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Forum: Sierra Chart September 17th, 2021, 11:39 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 34,516
Posted By drunkcolonel
agreed, no need for a header in the base example,...

agreed, no need for a header in the base example, but where im headed ... ill need one :)
Forum: Sierra Chart September 16th, 2021, 10:58 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 34,516
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hi Trembling Hand! That worked. :) For...

Hi Trembling Hand! That worked. :)

For others one day who land on this who are attempting the same:

1. Following the excellent guide, I created a new project (DLL) with project name...
Forum: Sierra Chart September 16th, 2021, 07:47 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 34,516
Posted By drunkcolonel
I thought I followed the instructions to the...

I thought I followed the instructions to the letter, but I will go back and walk through with a fine tooth comb here in the next hour. In my first attempt, when I created a DLL from the wizard, then...
Forum: Sierra Chart September 16th, 2021, 12:14 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 34,516
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hello friends, First, shout out to ...

Hello friends,

First, shout out to Trembling Hand Thanks so much for putting this thread together with such detail and screen shots. It's generous folks like you that give me a fighting chance...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 24th, 2021, 11:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,619
Posted By drunkcolonel
Thanks friends for your responses! Sorry I...

Thanks friends for your responses! Sorry I couldn't respond sooner. Life and work always seem to get in the way of my trading journey. :)

But what a great conversation, I really appreciate...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 19th, 2021, 09:45 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,619
Posted By drunkcolonel
What are the slower instruments?

Hi Friends,

Reading a lot of posts here, you'll hear about CL (oil) and all its volatility and roller coaster price action. I was curious, if CL is considered to be at one end of the price action...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index August 13th, 2021, 11:39 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 12,330
Posted By drunkcolonel
honestly, the sooner you go live the better. but...

honestly, the sooner you go live the better. but *cautiously*. do not rush into it. Take your time to understand the risk. I believe one should have reached a degree of confidence in back-testing...
Forum: Brokers August 6th, 2021, 06:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 17,311
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hi ya'll, I too have been recently looking into...

Hi ya'll, I too have been recently looking into these folks as well, so thought I'd bump it. Any folks care to comment on their experience with GFF good or bad?

Thanks!
Forum: Traders Hideout August 6th, 2021, 03:40 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,693
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hi All, Not trying to start a flame war or...

Hi All,

Not trying to start a flame war or trash anything, just looking for honest thoughts and experiences.

I've been wanting to use sierra charts server side order service, which utilizes...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 5th, 2021, 09:43 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hi Josh, Yes, I agree I would definitely...

Hi Josh,

Yes, I agree I would definitely want to be liquidated. I was more thinking along the lines that I can do everything in my power to manage risk within my control, however anything outside...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 4th, 2021, 09:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
Posted By drunkcolonel
Thanks josh, That’s exactly what I’m looking...

Thanks josh,

That’s exactly what I’m looking for –real “in the trenches” experiences from traders about what’s gone wrong. I go by the old axiom that while it’s good to learn from your...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 3rd, 2021, 11:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
Posted By drunkcolonel
I continue to read a little every night, and I...

I continue to read a little every night, and I discovered another thread here on here that I thought I'd mention here, because it is kind of one of those "oh crap panic" moments. The big take away...
Forum: Traders Hideout August 2nd, 2021, 06:19 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hi friends :) My mind was noodling a bit...

Hi friends :)

My mind was noodling a bit last night, and I wanted to add another dimension to this “What Can Go Wrong” thread.

I’ve had the unfortunate experience of dealing with litigation in...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 31st, 2021, 09:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
Posted By drunkcolonel
Hi Bob, Thanks for all the great info, you...

Hi Bob,

Thanks for all the great info, you are a wealth of knowledge!

Sounds like you've had a bit more luck with windows over the years than I. :) I agree, it's probably some driver issue, but...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds July 31st, 2021, 09:10 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,342
Posted By drunkcolonel
Questioning Conventional Wisdom

Hi ya'll :)

I have a question regarding some “rules of thumb / conventional wisdom” that I’ve seen repeated in a few places.

One piece of the trading puzzle, is using a position size...
Forum: Traders Hideout July 31st, 2021, 03:53 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,177
Posted By drunkcolonel
Fail to Plan - Plan to Fail: What can go wrong?

Hi friends, :)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… an old colonel once said to me: “fail to plan ---plan to fail.”

So here I am, trying to plan for nightmare trading scenarios so that I...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds July 28th, 2021, 04:16 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 8,802
Posted By drunkcolonel
Howdy friends :) I just wanted to update...

Howdy friends :)

I just wanted to update this thread with some observations today.

Again, thanks to matthew28 with the tip off to econoday. Thankfully i was off work today and was able to...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds July 19th, 2021, 11:44 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 8,802
Posted By drunkcolonel
Thank you so much for all your advice! I try...

Thank you so much for all your advice!

I try to learn in my few spare hours when im not working.

lightsun47:

Right now I've just been searching for what instruments "vibe" with me and my...
Forum: Treasury Notes and Bonds July 18th, 2021, 05:46 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 8,802
Posted By drunkcolonel
Avoiding Account Killing Freight Trains

Hi friends,

I've been watching a number of instruments to get a feel for what works with my personality, and the other day (7-2-2021) for ZN, around 8:30AM eastern, ZN went nuts (see screen shot)....
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index June 18th, 2021, 01:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,734
Posted By drunkcolonel
Thanks ninjus, Nice charts! I like your...

Thanks ninjus,

Nice charts! I like your color scheme. :) Yeah, I thought I had things right, but I'm brand new to sierra and well, it's taking some getting used to. I wasn't sure if I goofed a...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index June 16th, 2021, 10:38 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,734
Posted By drunkcolonel
Sorry to bother you folks again, but I thought...

Sorry to bother you folks again, but I thought I'd share with you what I'm seeing on my end.

When I first set up this chart I started dialing in the range setting so that there was generally a...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index June 16th, 2021, 09:26 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,734
Posted By drunkcolonel
Yep. I'm using range / renko so I'm familiar if...

Yep. I'm using range / renko so I'm familiar if there is a low range it'll print less bars, thats why saturdays hardly print much, but it seemed it might be something else. I'm new to sierra chart so...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index June 15th, 2021, 10:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,734
Posted By drunkcolonel
Whats suddenly causing the big difference in bar count?

hi friends,

I've been a member of Big Mikes for around a decade and life and work keep getting in the way of me figuring out my charts. With the advent of the Micros, I decided that those were the...
Forum: NinjaTrader April 11th, 2013, 07:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,133
Posted By drunkcolonel
Is it possible to programmatically pause NinjaTrader Market Replay?

Is it possible to programmatically pause Market Replay from within a NinjaTrader indicator?

That is: Perhaps something like this pseudo-code:
if (SetupDetected == true)
{
...
Forum: NinjaTrader October 22nd, 2012, 06:23 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 2,578
Posted By drunkcolonel
NinjaTrader - Market Replay - Rollover / Volume Rollover

Hi All, :)

I've been working on learning what I will have to do in order to conduct a true-to-life longer time frame "manual backtest" (essentially disciplined simming and manually keeping track...
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