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FIO Journal Challenge - May 2017 (over $2,000 in prizes)
Continuing in the tradition of encouraging journals on FIO, I am announcing a new Journal contest for May 2017 featuring NinjaTrader.
The rules are extremely simple for this event:
a) The contest begins May 1 and ends May 31. All decisions made by futures.io are final.
b) This thread that you are reading right now will act as the repository for all journals that are entered into the contest.
c) The author of a journal can enter his/her futures.io journal into the contest by posting a link to his/her journal in this thread. Only the author of the journal can do this. Please post the link to the journal ONE TIME, AND ONE TIME ONLY in this thread.
d) In order to qualify as a @NinjaTrader journal, you need to regularly post your trading charts using the NinjaTrader platform.
e) Members of futures.io will cast their votes for the best journals by using the "Thanks" button on the post that the journal author has made in this very thread. This is why it is very important the author of the journal make only one post, because only one post will be used to count the total number of "Thanks Received" in this thread, and that is how the winners will be decided. Members can vote for as many separate journals as they want by following the same procedure.
f) There will be three prizes awarded, based on the highest number of "Thanks Received" per the above. The prizes are (1) Lifetime license to NinjaTrader, and (2) 1-year annual license to NinjaTrader. I will post the full details of the NinjaTrader License prizes below.
My goal with these contests is to encourage the journaling process, as I firmly believe the more you participate in the journal process, the better trader you will become.
If anyone has any questions, please let me know. This thread will remain closed to posts until May 1st (contest start date).
Here is some information provided by @NinjaTrader regarding the three NinjaTrader licenses that will be given away to the winners of this contest.
NinjaTrader is excited to be sponsoring the May FIO Journal Challenge with the following prizes up from the winners!
* One NinjaTrader Lifetime License ($999 value) and Two NinjaTrader Annual Leases ($600 value)
All NinjaTrader license options include advanced charting, fast order execution, market analytics, automated strategy development and more. NinjaTrader Lifetime License holders and Lease License holders also receive a number of additional platform features along with deep discounted commissions – as low as $.53 per contract - if trading through NinjaTrader Brokerage.
These additional platform features include:
Advanced Trade Management
This powerful feature is what put NinjaTrader on the map! Predefine your trade exit parameters and watch NinjaTrader automatically submit and manage your stop loss and profit target orders in milliseconds. In a game of ticks…Advanced Trade Management is a must have!
Chart Trader
React to the market instantly by placing orders and managing trades directly within a chart.
Order Entry Hot Keys
Drive order submission, modification, cancellation and close positions efficiently by invoking user configured Hot Keys.
Automated Trading System/Indicator Development & Backtesting
Using C# based NinjaScript, develop, backtest and optimize trading strategies and indicators.
You can view more additional features and specifics on the various NinjaTrader license options here: NinjaTrader License Comparison
For more details please contact [email protected] or 1.800.496.1683.
My journal - how to become a winning trader and how to move beyond and KEEP winning...
There I was, staring at a valley full of treasure, yet every path I took made me lose myself. Until I realized that the valley was INSIDE me and not elsewhere - it was just a image on the pinhole camera of my eye; and the day I pointed my efforts INWARDS was when I became successful - this is THAT missing journal:
"If you ain't aim too high, then you aim too low." - J. Cole
April was a positive month trading real money. Intraday trading of CL netted a small gain. And my first month swing-trading ETFs netted …
Hey there FIO. Here's my journal. You'll find me doing a bit of early morning CL trading, as well as some ETF swing trading if opportunities arise. Thank you Big Mike for the opportunity to participate.
Working my way through a 50k Combine, I've attempted a few in the past but having my best showing this time round. I've been trading for a while but nothing close to consistency...... until now?????
Okay so I've been banging my head against the trading wall for about three or four years now. I used to trade equities without any real success to speak of. Looking back it was actually very wild trading. I am astonished that I used to have a 40k …
Rules: I am going to follow the current Topstep Trader Trading Combine plan for 50k. That means:
Initial account balance: $50k (however my starting balance is 49 355)
Max size: 5 lots
Max daily loss: …