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Not been many more trades for me today. Been mainly reading trading material today. Currently up on the day. 4 trades. 3 wins. 1 loser so far.

Exactly! And that's kind of my issue with the term 'edge' I believe that pretty much nobody here on ET has what I would call 'an edge'. That term gets thrown around all the time nowadays. I think of it as a clear 'advantage' over others. Most of us are all looking at the same...

Kind of my thoughts, too. How does one every really know if they have an 'edge'? Isn't it always a matter of current market conditions 'suiting' your methodology?

good start to the day. Bought CL on that break up a few minutes ago for +294

real money. Only trading 1 contract most of the time now, and I occasionally place trades with my CFD broker instead of my futures account, but forget about that for the moment. Trying to keep size small until I find something that I believe gives a genuine 'edge' (not that I'm even sure...

Day 13 = +187 Was up about $600 at one point, but that non stop ES rally took back most of my gains. Winning day at least. Still need some good days tomorrow and friday to try to make it a winning week though

Do any of you look at intermarket divergences? Say the ES is making lower lows, but the NQ is holding steady and making higher lows. I think in that situation, most people would look at buying the ES. But why, though? (assuming i'm right) Why not short the NQ based on the fact that the ES...

still in by the skin of my teeth so far. See what happens I guess

Got beaten up by the powerful rally on the ES! Still, I see that the same rally also caught out most of the much more experienced traders over in the 'livecall' ES journal thread, so I guess I shouldn't feel too bad! Around Breakeven on the day at the mo

Isn't an edge just a system/method that is in tune with the current market conditions? If so, hit system could maybe start making money if the market conditions happened to change enough!?

short 1552.5 ; stop at 1555

Quick recap. Week 1 = +643 Week 2 = +927 ----------------------- Monday (-$794) Tuesday +$400 Wed: so far today, just a small trade on oil. Only using 1 contract on oil up about $250 or so. Still down for the week. Need to find some good trades.

lost some of the earlier gains. Didn't see a drop as big as that on the cards on the ES. Ending the fay up about $400 Off out for a few beers. Pinkman, out.

out for +8 Much better day than yesterday so far.

moving stop up to 1.5558 to lock in 8 ticks profit

moving stop up to 1.5541, so max loss is now 9 ticks

tried a long on cable here.

OK start to the day. shorted ES a few hours ago near the high at 1648. Looked like it was struggling to go higher and I took the short. closed it for +3 ES points. Also caught a few ticks on a cable trade. Up around $300 so far this morning. Need to go some to wipe out yesterdays...

I wasn't aware I had, lol.

Day 11 = (-$794) Various failed CL short entries. Price eventually tumbled once I'd given up trying to short it. Hopefully better luck tomorrow.