The psychological differences of trading sim vs. real trading are truly monumental. Taking actions (trades) that result in real losses are much...
Not sure why some like to dog ol' B1S2 so much. He's a bull testing whether the most epic bull market of our time has one more leg left in it or...
In the short term I could see this making a big ole W pattern up to that 2740 - 2750 area to suck everyone back in before spitting them out again....
I'm hoping this rally will extend this period of volatility. I'd like to see these type of markets around for several more months. Nice,...
On board with thinking an explosive move coming too. Futures level away from all time closing highs are interesting here: NAS 100 FUT is .8%...
FWIW, I've changed my daily NQ trade due to this high volatility. My previous approach was to take a signal and enter the trade in pre-market...
So I'm looking at the NDX monthly chart and I'm thinking, wow what a odd looking monthly candle pattern setting up for January and February. I...
Good points all around. Yes, not necessarily looking for an absolute price floor, but a potentially stronger floor area. An area where downside...
Interesting concepts I haven't considered before. Thanks for posting it.
Question for the Ag traders here: Do you find that the softs and grains have limited downside potential as price begins to settle near...
Retiring the 8 Futures Basket This past week will be the last I trade this 8 Futures Basket. In the initial post I was going to trade this until...
Week Feb 19th – 23rd Bounce back and forth continues. 3 wining day, 2 losing days. 18 winning trades, 19 losing trades with 12 full stop...
Thought I would post a sample of a simple tool I use when trying to construct a basket of futures trading strategies. This simple visuals helps...
rin4net, Good luck! Put the trolls on ignore (you probably know who they are) to make the journal experience better. Regarding selling too...
Yes, the $25K figure is about 2.5 the historic, maximum drawdown, so I chose that as it would be a negative number clearly invalidating my...
The HWM was made on Jan. 11th. Backtest shows an average of three long term equity curve "grinds" per year each one lasting 4 to 6 weeks. With...
Week Feb 12th – Feb 16th One step forward, one step back again. The last six weeks have alternated between positive and negative, so P & L...
I am considering putting this trade at market close Mon - Thu, trade put on close of day Friday due to the weekend. NQ regular session will...
Thanks HT. It's not that impressive in total return as a single well placed discretionary trade in the ES could net someone 60 points or more...
The 180 mark is also the start of the DIA's parabolic move on the chart from Nov. '17 through end of Jan. '18 where a 44% increase occurred in 13...
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