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Forum: Psychology and Money Management May 24th, 2016, 09:41 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
My Significant Change

I feel improved. If it wasn't for the challenge to my psychology, I would have quit trading a long time ago, or remained out after the time(s) (lol) that I did quit.

This is gonna be hard to...
Forum: Brokers April 26th, 2016, 11:08 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,470
Posted By jaytrades
Not sure exactly what the problems were, but I...

Not sure exactly what the problems were, but I wasn't planning on trading again until I got a handle on what the outcome was shaping up to be, so I'm up late.

Since I'm up late, I just got a...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 26th, 2016, 05:09 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
I still haven't had my unauthorized data charge...

I still haven't had my unauthorized data charge issue resolved at my broker, so I'm not trading at the moment and have time to add to this. (subsequently corrected)

Another significant change I...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 26th, 2016, 10:36 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 3,546
Posted By jaytrades
If you can duplicate the winning days, then your...

If you can duplicate the winning days, then your method may be sound as long as you have a plan and are consistent with it on the up days.

If you are looking at your pnl and feeling pride in...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 26th, 2016, 12:08 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
up late since i can't trade any way feeling this much emo

So one of the most recent psych things that helped was realizing that I have already covered some subjects in some chapters in Trading On Target deeper than Adrienne T. wrote about them.

I hadn't...
Forum: Brokers April 25th, 2016, 11:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 8,470
Posted By jaytrades
fuming and venting

Has any one else been erroneously charged?

I was charged $110.00 when I specifically asked to have no more ICE data back in March....

(( update: reversed the fee ))
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 25th, 2016, 01:28 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
I'm still trading. It's been 2 years since my...

I'm still trading. It's been 2 years since my last post and it wasn't easy to re-read the entire thread.

I continued to repeat my loop of small success and larger failure many more times, which...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management June 11th, 2014, 09:49 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
There is no "should" only what is. When I looked...

There is no "should" only what is. When I looked at my P&L, it made me think about money, and for me, I know that a thought about money is really a feeling. Feeling while nice, removes my focus on...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management June 10th, 2014, 01:21 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
I'm hanging out here because I had a decent scalp...

I'm hanging out here because I had a decent scalp pre market today in TF at the 18 hour pullback point, (long) and since then there's been a ton of overlap.... but also, that trade put me over my...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management June 10th, 2014, 01:01 PM
Replies: 591
Sticky: Time to Give Up
Views: 193,033
Posted By jaytrades
I gave up after the first 1 1/2 years of massive...

I gave up after the first 1 1/2 years of massive losses. I only bought options once every week or 2. It was good because it was like trading in slow motion. When I was going to trade them, i felt...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management June 10th, 2014, 12:18 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
An issue I had was frustration. I was working...

An issue I had was frustration. I was working hard, trading well, having gains like every day is positive for weeks, but the money was really insignificant. Then on top of that, i had a small...
Forum: Trading Journals June 10th, 2014, 12:10 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,127
Posted By jaytrades
The trading in TF lately has been too easy. I've...

The trading in TF lately has been too easy. I've never seen such follow thru in any other market. Giving me best personal trading stats ever.

I still scalp and advance my stops and try to give...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management May 20th, 2014, 06:29 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
another revelation

...another psych revelation, maybe one of the final ones, ...but I always say that...

For a while, I started to be consistent in my approach and it caused consistent gains and kept losses small.
...
Forum: Commodities February 25th, 2014, 04:42 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,793
Posted By jaytrades
Ok, looks like it's not as hot in CL and other...

Ok, looks like it's not as hot in CL and other markets, thanks.

I found some info on the floor, as of the end of 2013 it looks like there is still a small amount of traders on the floor....
Nymex...
Forum: Commodities February 25th, 2014, 02:51 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,793
Posted By jaytrades
If NYMEX pit is all electronic, why the volume at 2:30 pm ET?

I see the volume on open outcry posted on the cmegroup for nat gas for example, NG is 84 and total volume is over 100k is this accurate? Are there still floor traders in a NYMEX pit somewhere in NYC...
Forum: Traders Hideout February 14th, 2014, 09:37 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 9,257
Posted By jaytrades
Where do i start is a great question. Most...

Where do i start is a great question. Most people don't ask it, they just start. You start where we all started, at the beginning. There are a lot of better ways to start than others, definitely...
Forum: Tech Support February 7th, 2014, 08:01 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 9,943
Posted By jaytrades
I had that card, but it died right after...

I had that card, but it died right after warrantee ran out. Since then I've been using multiple machines ea w/ a monitor which is fine since i use different platforms for what i used to view on...
Forum: Traders Hideout February 7th, 2014, 07:42 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 9,257
Posted By jaytrades
Isn't it all new and fun and fuzzy? So...

Isn't it all new and fun and fuzzy? So exciting....

Do you feel like you caught the bug?

Can you divide your forex lots up into smaller trade sizes?

I can with IBFX, but I can't with FXCM,...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management February 7th, 2014, 07:24 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
I am so not used to having gains of any...

I am so not used to having gains of any significance that when I finally am in the green, I am in a different psychological situation.

A few things change, enough things so that my psych when I...
Forum: Trading Journals February 7th, 2014, 07:17 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,127
Posted By jaytrades
In futures I had my best trade/day/week/month in...

In futures I had my best trade/day/week/month in 2 years last week end of Jan. This week I had my worst day/week/month so far in 3 years.

Ouch. Lesson for me is risk management. I'd like to...
Forum: Trading Journals February 7th, 2014, 07:14 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,127
Posted By jaytrades
I'm not dead yet in forex. This week I set an...

I'm not dead yet in forex. This week I set an entry where resistance should be in a perfect world and i set the stop wide up above additinoal resistance, and a target way down where the best case...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 7th, 2014, 02:47 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,928
Posted By jaytrades
Can I Lease for one broker & use Free version for another?

Just wondering since it would be easier than using a different platform on 2nd PC for 2nd broker. If I had the leased "live" NT on one machine and the 2nd broker on another PC with free version of...
Forum: Trading Journals January 31st, 2014, 06:13 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,127
Posted By jaytrades
well, those tiny forex gains are gone by a few...

well, those tiny forex gains are gone by a few multiples... pretty sure i'll never get it in fx...

one benefit of a larger account is being able to afford to trade every futures contract. this is...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management January 31st, 2014, 06:01 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 7,664
Posted By jaytrades
today's lesson for me on psych is that i need to...

today's lesson for me on psych is that i need to drop the requirement for perfection in my trading patterns. Ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, it was a good test of my ability to be disciplined enough to wait for...
Forum: Commodities January 31st, 2014, 05:53 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,509
Posted By jaytrades
just started trading CL and GC, they're great...

just started trading CL and GC, they're great instruments, nice fast moves, love the runs to support on the way down, really nice follow thru
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