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No trades today. Couldn't get a read on any of the movement. Now I'm exhausted and get to try and sleep while rugrats ring my doorbell. Should be another exhausting night of work.

Results 10/30 Took two trades today. Both were one lots for different reasons. First trade was a long. I took a one lot with it because the entry was below Friday's low. Trade hung around and eventually got in gear. Exited correctly with a 4.25 point profit. Second trade was a afternoon...

Here are the 7 charts (all updates on 1-6 are cutoff every 6 sec.) 1). NYSE Declining issues volume 2). NYSE Advancing issues volume 3). $tick 4). ES price in bar format 5). $prem 6). VIX 7). 30 min. ES bar w/bollinger bands at +/- 1 std. dev. I'm not really into your diet. Looks...

For the week I made a total net of +469.80 so it wasn't a complete bust. With only 5 contracts traded, the average per-contract profit was 93.96 which is a great improvement from earlier trading. I didn't feel stressed out like I did in previous trading so having a stop loss in the market before...

Last week cont'd. On Wednesday I forgot it was Fed day. I decided to hang out and forget about trading for the day. On Thursday; 10/27, I found a low risk point to go short but the market moved to a average entry point before I could enter the order. I decided to put it in the market as a...

Update for last week Last week didn't go as well as planned. I only traded 5 contracts for the whole week instead of the 10 planned. On Monday I had a good buy signal but I estimated the stop loss point to be more than 4 points away from the entry. On the previous Friday the paper trades...

oh yes it will. Institutions are selling into the large specs during lunch. We'll see if they can hold it up in 90 min. I think it's a pretty good bet to hit 1379.00 before this day is up.

Market is weakening now. 1381.75 look out below!

I started to trade normally again last Thursday 10/19/2006. My goal was to get all the profit I should in the trade. While the trade only lasted about 20 min., I was very happy to capture 3.50 points. It was about .5 larger than the method because I bailed when I saw more large specs moving the...

Update I seem to have turned the corner with the problem of holding winning trades. With some professional help I was able to figure out that my problem was fear of losing. It wasn't fear of losing money. It was the fear of losing control (didn't trust myself to make the right decisions). I...

Well today was the last straw. I'm tired of the heart racing, jumpy hands, and feeling lousy because I can't hold a winning position. With the help of this board and particularly austinp, I've figured out that I'm not ready to trade just yet. I think I may be suffering from Situationally Bound...

Thanks everyone for your help. In surfing the net I found a self assessment for panic disorder. At the end it summarizes your responses and asks if this is an accurate picture. It was me exactly! Situationally Bound Acute Panic Disorder. I've already put in a call to the psychologist I was...

I don't know. I checked my pulse before putting on the trade and it was 65. 10 minutes into the trade it was 128. Only way I've found so far to cut the stress is to put on a stop and walk away for 20 min. Unfortunately my method requires I stay in and watch carefully. I'll check the web for self...

I'd love to. How? I'm not willing my heart to go nuts. Deep breathing is making my head light. The position size is insignificant so it can't be fear. At least I don't think it is.

ok, my heart beat is over 100, I'm feeling super stressed, and I have a knot in my stomach. I'm thinking about them but they seem to be kicking me right now. I want to feel relaxed and a disengaged observer. How do I get to the point where they weaken?

At that time I saw no institutional activity. The first sign I saw yesterday was buying between 10:45 and 10:50 ET. I think what you saw was large spec shorting trying to trigger stops.

I'm trying to work toward trading the entire session. Right now I often tire just after lunch, so I end up watching and missing some good opportunities. 5-6 hours of sleep is usually fine for me. On the big day this week I was exhausted because I got myself so worked up the day before and missed...

I don't know why. Maybe it's because futures normally lead equities.

This week net +395.64 Last week net +282.30 # r/t's this week 9 # r/t's last week 5 Ave. trade this week +43.96 Ave. trade last week +56.46 Net profit increased this week mainly due to increased trading frequency. Also 2 of the 5 days I had 2 contracts open concurrently. None of the...

Felt sick most of the day. +100.42