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Forum: Platforms and Indicators December 13th, 2022, 04:20 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 22,817
Posted By profitpilgrim
I see Ninjatrader just announced an upcoming...

I see Ninjatrader just announced an upcoming webinar for DMIC on Dec 15 in a couple of days. I signed up after the last webinar because I saw enough parallels between his appraisal of significant...
Forum: Traders Hideout May 11th, 2020, 03:25 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 41,545
Posted By profitpilgrim
A tibdit. Your mouse is the meal. The market is a...

A tibdit. Your mouse is the meal. The market is a rattlesnake. If you're scalping in the equities, especially NQ, YM, RTY, but also ES at prime time hours, you have to set your stops and targets...
Forum: Traders Hideout February 7th, 2020, 11:21 AM
Replies: 144
Views: 34,152
Posted By profitpilgrim
The malady is in the money supply.

Oliver if I had to pick one piece of advice from all that's been given as the best explanation of why your systems quit working its for the same reason that even hedge funds managers and algo...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 22nd, 2019, 11:17 AM
Replies: 172
Views: 81,251
Posted By profitpilgrim
Impressed with top level integrity at Earn2Trade

I just finished a chat with the founder of Earn2Trade, Ryan, resolving an issue with rules violation, and was impressed with the integrity with which he stepped in on the chat from top level...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 21st, 2019, 01:00 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 16,951
Posted By profitpilgrim
Requested answers about daytradingbias

I received this private message this morning but elected to answer here for the benefit of all.

" daytradingbias.com
Hello profitpilgrim,

Thanks for your thread comment/review of the...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 14th, 2019, 11:54 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 16,951
Posted By profitpilgrim
Little does a newcomer know the expertise of Lawrence Chan

I'm taking time here to give a heads up to those asking to know more about Lawrence Chan's service from someone with an intimate knowledge of premium membership. He doesn't know I'm making this post....
Forum: Traders Hideout November 4th, 2019, 07:47 PM
Replies: 1,250
Views: 672,042
Posted By profitpilgrim
Han's tips on 43" 4k TV's as monitors & my rocking chair

Pleasures and precautions of two 43" TV's as monitor:

Pleasures:

Expanding a chart to full screen, especially if they're both on the same computer, gives a very broad view of price action which...
Forum: NinjaTrader September 29th, 2019, 05:51 PM
Replies: 511
Views: 209,739
Posted By profitpilgrim
Can NT do point and click VWAP point of origin?

Raymond the cats meow in VWAP is to be able to point and click on a spike or flush to establish the point of origin. Can your new improvements to VWAP do that. Is it planned anytime soon?

Thanks...
Forum: Trading Journals February 26th, 2017, 10:31 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Have I won the highest net loss in journaling contest?

As the next step in analyzing how to exploit the exploiters whose algos wiggle the wealth out of retail traders, I'm going to use Bloodhound to backtest my ATM algos to see to what extent my...
Forum: Trading Journals February 24th, 2017, 04:05 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Could burning countertrend reversions be algo's best cherry picking

In reviewing my experiment at trading a simulated $150 TST Combine, with 5 contract entries attempting to scalp some profit and always leave a riding contract of 1 or 2 to catch a trend, thus far the...
Forum: Trading Journals February 23rd, 2017, 01:27 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Tightening and loosening risk reward parameters

2-21-17 P/L ($2445.8)
Cum P/L ($143131.82)
Exceeded TST max drawdown so reset again.
2-22-17 P/L ($1209.64) Long $51.46, Short $(1261.10)
Cum P/L

You may have noticed that the progression of...
Forum: Trading Journals February 21st, 2017, 09:49 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Dynamically adjusting lookback periods to adapt MA's to volatility

2-20-17 P/L no trades on President's day.

The sixties pop song said "I've looked at love from both sides now, from win and lose, and still somehow, its love's illusions I recall I really don't...
Forum: Trading Journals February 20th, 2017, 01:39 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Necessary rules to respect trend and escape countertrend compulsions

2-17-17 P/L ($2413.44)
$Cum P/L $145577.62

Given another hard loss trending day, it would appear that I must impose on myself more stringent rules than the "Decisive Decision" in my 4th post,...
Forum: Trading Journals February 17th, 2017, 12:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Can it be done?

2-16-17 Net P/L = ($2008.94)
Cum P/L = $147,992

If you've tracked this journal you know I am attempting an ideal, that is to scalp small reversions against the immediate direction of price by...
Forum: Trading Journals February 17th, 2017, 09:29 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Pre-market

Its options expiration Friday. A respected professional hedge fund trader indicates that option market makers need the ES to stay below themid 30s and above 2300 so bias is down this morning.
Forum: Trading Journals February 16th, 2017, 10:08 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
2-14-17 Net P/L = ($3023.02) Cum P/L =...

2-14-17 Net P/L = ($3023.02)
Cum P/L = $45712.49

No Preopen comments this morning.


The 14th was another great hard trending market well suited to refine reversionary scalping ATM's intended...
Forum: Trading Journals February 15th, 2017, 09:27 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Revelations of Loss Analysis - How to prevent losers

2-14-17 Net P/L = ($2043.70)
Cum P/L = $48735.51


Today's Preopen bias
Markets are overextended into 4a days of new high all time highs. A 20 to 30 point pullback is likely now that the FOMC...
Forum: Trading Journals February 14th, 2017, 09:29 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Pre-market observations and plans

After 3 days of opening gaps up the market is due for a correction. With Fed Chair Yellen is speaking today markets are vulnerable to spikes following quiet price action. I'll be favoring entering...
Forum: Trading Journals February 14th, 2017, 09:02 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Please repost your Thanks in the Journal Challenge Thread

The winner's of the topsteptrader $150K contest are determined by the number of readers when enter thanks, but only if that Thanks appears in the journal challenge thread HERE...
Forum: Trading Journals February 13th, 2017, 10:14 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Trailers made almost all the profit!

2-13-17 Net P/L = $1066.77
Cum P/L = 150,779.21
Max drawdown ($363.26)
Sharpe ratio 4.73
Ulcer index 0.00
9 trades.

Download the new attached 5 lot (not 10) NQ YM ATM's, and the newly...
Forum: Trading Journals February 12th, 2017, 09:02 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Three self-sabotaging impulses

In my last post I generally contrasted "cognitive bias" with known "statistical bias" and how they compete in discretionary trading decisions. I traced cognitive bias to positive and negative...
Forum: Trading Journals February 10th, 2017, 02:58 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Cognitive Bias vs. Statistical Bias - A promising revelation

2-8-17 Net P/L = ($2507.82)
Cum P/L = ($287.56)

Today offered a promising though sobering revelation. I went from $922 net profit by 10:45 ET to $2507.82 net loss by EOD closing. So why...
Forum: Trading Journals February 9th, 2017, 09:27 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Premarket trades

Because the volatility on entry is not as wild as shortly after the open I look carefully for setups during the pre-market hour, with special attention to S/R (support/resistance) levels that price...
Forum: Feedback and Announcements February 9th, 2017, 01:13 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 17,853
Posted By profitpilgrim
Profitpilgrim's Blend of CT Scalps & Trend Trailing (free ATMs)

Current Stats:
Cum Net Closed P&L = $2220 in first 4 days of $150K sim trading which started Feb 3.
Symbols traded = ES, NQ, YM

I debated whether or not to enter this journal contest for a $150K...
Forum: Trading Journals February 9th, 2017, 01:05 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,858
Posted By profitpilgrim
Profitpilgrim's Blend of CT Scalps & Trend Trailing (free ATMs)

If you haven't downloaded the last necessary ATM stop template below or the other 11 ATM strategy templates and stop templates posted HERE ...
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