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Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors January 13th, 2024, 12:40 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 117,790
Posted By Trailer Guy
With Ninja there is that screen where you select...

With Ninja there is that screen where you select background color and that stuff for your chart. At the top is a check box for use equidistant bar spacing. I turn that off for my tick charts. That...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index January 7th, 2024, 12:17 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 30,960
Posted By Trailer Guy
Hi, If you are looking for a scalping...

Hi,

If you are looking for a scalping strategy with a long track record just watch some of the PATS you tube videos. (Price Action Trading Systems . com) "Mack" has been doing these for years. The...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 7th, 2024, 10:54 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 542
Posted By Trailer Guy
Morad (FuturesTrader71) has been trading crude a...

Morad (FuturesTrader71) has been trading crude a lot. He usually has a couple of minute review of the chart on his free pre market you tube show.
go to ypu tube and search for FT71
Forum: Traders Hideout January 7th, 2024, 10:52 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 542
Posted By Trailer Guy
There are a lot of people who put up stuff on oil...

There are a lot of people who put up stuff on oil trading on X. The problem is it trades on fundamentals, news and technical with little guys, hedge funds and enormous trading houses. Best to...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index December 2nd, 2023, 09:55 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 648
Posted By Trailer Guy
I went around and around with this same issue...

I went around and around with this same issue when I started trading Price Action Trading Systems .Com (PATS).

That is also an entry system. But here is where it gets tricky. Classic, (as in his...
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2023, 02:20 PM
Replies: 144
Views: 8,298
Posted By Trailer Guy
Hey, I read through your posts and appreciate...

Hey, I read through your posts and appreciate that you are writing it down. I keep thinking I should do something similar but I could never be so concise. At best I will come up with a carefully...
Forum: Traders Hideout September 3rd, 2023, 12:20 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,996
Posted By Trailer Guy
Van Tharp had a lot to say about this. Total...

Van Tharp had a lot to say about this. Total agreement with you that risk reward and win loss are factors in determining a good system.

Behavioral Economics has demonstrated that 1 adverse is...
Forum: Traders Hideout June 24th, 2023, 12:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,594
Posted By Trailer Guy
Just piling on to the stay away on weekends. ...

Just piling on to the stay away on weekends.

Governments and Corporations prefer to sort of push bad news under the radar and late on Friday after the reporters are gone. If something big...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index April 22nd, 2023, 12:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,001
Posted By Trailer Guy
Many use a 20 N EMA. PATS ,Com uses a 21N EMA on...

Many use a 20 N EMA. PATS ,Com uses a 21N EMA on a 2,000 tick ES. I personally like something that draws a band around normal price action. Fat Tails offers a Fibonacci lines indicator that I use a...
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 8th, 2023, 12:29 PM
Replies: 220
Views: 32,498
Posted By Trailer Guy
If indicators can be arranged to show entry and...

If indicators can be arranged to show entry and exit then that can be programmed. Some trades are still entered by humans. The supposedly superior trading algos of the big firms are programmed by...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 5th, 2023, 12:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 931
Posted By Trailer Guy
Yes and no. Small traders are us little guys...

Yes and no. Small traders are us little guys trading one to 9 contracts at a time. Mid size traders could be independent or my guess someone managing some money for family and friends. FT 71 and most...
Forum: NinjaTrader February 4th, 2023, 07:59 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 931
Posted By Trailer Guy
Yes stuff showing large trades is available....

Yes stuff showing large trades is available. There are two packages that do that with an expensive data flow. They re-assemble the info after the brokers algos break up the trade. Convergent...
Forum: Trading Journals January 30th, 2023, 08:04 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,048
Posted By Trailer Guy
Yes, I also stopped looking at FT 71 levels, they...

Yes, I also stopped looking at FT 71 levels, they messed with my judgement and were overall not helpful. I enjoy his recap. I do like his stalk zones service. They are mostly effective and you can...
Forum: Trading Journals January 29th, 2023, 11:30 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,048
Posted By Trailer Guy
MES 03-23 (1500 Tick) 2023_01_27 (10_11_09 AM) ...

MES 03-23 (1500 Tick) 2023_01_27 (10_11_09 AM)
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=329451

For your reference- This is 1,500 MES which is about the same as 2,000 ES. So a standard PATS...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 13th, 2023, 08:50 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,529
Posted By Trailer Guy
So what is the context? What are your trades...

So what is the context? What are your trades compared to the normal background movement in that market at that time frame? Futures Trader 71 on his Convergent Trading site publishes average rotations...
Forum: Commodities July 18th, 2022, 02:15 PM
Replies: 368
Views: 86,631
Posted By Trailer Guy
1. The frackers are being held on a short leash...

1. The frackers are being held on a short leash by the money handlers. You saw the print of the New Years speech Druckenmiller made a couple of years ago in Miami, with the really great comment...
Forum: Commodities July 18th, 2022, 01:37 PM
Replies: 368
Views: 86,631
Posted By Trailer Guy
Sorry, sarcasm does not go well in print. I think...

Sorry, sarcasm does not go well in print. I think the Greens were stupid to start a war with the major supplier of low cost gas. That is stupid. USA era of Fracking is over. Those wells have a very...
Forum: Commodities July 18th, 2022, 10:59 AM
Replies: 368
Views: 86,631
Posted By Trailer Guy
Nordstream staying closed for now. ...

Nordstream staying closed for now.

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/gazprom-declares-force-majeure-will-halt-gas-flows-germany-indefinitely

Green party leadership in Germany has made some very...
Forum: Trading Journals June 21st, 2022, 07:20 PM
Replies: 412
Views: 49,359
Posted By Trailer Guy
Oh yes clearing out 35 years of stuff and moving...

Oh yes clearing out 35 years of stuff and moving into our 33 year old 25 foot long airstream. Good times for sure! Don't forget the two cats!

Why are you performing when you have no time? Because...
Forum: NinjaTrader April 8th, 2022, 03:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,642
Posted By Trailer Guy
MES 06-22 (1450 Tick) 2022_04_08 (1_40_34 PM) ...

MES 06-22 (1450 Tick) 2022_04_08 (1_40_34 PM)
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=323582
Here are a couple of examples from later in the day where 2nd entry indicator was helpful. And 1...
Forum: NinjaTrader April 8th, 2022, 12:21 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,642
Posted By Trailer Guy
Yes I use it. He did upgrade it a bit but I did...

Yes I use it. He did upgrade it a bit but I did not upgrade.

This is not a magic bullet. It is like a trend line or an EMA, it helps you make a fast decision but within context. IF you take...
Forum: Trading Journals January 8th, 2022, 07:43 PM
Replies: 412
Views: 49,359
Posted By Trailer Guy
I love trading pullbacks on big range moves like...

I love trading pullbacks on big range moves like this week. Put a 20 factor EMA on your chart. The pullback becomes very clear. If it isn't try a 2,000 tick chart. but the 5 minute works as well.
...
Forum: NinjaTrader November 13th, 2021, 03:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,631
Posted By Trailer Guy
_ _ _ 2021_11_12 (1_34_27 PM) ...

_ _ _ 2021_11_12 (1_34_27 PM)
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=319560
Is this what you are asking about? If it is you just add them in like any other contract. If my chart looks...
Forum: Traders Hideout November 7th, 2021, 12:16 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,166
Posted By Trailer Guy
Yes, they are doing Biden's New Deal as a...

Yes, they are doing Biden's New Deal as a separate vote as has been the plan all along. Supposed to go through reconciliation as no one expects the Senate to pass it without changes. The roads and...
Forum: Traders Hideout November 7th, 2021, 11:02 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,105
Posted By Trailer Guy
I have been to Puerto Rico on vacations. I have...

I have been to Puerto Rico on vacations. I have also watched a weekly newsletter writer (John Mauldin) as he and his wife did this a couple of years ago.

First and foremost the Government is...
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