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Day Trading from an Ogre's Point of View

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Ok, here you go.


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Stayed on the sidelines today. Still having trouble catching the trades. Need to build something to make me pay attention. Need to hook a shock collar up to the computer and whenever a trade gets near...zzzzzzaaaaaaappppppp!!

I know it is my fault. I am letting myself get distracted instead of watching the screen.

Facebook and other companies earnings reports this afternoon after the bell. Use caution if trading this late. You know what happened last time FB reported numbers.

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Stayed on the sidelines today. Still having trouble catching the trades. Need to build something to make me pay attention. Need to hook a shock collar up to the computer and whenever a trade gets near...zzzzzzaaaaaaappppppp!!

I know it is my fault. I am letting myself get distracted instead of watching the screen.

Facebook and other companies earnings reports this afternoon after the bell. Use caution if trading this late. You know what happened last time FB reported numbers.

Can you set an alert for when price approaches your EMA?

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Can you set an alert for when price approaches your EMA?

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I can. And that is actually a good idea. I have one that goes off near the end of a candle but it may be better (and less annoying) to have one based on price vs ema's.

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Spent yesterday figuring some things out. It was well spent time. Found a way for much tighter stops. +311.34 so far today. Just upped it to 2 contracts since the account has exceeded 2k. Will drop back to 1 if the balance goes below 2k after a trade has completed.

Will update on video this afternoon.

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Quick video today. Was rushing to get it done before Trick or Treat kids showed up.


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100% return is no easy task. Impressive ogre. Well done.
The videos are a nice addition to your journal.

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Took one trade this morning and I will call it the CTD (Chicken Trade of the Day). I am only allowed one per day. Entered into a long trade and within a few minutes it spiked against me. I had my stop back at the 200 EMA which gave it plenty of room. When it recovered, I was so relieved that I quickly moved my stop to BE +2 instead of letting the ATM strategy move it when it is programmed to move it (50 ticks profit move it to BE +4). I had a profit target just beyond the overnight high. (previous days POC) Shortly after moving my stop manually price came back and took me out for +2 ticks. Then politely moved up and stopped near my profit target. Had I just followed my system to a T, the trade would have been +79 instead of just +2. LOL! Oh well.


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i hear you...the pullback after 5:30 was nasty.If you were flat, would that 5:30 candle be a buy for you?or would you need a few candles first?

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i hear you...the pullback after 5:30 was nasty.If you were flat, would that 5:30 candle be a buy for you?or would you need a few candles first?

If I was flat I would have taken it there. It made a lower low candle that closed higher (rejection), entry at top of last down candle. The rejection candle is what convinced me to wait a bit longer before jumping out. Glad I did wait even if it didn't reach the full potential of the trade.

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