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I'd be running a 5min chart and 100(ish) tick on each 24" monitor. Two trading domes, one time & sales dome. The salesman said it's almost roadrunner speed and connectivity is stable as cell phone coverage permits. We have strong cell signals here, hopefully that translates well. Cable or...

For the past couple of weeks, DSL service has been patchy and staccato from noon until late evening here. I'm not sure if it's my hardware, over-subscribed service (outskirts of Verizon coverage) or something else. Regardless, I cannot handle frequent outages for 10 ~ 30 second chart freezes...

<i>"For goodness sake, just put up a real time chart of the YM, ES, NQ, ER2, DAX, CAC40, EUROSTOXX, Z liffe, AEX,.. They all reverse at the same cross points. When you look at the volume bars, 80% are the same value. who the f**k does that? It means at the same moments, to the very second...

<i>"If I come across a setup that is good but not great I will hit it with a 1/4 position. If I stop out on that and it turns into a very good setup I will hit it with a 1/2 position. And, if it turns into a great setup, then you can probably imagine I will hit it with a full position. In...

One glance at the ER2 charts pretty much says it all. They pounded to pieces both ways, all day. I thought yesterday was tough... have never in my ER career worked thru a session like today where so many 3pt ~ 5pt V-turns slammed every which way without abatement. Sideways volatility is to the...

<i>"I have great confidence that anyone that thinks this is easy trading will be busted out in good time."</i> "easy trading" comes along about two sessions per month on average. That's where everything just clicks from bell to bell. All other days are pure work. For sure these markets...

Traded ER today from premarket up to a little while ago. Never left the screens for more than a couple of minutes. Turned 13 rounds total on 5-lots, 2 and 3 scaled ins. Eliot, pick an ivy-league college for your future children. At this rate I'll sponser them on a full ride myself. Cannot...

<i>" Larger fractals are effective at finding major areas of support and resistance, and that is where using different fractals ends. Entries and exits should be taken from one time frame only."</i> Exactly right. Larger "fractal" chart, anchor chart, filter chart, etc is the forest view...

I shorted the ER2 all day into a general downtrend... why ain't I rich? * Went from +$500 to -$1,500 this morning working 5-lots in pieces. The expected chop following trend day was there, so scaled into trades. Trying to hold anything for +5pt gains got slapped out in the w-turns...

<i>"I've narrowed it down, as to why I'm still not pulling out money each week from the markets, and its because I'm having a hard time grasping multiple time frames. I dont know why, but it SHOULD be easy."</i> From the OP directly, first paragraph. f9, a lot of things aren't necessary...

<i>"Whichever is true, he trades from the 233T because it has the most distinct and smooth divergences. But a 377T and 610T give better tells of action from the daily and 60 minute chart, and isn't that what really matters for someone with a brass set external or internal to swing trade."</i>...

OK day. Would have been up twice this much trading ER alone without ES losses weighing on the bottom line. Would have been up three times more without Ninja hiccups in the first two hours causing major fits. Would have been up four times more had merely I bought the 2pm est ER2...

(continued)... So my honeybees got a clean bill of health from the state inspector while someone said something about inflation. Markets enjoyed quite the nooner there... minutes after stopping me out of shorts at par for the umpteenth time this morning. Looked a bit overcooked on the...

First day of "July" following the holiday break. Where did those wild swings and volatility go? So much for quiet ahead of = wild past the long weekend. This time it was reversed. I'll be working one account with size targeting +4pts or better ES and done. The account profiled here will trade...

<i>"What benefit does anyone get from posting blotters? I'm sure this has been asked before but I'm not looking for a link to another thread......."</i> http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=113193 I'll save you the bother of looking up yet another thread. Respectfully...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=129462 <i>When I gave him 4 years of statements in order to have him leave ET forever he never did...</i> I intend to post a live-trade journal in P&L 2008 thread starting next month. But, we can easily nip that project in the bud...

<i>"(six grand is about two years of tuition at a decent state university--that's a lot of money for "education")."</i> $3,000 per year tuition? In what state... Arkansas or West Virginia? Holly's oldest son is paying more than that for dorm rent alone at Alfred Tech next year. His toolbox...

<i>"Why did you retire the demo experiment after just two weeks?" * I believe Austin stopped posting real results on the ER because it got real choppy and tough in May with the vix then at 16 and was then losing money! So I say post your actual ES ninja blotter results on your site and not...

<i>"05-15-08 04:29 PM ... While we managed to average a bit better than +2.5pts per session during the experiment, ER has no advantage over ES or NQ and disadvantage per liquidity. We'll retire this demo while ahead, and return to work a small account large(r) trading ES instead."</i>...

<i>"Now that I have answered your question, Austin, let me ask you why you care about my experience with a competing vendor?"</i> Simple. I consider you a voice of open honesty and reason. Your posts have always been candid and straight-forward. So I asked an anonymous opinion I value for...