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Is CL a lot easier to trade than other markets? Everytime I read this thread you guys seem to be raking in pretty good profits, but in other threads people seem to be struggling much more often. If it's easier to trade what makes it that way?

I have an old account set up already with ZenFire, but all I ever see advertised is CQG. Is one better than the other? I'll be trading CL-oil, NQ, 6E.

I sim-traded all day. I'm worn out, and it's not even real money. It always amazes me how quickly the market can crush you on a trade if you just lose focus or discipline for a moment, especially in this choppy, all-over-the-place stuff. You have to stay on top of every little detail. I...

Well I'm not as knowledgeable about all this stuff as I want to be, so I'm probably asking dumb questions. I just have a normal home computer all by itself with Verizon DSL. What would happen on an extremely busy day if I had my computer & you had your computer (which I'm sure is way better...

I think I've asked before, but I still don't understand what benefit really fast internet speed has for typical daytrading. Mine is 1.45 Mbps download, 0.48 Mbps Upload, 51 ms Ping. I daytrade about 20 trades per day holding for minutes at a time usually (sometimes seconds), and I've never...

Anyone know why the volume is so low today? Is it a holiday somewhere?

Keep it & go for 89.50 tomorrow !!!

Thanks for that chart & explanation. I forgot to keep the lines going also. I might have hung on for that big move at the end if I would've had my trendlines drawn. I'm going to be sure to do that from now on.

Not too long ago in my distant past I would've shorted & been stopped out 5 times by now blowing out my account. Glad I don't do that anymore. Not fun.

Good call !!!

I hopped on board using the 1 minute & got 30 ticks. Too bad it's all fake money !!! :) Up 103 ticks today.

Wow..............everyone woke up. Went from 1000 volume to 6838 volume. Wish I was on the bus, but the choppy day wore me down.

Only 1000 volume on the 11:00 bar. That's just sad. I say it spikes to 83.92 & then drops right back down.

Man it's choppy today. You have to leave your original stop in place & sit on your hands otherwise the chop will get you. Pretty low volume today compared to the 10 day avg. Here are the last 12 bars vs the 10 day avg volume: -37% -55% -33% -39% -43% -35% -33% -48% -58% -40%...

That's one of the big things I'm working on too. I can make money most days now, but I'm often not happy with how sloppy my trading is. Yesterday I made a lot of "fake" money & traded very well, so I'm making progress. I think Josh mentioned in another post that some days his trading just...

I traded from 10:09 to 2:05. I guess it was spread pretty evenly. Caught 50 ticks on my last trade buying at 1:58 & selling at 2:05. Got 30 ticks buying at 1:41 & selling at 1:48. Got 41 ticks shorting at 10:43 & covering at 10:45. (missed a big drop on that one) Nothing else...

Well at least I can keep up with you for 1 day............with fake money. :) I'll try this live once I can go an entire week following my plan & trading with discipline. I have this gambling mentality or lack of discipline or brain fog or whatever you want to call it that just creeps...

How many points do you guys make per contract on a day like today? I'm up 187 today in sim for 1 contract & all done for the day. Is that comparable to what you guys do on this type of day..........just wondering if it's fair, good, or really good. Here's a 10-day average of...

When I'm watching my charts from NinjaTrader-ZenFire I have a timer on the bottom that counts down the seconds until the bar is completed. Often when it gets down to about 5 or 6 seconds it just jumps to the next bar all of a sudden. It's like I have a 5 or 6 second lag or something. Is...

I could've written those exact words. That's exactly what I do. I'm so afraid of missing a move I take trades, where looking back, there was no reason in the world to take them. Then I think I'm Nostradamus & try to anticipate entry triggers forming before they actually form. It really...