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Forum: Emini and Emicro Index November 19th, 2015, 11:29 PM
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Views: 4,624
Posted By cts001
In my case, if I were to yell, it would be...

In my case, if I were to yell, it would be something like "It's all order flow!". I think I'm smart enough to know that it's not "all" any one thing. As someone has said (I think someone in sports,...
Forum: Emini and Emicro Index November 8th, 2015, 11:01 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,624
Posted By cts001
I didn't read the question in a way that...

I didn't read the question in a way that restricts this conversation to chart patterns, so I'll offer my 2 cents.

I consider a pattern to be a series of events that occur in a reasonably...
Forum: Traders Hideout May 16th, 2015, 07:27 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,174
Posted By cts001
This post got me thinking about who is in that...

This post got me thinking about who is in that 90%. How many people in that 90% were never really serious about trading, but just wanted to 'try their hand at it' and see if it worked out? Should...
Forum: Trading Journals January 29th, 2015, 11:04 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Had a good day, even though I had a lot of losing trades.

Traded 3 events: unemployment claims, market open and natural gas storage.

The first trade was an opportunistic scalp trade on GC: ...
Forum: Trading Journals January 28th, 2015, 02:32 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Not a good day. Three events: market open, crude oil inventory, and FOMC rate decision. That in combination with contract rollover for GC and all the ingredients for a choppy day were in place.
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Forum: Trading Journals January 27th, 2015, 10:22 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Early end to today as I hit my limit on losing trades per day. I'm in the process of revisiting that rule as it is based on my 'old' chart based, set and forget trading style that had very wide...
Forum: Trading Journals January 26th, 2015, 10:45 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Done a bit early today, but on a positive note.

No news to trade today, so it was mostly scalping.

Pre-market GC trade: GC in an uptrend and then pulled back. Price continued to fall but...
Forum: Trading Journals January 23rd, 2015, 10:06 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

three trades taken on two events.

Canadian core CPI and retail sales, traded with 6C. Two trades:

CAD reacted with a bipolar move too quick and small to trade and then decided to bounce to the...
Forum: Trading Journals January 22nd, 2015, 12:59 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
I'm currently using CamStudio (CamStudio - Screen...

I'm currently using CamStudio (CamStudio - Screen Recorder | SourceForge.net (http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/)) which is free and serves my purposes nicely. I've been considering...
Forum: Trading Journals January 22nd, 2015, 12:04 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Sesson Recap

Since there isn't much pre-market stuff I do anymore (other than check to see what news is due out) I think I'll just do the recap and skip the pre-market entry. Just save some reading for those...
Forum: Trading Journals January 22nd, 2015, 08:13 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 22 Pre-Market

Got to bed late after a long training session. Slept well and late so I got 7 or 8 hours.

Lots of news today: unemployment rate, natural gas storage, crude oil inventory. Should be a good day.
Forum: Trading Journals January 21st, 2015, 11:51 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Had 4 events today and got 3 trades off.

Canadian wholesale sales and U.S. building permits - no setups so no trades. In truth, I was also a bit late setting up to get into these trades anyway,...
Forum: Trading Journals January 21st, 2015, 08:42 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 21 Pre-Market Analysis

News all day starting with Canadian wholesale sales and U.S. building permits at 0830, then BOC news releases at 1000 adn BOC press conference at 1115.

Didn't sleep well last night so I decided to...
Forum: Trading Journals January 20th, 2015, 10:03 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session recap

short day today since I'm only trading news and events.

Two events today: Canadian manufacturing sales and the U.S. market open.

CAD manufacturing sales traded with 6C. No setups so no trades....
Forum: Trading Journals January 20th, 2015, 07:57 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 20 Pre-Market Analysis

Since I'm only trading the news today, no other market analysis needs to be done.

Expecting two trading opportunities today, Canadian dollar on the manufacturing news at 0830 and the e-mini Nasdaq...
Forum: Trading Journals January 19th, 2015, 08:50 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

this is a late entry as I took the weekend to decompress and re-evaluate. Traded like a complete idiot on Friday.

Won't go into the details of each trade, but took 5 trades with 1 winner and 4...
Forum: Trading Journals January 16th, 2015, 07:49 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 16 Pre-Market Prep

Calling this pre market prep instead of analysis because I'm not really doing any analysis any more, I've evolved my morning routine to focus more on the plan of the day and less on what the market...
Forum: Trading Journals January 15th, 2015, 10:07 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Took 4 trades today and was done (due to 3 loss limit) before I could trade all the news events.

Unemployment claims trade with GC but nothing happened so no trade. The equity indexes moved...
Forum: Trading Journals January 15th, 2015, 07:35 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 15 Pre-Market Analysis

The 5 minute chart of GC shows a strong upward trend starting at about 0430 that may have topped out. The high is at $1261.1 and the pivot low is at $1228.7.

That bullish move pretty much...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 15th, 2015, 07:24 AM
Replies: 276
Sticky: The Tax Thread
Views: 198,157
Posted By cts001
Yes, I meet all qualifications for trader tax...

Yes, I meet all qualifications for trader tax status. I only mentioned a couple because they seem counter productive. If I was selling Avon, I would not have to meet these kinds of test (imagine...
Forum: Trading Journals January 14th, 2015, 11:02 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Bad day today, performance wise. Also took two trades I had no business taking (both losers).

Three events to trade today: retail sales, market open and crude oil inventory.

retail sales,...
Forum: Trading Journals January 14th, 2015, 07:28 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 14 Pre Market Analysis

Changing my analysis method today. The way I have been doing it was based on my old chart trading, position day trading/swing trading style which I am moving away from in favor of a shorter term...
Forum: Trading Journals January 13th, 2015, 11:33 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
Jan 13 Pre Market and Recap

Daily chart of GC shows a bullish trend with pivot hight at $1244.5 and low of $1204.2.

Hourly chart shows a stronger bullish trend with pivot high at 1244.5 and low at $1233.6.

15 minute chart...
Forum: Trading Journals January 12th, 2015, 09:54 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 4,921
Posted By cts001
End of Session Recap

Done early, hit my 3 losing trade limit already.

No news, so the only event I could trade was the market open. The rest of the trades were based on my ability to read the order flow and/or...
Forum: Traders Hideout January 12th, 2015, 08:07 AM
Replies: 276
Sticky: The Tax Thread
Views: 198,157
Posted By cts001
opinions on trader tax status?

I'm wondering how many traders here have or are seeking 'trader tax status' and how the requirements for acquiring that status have effected (affected?) their trading.

The reason I bring this up...
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