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was up 600 this morning from some nice overnight bond longs then slowly diwindled it away . Not many signals on higher timeframes so took some lower quality signals on lower timeframes that I probably should have stayed away from. ended positive nonetheless +$94

They will call it, " controlled economic expansion program" , "Job Recovery Bill" , something to that effect. Just enough to keep the sheeple slowly rotting in their own shit without realizing it. Whenever I talk to friends or family who don't have finance as their profession....They usually...

Watching many markets at one time eg. Oil, 6e, 6b, dx, ES, NQ, YM, GC, SI, ZB, ZN, Helps to see the overall picture of where the money is moving. Gives one more of the big picture of what is happening at the moment. One can get some nice warnings from other markets. Also , concerning time of...

+$1752 Great morning, signals were flawless today, wrapping it up since i'm up considerably more than the norm.

-$621 Frustrating day, Was green this AM then things went south. Long setups failed miserably . Short setups per my rules just didn't show up today. Took 1 trade that was a a little bit over my risk rules on the 4 hour chart. Was a solid setup but ended up losing . Holding 1 oil long...

+$708 Nice day, executed plan well.

If your goal is to help your competitors make money then I salute you for doing so. Regards Zr1

In poker, would you tell the others at the table your hand?

+$338 Done for day , time to go camping and fishing :) Have a safe weekend all. ZR1

Yes that was a typo, I like to risk no more than .5% per trade.

Update for this week... -$418 Fri -$70 Mon +$679 Tue +$177 Wed +$506 Today If someone needs volatility then all they have to do is hop on over to CL , 6E :D Going camping tomorrow so will only trade in the morning.

SL hit

S 22.50 SL 25

+1 agree The passion has to be there to want to start the game, learn the game, persist in the game , and finally survive/adapt in the game . It takes passion to learn a profession for a long time before making a dime. Passion alone doesn't guarantee you will make money but it sure...

From reading this thread you kept asking how people don't get bored and overtrade. Discipline! A thoroughly written out plan so you are only trading when your triggers tell you to. No " just for fun" trades or revenge trading. One day of revenge trading can do weeks/months of damage if you...

RIP Mark He started my day for the last 3 years and it was a pleasure to listen to him. His character reminded me of my old man. Old fashioned and no bullshit. Loved it. Live and love everyday like its your last. Regards Zr1

Would you have these problems in es , zb ? You can't profit intraday in these instruments even with your size ?

Yes you're right I do trade pretty small, I was thinking that since dumb little me can make money intraday that anybody still could. I trade in just about any futures market intraday without problems. Sorry to have misunderstood your size problem. My advantage over you is that I can get in and...

You can't blame your inability to trade the intraday timeframe profitably on HFT and other nonsense. Tell me exactly what you where exploiting profitably that HFT ruined for you. You can share because the edge is gone correct?

Is it just me that thinks 2% is too steep? 5 losers in a row and thats 10% of your account. I like to use .005% per bet personally. I usually take anywhere from 7-20 trades a day with a DAILY loss limit of 2%.