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Forum: Trading Journals February 14th, 2013, 10:59 AM
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Posted By SteveH
Merrick, the problem with a carrot / stick...

Merrick, the problem with a carrot / stick business model is that the one holding the stick always makes the rules least advantageous to you and always wins while you're always at risk of starving. ...
Forum: Trading Journals October 25th, 2012, 06:59 PM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
I don't think it's a coincidence that you started...

I don't think it's a coincidence that you started having problems with NT just about the time you started trading the CL with size. You're probably getting segmented fills more often and NT is...
Forum: Trading Journals September 3rd, 2012, 10:51 AM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
50% winning pct -> 1.8 to 2.0 max expectation of...

50% winning pct -> 1.8 to 2.0 max expectation of avg win/loss ratio

70% winning pct -> 1.0 to 1.2

80% winning pct -> 0.5 to 0.8

This is what one can expect as the Law of Large Numbers takes...
Forum: Trading Journals July 23rd, 2012, 07:31 PM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
The price you pay (both emotional and...

The price you pay (both emotional and mathematical) for having big winners from adding to a winning trade while keeping initial capital risk small is that your longer term winning pct will drop to...
Forum: Trading Journals June 24th, 2012, 12:33 PM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
I think psychology in trading is over-rated. ...

I think psychology in trading is over-rated. The starter of this thread completely lucked out on one trade and made 9K and also brought back two nasty intraday drawdowns past 1K and turned them...
Forum: Trading Journals May 8th, 2012, 02:35 AM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
"price segment" is what most call a "price...

"price segment" is what most call a "price leg".
Forum: Trading Journals May 6th, 2012, 10:57 PM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
No...both. The scale-in is done on a bar-by-bar...

No...both. The scale-in is done on a bar-by-bar basis, not on a price swing basis (as the forum host had shown recently in an unsuccessful trade sequence). Basically, you want successively...
Forum: Trading Journals May 2nd, 2012, 04:33 PM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
The TF was a more wild contract when it was on...

The TF was a more wild contract when it was on the Globex as the ER2. It's grown much more tame (read choppy) since then.

I've been trading the CL for 1.5 years now (TF/ER2 7 years before...
Forum: Trading Journals April 28th, 2012, 11:13 AM
Replies: 797
Views: 139,882
Posted By SteveH
Do your reported tick totals exclude the broker's...

Do your reported tick totals exclude the broker's cumulative ticks made from your trading? If they don't then that number doesn't denote how YOU performed, independent of the number of trades you...
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