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Great thread, thanks for sharing! :) Best trading, Jorge

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Yesterday: I had work to catch up on, so I stayed at the office doing overtime (European time)... what could go on the day before inventories... missed the move completely. Today: market stop at 137.45, got filled at the end of the line at 136.3 - about 480 contracts got filled before mine...

Yeah, could open a Starbucks :D

Hi Neke, Sorry about your loss, but think about this: you're up for the year and you have great weeks (I know, I know 10% up for a week is not that great to you) too regularly to be just a matter of random luck. It just seems that every once in a while you get in a downward spiral and start...

Hi Champion, What's your stop-loss for trading with 10 tick targets? I trade with an 8 tick hard stop loss, although if it moves 4-5 ticks against me I get out (when I can) before it's hit. My target is usually around 50 ticks, but I've been thinking lately of using smaller targets (10-20)...

Hi Maildigger, Have you continued to test your strategy? Best trading, Jorge

Hi, where could I find T&S for CL and QM, please? Thank you, Jorge

In most firms you have to cough up the whole margin (as of today almost 12,000 USD), but in a few they have lower intraday margins (as low as 2,000, I hear, although I trade with IB and it is the full margin). There is also a e-mini contract at half the price and size. So in order to make...

So true.

Amen to that. Good to see you up again, Neke. What's your plan for the next half of the year? Are you going to revise your target/plan? Do you have a monetary goal to quit your job or will it be a function of how well you're trading. Man, it really takes some cojones to take those 10%...

Hahahaha, that was funny BigHog, I like your smiley, where did you get it? Just for the record: -Trade for myself, not interested in a job -36 years old -Backpacked round the world... if you know what I mean :p -No zits, but hey I've been there! -Never had a PS, XBox, etc. and *almost*...

So true Baldur! By the way, nice station, but how do you absorb all that information at the same time? Or do you use most screens for a preliminary analysis and then concentrate on just a few graphs? Best trading, Jorge

Hey! You use a gamepad for entering trades? I thought I was the only one! (I had never seen anyone else do it, crap I thought I was so unique and original). How exactly do you use it? Just for scalping, news/high volatility, or regular trades? Best trading, Jorge

TraderGreq, First of all, best luck in your endeavor, it's always great to see somebody young, ambitious and determined. FWIW, I suggest you consider the following (not that you do it, but that you think about it and see if you might want to make some adjustments to your plan): 1) This...

So true, Cutten, thank you for the great post on tactics. Incognito, thank you for opening the thread and particularly for your comments on entering on the counter after the stops have been run. Any specific ideas on how to keep the thread serious and productive? Increasenow, even though...

Sorry about your week Neke :( FWIW, I think that when trading out of the money options that are about to expire you have to seriously consider the possibility of them expiring worthless (or quickly dropping to near zero before you have the chance to sell them). Therefore, as Target0 points...

Good to see you're up (I would say that 7% is way better thank just "ok", but I know you're a perfectionist :D ) Good job, keep it up! Best trading, Jorge

Sorry about your loss, Neke. What do you think that happened? Was it lack of tuning in with the market, a deviation from your plan...? Hey, at least you didn't short oil. Have a nice weekend, I'm sure next week week you'll get back on track. Best trading, Jorge

Hi Neke, I'm glad that you ended up positive, you're still keeping a really good average lately and hey, as long as you don't incur in huge losses you know that the good and double good weeks are going to be there. Do you have a cut-off trading point where if you lose x amount for the day...