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Just curious what others are tracking.... beyond the normal trades/profit/loss/percentages...etc... One thing that I do track are the trades I DID NOT take, but was tempted to. If you are not doing that, try it. It is absolutely amazing the high percentage of "no-go" trades that would...

Okay, today is day #1 with real money... stayed out of the chop, sat out for the crazy swing with the Oil report at 9:30 CST one little Long at 11:22 PST... 9 tick profit today was a great start, sitting on my hands is a really important skill I have worked hard on

Who knows. I was short and caught 40 ticks. But of course it went crazy down really got after I exited.

yes I meant 930 CST... I will update

got ya.... yeah, it is pretty obvious on the charts that it can go crazy when the report is released... we went up 70 ticks then down 90 in just 6 minutes... can you say stop out!

I want to make sure I got this correct... the report is released at 9:30 AM CST/Chicago time on Wednesdays... I understand that alot of CL traders opt to stay out of any trade for the 10 mins before and 10 mins after the report is released due to substantial volatility... Is that all correct?

I have been watching CL now for a few weeks... DAMM, so much better moves than ES or NQ... I have you guys to thank for it, I probably never would have looked at CL otherwise.

Uber has lost over $2Billion real dollars in the last 24 months... they are just bleeding money. Many of their VC investors have been vocal about their displeasure with the way the company is being run. The thing is that they still have over $4Billion left to burn. Uber could go down as the...

glad you are paying attention... you are my #1 fan.... I am honest enough to say that although I want to trade NQ and believe the opportunities are there, my entries are not as good as they need to be. okay, so there you are. Yes, I can trade ES.... but I am really sick and tired of...

I think there is something to be said for removing the Human element. No, I am not looking for fully automated, but I do believe there may be alert programs that are considering more criteria than I can stand alone

I am getting interested in alert software/services for trades. I am not looking to be in a room. More like a service that alerts or sends a Twitter message for the trade in real time. this would be to trade the Emini Futures ES, NQ, YM, TS any recommendations?

Volpri,,, you are dead on right. my entries and exits in the real world are not as favorable. and everything else you said. I am now using a set of alerts for entry and have implemented the Hull moving average to confirm go or no-go. I have to also realize that the conditions right now...

oh,,common! speedo... whatever... it just sucks, I want to trade BUT the biggest skill I have to stick to is not to trade when the conditions are not right.... I have had to learn patience

yeah yeah yeah..... don't tell me that... then my dumbass will start looking for other vehicles to trade... or better yet, let me go search for the latest trade setup that will work in this environment and jump to a whole new strategy...

ZZZZZZ..... 4 points ES Range so far today... Yukk.. summer doldrums in full swing... average range is 18 points last 12 months... and we have had some good days this month, even a 25 point range on July 6... but hey, if conditions suck you just can't trade... I compare it to being ready to...

Gotcha... I have used stops of 7 or even 8/9 for NQ... yes you are right. What takes a while to work for you or against you on ES takes just minutes or less on NQ. I am just not sure if that is gonna fit my personality. sure the ES is slow, but I think that can be good

true, very true... maybe I trade both NQ and ES... gotta make some decisions I have a monster headache... need to take a break from all this... study charts later

Well, I thought this debate for me was over. Now I am gonna sound like a nut job. I ran Sim on NQ and backtested and the results looked great. Better profits than ES. Went live with NQ this week... it has been very inconsistent for me. Results are not even close to what was in Sim. I...

not me, last 2 days trading NQ, yes with real money, I have had 5 stop out trades... and they turned on me fast,

yeah... I noticed the same thing on ES... while NQ has been very Whippy...