oh boy, so many questions....
"You do not seem to follow the practice of other teachers showing us the process of your thoughts, and anticipations as trades materialize, BEFORE the trade is made. Is there a reason for this?"
Yes, I am the editor of a spread newsletter and it would not be fair for my subscriber to post the trades before they are made.
"Are you actually making these trades with real money, and just calling them hypothetical because of the adjustments you are making with commissions and the elimination of slippage?"
Yes. I adjust because of the following reasons: Spread trading is very "inprecise". If you have 5 trader entering at the same moment you would get probably 5 different fills. The close makes it more transparent I guess.
"We often hear the saying, âlet your profits run.â Are you only placing targets when the seasonal windowâs time runs out?"
I am normaly using a trailing stop. If I use a target, then I use a limit order.
"How often are you still in the trade when the seasonal ends on a new high?"
Don't know. Normaly I don't look at it.
"Are you giving us ALL of your trades?"
Yes.
"In that case you should be showing better results that you have posted so far. You can leave out the ones that do not work."
Of course!
"Why canât you post a few images here for everyone?"
They have a copy right and you have to ask Moores before using them!
"Its clear that you prefer natural support to a trailing stop. Do you always exit when natural support is compromised?"
I always exit when my stop gets hit...yes.
"How long do you usually hold winning trades?"
Until they are not making more money.
"Do your trades start out as short term, then only if they become long term you journalize them here?"
I post all trades.
Happy trading,
Andy
