Search results

he may be a chump, but at least he has some chump change jingling in his pockets :).. nice trade imo.. you have to start somewhere.. be careful that using inconsistent size doesnt kill your R:R ratio though.. congrats.. :) -qwik

Just curious if there are any new firms in the DC area.. (or old ones) -qwik

if you have positive expectancy, then this is a true statement.. if you do not, no amount of self esteem will alter the outcome.. positive expectancy comes from spending alot of time with a particular setup/strategy.. knowing where your targets/stops should be.. having good psychology while...

you havent done the work to iron out the kinks in your method.. you shouldnt be "trying" tight/wide stops in real time.. this is something that you should already have set based on the results of your studies.. i spent alot of time being really dumb about this business.. i spent more time...

sheesh.. with brokers now offering 500 dollar daily margin, you can make a million with only 10k.. :D -qwik

with the continuous future you dont have to switch over on esignal but make sure that you switch months in TWS.. there isnt a charge for the IB plug-in.. -qwik

DC area here :).. northern virginia really.. -qwik

that would be really nice.. -qwik

weld sometimes time charts can hide movement within a bar.. tick charts help iron out some of that.. i prefer them personally.. -qwik

the main thing you need is a pair of handcuffs for your inner child.. -qwik

i was just going over some numbers on the last 20 openings with the dax.. velocity_trader mentioned in his journal that he trades 5 min open breaks on the dax so i decided to do some dd.. while 20 openings isnt as large a sample as i would prefer, its what i have for now.. anyway, thought i...

the "slingshot" as its called is very accurate with the ES.. in the 65-70% range.. i havent tested it with dax yet.. the idea for the sling is that the long term stoch is trending strongly up or down and then the short term makes a sharp turn in the opposite direction.. when the short term...

Grob, the macd settings are way out of whack.. i was on my laptop and just grabbed an old template to use as an example for stochs.. i spent the last couple of days re-reading this thread and was hoping to re-ignite some on topic discussion.. i dont use macd as a primary tool but...

you can go ahead and start expecting to make 99999999%.. -qwik

one of the more interesting ideas ive seen with Stochastics i learned from an old guy in the dacharts room.. its a longer period stochastic imposed over a shorter period stochastic.. the idea being to trade divergences in the direction of the longer period.. there are actually quite a few...

sounds like he trades time between a few women.. -qwik

if you MUST win, you wont.. if you put too much pressure (financial) on yourself it will be difficult to put that out of your mind and trade from a peaceful perspective.. im a single guy and was full time trading for 3 years.. i couldnt imagine what it would have been like if i had been...

nice post :).. but um.. you were keeping this a secret? -qwik

possibly a little weed? -qwik

This means nothing to the markets.. its WAY too early to tell anything.. Kerry cant beat bush.. none of the dwarfs can unless there is another 9-11 between now and election.. -qwik