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Sweeeeeet! Worked a treat. Thanks for helping out!

Really? I wonder when they changed the odd-lot rule. Thanks for the info.

Been a while since I tried to submit odd lot orders via MOO (OPG) and MOC. Will Odd Lot orders now be filled using these order types? EG If I wanted to send a MOC for 36 APPL or OPG order for 66 GOOG, would these orders be filled? These type of orders used to be cancelled, or if you had...

JB3. Your right, and I have been doing just what you have been suggesting. Steenbarger also talks about this at length - find your own thing, and explore different methods until something clicks. Obviously there are multiple methods that work, its just a matter of finding the thing that...

I think there must be a misunderstanding here. I am not trading the same as I have been previously (even though it may look the same) and suggestions have not fallen on deaf ears. I didn't start this journal just to ignore peoples suggestions, and if it appears that way because of my last couple...

Morning session. 3 winners, 1 loser.

Trades for today attached. 5 winners, 1 loser. Many things to consider.

Wow, Really? You get that just from a few of my posts? Does poor trading really equate to emotional weakness? Or is it just my willingness to be open about my poor ability at trading that makes me appear so? Thank you for the link, I might look into the meditation course, something I have...

Thank you ND, Would your stop have been a tick above the 10:19 bar? Do you use hard stops? Should I toss my 500 tick chart, and stick with 1 and 5 minutes? Does it matter?

Yes, I agree. Clearly I think today's chart has certainly showed my flaws, but that is why I posted it. The desire to trade is strong, but so is the desire to learn and do things the right way. Are you asking to show me that I don't really know, or I am not really sure, because that is the...

So If I was entering on pullbacks (a stop-entry on the low of the pullback bar), would a valid entry be below the 10:19 bar, or would you wait until the 10:31 bar as a valid signal? My question relates to the drop below the demand line may be temporary, and it may be safer to wait for a decent...

Thank you Workwithus, I can see that you, ND, and DBP all seem to be pointing to the same path. Does trying to trade, even in sim, affect the ability to just try and learn what the PA is doing? Does it make that much of an impact? Its a difficult concept to consider doing this without...

lol. Is it really that stupid? :-) I am hopeless at entries. I am not entering on BO's, but today is clearly a day when doing so makes a great deal of sense. when am I wrong? When price goes against me by x points.

Attached a pic for some clarity. Re your second question: Because I am an incompetent trader that is setting profit targets based on points..... :-( Edit: I know about measured moves, but is that something you would recommend for someone struggling with the random wins of a gambling trader? :-)

So today I entered a long at 46.25, 44.25, and 42.25. the price stopped me at 40.25. I entered a short at 36, 38, and 39, then hit my profit target of 34... edit: 39, not 49

I am kind of overwhelmed with the help all of you have given. Thank you very much for getting me to look at things more clearly. I'm not one to ask for help, I'm always trying to nut things out myself, but this trading issue is just the hardest thing for me to do well, and perhaps my hesitation...

Thanks Green, if it will help with the entries, I am on it.

Yes, you are all absolutely right. Now given that I don't have the ability to code patterns into a backtester, and that forward testing is the best method, but also the slowest in terms of identifying working strategies, is there a "best method" to backtest a pattern reliably, and without...

Apologies, I don't mean to confuse - Pullbacks, either shorting in downtrends or buying in uptrends. Just scaling in at those pullbacks of the relevent trend. Why is it not a valid idea to scale in to achieve a better entry price? Especially if one is not great at catching the best entry...

What about the attached example? This is what I mean about my less than stellar ability to pick entries on pullbacks. If I had not scaled in, I would have reduced my overall profit per car by going all-in at the first entry, and taken more heat overall.