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Forum: Traders Hideout September 13th, 2013, 05:31 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,788
Posted By Fourwedge
mutual funds

Most of the time you get the end of the day close. Mine gives me the EOD close if I have confirmed the transaction before 4pm eastern.
Forum: Stocks and ETFs April 30th, 2013, 11:46 PM
Replies: 391
Views: 81,732
Posted By Fourwedge
Long signal

I too recieved a buy signal on AAPL today using the turtles method! Looking promising again for the first time since 650$$$. Made good money shorting its fall.
Forum: NinjaTrader March 31st, 2013, 02:44 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 15,174
Posted By Fourwedge
ATR

I use an intitial stop of 2 ATR for swing trades, then trail the stop up in another fashion. But thats a whole other topic.

FW
Forum: ThinkOrSwim March 24th, 2013, 08:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 13,733
Posted By Fourwedge
Going great

I am constantly in and out of 30 stocks or so. I went from down 10% in all my day trading efforts to up 10% with this method. I love it and follow the rules strictly. I learn something new every...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 5th, 2013, 01:29 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,082
Posted By Fourwedge
Yea but!!!

At least the obamas had a relaxing time away from all that stress.
Forum: ThinkOrSwim December 24th, 2012, 08:36 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 8,029
Posted By Fourwedge
I am a Pro member. It is an excellent...

I am a Pro member. It is an excellent investment. I use three to 5 indicators including the Turtle System he has... It is well worth it for the indicators. I also like the forum, where you can...
Forum: Platforms and Indicators December 21st, 2012, 11:31 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 15,399
Posted By Fourwedge
Holy grail

Can you really blame someone for searching. Besides that...Holy Grail has a bad connotation here. In this case I think it's just the name of a system. Obviously a miracle indicator or system can't be...
Forum: Trading Journals December 17th, 2012, 06:52 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,269
Posted By Fourwedge
ATR

I use a 20 day atr period because, I also use a 20 breakout period. I close out the position interday if a price trades one tick below my 2ATR stop.
Forum: ThinkOrSwim December 17th, 2012, 02:46 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,375
Posted By Fourwedge
Other additions

Here are the other additions:

NEW! Strategy Roller™
BID/ASK Charting
Dollar and Percent Orders *Coming Soon*
Renko and Momentum Charts
Studies from Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim December 16th, 2012, 03:54 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 15,375
Posted By Fourwedge
New Renko / momentum and range bars on Tos

Just a heads up to those of you on TOS. Yesterday's update had many new and exciting improvements.

They introduced Renko and Momentum bars with many custom levels. I love my thinkorswim. Check...
Forum: Trading Journals December 16th, 2012, 02:28 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,269
Posted By Fourwedge
Atr

ATR is average true range. It's the average range of movement a stock displays. The last couple months I have been setting the initial stop at the beginning of the trade ,2 daily atr's below entry...
Forum: Trading Journals December 15th, 2012, 04:00 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 12,269
Posted By Fourwedge
Same problem

I was having the same problem you are and I was setting my stops directly below the candle like you too. I now know that was the reason for my terrible win loss ratio. I think you just have it too...
Forum: Trading Journals December 15th, 2012, 03:15 AM
Replies: 216
Views: 36,180
Posted By Fourwedge
Love this thread

I have recently switched from day trading stocks to swing trading them instead. In the last 10 days I have gained back all the money I lost in the previous 2 months. And yes it is much less stressful...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index December 14th, 2012, 03:58 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,970
Posted By Fourwedge
Aapl

That really sucks. Aapl hasn't killed many shorts lately. I've been short aapl since early oct when it hit its 20 day low at 660$ ...that trade worked all the way down to 570$. I feel for you...aapl...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management December 14th, 2012, 03:41 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,404
Posted By Fourwedge
I've learned

I've learned the hard way to never move my stop until my RULES tell me to. I think that if you are moving your stop to take the pressure off yourself then you are potentially stopping out a trade...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim December 13th, 2012, 03:08 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 13,733
Posted By Fourwedge
Update

I started off trying to day trade this system with really mixed results. So after a month I started swing trading it and so far so good.

Ihave been using the thinkscripter turtle system for 2...
Forum: Traders Hideout December 8th, 2012, 12:56 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 37,038
Posted By Fourwedge
I guess this is a really hard subject to get an answer on!!!!

I have the same issues. Can't figure out how anyone uses it and I've read a lot about it. Ugh!
Forum: ThinkOrSwim December 1st, 2012, 12:02 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,004
Posted By Fourwedge
TOS

I don't believe TOS has anything resembling this that I'm aware of.
Forum: ThinkOrSwim November 21st, 2012, 02:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 13,733
Posted By Fourwedge
Turtle System has been successful over the last...

Turtle System has been successful over the last week. Its still hard to wait for a 10 period low to stop out but it has paid off. All my backtesting has proven that the method would be profitable...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim November 13th, 2012, 10:29 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 13,733
Posted By Fourwedge
Turtle Trading System on TOS

Has anyone used the Turtle Trading system from ThinkScripter | thinkScript Indicators for thinkorswim (http://www.thinkscripter.com).

He has some really great indicators. I am in the early stages...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management November 8th, 2012, 11:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,952
Posted By Fourwedge
Thanks for the articles. Both are good reads. ...

Thanks for the articles. Both are good reads.

Food for thought.
Forum: Psychology and Money Management November 5th, 2012, 11:42 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,952
Posted By Fourwedge
How do YOU determine "Position size"?

I have been trading stocks in and out of my retirement funds for several years. Just recently I have started a cash acct and began to swing trade and even day trade. I have read as many books as I...
Forum: ThinkOrSwim October 28th, 2012, 04:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 11,061
Posted By Fourwedge
I'm very interested in continuing this studies development

https://nexusfi.com/attachments/91860


Do you still have a copy of this script? This is the one I was referring to in my pm.
Forum: ThinkOrSwim October 28th, 2012, 03:04 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 77,991
Posted By Fourwedge
The cci method above

Comes from the trades hideout... index futures trading thread


I would also like some help getting the cci cloud to change the colors of the candles at +/- 45 to the color of the cloud itself....
Forum: ThinkOrSwim October 28th, 2012, 02:55 AM
Replies: 111
Views: 77,991
Posted By Fourwedge
I'm looking for something like this...

TF trading using CCI method-it works
Although this is for TF futures, it works as well for all futures. My setup includes double BB at 20, 2 and 2.5; 20, 31, & 62 EMAs; Stochastics Slow of 6,5,3 and...
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