Glad I took that big loss yesterday, as market continued lower today. I scaled back in lower and then noticing a strong bounce off of lows of...
Hi NoahA, the strategy doesn't look for trend or whether trade is going against me. That is just what the brain perceives when it sees the trades...
Hi John, I am selling into strength, even when taking a loss. I do vary the exits though. Like after the sizable drop today, I am going for a...
Ok, so bot took exited all earlier trades from today, including my unfortunate adds. 9K realized loss on the day. I am back in strategy mode now...
Well, the overnight session went well for me, making about $700. Then market tanked at the open. I took a 4K loss late morning. When I was aware...
Hi Snuskpelle, I typically keep it under 1X, but 2X to 4X is within reason for me. 100% cash going into tonight's session, I have my max position...
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I don't want to hold a full size position in futures all the time. The volatility would be too much for me. I want to get in and get back to cash...
Well, I did take some losses, but was doing well before and after that time frame. Currently at new equity highs. Hurray.
Do you mean calculate a correlation coefficient? That would be a good idea. I have a PNL vs SP500 posted on the first page. I know I have...
I'll just say they didn't look good. But fortunately, those periods were the exception. I just have to avoid a blow up and trade through them. I...
Hi toon, I was trading MYM, M2K, MES, and MNQ. If you are curious about the excessively volatility on my %profit vs SP500 chart during that time...
2008 period peak to valley for both MNQ and MES would be (51,430) total. I suppose the smaller contract size was helping reduce the drawdown in...
And for MNQ max drawdown would be (33,997). So trading both contract, the total would be close to 58K DD. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here is ES around 2020, using my current max position size. So for MES, everything would be 1/10th. Max. Drawdown peak to valley then would be...
Yeah, it hurts to take the loss. But you need to LOVE to take the loss. To keep things in perspective, I remind myself my strategy will get me...
Hi SimpleMeLike, thanks for checking in. I have enjoyed reading your replies to other posters. They are always thoughtful and inspiring. I see you...
Hi easymon1, Yes, I scale in, but the number of tranches is limited. It can be varied as an input, as well as the contracts per tranche. I may...
Hi NoahA, Long only. I do some short discretionary trading, to catch short term market tops. Also, I will discretionarily trade the ES short...
Here is where I monitor my positions other than the actual chart. Exposure is defined as (AccountEquity-Purchasingpower)/AccountEquity;. When it...
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