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Forum: Trading Journals February 5th, 2016, 11:37 PM
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Posted By Okina
I've not updated this journal for a very long...

I've not updated this journal for a very long period of time. (And in fact this is not a journal but a bit of everything: system, personal thoughts etc...). But this does not mean that I have stop...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 08:57 PM
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Posted By Okina
you are perfectly true about Eliot waves. And it...

you are perfectly true about Eliot waves. And it rings a bell inside me. Early in my career I had a boss that was a fan of Eliot waves and he made me read almost everything about them.

In the...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 08:18 PM
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Posted By Okina
Maybe I have used inappropriate words : By price...

Maybe I have used inappropriate words : By price patterns only I mean that DeMarks work is only based on price patterns that can predict a trend reversal. In his books you can find some indicators...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 07:32 PM
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Posted By Okina
I will start with the basis of my exit rules (it...

I will start with the basis of my exit rules (it is a work in progress)

I have :
1) based on a percent of retracement at the beginning of the trade to invalidate the entry (and avoiding having my...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 07:13 PM
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Posted By Okina
If I write all of that this is first a way to...

If I write all of that this is first a way to evacuate my frustration of the day but also I want to underline what I think is a cardinal rule of any trading system that a lot of person tend to...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 06:42 PM
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Posted By Okina
here another example on how my system was...

here another example on how my system was supposed to managed the rules :

On the up trend you see an exit signal at 46.30. This signal should be taken and the top was in fact near around 46.45
...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 06:04 PM
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Posted By Okina
here is an example to illustrate my previous...

here is an example to illustrate my previous post.

All the dots and squares are a kind of warning (in fact exit signals) as you can see on the up trend the first (highlighted) exit signal was the...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2015, 05:47 PM
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Posted By Okina
Just for the short story I completely fuck up my...

Just for the short story I completely fuck up my coding. I try it live this morning and after 30 min I have lost 250$ in 3 trades who should have given on paper more than 500$... I have made coding...
Forum: Trading Journals November 4th, 2015, 03:39 PM
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Posted By Okina
Working 12 to 18h per day to finish this system...

Working 12 to 18h per day to finish this system for the last 2 weeks none stop (it is not a joke or a BS and I'm happy and not too exhausted - thanks to adrenaline). Almost done. Now I have 1 entry...
Forum: Trading Journals October 29th, 2015, 09:32 PM
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Posted By Okina
I'm reading Tomas DeMark work and I LOVE what I...

I'm reading Tomas DeMark work and I LOVE what I read.

This is the first time in my carrier that I read something that makes sense for me from A to Z. In the last 2 days I have read the book DeMark...
Forum: Trading Journals October 29th, 2015, 07:20 AM
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Posted By Okina
Who can do bad with that kind of market :) ...

Who can do bad with that kind of market :)

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=196251


But on the other hand I'm not satisfied with my "system" in the sense that it is not a...
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2015, 04:35 PM
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Posted By Okina
QUESTION

I would like to know if any of you have any prior experience with DeMark studies ?

I know they are widely used in the industry (I think 25K subscriber for bloomberg ?) and I start to look at them...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2015, 11:43 PM
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Posted By Okina
you can also use this condition to create a...

you can also use this condition to create a market monitor of the different futures you are following and the conditions could be calculated on any time or range frame and be plotted in a kind a...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2015, 11:20 PM
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Posted By Okina
I know it is possible to export the file but I...

I know it is possible to export the file but I did not yet find so I will post the code here :

First indicator that you need is the CMO :

SU:= Sum( IF( Close(@) > Close(@)[-1], Close(@)-...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2015, 11:06 PM
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Posted By Okina
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=19...

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=195710
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2015, 12:20 PM
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Posted By Okina
If there is some people who works with QTrader or...

If there is some people who works with QTrader or IC I can post the code. As you will see it is less than 10 line of code. It is the beauty of CQG platform for me. No need to learn a programming...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2015, 12:04 PM
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Posted By Okina
Same system on a longer time frame, as you can...

Same system on a longer time frame, as you can see it managed to capture most of the action with no too big loss but the price for that is of course to have to sacrifice a good part of the range of...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2015, 11:55 AM
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Posted By Okina
After a good night & a good walk

I maybe though I was immune to most of the psychological short fall that you could encounter in trading. Obviously I was wrong. I have been greatly perturbed by just a change of trading platform. But...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2015, 05:01 PM
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Posted By Okina
I want to show you something because I also want...

I want to show you something because I also want me to remember it:

I have removed all the crap of my screen and put my screen in its original state. I have put red rectangle around the signal.
...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2015, 04:47 PM
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Posted By Okina
WTF

I moved from Ninja to QTrader 2 days ago. It should have made no differences ? In fact for the last 2 days it has been a disaster. In 2 day I've made only 5 trades and 4 have been losers !

The...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2015, 12:25 AM
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Posted By Okina
I was feed up to have such a bad day so tonight a...

I was feed up to have such a bad day so tonight a play CL and CAD. Small gain in CL and large one in CAD :)
But i must definitely re read the manual I've made mistakes again with the manipulation of...
Forum: Trading Journals October 19th, 2015, 05:38 PM
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Views: 9,329
Posted By Okina
Simplicity

About my trading system:

I have simplified it a lot during the last month of trading.

First I was fond of range bars thinking that they represent more the price action than time bars. But in my...
Forum: Trading Journals October 19th, 2015, 05:18 PM
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Posted By Okina
My first day with my new trading platform

Today with my first day with CQG QTrader and I lose a little money...

The platform has nothing to do with my loses but my lack of training has. Sunday I was setting and programming my very simple...
Forum: Trading Journals October 13th, 2015, 11:02 PM
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Posted By Okina
not all days are created equals

lots of trades today (at least compared to the other days) for a good result: 158 ticks per contract.


Started to work at 5 AM , finished early at 2:30 PM.

18 trades, 5 stops hit. Average loss...
Forum: Trading Journals October 12th, 2015, 07:20 PM
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Posted By Okina
Optimus

I'm not affiliated with Optimus and I do not have an account with them yet but I must say that I've been really impress by their services.

I've asked my wife this morning to make research and to...
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