I see a lot of different opinions here. It is obvious that many of the negative points of view come from system traders, so they are asking...
Perhaps he is trading a retirement account and cannot short. The government, in all its typical wisdom, has decided it is too risky to use...
Thanks. I didn't know that. But the reason I have 3 different accounts through NT is not in order to trade different sims. For security reasons I...
Testing different strategies, different time frames, and different instruments.
Thanks for the comment. Since the strategy involved Renko bars, it may be that the more chop with the ES showed up as more whipsaws. A larger...
Good point. Thanks.
Sorry- my bad. I am using 12-tick Renkos with the Ichimoku Cloud for trends. Reversals are 2:1, or 24 ticks. For trading ranges I am using the...
I have been using the ES to create strategies for both trending and sideways markets. I have never really considered the RTY, but on first look...
God does not predict the future. He DETERMINES the future. I alway try to keep that in mind in all my activities.
I agree. I spent over a year following AL Brooks in his trading room (which, by the way, I just discovered today that he has cut back to 4 days...
I have tried that, but it seems that automated systems will occasionally take bad trades, like selling near the bottom of a trading range. Maybe...
That is why I've decided that semi-automated trading is the answer for me. I still have to decide whether to take the trade, but my setups are...
True. Actually, I tend to do better in sideways markets. In trends I get nervous about how much longer the move will last and I jump out too soon....
Markets tend to have innertia. Sideways markets tend to continue sideways, which is the most common state. But trending markets tend to continue...
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