Agreed the sample size has to be large enough (and the trading time frame long enough) to provide a meaningful picture of what's happening.
The eval companies also provide analytics for you so I can study those as well.
Don't think I ever backtested anything, mostly because of all the negative information I'd gotten about that exercise in the distant past. But...
You're right it trended down after about 9:45am. Don't know why I thought otherwise, bad memory. Think I had been profitable until around 10am so...
I had been having similar problems with the YM when I decided to try another emini for a change. At first I was very surprised and happy with how...
Appreciate the advice weisman02. The market patterns do always repeat don't they.
Yup. The most discouraging thing about this of course is that all I know is countertrend trading, I really have no 'safe' technique for entering a...
I could look at the detail and yes up until the east coast lunch hour it was pretty much a ranging situation, but changed into a down trend some...
Yeah bitch-slapped would be accurate. Smarting.
Thx traderking007. Indeed I need to find an edge for days like that. On the range-trading days I do well regardless if it starts gapped up or...
So here I'm asking for comments about the difficulties I experience trying to recognize a trending NQ day in time to avoid ending up with a...
It's like I was saying at beginning of this thread, just an experiment. My problem of fearing shorting, not sure what triggers it. But thought if...
I've copied and pasted your instructions. Thank you so much!! Now I can see what additional trouble I can get myself into!
Hmmm.. I do have an inversion table..
Ha! Might have to resort to that if it helps me work up the balls to pull a short ;-) But seriously I hadn't even considered broker liability....
Thanks for that tiddlywinks. I did try that feature with Sierra when I was with Transact a while back, but if memory serves (and these days it...
Hear you there. It's how I lost my first OneUp Trader eval last week - letting the market 'breathe' while in trades. Tight stops certainly didn't...
Good points. Not as if I'd never been burned going short! Last week was a good example of that - the markets were so panicky I should've stayed...
Yup Sekiyo, but as I was saying there are problems with that, one I noticed right away- the cursor moves opposite from how I move my hand. And I...
Thanks trdes, not a waste of time at all! You've made valid points. I will say that I've long since lost count of the number of times I've had to...
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