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The day was a wash here. Started off w/ a bad read, getting sucked in long after the reports, and then basically downhill from there, both literally and figuratively - lol. Now it's off to stare at more numbers, as I have a date w/ Turbo Tax - oh, the joy :( Have a nice weekend!

Hindsight is always so educational (and humbling). Nice setup this a.m. - hope ya' all captured it :)

Thanks, trendtech - I will just say I am attempting to apply Jack's methods. Unfortunately, when I showed up, I was already totin' a mess of ingrained bad habits. Amongst those, most notably, is runnin for the door when I see a few green bars on the DOM. For me, it is a very difficult mindset...

The net is certainly decent by my standards, but I'm feeling frustrated as hell here. For most of the trades, I always felt like I was just diddlin in the middle, and the few good points of entry I was able to locate, I choked off the trade in quick order. Guess I need to either except my plight...

I believe Krutsinger used to help develop systems for Larry Williams - at least that was the impression I got from him at a LW seminar many moons ago. Having personally spent some chunks of change before, I think you have already received sage advice from ElectricSavant. My two bits - IF...

Ain't it, tho! I still find myself mudding around a good bit of the time, but when it surfaces - the realizations make it all worth while. The main requirement is patience and perserverance - can't ya already smell that sweet scent of SUCCESS? :D Also, great discussions this am, guys - thanks!

Pulled the plug on any more trading today -will just keep drawing the lines this aft, until attending to other duties. Was away from the screen for this latest correction - my equities portfolio was heard exhaling a sigh of relief :confused: Fearful, tho, of what may still lay ahead.

Well, a rough tally of possible points today off the swings is somewhere around 45. Sheesh - guess its good to know I have some room for improvement. It does seem my thread idea has added some extraneous mind games here, so guess that's a good thing. :)

No kiddin' ! Very nice work!

Yep - all entries and exits will be at market - I think that will be close enough for what I'm trying to learn here. As for the balls, pulling the 'live' trigger was never a problem (in fact, always too dang trigger happy) - it was always those negative P/L's that were the bitch :D Actually...

Hi fellas - thanks for your comments. Stevegee58: the trade log is created in my front end software - Bracket Trader (http://www.bracket-trader.com/). It is designed for use w/ IB TWS - if ya happen to use IB, and want to check out BT, they offer a free version at their site (main rub w/ the...

Done for the day here. Definitely nothin to crow about - made a bunch of my typical mental errors during the session, and for whatever reason could never buy into the uptrend after the first hour or so - thnik my bias had already been implanted (lousy home sales, higher oil) and could never get...

Simulated trading IS what it is - a convenient method of 'keeping score' , but woefully lacking in 'real consequences' to the trader. Nonetheless, I've been pursuing my trading goals (dreams? ) on and off for years now, and feel I have paid more than my fair share of real tuition :D So it's...

Guess I'll be the first to subject myself to public embarassment :D Points arrived at during self-talk: 1. Price has been moving in an operating downchannel, evidenced by a series of increasing red vol bars at extreme pace. This bar was selected as I envisioned it to be the last downward...

And my thanks to you also, PrOcrast! Your always lucid discussions are, I'm sure, well received by many - and more specifically, a big help here! Cheers! ... (and green beer)

Thanks again, Spyder. All this above has indeed identified some areas of my personal study in which I need to expend some extra effort. Don't imagine that's gonna hurt me none :D Have a good one ...

These are really some excellent explanations, Spyder - thank you so much! I intend to dissect them until only the frog juice remains. :D So that there is no misunderstanding for anyone following along - I have been mumbling about differences between the data feeds of IB and Esignal, because...

Herein lies the rub - can it be quantitatively defined as to what is indeed the 'correct' data? That may be exactly what I was digging for.

Hi PrOcrast - thank you for your reply. I believe I realized early on that entering the mkt on THE FTT bar, specifically, was akin to entering on a coin flip, at least at our level and using the tools currently at our disposal. I will also add that it naturally appealed to me, as I've always...

This does raise a very valid point, and is an area which has provided me with continuing frustrations during this journey. I have been tempted to question (complain? :D ) this conundrum on various occasions. At the end of each day, I am hopeful to find a very close match on my chart when...