NoDoji's Day Trading Log

[bighog]

I looked into it a little but could not get x-study charts to copy. Maybe someone knows how to do it. I guess i am under the impression that TT will not allow the function.

The globex session opens soon and i will bet i can not copy a chart to send out.

If anyone knows a way to do it, fine, let me know.

 

[ang_99]

Quote from bighog:

I looked into it a little but could not get x-study charts to copy. Maybe someone knows how to do it. I guess i am under the impression that TT will not allow the function.

The globex session opens soon and i will bet i can not copy a chart to send out.

If anyone knows a way to do it, fine, let me know.

Just copy your entire screen hold down (ctrl) and hit (print screen) button

Paste it into paint, edit how you wish and save to your desktop, then post to ET.

 

[NoDoji]

I never looked at ES on the weekend, so I did for the past hour after trading started up and my IB chart is not updating in real time despite the settings indicating it should be.

 

[bighog]

Nope, the chart does not go to desktop.

Nod, a suggestion.

Tradestation has good charts and since you are not doing a lot of ES trading yet you might consider giving tradestation a look. I think they have free charting with actual trading of a few cars a month. The regular fee for the charting was $99.00 last i looked. You would still have to pay the ES fee and any other exchange fee monthly.

Surely Tradestation charting will beat the snot out of IB.

Just a thought..........but i do know you want a GOOD charting service.


Looks like they upped the exchange data feed for CME to 25 a month, used to be $10. Figures. But still get charting free if you do 10 cars a month. Did not look at their commissions, probably close to what ib's are.

http://www.tradestation.com/brokerage/platform_fees.shtm


Exchange data fees http://www.tradestation.com/brokerage/market_data.shtm

PS: I do miss the NYSE tick, trin, tiki which i used to get for a dollar fee to the american stock exchange with tradestation. can not get that with TT. Anyone know if the Amex still sells that data? I think it was just included with the amex stocks data. Thanks

 

[trader_david]

you can log out TWS, restart your pc, then try it again. or change your operating system to LINUX, that will solve the problem permanently. windows version TWS has lots of bugs, this creates pressure, the problamtic chart will make you nervous.

Quote from NoDoji:

I never looked at ES on the weekend, so I did for the past hour after trading started up and my IB chart is not updating in real time despite the settings indicating it should be.

 

[Dollars&Sense]

Quote from NoDoji:

I never looked at ES on the weekend, so I did for the past hour after trading started up and my IB chart is not updating in real time despite the settings indicating it should be.

Hey Nod, I prefer the X_Study charts with X_Trader but have also found that the charts on NinjaTrader are similar, and perhaps better. I think NinjaTrader is free when used only for charting and looks like it supports the IB feed if you want to check it out.

 

[NoDoji]

+$86

Had 96 shares CL short from partial fill Friday. I saw that they go ex-dividend this Wed and didn’t want to pay the div if I held it, so I put in a stop if it rose at the open, which it did, hit for -$34, then went only a bit higher before dropping beautifully.

Short STEC @ 32.84 on a breakdown through the LOD, covered @ 32.62 pivot off oversold for +$42.

Short STEC @ 32.50 (new LOD) as it fell back off the weak bounce, covered @ 32.24 for +$50, trailing a limit too slowly as it fell, left money behind on this one. Volatile one, STEC.

Meant to go long ES @ 938.00 but had the short side of the DOM stuck on my brain and shorted! Quickly exited for -$17, then it pulled back, so I left it alone at that point, having no idea where it was headed. Turns out it was a great long after all and I should’ve stuck with my initial instinct and just got back in after support was established a few minutes later. Instead I started watching some stock charts. Aargh.

Short ES @ 942.75, series of lower highs then breakdown through the 20-period EMA, covered @ 941.75 for +$45 when 3 bars in a row found support @ 941.00. Why I didn’t reverse to long, again I don’t know as it was a great long entry.

I have two issues to work through: 1) making a firm decision to trade ES instead of dabbling around with it while really focusing on stocks, and 2) taking ALL my signals immediately (I keep waiting for too much confirmation and missing a lot of the moves)

I'm sabotaging my success by not making a firm decision here.

 

[trader_david]

congralation, you finally forget about trading.
tomorrow, forget about stock trading, just ES!

Quote from NoDoji:

+$86

Had 96 shares CL short from partial fill Friday. I saw that they go ex-dividend this Wed and didn’t want to pay the div if I held it, so I put in a stop if it rose at the open, which it did, hit for -$34, then went only a bit higher before dropping beautifully.

Short STEC @ 32.84 on a breakdown through the LOD, covered @ 32.62 pivot off oversold for +$42.

Short STEC @ 32.50 (new LOD) as it fell back off the weak bounce, covered @ 32.24 for +$50, trailing a limit too slowly as it fell, left money behind on this one. Volatile one, STEC.

Meant to go long ES @ 938.00 but had the short side of the DOM stuck on my brain and shorted! Quickly exited for -$17, then it pulled back, so I left it alone at that point, having no idea where it was headed. Turns out it was a great long after all and I should’ve stuck with my initial instinct and just got back in after support was established a few minutes later. Instead I started watching some stock charts. Aargh.

Short ES @ 942.75, series of lower highs then breakdown through the 20-period EMA, covered @ 941.75 for +$45 when 3 bars in a row found support @ 941.00. Why I didn’t reverse to long, again I don’t know as it was a great long entry.

I have two issues to work through: 1) making a firm decision to trade ES instead of dabbling around with it while really focusing on stocks, and 2) taking ALL my signals immediately (I keep waiting for too much confirmation and missing a lot of the moves)

I'm sabotaging my success by not making a firm decision here.

 

[tomahawk]

Quote from bighog:

Nope, the chart does not go to desktop.

Hitting 'control'+'print screen' copies whatever window was last selected to the clipboard (invisible). You then have to open MS Paint and copy it into there. You can save it anywhere you like - doesn't have to be the desktop.

IB offers NYSE Tick, Trin, etc. if you're desperate.

Regards

TH

 

[trader_david]

oops, I need congraulate to you about your forgetting of paper trading. always say to yourself, no paper trading!