At the risk of seeming blunt.....
From the chart you posted it appears that if you sold at the close of the first red bar and covered at the close of the first green bar as the...
Good for you my friend. You've survived round 1. It might be more helpful if you posted your charts showing entries and exits so those who...
>>I think it's silly that Pivotas is is being so hard on you for losing. What is silly is continuing to trade in the same manner. For a system...
K... As long as you seem to be so committed to punishment and self destruction, why not cut off a thumb or a finger for each day you screw up....
"I was starting to think my system was pretty decent" K... An opinion about when and in what direction and how far the market is going...
Print this out and display prominently next to your monitor.
>>Today went much better, I learned from some of my mistakes this week took some smaller losses when the signals reversed on me. I took some...
You need to think about why you like doing this.
What happens when you average down. From Wikipedia: "The beginning of the end occurred on January 16, 1995, when Leeson placed a short...
Without knowing what rules you use to enter a trade, what you use for a setup and a trigger, it is difficult to give you pertinent answer. Where...
My friend..... the worst thing that can happen to you...is happening. Twice you've been down more than you should have allowed and twice you have...
Before you make your first trade, take $40K out of your IB account. When you burn up the $10K remaining, stop and re-think your decision to trade...
strategy optimised with a 15 day look back:
Thursday trades
JTK... I converted your strategy into EL code to better understand some of the problems you were having. I optimized for profit, loss,breakeven,...
JTK.... last point. With discretionary entry, which is what I do, you will always "sometimes be early". Because of this there is an element of...
JTK... To illustrate my point the below chart shows your 510 tick es chart with an 18 period ma. The indicator shows the high and low of each...
JTK.... this is what I've learned from looking at your charts/trades. 1. Most of your profitable trades occur when you enter after a minimum...
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