I believe you are confusing two very different things. You are mixing success and potential. You stated that "Succes is reaching the highest...
Again, a position continued to increase signifigantly today. TRE ended +4% higher than my exit point. I am in the process of formulating the...
Journal Update: Bad news, Res got stopped out half way through the day. Good news, I decided to add another $5k block to TRE and it paid off....
How important is it in your opinon and why? RT
Journal Update: Opened 2 positions this morning...unfortunately, I got in about 5 minutes too late. I like to get in right after the bell....
Only problem with this test is when the trend strengthens as with ESCL today. It closed at $28.47!! A whole 8% higher than where i took my...
Journal Update: Closed 195 ESCL @ $26.37 = +$150 Gross NRPH is still open @ $33.74 (+0.57%) I have decided to add a time stop of 4...
let me know if I am understanding you correctly... If you enter an existing trend, the chances are random whether or not it will continue?...
This goes for everyone contributing here: Feel free to speak/debate about trends and their attributes. That is part of the reason I started...
agreed. worst analogy i have heard in a while by your statement, surfer, it makes me believe that you fall into the category of traders...
Long 195 ESCL @ $25.60
First trade already can and went. Long 350 STXS @ $14.469 on 1/20 Sold 350 STXS @ $15.07 on 1/23 Gross: + $210 Current open...
Well, I use % so that the trend can be appropriately measured. If 3% turns out to be too tight, I may adjust in on a trade-to-trade basis....
Are you serious?? If my odds are no better than why do people even pay attention to trends?
Op Coach I plan on making trades of $5,000. But I am only allocating $20,000 BP to this. So at most (in the begining) I would only have...
After discussing the topic on another thread, I decided I should start a journal. The trading used in this journal (experiment) is done to try...
Eagle, Thank you for the compliment. There are too few of them around ET. The whole reason I bring this topic up is that is what my...
exercise, but not to the point of exhaustion. You will feel good, but at the same time relaxed.
sounds like the typical person pissed off from losing money in the markets. Sure, if you invest now, its harder to tell where the economy...
IMO, the first part of your statment is what rings true. HOW you interpret the information from the market makes you successful (or not). That...
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