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March 10, 2003 Today I made a few trades, but I don't know if I am up or down, because it seems my account is empty and it didn't show any trades. Spreadem: Most of the time, I use market order to get into the trades, cuz I know if I bid/offer into a trade, it would most likely not...

Mar 7, 2003 This is a really crappy day. Normally I would get quote freezes only 3 or 4 times a day with PFG, but today, my quotes freezes like 10 or more time. My stop order didn't get filled and it kept on pending, which I can't cancelled. Those pending orders stayed as long as 2 hours...

March 6, 2003 Net Loss today: ($265.10) After thinking about my trades, I understand what I did wrong. I try to follow the trend when there isn't any trend. What I should have done instead is first wait and identify if it is a trendy market or a choppy market, then I should act...

March 5, 2003 No trade today. I didn't feel too well today and I know trading during sickness could be dangerous. So I stayed in bed most of the time. Virtual Trader

I was expecting today to be really choppy when I enter into the market around 1pm. It went up a couple of point and then went straight down, which caught me by surprise. Hence I only did a few trades and most of the time, I sat out on the sideline. I am up $81.80 today. It is not much...

March 3, 2003 Well, today I did better, but not a lot better as to get back all the money I lost from Friday. I am satisfy that I end up positive today and that I am up $235.70 with commission included. Today was an easier day to trade with obvious trends, but I did got shaken a bit...

February 28, 2003 It seems like my strategy didn't work. :/ I followed my strategy well, but still I end up losing $883.90 including commission. I really thought my strategy works, but I guess it doesn't. I have to modify my strategy and modify my mind as well. Virtual Trader

February 27, 2003 Today is not a good day. I traded during lunch hour and I was gettiing shaken back and forth. I have to admit today was not a profitable day. My gross is $75, but my net is -165. Right now I am not using VSE to daytrade anymore. I am not using PFG Best's futures...

February 26, 2003 Interesting day. I have to say I wasn't mentally ready for trading. I even felt a bit scared even though this is just a simulator. It turns out to be a good day. I am still profitable. After commission ($2.4/contract), I should be up around $120. Virtual Trader

LOL you are funny trade555. You know what you should do? Instead of shorting the futures a bit at a time, you should go short with all your money at once! See if you can move the market with the proceed you got from selling the farm. hehe Virtual Trader

traderman: I worked at Swift Trade Securities. Yes, I have to say I've learned a lot more after I left, because I was able to open up my mind more and try out different strategies. I would like to apply for different prop firm, but unfortunately, there is only one prop firm at where I am...

February 25, 2003 Hey everyone! Sorry for the absence. My computer literally exploded in a power surge and I wasn’t able to get back on this board until now. I just want to say thank you for those of you who have given me advices on how to trade stocks. The advices are very valuable...

Wednesday, November 27, 2002 I just downloaded QuoteTracker today. It’s a good program. The installation was easy, but it took me awhile to set it up completely. It took me nearly half a day to find the free streaming quotes. Right now I have streaming quotes from Scottrade and...

Monday, November 25, 2002 Over the weekend, I stayed at home sitting in front of my computer, drawing resistance and support lines and trying to identify chart patterns on S&P and Nasdaq. I can see things are looking bullish. The inverse head and shoulder pattern is forming on both Nasdaq...

David1: I have to agree that the fundamental data I was using to make my trading decision wasn’t useful. The fundamental stuffs I learned from college have no value when it comes to dealing with the real thing. There is no way to capitalize on the news and fundamental data because they...

Futurecurrents: I totally agree. Currently, I am using BigCharts and the things I could do are limited. It is pretty hard to develop any trading ideas/strategies without a pattern scanner. Virtual trader Dbphoenix: Thanks for the url. Stockcharts.com is very useful and it got a...

Friday, November 22, 2002 Today I increased my QQQ stop from $24.10 to $25.25, which is the lowest point of the previous dip. Currently, my unrealized gain per share is about $2, but if my stop is hit, I am going to be down $0.04 or more per share. To be honest, I don’t know what the...

Dgabreil: I know what you mean dgabreil. Trading with real money is emotional. When I was in the prop firm trading with real money, emotion wasn’t the only thing that would affect my trades. You know, when your job/career is on the line, trading becomes a different thing. The firm gives...

hii a_ooiioo_a: I was reading John Murphy’s Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets last night and I happened to come to the page where it said “the strongest three month span for the stock market is November through January?” which is right now. He also stated that “the...

Thursday, November 21, 2002 Today was a nice surprise. Nasdaq broke the major resistance at 1425 and managed to stay above 1460 at the close! The market is sure strong and I am glad I didn’t get shaken out earlier. My unrealized profit climbed to around $900. It doubled what I had before...