From dandx - "I believe stop should be based on market structure not an arbitrary number. Sometimes that means a larger stop than my account can...
bespoke - Thanks for the clarifications. You system seems to be a nice piece of work. You've given me some good ideas to work with. JSSPMK - I...
"You can get stopped out in a nanosecond with a 1-1.5 point stop (after entry) when the ES starts to get busy and that excludes, of course,...
bespoke - Do you use the daily or intraday ATR for your day trading system ? Could you give an example of how you would use it. Also, could you...
"But by using volatility parameters, there was less variance between each month which is what I like personally (for psychological sake, yes, I'm...
Xuanxue - Very good info. Thanks ! bespoke - That's exactly what I'm aiming at. I just have to use the right parameters then it's a matter of...
AndrewBee, I agree 100% with everything you said. What do you trade exactly ?
[Andrew Bee] "Ah, there's the rub. You still have discretionary inputs to an otherwise automatic system. " Actually, I don't. I trade the...
"If you increase your risk 2x then cut your size down. If the wider stop increases your expectancy then you can turn your size back up a notch."...
The easy way is to just cut my position size in half, double my stop and be done with it, but I was hoping for a more mathematical approach to the...
"I would emphasize though before hand that you not confuse randomness with a poor stop location. Did the market go your original direction after...
Original stop. Basically, if you were using a 2 point stop say 2 months ago is it the same stop these days based on the increased volatility.
I have been recently getting stopped out a lot because of the increased volatility in the ES just to see it reverse and go my intended direction...
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