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    Why trading is sometimes difficult for me

    Your post isn't very clear. Your entry was excellent. It was only 6-7 5 min bars before the downmove of your chart started. You had very little heat on the short trade. (if the yellow arrows are long then you had a nice profit before the short trade and an excellent close. -- Why would there...
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    6:45 AM 6/7/2018 LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks hit a three-week high on Thursday and the euro and German Bund yields also rose as investors priced in a potentially earlier-than-expected wind-down of stimulus from the European Central Bank. The selloff in safe-haven Bunds drove money into...
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    gann box and fann
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    Contrarian Trader Tops And Bottom

    What happened to people's command of the English language? This thread is painful to read.
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/fx/e-micros/e-micro-euro_contract_specifications.html M6E (not MCE)
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    How do you determine exit points on new breakouts with no prior resistance or price points?

    Gann used 1. percentage moves +150%, +250% etc of the prior swing length 2. 45 degree lines with days/date calculations.
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    Moving Averages with Machine Learning Boosting

    To get a useful reply your first post should have included your objective. Otherwise, people replying are only shooting in the dark. is it to have a good thesis? Is it to have solid test of a trading system over random? What time frame and what instruments? What market period? IF you are...
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    Why is trading so difficult?

    Lee pointed out some great points. You don't mention your time frame or type of trading. If it is daytrading futures (e.g. ES) the profit potential of a consistent system is enormous, due to the short compounding periods and leverage. The difficulty is enormous as well due to the quick...
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    Why is trading so difficult?

    Lee, Excellent post. I'm a bit surprised to see it so well covered. Well done. :)
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    432 grid
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    Embrace Repetition (The Little Book of Talent)

    I thought the key to this quote was the "deliberate practice'. To me this would be a particular aspect and sculpting the practice exercise to develop or hone that aspect/technique.
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    ATTENTION: Ever affected by PDT Rule please contact me to join lawsuit and petition FINRA

    Nothing in this stupid American rule makes America great. It did not use to exist in trading. Was not America great then? Emotive argumentation such as this are plainly childish. The supposed reason was to protect traders from themselves but of course that is garbage. There was a big crash in...
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    ATTENTION: Ever affected by PDT Rule please contact me to join lawsuit and petition FINRA

    I think you are correct to object to this rule. It did not use to exist before the internet bubble. It is a stupid unfair and unjust rule. I was impacted by Interactive Brokers - a terrible company - (complained without success that it did not apply to those trading in Canada - which was...
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    Percent of your total portfolio that you risk on each trade?

    The amount to risk on each trade depends on: Your percentage expectancy Your expected return for your system(s) The correct stop for your setup and what instrument you are trading (its volatility over the trade time period) If your expected return is negative then zero - you shouldn't trade...
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    I used to windsurf and really liked it. I'll have to visit you - when money permits! :-)

    I used to windsurf and really liked it. I'll have to visit you - when money permits! :-)
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    Proof the market is rigged, and no one cares

    I'd like to see 15 flying wedge reversed condors! Do I go to Ecuador? What does 50 posts do for you? Do you think that a headline "News at 11 dog bites man." should excite? There are thousands of real examples of insider trading, and markets being manipulated. The posters at the forum are...
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    they tagged the target 22-Mar High 2689.50 Low 2681.00
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    thnks! Maui North Shore --wow!! I would love that. Do you surf?

    thnks! Maui North Shore --wow!! I would love that. Do you surf?
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    thursday 22 Mar 2108 2681.25 in the crosshairs
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    Ka-please I don't even live here. ES

    streaks
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