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Forum: Traders Hideout September 13th, 2015, 12:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,263
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Also, 15-20 years till retirement. You're not...

Also, 15-20 years till retirement. You're not old at all my friend!


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Forum: Traders Hideout September 13th, 2015, 12:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,263
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Awesome. I'm glad you took my response well. My...

Awesome. I'm glad you took my response well. My account is around 20k trading in forex mainly and I'm 47. I've been trading for a few years and have learned a thing or two. I'm trading full time...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 13th, 2015, 10:11 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,263
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Good luck Brent. My advice based on your wording....

Good luck Brent. My advice based on your wording. Don't "play" with real money. If you are "old" and a "noob" that means you have money you've saved and your willing to "play" with it in order to...
Forum: Trading Journals August 6th, 2015, 02:46 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 16,453
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
No longer trading with strategy desk. Using NT. ...

No longer trading with strategy desk. Using NT. my journal is called Fresh Start Journal and I've been using tumblr mostly for journaling.


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Forum: Traders Hideout July 17th, 2015, 11:57 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,916
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Free stuff includes most of the webinars on...

Free stuff includes most of the webinars on futures.io (formerly BMT), go to your local library and check out virtually any (all) technical analysis books. Or have a coffee at your local bookstore...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 17th, 2015, 06:53 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,916
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Hi! How do I get started?

Not that I want to start a debate, but I disagree with the general idea that any new trader should wait years before actually trading; standing on the sidelines "watching "the market. The amount of...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 16th, 2015, 11:01 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 11,916
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
I started by reading books I found at the book...

I started by reading books I found at the book store. For inspiration I read interviews with traders. Market wizards and new market wizards. Also one of the best I read was Alexander Elders books,...
Forum: Brokers June 15th, 2015, 08:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,208
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
to update...i know it's been a while.... I...

to update...i know it's been a while....

I have decided for the time being to trade forex exclusively. it's the cheapest option that fits all my needs. I can get my data free from FXCM using NT...
Forum: Brokers April 13th, 2015, 11:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,208
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Recommendations for data feed

I have switched from Dorman to IB and in attempting to connect using IB data, was hit with the issue of too many data requests from NT and realized that IB data was pretty much worthless. now on the...
Forum: MultiCharts December 19th, 2014, 11:04 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 10,017
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
I never did and in fact I ended up changing my...

I never did and in fact I ended up changing my whole methodology. I got tired of doing technical analysis on individual stocks who were moving with the market as a whole and moved to analysis and...
Forum: Brokers April 16th, 2012, 12:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,420
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
I see it on their web site - it's called worksheet for form 8949

I see it on their web site - it's called worksheet for form 8949
Forum: Brokers April 16th, 2012, 11:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,420
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Preparing Schedule D with Interactive Brokers

I'm trying to prepare a schedule D and need to import into Turbo tax. Does anyone know how to do this?
Forum: Stocks and ETFs April 3rd, 2012, 12:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,902
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
I've got NG up on the charts now thx mrphr! As...

I've got NG up on the charts now thx mrphr! As for ZC i don't know much about that market. The chart I pulled doesn't allow me to trade it so I must have the parameters set wrong. Still....thanks...
Forum: Stocks and ETFs April 3rd, 2012, 10:35 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,902
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
I was hoping for mostly anecdotal suggestions or...

I was hoping for mostly anecdotal suggestions or even some link to a chart that shows the correlations among all or certain markets. Basically I just want to pick a few markets that are liquid and...
Forum: Stocks and ETFs April 3rd, 2012, 10:16 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,803
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Important differences between session templates

I have in the past wondered why my charts often varied dramatically and I'm still unclear myself as to what the best templates to use with some of my ETFs. i only trade them during standard trading...
Forum: Stocks and ETFs March 26th, 2012, 11:57 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,358
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
I went through that same issue. Eventually I...

I went through that same issue. Eventually I began to solve the problem by realizing that on the time frame that I'm trading which is 10 to 30 minutes. Most stocks are going to follow the rest of...
Forum: Stocks and ETFs March 26th, 2012, 11:25 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,902
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Non Correlation Markets

Can anyone recommend a range of markets - specifically ETF's and Currency Pairs that have little correlation? I'm currently trading spy, gld, and aud/jpy but i find there is a high degree of...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management March 10th, 2012, 12:01 AM
Replies: 113
Views: 30,490
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Tis true. On thing I've noticed about my own...

Tis true. On thing I've noticed about my own trading and the reason some of my wider stops get hit is that I'm not setting up for the right targets. That is, I'm letting the trade run much longer...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management March 9th, 2012, 11:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,687
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Yes I agree with Mike. Scaling in is an advanced...

Yes I agree with Mike. Scaling in is an advanced procedure to be implemented only when the setup is still valid. That is, all the conditions of your original setup are still holding true even if...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 17th, 2012, 02:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,086
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Fat Tails thanks FT - You've given me some...

Fat Tails

thanks FT - You've given me some new info that help a lot. I realize now that i was causing a lot more work for my cpu than necessary. I got rid of the for loop and it works fine. It...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 17th, 2012, 02:03 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 4,086
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Actually I need to reference the indicators for...

Actually I need to reference the indicators for all time frames. What I ended up doing was getting rid of the for loop and accessing the other DataSeries only from within the primary bars update...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 17th, 2012, 01:57 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,650
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
sorry to reply so late...thanx JeremyT for the...

sorry to reply so late...thanx JeremyT for the code. I like the easier way you incremented the variables. I'm using that now thanks to you.

Score += TwoMinScore;

is much better than Score =...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 7th, 2012, 08:03 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,650
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Yes, I read through the info on syncing...

Yes, I read through the info on syncing dataseries and was successfully able to sync all the series. 2/10/60 and the daily which I added as well. So far the code looks decent although not nearly...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 7th, 2012, 07:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 3,650
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Thx! It looks like I'm going to have to...

Thx!

It looks like I'm going to have to forgo the for loop in favor of using BarsArray references within the primary series. I was hoping to have to avoid this as it means a lot more duplicate...
Forum: Traders Hideout February 7th, 2012, 09:25 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,643
Posted By ShruggedAtlas
Posting Code

Is there a proper way to post code in these message boxes so that indents are preserved? i want to post the most readable code possible.

thx!
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