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  1. wrbtrader

    When to start trading real money

    Many many years if you remain with that rate of 0 - 2 times per day especially via the fact you used the number of 0 to imply you don't get trade signals on some trading days. Many years should cover many different types of market conditions that typically impacts the trade results of most...
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    Risk Management Psychology

    If this is a repetitive pattern...just repetitively move your "profits" out of your trading account before that craziness grab you...you wanting to risk 20-30%. Simply, pay yourself like a pay check with those profits. This will then start your capital all over again...keep repeating this...
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    Overcoming fear

    You serious ? You actually stated you use "mental stops". Solution is very simple. Stop using mental stops and start using hard stops. Problem solved when you can't press the button to exit out of a losing trade. wrbtrader
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    What Happened to December 5th?

    Most brokers sent out notices about what's going on December 5th "before" the open or the night before on December 4th. I recommend you start reading whatever your broker emails you. If not, review you favorite financial websites daily before the open (e.g. cnbc.com, bloomberg.com, reuters.com...
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    The BS sim journal...Add your own BS!

    In reference to the index futures YM & NQ... How did your real trading perform in July, August and September of 2018 in comparison to your simulator trading for the same months ? I'm curious about the same thing for the entire year of 2017 ? wrbtrader
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    The BS sim journal...Add your own BS!

    Overnight, Thanks for sharing your past week of simulator results. A few questions... 1) The amount of capital you're trading in sim...does it correlate with the amount of capital you would be trading with real money as in you have that amount of real money in your trading account (not in the...
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    Dealing with micro-management

    Nobody here knows your real routine as you move from trade to trade or from day to day as a trader. Thus, for you to feel like you're micro managing...there's things you have not yet mentioned. On the surface, you're doing too much or you're not efficient at the things you're doing. Holiday's...
  8. wrbtrader

    Dealing with micro-management

    What time frames you're using ? You just day trading for points or scalping for ticks ?
  9. wrbtrader

    Dealing with micro-management

    Too many trades outside of your trading plan as in intuition trades or emotional trading ? Trading with money that you can not afford to lose ? Easily distracted while trading via something else in your trading that has no impact on your current trade (open trade) or you're so focus that you...
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    Dealing with micro-management

    You exiting profitable trades too early...before the profit targets are reached ?
  11. wrbtrader

    Using ATR for NQ Stops and Targets

    You do not use stops when trading Emini ES or Emini NQ futures. How did you perform in October and the first week of November while trading those two without stops during those crazy volatility trading durations ? You can never get "everyone" to use LESS limit orders and MORE market orders...
  12. wrbtrader

    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    Facebook, twitter, linkedin, credit bureau, the organization you're register with that has a public list of reps, recently psssst off ex-lover or any online info that pops up when you type in your name & city...worst...they hacked into your computer and know everything about you...including...
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    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    Take some time to not confuse forcing parents to use an address of a public domain for no apparent reason versus you requesting to know why... Its none of your business but should be very obvious about the why when others have given a simple reason. I made a choice to not explain it to you...
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    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    Strongly agree and don't get me started on MSFT cloud. :mad: Regardless, its all a choice...some use it because it doesn't impact their life while others refuse to use it because they believe it will impact their life or cause chaos for others. If I don't like it...I shop elsewhere. Its that...
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    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    Some actually do but don't be offended when you come across one that does protect your privacy as in also protecting the privacy of others on the same system. In contrast, some do not care while other do care but have poor security systems in place (hackers gain access to the info). It's the...
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    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    I think you've had a little too much to drink...you're too confused about why organizations do not want you to use business domains for personal things like academics, medical, personal. Some organizations have those types of policy to protect peoples privacy. Now imagine when there's a mistake...
  17. wrbtrader

    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    TradeStation and many organizations seems to make it their business about what email addresses people are using...its life. If people don't like it, they have the freedom to complain and/or use another service. I don't think you see the contradiction in your statement via your earlier...
  18. wrbtrader

    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    Serious suggestion...once again...its none of your business. Not sure why that's mute to you. Hopefully the above is understandable and to the point. wrbtrader
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    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    You can control whom has access to what info via using different email addresses. Personal (public), Personal (private) and Business related. I believe the privacy problems occurs when people use a single email address for many different things and then when that one email address is stolen...
  20. wrbtrader

    Buyer Beware: Tradestation will flag you as a professional if you don't use gmail, yahoo, etc

    Part of my message...the OP (gaussian) name was accidentally removed and the other part (the part I quoted) was for the person that stated the below... Don't take it so personally when policies in another country involving school boards have no impact on you nor any impact on the people using...
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