I should have also taken advantage of the greater liquidity and shorted more at 60. it popped up after the initial break of 60, and I was scaling...
Nice work DonKee, you the man.
9/10/07 +1831 on 12 ES. Shorted the break from 60. Avg entry 59.94, avg exit 56.79. Always tempting to stay in, as the ES looks weak. But will...
Which broker are you using? Tradestation will run all of these stats for you in their Trademanager Analysis. Platform is free w/ 10 roundtrips a...
Thanks buddy. Ironically, due to a number of factors like traveling, I'm doing most of my trading off a 14" thinkpad...
Anyone use Tradestation with other international markets besides the US and Germany? if so, does TS provide data feed for other countries such as...
easy... they probably did a search/find for "guidance". 1. type, copy past the word "guidance" from any notepad or document when the release...
One flaw in the logic is that you're really investing $200k instead of the stated $100k. You're holding $100k in reserve to meet margin calls, so...
Yes, yes, and yes. Times like these make you appreciate what's important. My wife has been through quite a bit over the years. Nowadays when I do...
I'm sorry to hear about your troubles NY_HOOD. I have, likewise, blown up my share of accounts. The market is a vicious game. One thing I've...
Where's that picture from? What firm? What website? I like the LCD TV displays on top. It looks like California or the west coast since it's dark...
I usually try to catch the momentum in a strong intra-day trend. I don't do well in slow rangebound days.
Thanks, good trading to you also.
Thanks. I hope posting results don't jinx me. Here is the blotter and chart from today 9/7.
Net +8156 for the 1st week. Hope the trend continues.
9/7/07 Day 4 Net +1841 on 23 ES traded. Shorted at 60.5, rode it up to 65, rode it back down to 58.5. Need to stay disciplined and cut...
9/6/07 Day 3 Net +1525 on 15 contracts. I'm loving the liquidity ES provides. Basically shorted from 78.5 to 76.5 averaging in and out....
9/5/07 Day 2, net +2800 after commission on 15 ES. basically rode the drop from 80 to 75 and called it a day. volatility helps when trading ES...
I made the switch this week from trading ER2 to ES. 9/4 1st day trading ES full time. Today's net is around $1300, so I may call it a day...
I had similar bad experience last week when Tradestation's trade servers went down. I will continue using TS, but have funded my IB account to use...
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