CL Redux

Visaria · Dec 7, 2011

short 10065

DeepTrading · Dec 7, 2011

I really need to learn to let my winners fly a little more.

NoDoji · Dec 7, 2011

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I really need to learn to let my winners fly a little more.

Or you can take profit, then watch the 1-min chart for a continuation re-entry. When the bots are trying to defend every possible interim S/R level, I sometimes re-enter in the same direction 4 or 5 times off the 1-min pullbacks.

InvestVision · Dec 7, 2011

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Short 100.90

out 100.48

Visaria · Dec 7, 2011

Quote from NoDoji:

Or you can take profit, then watch the 1-min chart for a continuation re-entry. When the bots are trying to defend every possible interim S/R level, I sometimes re-enter in the same direction 4 or 5 times off the 1-min pullbacks.

Interesting. So you take your profit (on a spike perhaps?), wait and then go back in at a better price?

DeepTrading · Dec 7, 2011

in for a long at 100.5

Doji : Saw your message....thanks for that. Trading trends is something i am still not fully comfortable with. I generally try and pick the highs and lows. So getting in after closing early makes squirm.

Although it is a great suggestion and i will look at building that into my system as time goes.

DeepTrading · Dec 7, 2011

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in for a long at 100.5

Out b/e ... should have taken my 30 ticks like my gut said

NoDoji · Dec 7, 2011

Quote from Visaria:

Interesting. So you take your profit (on a spike perhaps?), wait and then go back in at a better price?

I'm an intraday scalper so I look to target minimum 20 ticks and I use tight stops. If a target larger than 20 ticks makes sense, such as in a strong trend, I may hold for more if price is really running, or I may take profit on a push, then get back in on the 1-min pullback.

An example of trading a trending move in chunks today was:

12:53 ET: sh 101.26, cover 101.01 (a miracle the bid was lifted, lol)

01:31 ET: sh 101.09, cover 100.78 (off a 5-min pullback)

02:04 ET: sh 100.77, cover 100.55 (off a 5-min pullback)

02:14 ET: sh 100.63, cover 100.43 (off a 1-min pullback)

EON Kid · Dec 8, 2011

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I'm not a scalper, I'm all or none. I had 7 trades that showed nice follow thru out of the gate and came back to b/e or so and 4 trades where I locked in 30 ticks. I have no way of knowing when a runner will occur and I want to be conditioned to catch the runners.

so are you or aren't you

GM all

NoDoji · Dec 8, 2011

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so are you or aren't you

GM all

Ha ha, that's back when so many CL traders I was communicating with were taking 1-10 ticks profit, so I considered that scalping. I now consider trading for 20-30 ticks scalping after following some of you guys here who hold half the day or more through deep retraces for a point+