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Great post. Really great post. I'd say I feel much the same way about most of those things! The walk is a good idea. This is another problem of mine... Whenever I accumulate a shit-load in a very short time, particularly on a single trade (like a sudden 30pts on DAX), I tend to get really...

Actually, both. Or more like passion over profit, even! I though I could make trading "just a job", but on the other hand, it isn't "just a job". It's a passion. And I think you need passion in anything you do if you want to be really successful. That's why I kind of left my old business behind...

Wow madf - That's a mad setup indeed... Kinda just "floating around like a mad fish on the desktop"... :D And I'm trying to squeeze out every millimeter out of every monitor... :( Attached is my own setup for main chart screen - The tapes are on the execution platform screen as...

And btw, give us a break! After trading ES for so long, this is like a freakin' horse race! :eek: :p

Yeah, it's becoming a bit of a problem for me at the moment. I'm a bit worried there. I didn't think before that this would happen to me (again), but I think I'm getting a bit overconfident lately. The "I'm invincible" syndrome. This is very dangerous, and I'm trying to alleviate it... Do you...

Not really. Being a scalper improves it greatly. Do you think I've taken only 3T per trade out of that move??? :confused: As I said before, if there is more to take - take more! Being a scalper doesn't preclude you from taking larger trades. On the contrary even, I think what makes a...

LOL it was a rough guess... Of course I didn't get all of that, either. But the move was parabolic, it would have been silly not to bite a few good pieces out - several times. I think it would have been a lot tougher on ES/NQ, which I'm tracking to trade the DAX, basically. Do you use any...

OMFG! Is anybody here doing the DAX? We've had 80pts drop already... Enough for anybody to take a big piece out... If there is a paradise out there, that's what it must look like... Ooof I think I'm getting nauseous... :eek:

He works harder, he vacates harder... :cool:

Aaaah... But! The selfish pig I am, I wouldn't mind a bit more "liquidity" to come back into the markets... :D

Hey! LOL Nono! What do you think of me! It's just one of those silly things my brother found on the internet. He's a master at it... :D Yes, it's an interesting topic of its own indeed. I'll say this in advance: I thought very much the same way for a very long time. In fact, I was a complete...

Bars & volume is all you need. Simplicity is king. :cool: Thanks hook, the sad update on the story is I have stopped using the temporal distortion device on myself after I saw what I did to my cat. Since I am a Leo myself, I fear it might have a similar or worse effect on me. Never trust...

OK - I have asked for others to think about these rules and interpret them to trading - But it seems no one else has thought about it. I do indeed wonder why I contribute to this thread, if nobody else says much? Maybe my heart is a little too big for this world and I really should just walk off...

Hi madf, interesting reply. As for self-control, both bodily and mentally, and being at peace with yourself - That is exactly what Karate's main purpose is. But afaik the same applies in Ju-Jitsu - Not? 20 miles a week is a damn good run. That's 4.5km a day! I used to do this about 2 years...

Magna or any moderators who read this: You are welcome to delete all the off-topic posts here, including mine, so we can get back to the original topic without people having to wade through so much crap - Thank you!

Hey Baruch, I don't really have a problem with it. It only means positive reinforcement for me, because it tells me I'm going in the right direction! I will clarify this: As you probably know, 95% of day traders in stocks, and I think 97% in futures do not succeed. The same applies on ET...

LOL! That is always a good question... Challenging! :D Don't worry, the mods will be here soon to remove the LongShot posts. Baruch, you probably haven't been on ET for so long - In case you don't know yet - By preference you're not supposed to reply to LongShot/FPC and his aliases at all...

TT = Trading Technologies = X_Trader.

DAX. Karate philosophy does apply very well, though and has many great analogies. Sorry about the Latin. You're welcome to contribute something regarding DAX.

"The dancing DAX" - LOL I just love that.... :D I trade only DAX, but I watch ESTX50, GBL, CAC40 as correlation indicators and always have market depth open on all of them, as well as their tapes (well, DAX and ESTX tapes, anyway). When the US opens, it's exactly the same thing, only that I...