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One conclusion seemed to be that the Russell is better, as are other more trendy futures. ES can be very efficient at times. The second was that the art of trading this can beat the raw signal taking that can be coded, unless you are a coder like Jahajee who seems sophisticated and was able...

Thanks for posting consistently here, was good to watch, have a good one...

On that note, Don do you have any "historical" perspective on some of the selling going on in famous names? What do you think of the banks and autos? What is the Bright portfolio up to?

On the topic of stop placement, I have to say that regularly during periods of time ES has a whole lot of back and forth. If you can enter and exit during those times, you can take advantage of that. I don't think it makes sense to exit at the worst point of a volatility expansion against you...

FWIW I am using SPM now to time the stock trading I was doing anyway. I have a whole other tool with SPM to try to get into these trades at the best possible moment to have a futs move put me into green. And as the OP knows, good tools are hard to find, so sez Mr. Sausage (hey try that for a new...

This to my limited understanding is where the art of this tactic comes in. For me I use a few things. 1. I assume I am getting filled with the specialist on an imbalance with their orders, so I am on the side of them as they need to work off their excess inventory in the first minute or so of...

Thanks for the recent reminder about doing only buys or sells depending on futs "gap". I haven't been posting here but I am now getting more used to some of the larger moves possible with this tactic.

I was working on my coding this MACD R2 (from the paper posted here and that the OP is working from) last night and I made a mistake. I accidently made a long entry if: I had a short signal, waited 3 bars (this on 2min SPY) and then got long if the price was ABOVE the signal bar price by %x...

I've been using SPM to better time the stock trading I do. I usually would watch futures anyway so now I have a better tool for gauging if I want to get into some long or short I am eyeing. I have also been watching how it can read price action on these same stocks. In general I have been...

Interesting divergence between IWM and SPY for a while there.

Must've had a good weekend again lol. Thanks to all the posters in here, very interesting thread.

sounds good. I think I will try to add some of this to what I'm working on from the SPM thread. The idea of waiting for a few bars from signal, and if signal is still valid by x% then you take the signal sure would smooth out the chop. I know then tho that you would about NEVER get signals in ES...

Cool thread. Just read this:

I just watched today. I tried to observe past when I would've been trying to work a trade. I'm not sure how to have entries and exits not be late. One idea that still seems to be decent is to see a trade or "the" trade but then use the 3sma to work an order instead of just jumping in (often...

Today I am just watching not trading. I am trying to see if I can "watch" farther then where I was previously getting into a trade (during days last week). One thing I see is I need to be asking myself "is this a point that in 12 minutes or so was the best entry in what turned out to be a...

Funny you should suggest that. I decided today that this coming week instead of trying to trade, I will just watch and see what I see past those points of wanting to put a trade on, or close a trade. Maybe I'll spend a week or maybe less, but I think if I can make the connection between those...

Here is the afternoon. The other possibility is if one is using this to illustrate some price action you want to trade, then, have to know what that price action really is and wait for it. What it seems best to trade are those occasional "large" swings during the day. <img...

Not sure about any other newbies but, I sure see a lot of crosses that uncross themselves and appear never to have happened. If you wait for a bar close then this is lessened. I'm not sure what the missing piece is. Perhaps you either you have to really anticipate the signals and trade out...

This system back tests well but has some painful losing months. I like seeing these sim trades in real time. If you notice, the idea of a time based exit let this sneak out with some profits on trades that didn't move much. I am experimenting with a maximum dollar loss on day idea to cut the bad...

Bought SPY 97.73 sold 98.38. Had to hold thru some spikes. Still long IWM, I bailed that ling earlier and then got in. 98.38 target was R2 from pivots and also below 98.50 number resistance. On SPY I need to get more comfortable with those lurches. I think I will try to trade this with out...