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Sounds great. I had the same problem posting the screenshots as they came and eventually settled on just taking the screenshot, takes a second, and then post when I was breaking from staring intensely at the screen or EOD. I break for a few minutes after each closed trade. I just do better that way.
Great post, looking forward to see the rest of the entries. I'm new here.
Don't leave home without them. They so work for me. I read an article that the financial news writer stated that 70% of break out attempts through an established support/resistance line will fail. i was unable to confirm this information anywhere and couldn't find the article when I tried to find this again.
The screen shot is ES and the colored horizontal thick lines are my manually installed stops. Unless I am sure of my stop placement I wait for a confirmation bounce. Love the thread.
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I could not find a shot of them in use. I use the ROY G BIV code and set up the red on the inner most trough to peak wave, the first one wave is always the high low of the first candle that closes at 935 est. when that wave is busted by moving outside of it, I use the orange line next... repeat. best use for me is a fade trade. I us that 70% theory and agree with it now. So a fade will win twice and a breakout call will win once, in the long run of course.
I'm not used to asking but you have been so accommodating with other requests. Could you give a trade by trade or daily profit loss for the entire step one. my son is looking and I would like to some raw data on the success side tired of looking at losers.
I Tradovate, their claim to fame is not the mobile app it the deep discount an average Joe like me can get without having to negotiate. I average 900 rt's a month and that's for $199 flat by the month and 179 for the month but by the year., no other charges. the platform is free. I pay 2 dollars to the CME for top of book only, I do not DOM but if I did it would be $7 for 10 levels.
One post was about if he could last long enough to to survive? I have kept a piece of paper and recorded all his personal account reports. Not only is his reported winning percentage above normal he is way ahead on his margin; way ahead.
I saw that October 2 was the day you get funded. Does that start tomorrow and will you be posting daily, weekly or monthly reports. I agree these threads take up much time if you let it.
I've seen some state that the personal account will be traded along side the funded account. Please explain why a talented trader would split with another whe the day rates for NQ scalping are $500. Wouldn't just scaling that produce so much more than sharing and wouldn't you benefit from the simpler action of one account.(are both accounts trading the same with the same decision so really it is one account)
He deleted his stream from yesterday. Not sure when he will go live again. The one from Friday is still there. It's over 11 hours long. No sound. You can scroll through and watch the carnage.
I found that I was thinking too much about the journal and losing focus on my trading. I thought about just recording my trades during the week and then on the weekend use that recording to be able to go back and comment. Not sure yet. Need to find a balance point that allows me to post and I still stay focused on trading.
Yes. Mostly to prototype systems. It allows me to make a change and very quickly see the results on the chart. So, if I add indicator X I can quickly modify the system with their software and instantaneously see the results on the chart. You can use it for full automation as well. Haven't done that yet.
I would have been funded at this point if I actually traded the account every day. Been spending more time focusing on my personal account. Right now I am about 50% done with step 2 on both trading days and profit.
As far as why would someone do something like TopStep when they are doing well in a personal account: For me it is the challenge more than anything. Their rules are very strict and I wanted to see if I could trade under those rules. Once funded, I am not sure how long I will keep the account.
I will look to see what data I can pull from Step 1. I will try to remember to do that later today. Right now it's trading time.
If your son tries one of these combines, plan on at least 2 months to get through both steps. Remember, the number of days for each step is the minimum. You basically have to reach 6% profit 2 times to get through the combine. Don't let the number of days pull you out of your normal trading style. It did for me and as a result the profit/loss was all over the place. Step 2 I am doing much better with avoiding that. Pay close attention to the rules in step 2, they are very strict.
One of those sleepless nights. Too many ideas running through my head. Oh well, it's not like I have to get up and go to work in the morning. Retirement has its privileges.
Took a look at the charts. Wondering if I should go short at 7666.00. Anyone superstitious? LOL!
In all seriousness, it looks like it wants to drop but hasn't made the commitment yet. See chart:
Someone posted a nice news indicator in the NT8 section. It is on the chart above. You can filter out a country but only one. I think I will modify it this weekend so I can pick only one country. Would be nice to only see news related to USD.
Anyone superstitious? LOL!
