Recent Content by sempai

  1. Comparison of ES, NQ, YM & ER2

    Interesting post granville x. One thing I would add is the effect of commissions, particularly when trading the Mini-Dow. For example, at...
    Post by: sempai, Sep 13, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  2. Awash's Journal

    Hi Awash, I have a lot of the same problems that you're describing in your thread, especially the one regarding missed opportunities. I have...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 29, 2003 in forum: Journals

  3. Tell me what you would do..

    Dear Friend of Bills, Forget about trading. Just start drinking again now (you will anyway if you trade) and save yourself the $10k you're...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 29, 2003 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. Sempai's YM Journal

    I've been contemplating what to do from here and I think I'm going to go back to the paper trading stage and continue to try to work things out...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 27, 2003 in forum: Journals

  5. Sempai's YM Journal

    Well, that's a thought, but to tell the truth, I don't think it will help. The method that I described in my prior post that was making 75%...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 27, 2003 in forum: Journals

  6. Sempai's YM Journal

    4 Trades: 0 winners, 4 losers Gross P&L: -20 pts. Net P&L: -24 pts. #1 Range 9:38 -1 @ 9327 9:40 +1 @ 9329 (-2) #2 Retracement...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 27, 2003 in forum: Journals

  7. Sempai's YM Journal

    Here is the chart for today's trades. I've stopped putting the prices and pts. per trade in there because it's redundant - all of that info is...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 27, 2003 in forum: Journals

  8. 45+ point pop on YM

    Perhaps due to the positive consumer confidence report, a few people decided to put some money into equity mutual funds today. If so, the...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 26, 2003 in forum: Index Futures

  9. Sempai's YM Journal

    3 Trades: 1 win, 1 loss, 1 scratch. Gross P&L: - 1 pt. Net P&L: -4 pts. #1 Retracement 9:37 a.m. +1@9293 9:43 a.m. -1@9294 (+1)...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 26, 2003 in forum: Journals

  10. Sempai's YM Journal

    Here is the chart for yesterday's trades. I didn't get a chance to put notes on it but I marked the entries and exits that are posted in the summary.
    Post by: sempai, Aug 26, 2003 in forum: Journals

  11. Sempai's YM Journal

    4 Trades: 0 winners, 4 losers. Gross P&L: -18 pts. Net P&L: -22 pts. (-1 pt/rt for commissions) I didn't deduct for slippage because these...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 25, 2003 in forum: Journals

  12. Candlesticks on daily charts

    I like hammers at support and hanging men at resistance to signal reversals.
    Post by: sempai, Aug 25, 2003 in forum: Technical Analysis

  13. Sempai's YM Journal

    Here are some of the support/resistance levels for tomorrow, 8/25/03. The ones marked on the chart are from Friday. The levels not marked are...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 24, 2003 in forum: Journals

  14. Sempai's YM Journal

    Here's a link to the chart with the key support/resistance levels for today's trading which were formed on yesterday's 5-min. chart. I only use...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 22, 2003 in forum: Journals

  15. Sempai's YM Journal

    I forgot to post a trade setup that occurred at 9:55 a.m. in my summary. I've labeled it on the chart as trade #1b. The corrected information...
    Post by: sempai, Aug 22, 2003 in forum: Journals