Well just this week I started using hot keys for order entry. But the DOM is the only window that is 'live', the rest are set to the sim account....
Here's the charts for today: The first chart has the first trade, and the second one has the last 5. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thanks ND, that makes a lot of sense and gives me a few things to think about!
Well, I came out ahead today, but I'm kind of all over the place. I just posted last night how I was going to go back to the 1:2 r/r trades mostly...
Hey NoDoji, that's a very good point and one I need to consider! But since this is k p's journal I was wondering if you wouldn't mind answering a...
^Hey thanks for the feedback guys, it's appreciated! And yea, I'd love to take a few 15+ point moves, but for me it would be really tough to sit...
Not a good day today. My first trade should have been a gain of 1.5pts instead of .25. I tried one of the 'ATM strategies' with Ninjatrader...
No, that's just what chart Ninjatrader generates when I right click the day's trades and select 'chart'. However, I have been using the 1 min...
Well I decided to trade with stops after all, and I'm glad that I did. Today's results: 2 trades 1st: -3pts 2nd: +4.25pts Net P/L +$17.44...
Hey thanks for the reminder guys, and I agree. Some people would say I have no business being in the markets with a 1K account trading one...
It's $500 per contract, and I just started using 2 contracts this week. I have a lot of thinking to do over the weekend, and I may just go back to...
Week 5 results: 6 trades: 5 wins, 1 loss 1st: +0.50pts 2nd: -1.0pts 3rd: +0.25pts 4th: +0.75pts 5th: +0.50pts 6th: +2.25pts Net P/L +$84.64...
Just one trade today. Today's results: 1 Trade +2.25pts Net P/L +$82.44 One thing that I noticed with the Ninjatrader stats that I'll post...
Yea I agree, it's keeping the losses under control with what I'm doing that will determine success or not. I really think that things should be...
Haha yea, well a little money never hurt, that's for sure! And lol, I don't mind any advice or critique of what I'm doing at all, I'm a fairly...
Hey, thanks for following along and sure, I don't mind questions. I use Ninjatrader as my brokerage, and I also use their software. I bought the...
Today was a better day. I didn't realize that I had my order still set for 2 contracts, so the first trade that was essentially a scratch was 2...
No trades today. I'm going to be trading just one contract from now on. I was trigger shy again today for some reason. I tried to place one...
Yesterday's P/L was actually +$12.44. Today didn't go all that well. I only placed one trade and was quickly stopped out for a 1 pt loss. I did...
I seem to like the shorter time frames better. For me, the more time I spend in cash, the better. Starting this week, for most days I'll be able...
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