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February 21st, 2014, 09:43 AM
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Thanks Trendwaves ... I will chew on this and try...
Thanks Trendwaves ... I will chew on this and try to figure out a way to journal that modification.
One thing I noticed while journaling this last month ... is how I really need to get a grip on...
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February 18th, 2014, 07:02 PM
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RE: Yes these are great points and I will...
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Yes these are great points and I will be looking into the trades I took as well as the ones I did not and try to weigh them all out. I think one thing I will be doing for sure will be to...
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February 18th, 2014, 11:14 AM
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Day #10 of TST Combine
Ok so appologies for not updating this sooner, I had started to on Friday but being Valentines Day I decided to spend some time with the wifey :-) Then I had intended to post all weekend but kept...
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February 13th, 2014, 04:26 PM
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I elected to not trade again today as I still was...
I elected to not trade again today as I still was working this take-off for the J.O.B. .... which will force me to trade tomorrow Friday, because that is the last day that I can trade this TST...
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February 12th, 2014, 03:04 PM
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I did not trade again today. I had a HUGE window...
I did not trade again today. I had a HUGE window job that I am bidding on, and had t get it out by this morning. Was up until 130am and back up by 530 working on it. Figured I really need to be...
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February 11th, 2014, 12:36 PM
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No trades today .... will hopefully get at it...
No trades today .... will hopefully get at it tomorrow and pass this combine for a Rollover.
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February 10th, 2014, 08:32 PM
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Day #9 of TST Combine
So today was a rough day to read for me. I started off with a loser that got me in the hole, really not how I envisioned things happening. :sarcastic: #2 Trade I went short with 3 and pulled 2 off...
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February 7th, 2014, 12:27 PM
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Day # 8 of TST Combine
Today did not bode so well for me. Had a Red day, and really the last Red day that I can possibly have in this combine. The remaining 2 days need to be green in order to meet that TST criteria of...
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February 6th, 2014, 09:02 PM
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Yea, it definitely eases the emotions on that...
Yea, it definitely eases the emotions on that runner and should help me not want to move my stop so quickly.
Good question ..... I really don't know. One thing I do know however is that there...
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February 6th, 2014, 07:04 PM
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Thanks Trendwaves for the input and comments. I...
Thanks Trendwaves for the input and comments. I really like being forced to put words to my thoughts and try to explain them. Helps me filter everything .. which is a very good thing!
I think I...
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February 6th, 2014, 02:39 PM
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I did not take any TST Combine trades today. The...
I did not take any TST Combine trades today. The thinking or rationale was because I only have 3 days left and I really need to average some rather large days to hit the funding target, I was being...
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February 6th, 2014, 02:42 AM
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So I received a pm earlier today and thought...
So I received a pm earlier today and thought there were some good points and questions that might help somebody else that is looking into doing a TST Combine. I won't be posting their name, just what...
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February 5th, 2014, 01:15 PM
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Thanks for the input Trendwaves!! heh heh, hope...
Thanks for the input Trendwaves!! heh heh, hope you are not losing any sleep thinking about my combine lol :sarcastic:
I was thinking along the same lines as you. The combine I chose allows 5...
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February 5th, 2014, 12:41 PM
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So I did not do any trades with the TST combine...
So I did not do any trades with the TST combine today. My wife had a big meeting she had to go to, which translates into I have "Diaper Duty" for the lil kiddo. I may not be the sharpest tool in the...
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February 4th, 2014, 08:17 PM
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Day #7 TST Combine
Ok so a little better today than yesterday! I only made 2 trades they were both winners. I had decided to be a little more aggressive and split the 2 cars up, having T1 at the usual 15 ticks, and...
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February 3rd, 2014, 02:51 PM
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Day #6 of TST Combine
Wow, so today I got totally rag dolled. I didn't necessarily break any "Rules" accept for not really getting a good grip on context and what price action was telling me. Kind of had a context...
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January 31st, 2014, 04:05 PM
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We had another day of technical issues with the...
We had another day of technical issues with the Data connection and placing trades. :-(
So TST was super helpful again and is/was aware of the problem (which is not on their end), and they had...
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January 30th, 2014, 02:14 PM
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So there were no trades today as apparently there...
So there were no trades today as apparently there was an issue with Rithmic/Vision Financial Markets (Broker/Data providers). It was a TST wide connection problem for the peeps that trade with Ninja....
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January 29th, 2014, 03:52 PM
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Day #5 TST Combine
So totally blew my rules today on my first trade which ended up costing me not only a win but gave me a red day in the end. See pics for details.
CL was a hard one today with inventories and FOMC...
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January 28th, 2014, 12:13 PM
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Oversleeper
So I totally overslept today as my alarm did not go off. I might have been lucky that happened. I am not sure I would have caught the move up. I most likely would have bucked the trend and gone short...
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January 27th, 2014, 10:32 AM
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Day 4 TST Combine
So I am most likely done for the day early as I already had 2 wins and am up $700. This brings my TST balance up to +1,200 or Combine account balance of $51,200. Also getting my daily averages closer...
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January 25th, 2014, 10:00 PM
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Thanks mykee!! I have been looking at range bars...
Thanks mykee!! I have been looking at range bars for at 2 years I think?? maybe 3?? I choose range bars for the simple reason that I can easily see or calculate in my head how far price has moved...
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January 24th, 2014, 04:40 PM
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Day #3 of TST Combine
Day #3 is in the books. After what started out as a lil rough for me this morning, I was able to turn a Red day into a Green day. :rockon:
I started realizing how long some of my posts were...
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January 24th, 2014, 06:51 AM
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Shane, Yes, splitting up the contracts is...
Shane,
Yes, splitting up the contracts is certainly an option and one that I looked at using in my plan for this combine. In my testing I found that more often than not ... .I do not have the...
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January 24th, 2014, 03:14 AM
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Thanks for the comments! Regarding the stops...
Thanks for the comments! Regarding the stops .... yes, this is something I have wrestled with quite a bit and "IF" I were trading a normal personal account, I would not be moving those stops....
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