Anyone else have issues with Tradestation today freezing up when action got quick? If not then it's my internet.
I am not sure I understand your question. Let me give it a shot though. A high percentage of the time the indexes will move lock step with the futures aka e minis. The arb process I believe is instantaneous almost. You are talking about ppl trading off of a black box in a lot of cases. Program trading. Hopefully, this answer your questions. If you want to check this get the ADD the advancing over decliners and compare to the NQ, most often they move lock step.
8 trades Only 2 winners So 6 losers But I'm still green 6.25 (after commission)! AHG works like a charm it's just going to take a lot of screen time and effort to become consistant. All my effort is going into those entries now. And they are improving. Next learning loop will be about stops. Today was very violent, I dont like these days. I have a very small account so would prefer more modest stops and targets. PS: Took 20 points on one winner and still exited to early.
Agreed my max 4 point stop is very big and in most cases I place it closer to my entry. Today was an exception. I had an 8 point stop in 2 trades (1 winner & 1 loser). I tend to get stopped rather frequent so experimenting with a little bigger stops.
I'm having the same problem of getting my stops hit with this volatility. I find I'm doing better with a 3000 & 5000 volume chart than a 1500vol chart. Also I use a 50 bar avg true range to see if my stops are appropriate for the smaller volume charts.
I normally trade 2 contracts on the sim, but today and some of yesterday I traded only 1 contract. This was so I could widen my stops but maintain the same amount of risk. And today I actually did better fake money wise than I normally do with 2 contracts.
I want to thank the regulars for ignoring and not quoting the trolls when they show up and try to disrupt the journal. All of the recent garbage has been removed and that alias has been banned. This is an excellent thread and I will not let it be trashed. Keep up the good work guys.