Finally learnt to swing

Discussion in 'Journals' started by padutrader, Aug 13, 2024.

  1. p0box4

    p0box4

    You yourself set the target for being the best trader ever in 2 months ;).
     
    #151     Aug 16, 2024
  2. padutrader

    padutrader

    trading is just common market sense which not many traders have
     
    #152     Aug 16, 2024
  3. padutrader

    padutrader

    that others will judge. my target is just making common market sense trades and make around 4000 usd aday with a win rate of above 95%
     
    #153     Aug 16, 2024
  4. p0box4

    p0box4

    I don't want to ruin your party, but those targets aren't very realistic with the $1000 daily draw down allowance Topstep has with the combine size that you selected. Based on your past performance your risk of ruin with this kind of size that you are going to trade is much, much higher than your odds of success.

    Not me being bitchy, pure stats.
    Slow and steady wins the race.
     
    #154     Aug 16, 2024
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  5. padutrader

    padutrader

    ES is a dream come true for 5 min traders
    scalp and /or swing. Swing according to Brooks is 4 points roughly but in American market you can get 20 points in a blink of an eye
     
    #155     Aug 16, 2024
  6. padutrader

    padutrader

    agree with you but that is where being good comes in

    just watch this space

    yes topstep has a drawdown target of 1000 but it is end of day and NOT trailing .
    so i can make 1000 usd in the early globex market then risk that 1000 to get 2-3 thousand more by the time American markets open and then risk that.

    taht is the game plan
     
    #156     Aug 16, 2024
  7. padutrader

    padutrader

    nice discussing with you with the prospect of the boring weekend coming up

    there is nothing more i hate than the weekend.
    have a nice week end
     
    #157     Aug 16, 2024
  8. p0box4

    p0box4

    True, but it might be smarter to start slower and build a bigger maximum draw down cushion than $2k before increasing your risk and target. $2K is gone before you know it.
     
    #158     Aug 16, 2024
  9. padutrader

    padutrader

    true
    that is what top step advises.
    i was too stupid to do it and after blowing so many accounts i finally learnt to read the market not by luck or hard work but perseverance and by literally "buying" knowledge/enlightenment and wisdom which you can only get by punishing your self for uneducated trades which result in losses. Losses is a painful way to learn and i would not recommend it to anyone but you learn well: spare the rod[pain] and spoil the trader
     
    #159     Aug 16, 2024
  10. Georpe

    Georpe

    An intraday swing according to Brooks is closer to around one third of the recent rth range; that's not 4 points in 2024.
     
    #160     Aug 16, 2024
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