may i ask if those of you who post in this journal regularly use an automated system for your trading or do you manually pick discretionary...
now that was a helpful post. thank you for citing specifics. i'll address a few of your points. it is the overall idea, same as most...
well what do you define as a plan? maybe i have the wrong idea about what it means to have a trading plan but i have set defined rules for my...
tz, thanks for your input. can you highlight any specific things you think i'm doing wrong?
darn, i'm still rooting for you krolyk. i took a drawdown slightly larger than that a few months ago so i empathize. no doubt you can battle...
are you asking for today's entries and exits? i'm not sure what you're looking for. my losses have been slightly bigger than my gains this...
all day i felt like this was a really bad day; like i made one horrible decision after another. but since i've had a chance to review i realize...
hit the max i'll allow myself to lose in a day and called it quits. i had the right idea on both trades but jumped the gun on each. down 4.75...
thanks, i'll need it. today was my first full day back at trading after a 3 week hiatus. wasn't a terrible day but i already noticed a...
fantastic post, jorge. krolyk, a lot of people have given great advice. your enthusiasm is great, but i urge you to take a step back and...
the thinkorswim account is now funded and i'll begin trading probably tomorrow. i'm now waiting for futures trading to be enabled. been looking...
no offense taken. you're correct in everything you say. realistically the odds are stacked against anyone in my spot, but if i didn't try to...
well, i've been agonizing over this for the past few days. at first i was very comfortable with my decision to mainly trade the ES, then had a...
sorry for the delayed response, i forgot about this thread. long story short, i ended up using the boxed version of turbotax in order to import...
cfmtrader, hopefully you and others can benefit from following my inevitable mistakes. : ) i've been trading stocks full time for six...
well, shux. i spoke to a friend briefly at church this morning and mentioned that i'll possibly be switching my trading focus to futures. i...
holy moly (yes, i'm trying to bring back the holy moly), thank you for all your insight. i can't spend much time now but i'm going to re-read...
i was gonna ride the recent theme of "taking $x to $y" with the title "taking $20k hopefully not to $0" but it turns out that's not as funny as i...
hey man, good for you. at least you're in the black so far. be careful with the large positions and don't break your rules anymore if you come...
hell, i went to a good school but majored in the wrong thing...twice...and now i don't know what to do with my life. i love math but hate...
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