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Here are few that I found to be good. Basically my current method combines these two, but without the indicators. Emini Divergence Thread http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20761 SPM http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76297&highlight=SPM

After today's results I have decided that I need to make changes to my habits and behaviors if I want to someday compete at the highest level. I felt really bad for missing the first obvious trade, and it was because I did not get enough sleep and my head was hurting. Similarly, I should never...

I wasn't thinking correctly today. I did not get enough sleep and wasn't feeling good this morning. In the morning at around 7.15, there was a long signal, B 99, S 97.25, T 107. I would have been filled and would have reached the target but I missed it. At 8.53, I took another trade that I...

Thanks. I have noticed a significant change on how I act and react now. Last year I traded live and did good for a while and started doing stupid stuff and lost. Now I am more calm and NOT trying to pick each and every turn. The last 2 days I just sat there because the set-ups that I was looking...

There were 3 strong set-ups today. The first one was at 7.33pst. B 99, S, 98, T 107. I did not take this trade because of the recent resistance above 1800 - 1803 area. This was a good decision because I would have been stopped out on that trade. As I had mentioned earlier that a failed...

I wait for price to break below the 30 min, then rally. I usually buy near the high.

One would think that a long only strategy should do good on a day like today, but the market went up without me on board. I usually wait for a break of 30, to go long but the market never went below the 30 min bar till 11.35. I entered an order B 68.5, stop 68....but it came down to 68.75 and...

I did not trade today because I have family in town. There was a long signal at 8.42pst, Entry 54.25 and stop 52.75. I would have been stopped out on this trade. This was a strong set-up and the market declined after that. At 12.41, there was another long signal B 23.75, stop 21.75 and this...

It does work but not as frequently though. I went back and looked at the 3 months charts to see if the reverse set-ups worked for the short trades. It worked but the win % was small. Many thimes you'd be stopped out and the position will be profitable. The best way to approach short is when you...

As I had mentioned earlier that I had paper-traded this set-up for the past 3 months and the results were good. This is a long only strategy and the market had more down days than up days in the past 3 months. I feel good about this because I was able to do good with a long only set-up even on...

The entry time was 12.22pst and exit was at 12.39. The order would have been entered at 12.20pst. Buy limit was at 26.25, price came down to 26 and exit was at 34. Here is the 1 min chart. I have market the entry and exit. This was one of the strong set-up. I was going through my trades...

Sort of....Break Support on 30, rally on 5, pullback on 1 for the entry. This is as much as I can share.

I had a good reason too. I have noticed that when the market opens down and keeps going down (not in a straight line but slowly), it has a tendency to reverse sharply. Today it tried to rally in the morning but sold off but never went straight down. There were bids on the way. I was expecting a...

Here you go. The key is distinguishing between the bad set-ups, weak set-ups and strong set-ups.

This would have been filled at 12.22 pst, price came down to 26 and target met at 12.39pst at 34.

Haha...no it wasn't directed at you. Of all my mistakes, this was the worst. I had a reason to do it but it was not part of the plan. My plan is to take 8 pts. and wait for another opportunity. I should have done that. Being postive (no matter how small) for the week would have been huge, but I...

No need to call me an idiot, I admit that I am a f-ing idiot. Today I made the biggest mistake and paid for it dearly. In the morning I had 3 small losses (<2 pts. each). My fourth trade was working out fine. Instead of taking the 8 point profit, mid-way I decided I wanted to go for a larger...

It's only 9 trades some trades were done with 2 contracts. On Tuesday after the prices fell convincingly through the support, I should have stayed out in which case my trades would have been 4, or on average 1 a day. We'll see how this week and rest of the month pans out. I will like to test...

My R/R is approx. 3.5 for the 3 month paper-trading period, and the win rate is 75% on up days and less than 25% on down days. Filtering trades by the % retraced brings the win rate to about 50 on down days. The only problem is that if I use the % retraced to enter a trade on some of those...

Looking back at my paper-trading trades, I have had the most success till 11pst. After that there have been many stop-outs either with a loss or a tiny profit with a trailing stop. I am going to trade the following hours only. 6.30 - 8 pst 8.30 - 11 pst. On days if I have an...