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Forum: Trading Journals

January 12th, 2013, 07:14 PM

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Posted By djkiwi

karoshiman Thanks K. That has been my...

karoshiman

Thanks K.

That has been my conclusion also and I'm in full agreement with your approach. I have been trading seven instruments; 6E, ES, TF, NQ, GC, FDAX and CL. The only difference...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 12th, 2013, 01:34 AM

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Posted By djkiwi

karoshiman Nice posts. I'm interested in...

karoshiman

Nice posts. I'm interested in your selection of instruments. I've recently expanded my instrument list as well. A couple of questions.

1. Which data feed are you using?
2. What is...

Forum: Trading Journals

December 22nd, 2012, 04:25 AM

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Swing Trading Futures

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Posted By djkiwi

The 1-2% "K" and I pay on commissions and average...

The 1-2% "K" and I pay on commissions and average slippage compared to an average of 10% for the day trader and 20% for the scalper easily make up for losses on these types of outliers. It can also...

Forum: Trading Journals

December 8th, 2012, 04:09 PM

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Swing Trading Futures

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Posted By djkiwi

SteveH. Great post. I entirely agree with the...

SteveH. Great post. I entirely agree with the part above. As K rightly pointed out transaction costs dramatically affect intraday trader bottom lines to a point that the edge must be significant to...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 29th, 2012, 03:44 PM

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Swing Trading Futures

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Posted By djkiwi

Silvester17 Actually, I think this is only...

Silvester17

Actually, I think this is only partially true. If you were in a stock position with a crash overnight you are screwed because your stop is at market and you are stopped out on open....

Forum: Trading Journals

November 29th, 2012, 03:17 PM

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Swing Trading Futures

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Posted By djkiwi

Actually, I'm referring to specific swing...

Actually, I'm referring to specific swing analyses. For example, the following post discusses ES. The analysis is virtually the same for oil in that the swing sizes are virtually the same. The...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 29th, 2012, 05:08 AM

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Swing Trading Futures

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Posted By djkiwi

karoshiman. Nice journal Agree 100%...

karoshiman. Nice journal

Agree 100% with this statement. There are other points as well. Firstly, there are 20 year + veterans who will wipe the floor with even advanced retail traders. ...

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