Come on, tell us how you did it.
(a good motto for traders) "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the...
Got a Masters in life sciences, started working in biotech without much enthusiasm. Then I was introduced to the financial markets by accident....
Today's trades: QLGC3G SHORT 1 at 33.97 COVER 1 at 33.95 (bkeven stop triggered, was up 0.15 then retraced) P&L=+$1 :D LONG 1 at 34.35...
No PDT and the leverage allow you to daytrade if you have a small account. Very thinly traded though, it's mostly you against the MMs, and that's...
Traded AMGN today, shorted 1 contract around 11:25, and put a stop limit around 0.22 higher (trigger at double ask, limit 0.07 lower). I think I...
It's a delicate thing, triggering your stops off the stock price, because the difference between stock price and SSF BID/ASK is variable with the...
... to quote hii. Shorted one QLGC Feb contract around 9:40 at $33.10 on MA crossdown, and chickened out on a wiggle up around 10:00 for -$6....
Jerry, Is there a list of ticker symbols somewhere inside Help or on your site? What are the tickers for ES, NQ03H, and NQLGC03G? I can't...
hii, I couldn't trade today because cable was down. Did you get rid of the 2 QLGC contracts you had? It gapped up to 33.20, then down to...
Couldn't trade today as the cable provider had maintenance scheduled for early Mon morning. It was supposed to be done by 5 am, but it's not up...
Jerry, I downloaded the beta last night but I couldn't get it to work with SSFs. So I had TWS running, the quote source under Preferences set...
Haven't been quite following strategy. Plus the small account size - a few losses in a row can be fairly demoralizing.
Jerry, Can you chart intraday SSFs with QuoteTracker using IB feed? I tried and wasn't able to. Thanks, vorzo ps. Are you the guy that...
hii, I will join you tomorrow, getting my feet wet with SSFs. Good trading, vorzo
That's right. I've programmed the same strategy into Wealth Lab, but adding the stop losses and it's still profitable (about $120/week per NQ...
So you are still long two contracts QLGC over the weekend? You should've sold and gone short when it turned against you. On Fri markets gapped...
Do you mind posting the trades with some comments? Thanks, vorzo
db, I backtested an EMA crossover ( 20 and 5). Entry - open of the next 1 min bar after the crossover (long if crossing up, short if crossing...
hii, How's your incursion in the SSF realm? I watched QLGC and QQQ today, but refrained from trading. Some wide swings in OLGC. Cheers, vorzo
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