AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders

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  1. Nice Chart!
     
    #4621     Nov 28, 2007
  2. I didn't look at the NQ today, but it seemed the ES was up , up , up. It was such strong momentum, it was hard to wait for a Piscuy signal. I was entering at the signal bar and not waiting for a verification bar...I modified this only because the tape was so strong. Also, I was prepared to exit if I didn't see the verification bar very soon.

    I'm almost 40 too, but I really don't pay attention to age and I even forget how old I am sometimes:)
     
    #4622     Nov 28, 2007
  3. Mark, I was looking at your chart. It looked like you played it good in the morning, but missed out on quick profits.

    Now the revenge trades are another story. I do that sometimes too. I guess with discipline we will learn to stop that and look at each trade as a new, seperate entity.

    Nice comeback in the afternoon!
     
    #4623     Nov 28, 2007
  4. mark1

    mark1 Guest

    Heh yes, i'm still very far from perfection with Piscuey pivots, but going over my trades today gave me a great lesson, If I just erase the revenge trade, and the 2 trades where I didn't take my quick profit and became 2 losses (3rd and last chart) , I'd be up 10 points instead of 1-1.5 points. Think about it people, 3 undisciplined trades made the difference between a good day and a wasted day.

    Plus the lack of a second contract to play with, somehow made everything very difficult today

    I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT 2 OR MORE CONTRACTS IS THE WAY TO GO FOR A NEW TRADER. fIRST LEARN TO BE PROFITABLE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH ONE CONTRACT !
    REMEMBER PRESERVATION OF THE CAPITAL IS THE NAME OF THE GAME. DON'T INCREASE YOUR RISK IF YOUDON'T SEE TANGIBLE RESULTS

    Was a good experience though
     
    #4624     Nov 28, 2007
  5. TdrDave

    TdrDave

    Can anyone show me how to create the modified HA bars in Ensign; I cant open Aneks zip file. Thanks, Dave.
     
    #4625     Nov 28, 2007
  6. foxthorn

    foxthorn

    Could someone please help me with this T&S question...

    In the image attached... Green is AT ask and Yellow is ABOVE Ask....

    The Red arrow points to a trade at Ask (for 2036.50) then the next trade is above ask (for 2036.25)....

    I don't understand why a trade is above ask but at a lower price than the previous one that traded AT ask????

    Why does this happen?

    Thanks for your help!
    Fox
     
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    #4626     Nov 28, 2007
  7. Do you have T&S filtered? A lot of small trades could have knocked down the price to 2036
     
    #4627     Nov 28, 2007
  8. foxthorn

    foxthorn

    I had forgotten that I recently filtered out the 1 car trades .... So I just turned the filter off and replayed this same point in time again.... The attached image shows the 1-car contract between those two but notice it was at 2036.50 (at ask)...

    So... same question still remains...

    This T&S snapshot is on 11/26 9:33:44AM if anyone cares to compare...
     
    #4628     Nov 28, 2007
  9. foxthorn

    foxthorn

    Forgot to attach the image... here it is.

     
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    #4629     Nov 28, 2007
  10. Tough day for me again, but I think I'm slowly learning. Not as fast as some of you though. :) Biggest problem is I get stopped out on noise a LOT. Guess I want to preserve my capital too much. :)

    Anyway, check out this article at newsweek on the psychology of decision making. http://www.newsweek.com/id/71514/page/1 I agree with their statement on "maximizers", as I am one...
     
    #4630     Nov 28, 2007
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