1272 and rising
Neoxx Looks like your stops maybe too tight and you are dying the death of a thousand stops. If your only going for a pt or 2 you should get...
The stock market participants are the most honest and wonderful human beings who would never seek to profit from any unscrupulous trading methods,...
I trade ES after hours. Mainly becasue I live in New Zealand and I can be awake. There is plenty of movement but you have to be patient for...
Good question Simple answer is sometimes you lose. Even if you are taking a high probability say 70% setup you will still lose 30% of the time....
5 Sep Long 1229.2 Closed 1234.7 +5.5pts For Sep -16.2pts Back to normal
Thansk for your message. I usually am relucatant to let a small winning position turn into any sort of loss, let alone huge one like this....
4 Sep Long 1269.6 Closed 1243.2 -26.2pts For Sep -21.7pts Ouch, I will definitely be revisiting my no stop policy....
Well done guys, I've just given back all my profits from the last month,,,, Would have been better paper trading today...LOL
Thanks I don't have the 30 year on my platform. I can trade the 10year though. Cheers PS I'm long on the SnP at 1269.6......
Thanks for the feedback. The UK indexes open at 7pm my time and the spread is pretty good. The SnP AH futures move in sync with the FTSE100...
Thanks for the reply I am trading real money but am doing the journal mainly for my own benefit, so feel free to make your own assumptions....
Palin is a master stroke to get the publicity away from any of the issues or the candidates. PS I'm from NZ. My point of view either of the...
The dilemma of the hedge funds. They like to pretend they are strong hands but they all need leverage [ie trading on margin] to generate above...
You'd have to be a far better trader than me for to be sucessful in those markets. I've looked at them including Singapore and Korea and...
I trade usually between NZ 5pm and 11pm local time which is the middle of the US night. I trade using CFD's which track the SnP futures pretty...
Thanks Zodiac I'll just take it easy witht he position sizing. If I have a real edge the money will come, if I don't, I won't find out by...
With the price action around the hurricane I expect that the commercials are already fully hedged.
Summary for August 12 trades 11 wins average 4.2pts 1 loss average 14pts Total +32.1pts SnP +15.4 Cheers
Long 1277.8 Closed 1280 +2.2 Total + 31.6
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