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Thank you , Steve, for your detailed input on this. I've realized pretty quickly that DOM order entry is by far faster for me. I believe my resident Geek may be able to code my trading strategies. The setups/entries are easy, but coding all the contextual information is the challenge. Thanks...

I heard that the Street's littered with the bodies of such cats.

I believe in following one's plan (assuming it's a well-defined plan with a proven edge, that is). If reacting to what shows on the DOM isn't part of your plan, then it shouldn't be part of the decision-making process. FWIW, selling CLG3 at .89 prior to the pit session a couple days ago was a...

When you get a valid reversal signal, you reverse long. The question is how to do it. If the reversal setup is a strong one such as a 1-2-3 setup, I usually just stop and reverse at the price where the new setup triggers an entry, because those setups can really take off and not look back. If...

I wish Volman's book had been around before I first read Brooks because Brooks was more confusing to me than Farley, which I didn't think was possible. But somewhere in there as I spent half an hour studying each little chart day after day, a few ideas stuck and I began to see in real time some...

Meanwhile, late last year... :confused:

I have no material other than some of my posts with chart annotations which are in various threads (CL Redux, older ES Journal, and metal's Simple Price Action Approach). The way I trade is based on the same price action concepts covered in Volman's book and in Brooks' Reading Price Charts...

If these writer/marketer types would just realize how ridiculous they sound to professional futures scalpers who've been extracting considerable profit from the market for years, they would...they would...they would...nah, they'd NEVER vanish from the site :p Brother Surf, how could a...

:eek: My idea of an ES scalp is 8 ticks...

OMG, you owe me a keyboard, just spit my lunch all over it :p :p :p :p Where the heck have you been, BTW?

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Yes, I'm really programmed to keep the numbers in my head and single-click the DOM. Not sure how badly I want to reprogram myself, ha ha!

Surf, what you are missing is that "what happened" provides clues to what may happen next if price moves to a particular level. Life is full of levels beyond which people who held onto a conviction will either say "F*ck it, I'm outta here" or risk serious injury or death. Price charts show...

Exactly, no matter how I eventually enter my orders I will always have both the DOM and the chart on screen. I appreciate everyone's input regarding the topic. Since I haven't heard any horror stories about placing orders on the chart itself, I'm pretty sure I'll be switching over in the near...

I'm only trading ES in the last 30-45 mins, usually 1 or 2 trades. Most of my trades are CL, and you're right, while testing I found it quite tricky to get initiating stop orders placed quickly and precisely, but I was practicing 4x replay and using a 1min chart for the entries, so under real...

You're entering orders on a DOM, though, not directly on Sierra Chart? ES vs CL, huh? Every time CL makes a truly serious move (which is hardly ever these days) I hear your voice in my head from the old Skype days..."Look at that! What the hell'd it do that for?" :p :p

When someone who has a lot of experience with something is kind enough to share their knowledge, whether through a book, a video, or a one-on-one conversation, I'm nothing but thankful for it.

Let me clarify: Using charts to identify trade setups and pinpoint my entries/stops/targets has been working beautifully for several years now. However, I place all my orders through the DOM. I'm testing out placing my orders on the chart itself potentially to simplify the process and allow...

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I have SO been there and you are absolutely right, the sudden eerie absence of liquidity saved my arse on a few occasions :p :p I've spent several hours this weekend practicing NT's replay and my experience basically reflects the above feedback. The chart clutter is a bit disconcerting...