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He's placing a spell on you?

Why don't you join a prop firm and get some capital and training before you frustrate yourself? Nobody can make money under your conditions.

11/13/2002 No trades today. Don’t trade in the direction of the gap, so after the market dropped the first hour I figured the day was over. Didn’t realize we’d get a strong reversal so early so didn’t have my buy stop in at HOD of first 30 minutes. So took the day off after I...

At least you don't have to fill all those forms out by hand.

@if(A1="S",B1-C1,C1-B1) The only problem with this is it defaults to long if it doesn't say "S", but it should work for what your doing.

11/12/02 Trade 1: Went long on retest of pivot +2 @ 882.25. Held with trailing stop and sold both contracts @ 888.75 for a gain of (6.5 x 2 x 50 = $650) Missed the second trade because of not transmitting my Sell Stop @ 887, for a potential gain of 5.5 x 2 x 50 = $550 ACTUAL Daily...

11/08/2002 RETROACTIVE UPDATE Trade 1: Went short at 904.00 assuming follow through from yesterdays sell down. The unanimous vote on the UN Resolution drove the market higher and I reversed at a loss of (4.50 x 2 x 50 = $450) Trade 2: Went Long at 908.50 after flipping on the...

Ouch, order entry error and missed my short entry @ 887. Looks like I might underperform my system today. :( My system says short @ 887 with stops @ 894.50, hold til close. Unfortunately I'm not on board. It's amazing it takes 5 hours to make 7 points going up and only 10 minutes going...

I think that was doher. Get body armor for that extra peace of mind, and definately don't make purchases over the internet. And don't fly or take the train now. I think the safest place for your money is your broker. It's when you start investing that it gets risky.

Thanks! :) :D

Exited with trailing stop both contracts @ 888.75 for 6.5 point gain per contract. Will wait for possible reversal today.

No trades done yesterday (Veteran's Day). Currently long 2 ES contracts from 882.25 above the pivot. Holding with trailing stop. I'll recap MTD position at end of day.

oooh political jab! Trying to send this thread to the chit chat room?

Didn't the elections already occur? Flipped my shorts and am now long from 908.25. Will hopefully ride this the rest of the day.:)

Yes, yesterdays' close at 3:15p.m. and todays open. Entered short this morning at 904, with stops a few points above the pivot.

11/07/2002 Final No trades today. Don't trade in the direction of the Gap unless it reverses. Looking to go short tomorrow around today's close (902.75) with stops around 908 (pretty tight). This system can be pretty streaky (as well as my execution abilities) so being down 2% isn't...

LOL...Especially in the spring after hybernation. That would put an end to that event.

I've broken even with my system the last 13 months following the break above/below the 30-minute bar in the direction of the gap. Recently it's been more profitable, but since it hasn't shown any positive expectancy for my system, I don't trade it. I know people have different exit rules, so...

Yes, you can't cherry pick. My problem is taking profits too soon, cutting off the positive expectancy of my system. This is probably due to increasing my size recently and not being comfortable with it. I'm going down to two contracts until I get my discipline back. This system I'm trading...

No trades today so far. I don't trade in the direction of the gap because all I've found in testing is many small losses on fakes offset by the occassional big gain (like today possibly).