 5 - # of Winners: 2 - % Winning Trades: 40% - # of ES ticks/points profit (after commisions): -22/(-5.5) Today's Trading - Tried to do the same as yesterday (catch top/bottom of waves)...

Does anyone know what that huge runup from 33 to 39 was? It was about 5 minutes after ISM, I think the ISM run was from 31 to 33 earlier, so what happened at 10:12 EST?

Ah, that's right, it's ~ $5 for each round-trip, I was doing $5 each way. An updated performance section: Performance - # of Trades: 12 - # of Winners: 11 - % Winning Trades: 92% - # of ES ticks/points profit (after commisions): 25/6.25 Thanks!

Good day today - that's probably why I decided to start posting a journal today :D Performance - # of Trades: 12 - # of Winners: 11 - % Winning Trades: 92% - # of ES ticks/points profit (after commisions): 20/5 Today's Trading - Mostly just straight-up discretionary trading -...