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Any given market gives us (at most) a few key opportunities of inefficiency to exploit during each given session. Some volatile sessions have quite a few spots, some dull sessions have one spot at most where we can clearly create a defined edge for ourselves. The vast majority of time in a...

adrenaline - cortisol becomes an addictive, self produced cocktail drug. Many traders wonder why they take boredom trades, fade their own systems = rules, etc. It all centers back to needing the action more than needing the profits. That's not at all what most active short-term traders want...

expiration Friday... and a triple witch expiry at that Russell futures have always been erratic and haywire during expiry week... dating back to the ER2 contract. Just because a trading session is open does not mean all are equal to one another. Each trading day is highly unequal to another...

The human body and mind cannot function at a high level while remaining on high-alert for long periods of time. We are not designed for living with a steady drip of adrenaline, long term. It breaks us down physically and mentally sooner than later. That's why high stress careers such as...

My fund is limited to clients only... people who know me: family, friends and clients who have been inside for quite some time. I am not soliciting for new fund clients, so I can post whatever I want wherever I want. If and when that situation should change, I'll operate within the guidelines...

There was a time that this thread here was the cornerstone of ET. Somehow or other that withered away, for whatever reason(s). It seems to me that with all the posters here who invest so much time, effort and energy into making market calls all day & night and/or bickering about who is real...

what would he know about that: he doesn't even trade real money to begin with. here's the first hint for who actually trades versus those who are poser trolls: real traders have no problem posting real results. "good morning, traders!"

well, that's assuming all market moves are created equal. unfortunately, life is not just that simple. price consolidations only mean that the tape is primed to move. when, which way and how far depends on outside factors. today we had Apr - May volume shift thru the session, so someone(s)...

NinjaTrader can be set to show any costs you want or just raw results... in real-time and sim if I'm not mistaken. My blotters here showed raw math... cents per contract gross before costs. I'll add a trade blotter every day that any two of the posters in referred thread find courage of...

Wednesday CL in trigger account... Numerous times in the past I've invited many other ET frequent posters to step on in and walk their anonymous talk here. Never once has that offer been accepted. But... we can always hold out hope, now can't we? :)

Tuesday CL in trigger account...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=212110&perpage=6&pagenumber=2 I was asked by a gracious email question to comment on the thread linked above. My reply is: how many individuals from that thread, listed or posters have you ever seen participate in the P&L thread(s)...

Nothing greater than a -10 tick initial stop for CL is necessary. If -10 cents won't hold, chances are good that -40 or -50 won't either. It's all in the key entry points identified and taken :) ** My toughest trade used to be going with an opening gap instead of expecting the eventual...

imo a skilled trader who has firm control of her/his emotions and discipline can expect to make +$500 to +$1,000 per CL contract more days than not. Keep the losses smaller and wins taller. Add size. Current volatility is ok but hardly necessary... it was equally if not more possible to...

ok... since this is an open invite question :) No one here who is a retail short-term trader can "hedge" their positions and benefit one iota. In fact, it would simply create greater losses thru increased costs with no benefit. To "hedge" means to lock in = stop = cease = end further...

amen girl... my curve went from -10 cents to +40 cents to +140 cents to +130 / +120 / +110 / +100 and stopped right there CL has turned downright sideways violent, lately. Next big $5 - $10 straight trend day is coming soon, real soon :)

With all due respect, that is just another flailing trader posting his frustrations without merit. He simply hasn't figured it out yet. Any moving market makes repeated, predictable, highly predictive pattern sequences for exploitation. That never changes. Any market that moves up or down has...

Of course you have work to do. You only post in the mornings here... before you leave and begin your day job. Nothing wrong with that, nothing to be ashamed of. As for the other drivel you posted, it's the same rubbish you've rehashed in those other aliases right here before. Same coward...

Yesterday I tried to enter TF long and missed the fill by three ticks When the tape rolled over, I got short at 811.50 When price moved roughly 2pts lower, I pondered leaving the initial stop at -1pt or trail to entry = stop at par. mostly due to serious focus on CL, I lowered the stop to...

point of emphasis in itallics: time, effort, study, comittment. like any other learned profession I would be surprised if anyone on earth averages +8pts ES daily for any one-year period straight. +160 points ES per month, month over month without one single break? I'd be shocked to see that...