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May 5th, 2016, 11:00 AM

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My Set UP (E-minis)

My set up is very simple. No indicators. For the session I look for daily, hourly, and 15 min levels, check the calendar for any important data releases, then settle in to watch this. 1 min chart, a...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 4th, 2016, 11:07 AM

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Oh Yeah I'm Starting to Like Volume Bars

On the E-minis I have each bar representing 50 contracts. When watching the chart, I can see entire blocks of 150-300 contracts hitting the market at key areas. It is like I can watch another trader...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 2nd, 2016, 11:48 AM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

I'm back after a long break

I was sick for many weeks, then had to take a couple months to catch up with business.

Today I am looking at ways I can find big orders hitting the market, in hopes that seeing what the big boys...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 2nd, 2016, 11:52 AM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

About My "Stop and Reverse" Today

My strategy is to look for just one or two high probability trades per session, and get 4 points or 15 pips. It is very rare for me to take a trade in one direction, and then immediately in the...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 2nd, 2016, 11:17 AM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

Today's Session: Return After Sick Vacation

I still have a lingering flu, I have had it for weeks. For all of February I had only one session, which is a disappointing waste of time.

Today is my first active session since getting sick. I...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 2nd, 2016, 11:01 AM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

I am a different gent.

I am a different gent.

Forum: Trading Journals

February 15th, 2016, 03:01 PM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

Week 2 Day 1: Time & Sales Scrutiny

I am still a little sick, and it is President's Day, so I am going to stick with low energy stuff. I am revisiting another old theme of mine, looking through the Time & Sales to divine possible...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 11th, 2016, 02:01 PM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

Day 3 and 4: Nope

I'm a little sick, so I slept in last two days (hooray self employment!), and didn't do any trading. I don't have the energy for surprises around Yellen's testimony.

I returned to an old topic of...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 9th, 2016, 09:58 AM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

Day 2: lazy scalping

My session was from 8-9:45am. I started with ES floating around 1,835. I took a shot hoping it would make a new high, but no dice. Closed breakeven. It then made a slow push down to the 1,825 area, I...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 8th, 2016, 08:36 PM

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Contract Killer's Trading Journal

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Posted By Contract Killer

Contract Killer's Trading Journal

Day 1. I have spent the last week getting my system set up, and all the bugs worked out. I even checked my latency. How many of you know your latency?

I dropped a test scalp on EC for +3 pips,...

Forum: Traders Hideout

January 31st, 2016, 05:21 PM

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Sticky: Introduce yourself here!

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Posted By Contract Killer

My Intro

Hello All!

I am an experienced trader, and have been doing it for about five years. I started with stocks, then forex, and now am doing futures. In addition to that I plan to start trading futures...

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