I'd like to try trading index futures (ES or ER2) and am wondering what sort of risks I'm exposing myself to. If I hold, say, 5 contracts of the...
32, Vancouver BC Been trading full time for one year. Started in prop, moved to retail and have been profitable for 3 months.
Jack, I haven't been keeping a log of the ES. Today was my first day watching it and my plan was to just keep screen caps of the annotated...
Nice trades, especially if you got NVEC at 31.37 and not, say, 37.37 :)
I used to take a walk around noon EST since volume would dry up, trading would get choppy and I would start leaking money. Perhaps it would be a...
I'm trying to move from a swing trading style to add in more day trading, in particular day trading the futures. When price stays in a narrow...
Today was the first day that I really tried to spend the entire day watching the ES in real time. I forgot how dull it can be to watch every tick...
Time-based exits protect you from unexpected down sides, let you focus on more profitable trades, and are a good way of telling you that things...
Of course. I am mere flotsam in the ocean of money. But I'm fairly disciplined, I have a lot of time to devote to learning, and best of all I...
You'll make believers of us, yet. Thanks for these annotated charts, Spydertrader. My annotations are getting closer to yours but I don't yet...
That's crap. Over the last year, people here have given you lots and lots of advice. You've kept a Journal in which people have commented...
For each strategy that I trade, I allow for a fixed level of risk which is a function of the amount in my account. As I earn more, the proportion...
Time, I think, for me to put aside tinkering with code and focus on the ES. If you're going to be posting your charts after each day, I'll join...
.30 spread sounds wide, but it's just under 0.5%, not too bad. Remember that not long ago, the minimum spread would have been .25! This spread...
I for one am very interested. You've formed a strong community here and it would be a shame to end it. This thread has to be one of the most...
Thanks Spydertrader, it is helpful. I've been reading some of Jack's annotated charts on his blog and trying to make sense of them. I can't say...
Any chance you could annotate the chart with "decision points" or places that you either did or would take action?
I got in earlier but my average price is 16.35 and have nearly been stopped out already, but I'm still holding. I too like the daily chart....
I'm in both of them. True, their volume has dried up a bit in both cases. OMNI looks like it's resting at the bottom of it's short-term...
There's a lot to digest in that. I recall in one of the early camtasia recordings, some of the audience said that they were experiencing...
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