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thank you

I found it... of all places on yahoo finance

well,,,, you can get it for S&P.... I guess I could use QQQ....

ARRGH... sounds simple enough.. can anyone provide a link for daily volume in shares by the day for NASDAQ... I have given up after a search on the internet...

Well, I trade NQ so I want to see if it can be of benefit. I struggle somewhat on my stops and target for profit. Do I go 5 points on stop or 6 or 7? for profit, do I shoot for +7, 10, or even 15.... can I use ATR to figure out when to exit... etc...

yup... and NQ went 44 points negative in that same 15 mins... yeah me I got short for 15pts

Thank you those are some very intelligent answers

yes,,, correct Range is more important, and with 40 - 100 points range on NQ there's a ton of opportunity. BUT, I have looked very closely at my stats,,,, one thing I find is that in the low volume times these trades take much longer to work out. Of course that's just the way it is and we...

yes that makes sense... now I have to figure out how to apply it to the NQ

Okay, before you flame me.. of course we are in the middle of summer. But this is really low volume. This is much lower than the average (I looked at S&P volume) for summer months. anyone have an idea of what's driving this?

thankkyou very much

HMM, help me on this... maybe I am mis-reading your comment. so does that mean when ATR is strong, like 8.0... that I go for a 24 point target? that would be 3X...

I have been watching ATR for NQ very closely. It seems when it is so low, like under 3.0 (this is on a 3 minute chart) that it just isn't worth it to enter a trade, even if my other criteria says to hit it. so I am considering no go on a trade if ATR is less than 3, also considering using...

Fair enough... but really, have you ever tried to explain how you short to someone... I have literally had people ask if that is illegal!

ok will do,,,, without even looking I will assume it is a long bias

totally true.... I believe if the average investor even could comprehend how a short works they would be interested. I have people all the time say "boy I guess today/this week/etc... was horrible for you" they are referring to down days/weeks.... When I say "hell no, it was awesome, I was...

Anyone interested in getting together on a regular basis to discuss trading? I live in Ventura County, work in Calabassas

Agreed,,, Stops are an absolute must have with NQ. I do feel that I get more opportunity to make up for a stop out as well. And, my entry does not have to be dead on perfecto. NQ was the first Index Future I traded starting back in 2011. I was a big enough idiot to run with "mental"...

Yeah I agree... this market has such a long bias... But I still love love love the short side. Those trades go faster and I spend less time in the shorts. I will never understand why the average investor has never shorted anything.

HMMM.... Wild? ok I can go with that. Although, I was at a Starbuks last year trading on my laptop, an elderly woman on the next table over asked what I was doing, when I explained she said "that seems pretty boring" to that I replied "it is when I'm doing it right"