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The character of the market. You never know someones true character till you have hung out with them thru the good and especially, the bad times. I know how long you have known the markets, and know you have been thru both the good and the bad times with her. Me, its only been a few...

Here's the chart. 20 trades, 5 winners, 8 losers, and 7 b/e for +7.75 ES points. Went thru my entries last night, and broke them down into High Probability and Low Probability. Took only the high prob, and still ended up with 20 trades. I want to eventually get that down to 10 or less a...

Here it is. (Papertrades) I'm taking alot of trades, every setup, so I can go back and figure out my High Probability triggers and my Low Probability triggers. These terms are stolen from NihabaAshi. Thanks N. I seem to have found something which I need to further research. Today I...

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The only thing I trade is the ES, never traded the NQ, so I do not know. Sorry about not answering your PM, lojze, been very busy with moving and getting set up. Had some business to take care of today, hopefully will be back into swing tomorrow, if IB doesn't give me fits. Oh look, another...

Sorry I didn't post. Didn't trade at all. Finished cleaning out our old apartment, and helped the same neighbor continue to move. Working on my lack of knowledge concerning TWS order entries, and dealing today with our favorite branch of the Government. Probably limited papertrading today...

Paper traded the system again today. Here it is... 11 trades, 5 winners, 4 losers, and 2 b/e for a total of 13 points minus commissions. Took every trade till I stopped to help the neighbor move. Exited early on two trades and lost out on approx 7 additional points. Show me the way...

Comments on charts. All paper trades. 10 trades, 2 winners, 5 losers, 3 b/e (+/- .50 pts.) for total loss of 3.50 pts, not including $48.00 in commissions. Of the 5 losers, 4 were shorts in an up market. As explained in the comments, I thought there was a CIT, when it was only a 38%...

Everybody, thanks for your cheers. We got moved, and I am sitting in my new office, I actually have room to breathe. Peter, I was actually thinking the same thing you posted. What If I didn't start out with a 10 pt. win???? Went over Fri. charts and tried to see what I would have done...

We are moving over the weekend. I will not be trading tomorrow, but should be back in the saddle Monday. Gonna try to solidify some exit stuff over the weekend. Have a great weekend.

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm gonna try some stuff tonight. The OCA sound like the ticket, if I can figure out the demo and see how it works. I am not as familar with TWS as I should be, and I think that is some of the problem with my trading. Thanks again.

OK. Yesterday something broke. I realized that I did not have concrete entry and exit plans with in my existing trading plan. I sat last night (after the concert) and this morning going over past charts. Decided on concrete plans. Now remember, I am a trend trader, and not a contratrend...

So, using IB, you would in this order: 1. Place the order (sell at market) 2. Place the buy limit (~ target price ie 5 pts below entry) (note: This order is transmitted and is sitting on the IB que, and when the price is hit, IB changes it to a market and it is filled.) 3. Have a buy at...

That is something I would like to do in the future. Not sure what it will entail, but would be worth it down the line. Thanks

Just printed my statement. If I would have just held onto that first trade, and exited at the close 844.00, I would have made $3,062.50 minus $4.80 in commissions. Something like a 30R trade.

Gonna start putting hard, not mental stops in the system. Gotta get stuff out of my head, cuz, it (my head) don't seem to be working so well. Gonna play with the IB demo tomorrow morning before she opens. What I would like to do is have both orders ready, and all I have to do is just...

Sorry Sean, lost 1.75 on one trade this morning. And it was a great move today. 70 pts up. NVests and I talked premarket today and we both figured that the direction was gonna be up. Had the direction down, but got stopped and didn't re-enter right away. Net for the day: -92.30

Mental stop and market, and the s/r lines are prop. info that I subscribe too.

We decided that all of out meetings would be held the last Sunday of the month, for ease of remembering. If it is a holiday weekend, the meeting will be held the Sunday before. Next meeting is August 25th at the Oaks of Weston conference room. From 1-5 pm. Yesterdays meeting went well...

Yes folks, the 3 minute chart. Played with the eSignal charting package last night and traded it today. Liked it better than the 1 min, and the 5 min. Using the 3 and 5, but taking the signals off the 3, and the 5 for confirmation. The charts have a different look, but it's all there. 3...