Hi Art, I am not a trading lecturer or book author, just a no-body trader who has been trading the ES everyday for the last few years. I...
Some London Prop firms have advised their traders not to use Refco or their subsidaries to execute any business for them until further notice....
It seems quite often the losers posted don't take into enough account of the 'big picture' and not just that isolated candlestick signal. Also,...
I was thinking of doing a website of my trading so I opened an account at www.blogger.com. However, now for the last 4 days everytime I try to...
Thanks for your encouragement. I will try to answer that question as much as possible with a post on the Blog. Broadbrush details only I am...
I am not sure if this is in the right section, so moderators can move if they think it is appropriate. I have recently started an ES trading...
I think fixed profit targets are not necessarily all bad. I use fixed profit targets to calculate my profit objectives for each trade. However,...
I wonder if you get times when you can tell from watching the market so much that it is going higher or lower (market intuition so to speak), but...
Yes and yes. More cash than futures, but some trade futures or rather start off by trading futures then move to cash when they get good.
No it wasn't. I was just making the point generally that if I used a +1 point stop it would be too tight for my trading of the ES. However, as...
I agree it is sensible not to have a hard stop at the logical price area. However, another way of approaching this is to have a mental stop at...
One man's feast is another man's famine. I love tight stops and moving the stop to breakeven asap. However, if I did this when only +1 point...
Looking at yesterday's action in the ES, at 11.05EST there was a long legged doiji at a temporary top that also appeared as a dark inverted hammer...
I don't know what the biggest cause of volatility nor care, as a humble trader I focus on what is happening now (and my response to it) and leave...
The structure of the market changed significantly at the end of 2003, beginning of 2004. Volatility reduced sharpely and price reactions changed...
For those traders that day trade futures successfully I was wondering if you would be willing to share your position sizing strategies. I think...
It is certainly important to understand trend days in order to improve one's trading results. Perhaps one should first define what one means by...
Oh ok. Sorry for the misunderstanding, I must have read it wrong. Thanks for this thread, perhaps one of the most educational on ET. You are...
First off all, let me say I greatly respect you as a trader and have enjoyed all your posts, and private discussions I have had with you about...
I actively scale out at four different profit levels. It is always hard to know exactly where the market will stop and yet I find it necessary to...
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