Here's the 1 contract aggressive mode.
I have a ES daytrade breakout strategy in TS 2000i code I'd like to swap for a comparable performing ES reversal strategy. This has 2 modes...
Looks like it's going to be a boring start to 2006. Models don't indicate a trade for Tuesday so I'll be sitting around again. Today's entire...
I'm done for the year so I'm setting up my journal to track my goal for 2006. My goal is simple. Start with 325k and grow it to at least 825k in...
If I expect the volatility to increase but without any directional bias I'd buy a straddle (correct?). If so, should I buy slightly out of the...
The only order you can use in automated trading is the stop order. Market orders in realtime are delayed up to 5 sec. due to Tradestation...
Create the chart using the tick chart as the symbol. Then insert symbol on the chart using the 2 hour chart. This will place the tick chart as...
Works for me. As long as we get some directional movement. I love lamb chops.:D
Up at 5:30am CT. 5:45 - 6:45 Do aerobics on a semi-recumbant bike 6:45 - 7:15 Shave,shower,dress 7:15 - 7:45 Eat light breakfast. Watch some...
She couldn't stand the isolation of trading so she started substitute teaching. Now she's got her certificate and is teaching pre-school special...
It's variable. My baseline %risk starts around 2.25% per-trade. If I'm up 200% of my starting account size then I'll cut the baseline to .5% to...
It's been nearly 5 years since I was laid off and 3+ years since I started trading. My wife and I started this as a team. Now it's just me and...
Spoke with Justin about the problems. This is all new software (complete re-write). The connectivity problems are on the server side. A patch was...
I think that's it. When I moved a account from IB over a year ago, everything was great. I've noticed in the past couple of upgrades they've been...
I love how a new mandatory update went in this past weekend. Had nothing but problems since the "update". Today I can't even logon. Getting...
+451 Bad day of trading. Tried to work on other projects and missed entering orders. Arghhhh........I've learned my lesson........again.
One of the things I've learned thats worked well is to average into winning trades. If I go short at 1270.00 then the market must go to 1269.75...
+495 Should be done for the day, but if the ES drops more my models might kick off some more trades.
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I'm not sure if I have this figured out. Does this mean if I make 1,000 on a 50,000 account I've made 2% for the day? Then do a std. deviation of...
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