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Eyeballing your chart, your fast stoch looks a lot closer to the stoch that I used for entry. Thanks for the chart - I'll have to do some more tweaking.

I'm using CyberTrader as a platform, and frustratingly, they don't support the full stochastic oscillator, so I've tried to rig my own from the %K and %D directly. For %K, I have a period of 14, and a slowing factor of 1. For %D I have a period1 of 14, period2 of 3, and a slowing factor of...

It looks like in my keenness, I mis-read the stochastics. They're very much turned around by now, and I just got stopped out for a 2% loss with narry a twich in my direction. I did see the 14000 block trade, but as it was on the open (not uncommon to see a large consolidated print) and the...

Posted by Spydertrader on 05-26-05 07:10 PM: I use a thirty minute chart for intraday monitoring of equities. The settings for MACD Histogram and The Stochastic Indicator are as follows: MACD (5, 13, 6) Stoch (14, 1, 3) I report the %D line (Green Line in Quotetracker). Although...

My first try at a Hershy trade: long CKCM at 19.74 for 100 shares. Volume exceeded LBDU, and on the 30 min chart, the MACD was positive (though converging), stochastics were 82, no gap up, and no single large trade. I draw the trend lines and it seems close to the top. The big move off the...

I just ran the stocktable scan, and got my final universe as a paltry: ASPV BTUI CTRN GROW IIG JOBS RACK TSCM I assume that the difference is because you are continually adding to your final universe over time and mine is brand new. I just didn't realize how big a difference it would be...

I've spent almost two months reading through the background materials, but am new to trying to trade the Hershey method, so please excuse my newbie questions. I've gone through the steps to build a Final Universe and then scan through it for DU volume, but over the last few days, nothing has...

You can find martys's original instructions at: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=897925#post897925

I made some minor additions to martys's Java filter program. The failure notice now gives some more description of what failed and I've added in the earnings date (grabbed from zacks.com) for additional information. I PMed martys, and he says that he has moved on to other projects and is...

Spydertrader, I see meeting20060413a split up into about 20 pieces but I don't see parts B, C, or D which you mentioned. Have they been merged into the big split, or are you still planning on uploading them? Thanks for a great journal.

Anyone want to try for another trader lunch hook-up this month? With the two holidays coming up (Canadian & US), the big question is if anyone will still be in the city on Friday afternoon :) If you would like to make it, which days are best?

I booked a table for 6 at 2:00pm, this Friday the 28th of April at Steamworks under the name 'elitetrader.com' so we will have an easy way to meet. Here's a map if you need directions: http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=375+Water+Street,+Vancouver,+BC&hl=en&om=1 Hope to see you all there!

At 2:00pm, there shouldn't be a problem getting a table or being heard no matter where we go. Advantage of working on Eastern Time while living on the West Coast :)

Not sure if a beer night ever came through, but why don't we try for another? How is Friday the 28th? We could meet at Steamworks by the sea bus, which is hopefully central and easy to access. Anyone have a preference for time? We could try for 2:00 and wind down from the week together...

TD is a big Canadian bank, but check out the daily volume.

Trader1626, I traded PHM (a cheaper homebuilder) today and it was nice. I enjoy the volatility and it seems like there is potential to make money off of all of the fire sales that it throws. These seem to be more momentum plays, and I only did about 35 trades in it today. I know many...

esmjb, As I said to Steve, I'm trying to trade stocks that won't move much more than 0.03-0.05 in a minute so that I have a better chance of exiting my losses without taking a big hit. Currently, I've been trading EMC and JPM, but I've tried some other highly liquid NYSE stocks. Some like...

Steve, I'm very curious about how you trade. True, right now I'm trading cheaper, slower stuff 'cause I'm having troubles keeping my losses under control. If you'd be able offer insight into your strategies, I'd sure appreciate it. And if you have any tips just for me, hey, bonus! :)

I'm at a prop firm and they're (strongly) encouraging me to scalp. At a minimum, they say I should be doing 100 trades per day, and looking at the figures of scalpers in the P/L thread, this seems like a bare minimum. I kind of enjoy the process, but I'm having some problems. I think one of...

Spent some time working on visualization, studying charts, and reading some books. Stepped down my share size and tried to restrict my purchases to only the highest probability entries. In the morning, I made $12 and lost $3 on a dozen trades. Over lunch, I lost most of this, then made some...