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"Trading is as intellectually challenging as it gets until it's not." Once you have the mechanics and the psychology down, it should be on automation.

Anything Works! As long as you discovered and incubated and developed an edge on your own. Most people don't have the focus, drive, motivation and self discipline to do the work to become successful at trading. If you worked tirelessly to backtest your edge, you'll become profitable. oh...

Yes DB, could you please explain why you say this, what makes the NQ a better contract for retail traders, thanks.

Niko, Do talk about your Oil trading. I'm an oil trader as well. I can talk about my limited experience trading oil as well.

forty, how many cars are you trading at a time? just curious. thanks.

Best Trader on ET: DBPHOENIX. Read this first: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/wyckoff-forum/15535-developing-plan-trading-journal.html Then all of this: http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/wyckoff-forum/ Then his "If You Can Draw a Straight Line" on ET. NoDoji...

+1 where is dbPhoenix's ebook? on TL?

Thank you! you're awesome as usual.

Thank you my friend for sharing this link. Sometimes, one needs to be reminded over and over that the only moment is now. Carpe Diem!

How would you have traded this chop?

dbphoenix austinp no doji read their posts, if you're into price action. redneck, for psychology and the common sense needed to trade well.

db, I am fascinated by your knowledge of trading, your benevolence to share your knowledge and the volume of your writing on ET and TL. If I may, just to get a better picture of the master that you are: What is your experience with trading? Your educational background? What else...

db, how does one "Play the behavior, not the pattern"? how would you trade this? would you wait for price to move in a certain direction and then get in? i would have been looking to go long here because of the pattern. if you could please briefly explain how do you understand what other...

That was 4 years ago.

I used to lose because I didn't have an edge. I didn't even know what an edge was, I placed trades blindly sometimes they went in my direction most of the time they didn't. When they did go in my direction, I got out immediately, when they moved against me, I stayed in the trade forever hoping...

NoDoji, you are the best. I need to thank you again for helping me progress in my trading. I didn't want to answer in Jeredibb's thread where Jack Hershey is speaking in Fractals to him, if only Jeredibb chose to pursue simple price action trading, and worked on his psychology, he would probably...

Sir, LEARN TO REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS! Pick a good entry, have a stop loss or exit point, ACCEPT THE VOLATILITY - This is where you remain calm, this I personally believe to be the most important component of trading. If the trade goes for you great, If it goes against you no big deal...

are you serious? would you not recommend using IB to trade futures?

You're welcome: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=204669

This is how I trade ES on TOS. A lot of people seem to have issues with TOS trading Futures but I have no problems with it, I trade Crude on it day in and day out. CM