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June 4th, 2013, 10:00 PM
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Webinar: Al Brooks on Anticipating The Next Trade
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Al Brooks--Anticipating The Next Trade
Al Brooks is credible, consistent and open. What more can one ask for?
The learning curve with Al is steep, and requires time and commitment, yet I find that each of his webinars brings me closer...
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May 20th, 2013, 10:18 PM
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Al Brooks - Ask Me Anything (AMA)
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Dr. Brooks, I'm working through your course,...
Dr. Brooks,
I'm working through your course, reading your books and webcasts. Sim trading on forex with euro, which essentially was a random choice, but as I learn more it seems to be well suited...
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February 3rd, 2011, 12:36 AM
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Book Discussion: Reading Price Charts Bar by Bar by Al Brooks
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Absorbing the book the hard way
I have about 20 hours invested in reading the book. (Which means I'm in the middle of page four now.)
I understand about how he enters a trade, sets a stop loss, sets breakeven, and somewhat...
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Trading Journals
January 28th, 2011, 12:52 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
I truly have a great deal to learn
I started paper trading today with a shell of a system based on price action, ala Al Brooks. I watched the bars for a half hour or so, looked at the past day, and then started up. My rules for entry...
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January 26th, 2011, 01:05 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
For several years I worked in the same building as the Chicago Merc, and watched the trading many times. I enjoyed it as theater then, but now I need to go back and take a better look. Thanks for...
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January 26th, 2011, 12:59 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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Focusing in on two books
While I look at this forum every day and also stare at my forex demo account to get accustomed to it, I've been spending the vast bulk of my time on two books: The Daily Trading Coach by Brett...
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January 21st, 2011, 02:23 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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Learned something today
I was practicing on Oanda FXGame tonight. My goal was modest: execute market orders on EUR/USD, with stop loss, using Bollinger Bands, Candlestick charting and 30 second time frame.
My simple...
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January 21st, 2011, 12:57 AM
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Thanks for the suggestion on books
Big Mike,
I bought Market Wizards and started reading it, but still don't understand the points they are making. I put it down, but I'll pick it up again.
As for Brett Steenbarger, I read a...
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January 21st, 2011, 12:15 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
Mostly reading, some sim trading
At this point this is more of a diary than a trading journal. I've made a few sim trades, but they have all been somewhat pointless; i.e., I have not employed any rules or strategies. The value has...
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January 17th, 2011, 03:24 PM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
5 steps of a trader
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.
I've seen this in other contexts, for sports, and most recently in a Dale Carnegie course on managing people, but never in a trading context. It's a great...
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January 17th, 2011, 01:07 PM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
Ignore thispost
Completed my first sim trade this morning.
I wanted to see if I at least understood and could execute the basic mechanics.
No system whatsoever. It was just to see if I could enter and...
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January 17th, 2011, 12:42 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
First Part of My Trading Plan
I have about 5 hours of reading and thinking in today.
One of the things I wanted to get done was a start on my Trading Plan (I hope it's deserving of upper case letters. I'm not sure yet.)
...
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January 17th, 2011, 12:27 AM
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10,000 hours is a lot of time
I appreciate all your suggestions. Obviously you have reflected on this a great deal.
I'm familiar with The Tipping Point by Gladwell, but not Outliers. I think we've all experienced or...
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January 16th, 2011, 05:08 PM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
My Trading Plan Template
I downloaded this trading plan template from futures.io (formerly BMT) downloads/educational materials. The author suggests working from start to finish, without skipping steps. I decided against...
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January 16th, 2011, 10:55 AM
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Great question. I don't know the answer.
This is a thoughtful question. I haven't responded because I don't know the answer. This is not a good reason not to respond.
I believe I could argue either way, but my math knowledge is...
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January 16th, 2011, 01:33 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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Brief Hiatus
I'm keeping this journal to keep track of my thoughts and time, so I decided to record everything, even if everything includes non-activity. Thursday and Friday were lost causes due to the flu. I...
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January 13th, 2011, 01:43 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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Definition of Measurement
I'm reading a book called How To Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard. The author asserts that we almost always can use measurement techniques--even on things generally considered "unmeasureable"...
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January 13th, 2011, 12:50 AM
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The fog is starting to clear a bit
Thanks to the many kind people who offer comments and encouragement. All I'm doing in this thread is recording my notes and thoughts to myself, so I can track progress over time. This is an...
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January 12th, 2011, 12:42 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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How much time, how to spend it.
Thanks for the encouragement! I appreciate it. Congratulations on your tenacity. I'm sure you'll do well.
Right now everything I read is helpful, even ads. Given the immense amount of time...
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January 11th, 2011, 11:47 PM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
Trudge trudge
Hours on Monday: 3
Tuesday: 4
Go to work, talk with family, eat, then get down to it.
The Complete Guide to Day Trading by Markus Heitkoetteris has been helpful. "Complete" is a bit of an...
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January 9th, 2011, 08:38 PM
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Let's start from the beginning
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I'm tracking my time
Many of the posts here describe spending hours, months, years in learning and refining their craft: trading. It's obvious that this is a profession that's different from being a CPA or a lawyer or...
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January 8th, 2011, 11:20 AM
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Let's start from the beginning
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rem4444
Let's start from the beginning
My goal is to have substantive content in my journal in one week.
Thus far, having spent perhaps 12 hours this past week reading stuff on this site and elsewhere, I realize the following:
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Traders Hideout
January 6th, 2011, 10:34 PM
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Learning how to play guitar...reminds me of learning how to trade
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Terrific Analogy
Learning guitar is a humbling experience. For those of you who haven't tried, just recall that the fretboard is full of patterns, but offers no clues about how to decipher those patterns. You just...
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January 6th, 2011, 10:00 PM
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Introduce yourself here!
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Ready to Roll
I know what stock is and I've owned a few shares. I have a 401(k). I've visited the gallery at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange several times. That wraps up my investing background. You can't...
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