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short CL 86.00 zone and then 85.90 zone were the sell signals. Cover for +100 cents and have a nice day. the TST - Ninja enabled combine platform was glitched and did not begin operations today. So there was no possible chance for NT - TST participants to work today's session. NBD... just...

It really doesn't matter either way, because the days of people dumb enough to trade blind signal posts from random strangers online ended about a full decade ago. That is nothing personal, not by any means. Simply the fact that no one out there today even vaguely considers trading someone...

nothing is "easy" to trade per se... everybody has their preferences for symbols that behave in various ways. I happen to like the methodical wildness of CL, and that's not an oxymoron :) Monday I'll begin a new combine, this time $100k version with 10-lots max and -$2,000 loss / +$8,500...

I understand your point perfectly, and don't disagree. I'm sure everyone hasd ideas about what could be done differently and why. Fact is the combine parameters are what they are... we are free to take it or leave it at will. For me the trade costs should not be a factor or I did something...

Below is CL only, all days verbatim except for 10/12 (*) where initial peak equity +$3,100 by 8am est was run back down to net loss: 10/09: +1,920 / 16 contracts 10/10: +2,350 / 50 contracts 10/11: (-2,420) / 70 contracts 10/12: +3,100 / 24 contracts* 10/15: +3,920 / 40 contracts 10/16...

#1: I don't know what the commissions total was... never paid any attention to it, as bottom line is all I cared about in this equation. I can look it up later and figure that out. #2: I screwed up that combine performance with beans. The fact that I failed to meet net-profitable status with...

Don, that means a lot coming from you because I have the utmost respect for both you and your brother in this industry. As for the future? Anything is possible but I like my chances with CL alone. Today's downside continuation past the pit session open was good for +$2,650 (before costs)...

Actually, ZS and CL often have a lot in common. When grain futures are moving, they can be equally volatile if not wild. Many sessions past and future the ZS offers +$500 to +$1,000 per contract trades. I just happened to run into a particularly rangebound, sideways period. In addition to...

Collectively, I ran +$15,000 realized gains into the CL side of this account in the first eight sessions. If focused solely on CL alone, I'd have kept more than $12k of that parked inside. Today would have finished net-profitable in CL from the short side this afternoon as well. With today's...

Regardless all else, I easily met the requirements to pass combine for CL had I been focused solely on CL. It was my decision ahead of time to try and manage two symbols... a decision that was made worse by Nov ZS contract stringing sideways in dead-chop fashion rather than trendy or swinging as...

So ends this combine project of CL/ZS thru T4 platform. Wrapped up +$7,500 positive CL and net loss ZS thru nine sessions overall. After this week's presidential debate and two-day fomc market drama passes, will begin a new combine program Monday 10/20 with CL alone using NinjaTrader software...

early finish to this session: stopped for max loss and done ZS side of trading failed. Final trade today was short 10 blended from 1545 stop 47 seeking 1540 or lower. Stop was hit on the spike high, turned and rolled down thru intended profit exit.

Update: I've received numerous emails from ET addresses asking all manner of questions about where my progress stands in the combine, etc. Basically I need to accomplish the following two critera in the next two sessions traded: +3,636 or greater added gains in ZS specifically +6,926 or...

yes... and sometimes it is better crude oil versus ES or stocks day-trading and all else: once you go black, you'll never go back :cool:

I apologize for the way I responded to your earlier posts. Thought about it later on, you didn't deserve to be snapped at. Needless to say I was pissed at myself and your posts were in the way. You were right about the preparations. Most of the onlookers here pass thru and think, "ah... it's...

I can do much better... starting with keeping more, churning less and avoiding big givebacks. The idea of a profit objective and deadline threw me for a loop at first... looking back, I can see it greatly affected me when I felt pressured to come from behind after the first-day ZS draw. In...

Almost all of my trade entries are scales... 2 and then 3 in, sometimes another 5 in and then all 5 or 10 out for loss or gain. I generally lose small and win big in both block size and cumulative cents combined. The only reason for wide equity swings was trying to shoot the lights out and hit...

I don't have a screen capture program on this particular computer, but CL alone would be >$159,000 and ZS alone is < (-$4000) That includes the CL day from +$3,100 to -$2,900 just before most recent +$10,200 run-up off that low. So overall, I put $15,000+ in the CL account over eight...

well dude, I overlooked a couple of small details. I didn't happen to write down on an expanded flow sheet every parameter involved. if that means I have to repeat the process for another ten days trading CL alone... I happen to like my chances with that :)

well what can I say? you must be a superior trader to me in all regards. and I'm perfectly fine with that :cool: