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Agreed. Thanks. Before this thread I had all the major indicators on my screen (Stochs, MACD, RSI, MA's). Was always trying to find a way to make these work. I also looked at ADV/DEC, $TICK, $TRIN. I had good days, but mostly bad days. A good day was if I made more than $100, but looking...

I normally trade 2 contracts on the sim, but today and some of yesterday I traded only 1 contract. This was so I could widen my stops but maintain the same amount of risk. And today I actually did better fake money wise than I normally do with 2 contracts.

Anyone else have issues with Tradestation today freezing up when action got quick? If not then it's my internet.

R, On a day like today and initial stop loss of 4 points makes sense, but on any normal volatility day I don't use a stop loss greater than 2 points. And that is just the initial stop loss entered as an OCO. I usually get away with moving to about 1.5 points on a normal day (not today). I...

Almost same here. Up over 500. Lost 200 due to over trading. Possible head and shoulders forming, not at the high of the day though.

I am a rookie (paper trading for 5 months). I thought I would add something that I have seen many times and I don't think it has been specifically addressed in this thread. I think these may be common knowledge, but I wanted to post a chart of todays action to show what I mean. It has to do...

increase, Anek trades all e-minis except the YM due to the lower liquidity of the YM. Right now it seems he trades the NQ the most, but I assume he trades whatever offers the best setups and R/R at the time. All this can be found if you read through the thread.

Thought I would post a chart for once instead of lurking. Things I need to work on are, 1. Overtrading. 2. Letting winners run. The thing I did best today was absolutely no big losers. My accuracy was 50%, but my winners were more than 3 times bigger than my losers. So a nice 8...

babe, I believe Anek was taking an aggressive entry playing that DT with the trend. He has mentioned before in this thread that he will sometimes make an aggressive entry on DT and DB with the trend, because the risk is extremely small. This is different than trying against the trend.

W top just now in the NQ. Or atleast that's what it looks like to me.

A good trade does what I expected it to, and reaches the profit potential I originally intended and I am relaxed while this happens. A good trade does the opposite of what I expected it to, but I recognize this quickly and get out with a minimal loss. A bad trade does what I expected it...

http://www.briefing.com/Investor/Private/Calendars/EarningsCalendarThisWeek.htm Some big boys tomorrow morning.

-$75 (1W, 3L)

No trades on Friday.

My worst day since simulating by a lot. Should have been an easier day, but I kept trying to fight the trend. Embarassing. (0W, 9L) -$405 I think I may have to increase my winning percentage. I don't know what do you guys think.

This thread seems to have gotten a little stagnant. I want to try and add to it. This is my first post on ET. I have studied the markets for a litttle over a year, and have done a little trading during that time. Made a lot of the rookie mistakes. In fact I am still making a lot of the...