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 Koc133 
Henderson,Nv
 
Experience: Beginner
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Hello everyone,

Mostly a buy and hold investor. Now interested in trading for income.

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chin00kie
Keystone Heights + Florida/USA
 
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Where is the message bar that one should click to make an introduction? I hit "post a reply". Is that correct?

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chin00kie
Keystone Heights + Florida/USA
 
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Chin00kie here! I have been trying to trade with success since 1979. That is about 36 years of failure. In my most dismal moments I trusted one of the "experts". Each time they lost everything that I had. I have come to believe that no one in this business really knows how to win successfully. I am here hoping that someone can prove me wrong. I am trying to find a local friend who trades in North Florida. More importantly, I am looking for someone who makes money trading, not selling trading propaganda. The most truthful statement that I have read is "the only way make money without losing is to get some desperate fool to give you money for your ideas" 100% increase in equity. I am jaded but with justification. Probably the worst thing I did was read "Think and grow Rich" Napoleon Hill convinced me to never give up on your dream. 36 years I have believed there is a way to make money in spite of the hard fact that I have never ended with more than I started with. I might be happier if I would give up and find an honest endeavor. Please show me there is hope. Thank you.

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 Willem12345 
Amsterdam
 
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Hello everyone,

I am new here , I traded a little bit a few years ago

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 Heph333 
Springfield, MO/USA
 
Experience: Advanced
Platform: Jigsaw
Broker: AMP CQG
Trading: ZN, ZB
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I suppose after lurking for 6 years, I ought to say hi. (please just get rid of that damn banner at the top of the page that tells me I haven't posted yet)

"Hi, my name is Jason and I'm a tradeaholic"
"Hi Jason" -everyone

I've been a tradeaholic for 12 years. It started innocently enough. Forex micro lots. then minis. before I knew it, I was trading S&P futures contracts. Its really all just kind of a blur. Im not looking for a sponsor. Im not even looking to quit. Hell... Im gonna go take a trade as soon as Im done here.

Seriously though, great site. Ive gotten so much benefit from here over the years that I really owe you all a thank-you. So, "Thanks".

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 TickedOff 
Sydney, NSW, Australia
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader with Jigsaw DOM
Trading: CL, 6E, ES, Piano
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Hello Big Mike,

Though I joined a few years back, I was not active as I did some foolish trading and lost all my capital (mid six figures) - I was doing 30 to 40 trades of 10 GC contracts and wiped out my capital.

I am now starting very very small compared to my previous foray.

I hope I have the cajones to continue and ultimately succeed.

Being desperate, I came back to research if I should take the Ace Trades methodology, and what I have read makes me believe I should not.

Big Thanks Big Mike !!!

I have personally found that working on my mindset has yielded the best results. If you haven't read anything about trading pyschology its a huge part of the game, I would recommend ' daily trading coach' by brett steenbarger, 'mindset' by carol dweck and ' one good trade' by mike bellafiore. You might have an excellent methodology but if your emotions or deep-rooted subconscious behaviors interfere with trade execution and management you can easily lose money. As for the Aces Trades methodology, I dont think methodology is that important. Also, there is no secret sauce, we all have our unique strengths and weaknesses, our own emotional baggage. I am highly doubtful reading one book about a specific system will make you a long term profitable trader. It will likely give you insights about strategy and ideas about how the market moves, but there is no other way than trading yourself and getting experience firsthand. If a system " makes sense" for you use it and you will probably come up with your own adaptations. If you do 20-40 trades per day as you say I would highly recommend trying out the jigsaw DOM and reading orderflow, check out ' no bs daytrading' by John grady thats an excellent resource on trading off the DOM as well as a good insight into market gaming. He's skeptical about charts, imo just ignore that they are vital for many traders myself included. IF you dont know any technical analysis, I would learn the continuation and reversal patterns, and also learn how to mark out support/resistance levels and trendlines. I dont think technical analysis is a system itself, you can trade patterns in a lot of way and charts are very subjective too, there are patterns within patterns etc. Charts give me the ' big picture' and DOM helps me see what is happening in real time, ahead of the charts. This is what has personally worked for me after a LOT of trial and error. I started out with a simple price action strategy trading breakouts of levels and fading them before then, with less fading in trending markets and more fading in ranged markets, and its evolved from there. I did have rsi and macd up once but never ended up using them so just scrapped them.

So to summarise, have a look at several approaches, take what works for you and scrap what doesnt, there is no way around hard work and gaining screen time. Trainees in prop firms often take 9-12 months before they start becoming consistently profitable. That is with professional guidance and full-time trading.

Understanding yourself is just as important as understanding markets.
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dvgeek
San Francisco, CA, USA
 
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It would be interesting to hear your story...Sometimes I am trading GC myself and I believe that I can learn from your past. I am also willing to share what I am doing and what changed my trading in a positive outcome.

One of these days....

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dvgeek
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I have personally found that working on my mindset has yielded the best results. If you haven't read anything about trading pyschology its a huge part of the game, I would recommend ' daily trading coach' by brett steenbarger, 'mindset' by carol dweck and ' one good trade' by mike bellafiore. You might have an excellent methodology but if your emotions or deep-rooted subconscious behaviors interfere with trade execution and management you can easily lose money. As for the Aces Trades methodology, I dont think methodology is that important. Also, there is no secret sauce, we all have our unique strengths and weaknesses, our own emotional baggage. I am highly doubtful reading one book about a specific system will make you a long term profitable trader. It will likely give you insights about strategy and ideas about how the market moves, but there is no other way than trading yourself and getting experience firsthand. If a system " makes sense" for you use it and you will probably come up with your own adaptations. If you do 20-40 trades per day as you say I would highly recommend trying out the jigsaw DOM and reading orderflow, check out ' no bs daytrading' by John grady thats an excellent resource on trading off the DOM as well as a good insight into market gaming. He's skeptical about charts, imo just ignore that they are vital for many traders myself included. IF you dont know any technical analysis, I would learn the continuation and reversal patterns, and also learn how to mark out support/resistance levels and trendlines. I dont think technical analysis is a system itself, you can trade patterns in a lot of way and charts are very subjective too, there are patterns within patterns etc. Charts give me the ' big picture' and DOM helps me see what is happening in real time, ahead of the charts. This is what has personally worked for me after a LOT of trial and error. I started out with a simple price action strategy trading breakouts of levels and fading them before then, with less fading in trending markets and more fading in ranged markets, and its evolved from there. I did have rsi and macd up once but never ended up using them so just scrapped them.

So to summarise, have a look at several approaches, take what works for you and scrap what doesnt, there is no way around hard work and gaining screen time. Trainees in prop firms often take 9-12 months before they start becoming consistently profitable. That is with professional guidance and full-time trading.

Valuable advice. Will try to follow. Everything you have said is true....

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 sbussey350 
THE VILLAGES, Fl. USA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: tradestation, TOS
Trading: equity options
Posts: 1 since May 2015
Thanks Given: 0
Thanks Received: 1

Hi Big MIke

Thanks for having me. I have traded for the last 8 years and have gone from trading eminis 14hrs a day on a 400 tick chart to just trading pullbacks on a daily chart with forex and some options. What an evolution! I wish I had started the other way around. I would have learned more and lost less. Because of the evolution I feel like I am still just a newbie. I really really enjoy learning new setups and work at it everyday. The biggest lesson I have learned is patience and only trade my setups as they come and not to force anything.

Again, thanks for having me.

Sbussey350

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moneychaser
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I am glad I found this site. I currently trade options but want to learn futures and forex. I plan on upgrading to Elite soon as I can see the value in that.

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