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Great thread! Very interesting comments by our more experienced member and even the younger ones. Thank you! To Vegasoul I would say from my humble experience: It is beneficial to your trading to make some time for having fun. -edit: to have a fun life beyond trading- Having fun enhances your...

Question to our more experienced members: What would you do if you were 25 years old now (or what would you do different? Just write down anything you can think of (and want to mention). I get the feeling we youngster underestimate the value of the experiences the "older" traders can teach us.

The markets are a perfectly well organized system of participants with different goals and timeframes. In order to fullfil the participants respective needs, the markets move as they do. They tend to get more random as the different market participants' information analysis and skills go up...

27, started trading full time at 24. I have been gambling with options since about 18 though. More or less consistently profitable since 25, with a lot of trouble, since I didn't seem to grasp the idea of "discipline" very well :confused: But, I am a talent, so I will make the big league...

You can't forget interest rates are much lower now, so higher eps's are reasonable.

Thanx for all the support! i hope this thread was good for something and I consider it closed now. I know when something is not working and trading this way isn't. I go back to some older proven strategies now, so I can make some coin again. I wish traders all the best in their future...

I think about 30. Which is not too many for me. I don't know what was wrong with me today. Besides some stupid mistakes nothing worked except the first trade. The last 20 trades were almost all losers. I wish I could finally become an adequate trader enough to make coin every day. I think I...

I am off for today. Time to study hard! -13

Bund keeps on ticking down, just like the euro. when things turn around i go looking for a short again. not too good of a day, -9. made a few stupid mistakes. I am writing down my trades now, this way i'll remember the mistakes better and i think it helps!

Not too much happened. ifo .1 lower than expected, a short would have made you a few points. i think it was m3 that was the trigger though.

Stops are just get out as soon as it's not going my way (1 points, sometimes 2 points). Unfortunately I am losing my discipline last days. This is going to be the major issue for me now. It is costing me plenty and plenty of money. What is your entry signal and profit objective?

To be honest, Just lost the 5 points again, by bad entry (chasing) and then bad exit (waiting too long). wanted to take advantage of the big offer at 2200 by shorting it, didn't get the fill, then started chasing (because a little man inside told me to get in aggressively when you want to get...

Because they expect a rise in the ifo, while the sentiment in Germany doesn't foretell a rise. Data just came out that the public sentiment about the current government is at an all time low. The first trade of the day was easy! right after the opening it was hoovering around 83/84, i saw the...

Good morning! Today is going to be a very clean (and profitable) day trading. ifo index coming out at 10 am. Almost a sure short I would say..

volume is highest first few hours and hours right after us opening

Good luck everybody, I am off today! That nasty stubborness is coming back :-( Seems I gotta work on that one again! High of 25 ticks today, end with just 6 points.

Now the sentiment is really bad, I figured it would be a good time to make some longer term commitment in the market. I bought a few out of the money july calls on ASML. Options are better than shares for me. you don't have to follow the market so much, your downside is already known (the...

yawn, markets are settling down a bit. I have been studying this weekend. The realization came that what I have been missing lately is competition. I am not hungry for money, I am hungry to be the best. I am gonna focus on wanting to be the best and become the hungry leopard.

trendlines are working pretty well for me today. I just have to take care not to use them to lean on, you can't get out when it breaks. up 16 ticks, 40 rt's

What view does that particular chart give you? Good beginning of the day. up 5 ticks on 5 contracts. That short through the 2200 level was EASY! right before the dax broke the 2700. Quite a vicious bounce right after though!