First of all, I respect old traders. The fact that they are old and still trading adds so much weight to whatever they share. "Picking tops" is...
ES 10 point (989-999) range so far. Looks like it will climb over 1000 today. On the wrong side of the market again, for the 1000000th time. Well,...
I don't know how good trading and making money can be separated, i.e., how one can make money without trading well, or how one can manage to not...
No, because I read too many books and his book didn't stand out from the crowd. But I do use the concept of finding a bias off the weekly chart...
How can I do this experiment without using real money? What is going to motivate me to watch the market and jump in and out on a daily basis? I...
Thanks. I have read more books than I would care, including this one. But if one can trade successfully by reading books, I would rather become a...
I don't think what you call "dumb" money is really dumb. Truth is "dumb" money makes more money than you would know or like. Where do you think...
I know. See my post yesterday. I may have to do this experiment in my other account, where I can afford an adverse move of 100 points. But...
10 minutes before NY open, ES high was 995. If I were trading scared money, I would have cut loss already. Instead, I have the opportunity to...
First of all, I am not a good trader, yet. My account equity resembles a roller coaster more than anything else. I fought the uptrend since March...
3 point range overnight (989.75-993). Japan closed above 10000 the first time in a while. Order still standing. No fear, no greed.
Decided to leave a GTC buy @ 982 order before going to bed. Last Thursday evening after the blackout, I watched ES spiked down and wanted to...
No, no, I don't intend to optimize by curve fitting or back testing. I will decide stop and target points based solely on my mood at the time....
Thanks for the highly valuable statistics. I intend to push to profitability by doing the following: 1. Have a bias that matches with the...
You made two points. I agree on one and disagree on the other one. This account is indeed underfunded for such an experiment. One bad week I...
This is certaily my hope. The idea to start this experiment formed after I read a number of Journals on this site over the weekend. All the...
Yes
Experiment started on 8/15/03 sell 1 ES @ 990
Background I traded my IRA account from $9000 to $16000 in 2002, then I fought the uptrend from March 2003 until now by buying puts on indices...
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