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Tiny, IB would laugh at me if I tried to open a account. If I take a big hit, I'm done. My odds of getting where I want to go are probably 100:1 or more.

Congrats, keep it going. Obviously it's all luck (lol). Very inspiring.

Yes, solid as a rock. No probs.

Had no big player activity early today. Wanted to trade so took a shot with a momentum trade. Market pulled back and I wanted to add a second long at 1344.00. Was below Friday's low so I had to forget it. Market eventually went my way. Exit was early and I missed at least 1 point of extra...

I hope to take some more steps toward getting my act together during October. For weight loss my goal is to lose another 8 pounds and get down to 237 by the end of the month. I'll do this by calorie restriction, exercise at work, and as much exercise as I can at home. In trading I have...

Thanks for the inspiration. I'll do more on the health side as soon as I can. I'm not ready yet to say I'm getting my act together. Hopefully there won't be any distractions during Oct. and I can make some significant progress.

Thanks, I had looked up VWAP on the web. If I had some more time with the pro I'd have tried to understand what he was getting at with VWAP. Here's something for reference on how institutions do their buying from what the pro taught me. Large institutions don't do their own trading. Instead...

Thank you for the post. I'm familiar with the need for weight training with cardio. Unfortunately my life doesn't allow for gym activities at this time. I do a 1 hr. cardio 6 nights per-week by mopping a floor followed by sweeping a parking lot. The other day (my day off) I exercise for a hour...

Monthly statement Sep. 2006 3 of 3 11 trades 11 wins 0 losses Net +521.06 Ave. net per-contract +47.37

Monthly statement Sep. 2006 2 of 3

Monthly statement Sep. 2006 1 of 3

I've said "I give up a bunch of times in the past year". Only problem was the next day I woke up and still had to come up with something. Laying in the gutter and getting drunk is not an option. No matter what I'll keep on trying. If I lose a bunch of money, obviously I'll have to sell my house...

Over the weekend I'll post my plan for October. If my broker sends out the monthly statement, I'll post it also. One thing that's helped me lose weight is keeping a journal of food I've eaten. I keep track of the calories each day and it's a little game I've made to see what I can substitute...

I tried a trade. Nothing on the radar so I tried a momentum trade (lol). Long at 1347.50. Of course it went against me until it dropped down to 1346.25. Then I saw some institutional activity setting up to buy. I wanted to put on a second long but it wasn't in the plan so I sat on my hands. The...

No institutional activity so far today. Looks like large spec traders are throwing money away. They keep moving the ES futures and the index arb folks are punking them. Seems silly to try to get off a trade in this mess. Hopefully the spec's will give up and let the market do what it wants...

Last night was my day off. Felt lousy yesterday so I went to bed at 4 pm. Didn't wake up until 4am today. Have a cold and still feel lousy. Tried to do normal trading today but everytime I saw a trade, by the time I got ready to send in a order, the market had already moved. After missing 3...

Took a trade based only on momentum. No trades from my normal method. Soon after entry I was sure the trade would be no good. Price action was bad. When tick went over 1,000 I exited the trade. Hopefully tomorrow will have some decent opportunities. +18.96

Could the lack of interest by institutions today be due to the 3 day settlement on stocks? Yesterday would have been the last trade date to settle this quarter. If so, tomorrow there could be lots of selling as they unload the "window dressing".

Been exhausting time watching the markets today. Two opportunities at short trades, but each time the ES dropped by .5 before I could get a trade off, so I balked. The first shot was around 9:10 CT. No opportunities to get long. Market has been trading normally just about the whole day. No...

9/26 Trading When I started my trading process after the open, the market was very strong. I started up my trade entry software and by the time I had the DOM up the ES had moved to 1337.00. I figured I missed the entry but the market was nice enough to come back down to 1336.00. At that...