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Forum: Trading Journals

September 24th, 2012, 05:33 PM

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Posted By futuretrader

I think that analysis would be crucial. And if...

I think that analysis would be crucial. And if it turns out that this would improve your results, it would be worth looking at those weeks in detail to try to find out what was going on.

Given...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 20th, 2012, 12:56 PM

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Short term TF trading

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Posted By futuretrader

OK, here's the morning session for the 1 minute...

OK, here's the morning session for the 1 minute and 250 tick charts. I forgot to say how I defined the swing; it's 2 bars lower/higher on either side of the pivot bar.

Forum: Trading Journals

August 19th, 2012, 08:00 PM

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Short term TF trading

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Posted By futuretrader

I agree about the overnight, it would be a...

I agree about the overnight, it would be a pointless comparison. Those were stats from 9:30-16:15 EST, with 90 days loaded. My guess is that if you also eliminate the RTH volume extremes, both high...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 19th, 2012, 07:51 PM

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Short term TF trading

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Posted By futuretrader

IRT and I think Sierra have that built in;...

IRT and I think Sierra have that built in; unfortunately with NT you have to modify the indicator.

I think there's a version of the ZigZagUTC floating around that does this. I modified the...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 18th, 2012, 07:40 PM

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Short term TF trading

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Posted By futuretrader

Sure, happy to oblige - it's thanks to you that...

Sure, happy to oblige - it's thanks to you that I've got back into playing with Excel.

Doing tables of swing size distribution is an idea from FuturesTrader71 (he talks about it in one of his...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 18th, 2012, 09:58 AM

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Short term TF trading

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Posted By futuretrader

Not a huge difference in swing size, but the 1...

Not a huge difference in swing size, but the 1 minute is definitely faster:

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Forum: Trading Journals

July 31st, 2012, 09:42 AM

Replies: 797

Short term TF trading

Views: 140,960

Posted By futuretrader

Thanks Josh, I'd forgotten about NT recalculating...

Thanks Josh, I'd forgotten about NT recalculating the entry price; that explains it. I had noticed (and corrected for) the exit times.

I know entering the numbers doesn't take long, but I...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 31st, 2012, 08:28 AM

Replies: 797

Short term TF trading

Views: 140,960

Posted By futuretrader

If you get your broker to give you a second...

If you get your broker to give you a second log-in for the same account, you can connect two instances of NT (on different machines) to the same account.

Your risk management has always looked...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 13th, 2012, 12:11 PM

Replies: 797

Short term TF trading

Views: 140,960

Posted By futuretrader

Sure. I tend to be very skittish on my scales,...

Sure. I tend to be very skittish on my scales, and would like to have hard data on efficiency for each exit (both in terms of giving back and leaving subsequent moves on the table), vs what my early...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 13th, 2012, 12:05 PM

Replies: 797

Short term TF trading

Views: 140,960

Posted By futuretrader

I've been working on automating the stats I want...

I've been working on automating the stats I want via gomi's NT trade database framework, but haven't got the glitches worked out. But you're right, if you're not doing dozens of trades per day it's...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 13th, 2012, 08:21 AM

Replies: 797

Short term TF trading

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Posted By futuretrader

josh, nice looking charts, and thanks for that...

josh, nice looking charts, and thanks for that Excel link.

Do you guys have anything set up for analyzing scales? NT unfortunately doesn't export that data directly.

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