NQ couldn't handle that much size without impacting performance due to slippage as it is a much thinner market than the ES for example. Also, I doubt most people could trade that size and handle the mental game well enough to keep from blowing up. ...

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Right. 25 ticks = $125, so 2 profitable trades net X 25 ticks/trade = 50 ticks net profit X $5/tick = $250/contract. If all you need is $250/day, trade one contract. If you need to make $10,000/month, then trade 2 contracts. If you need/want a ...

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Like I said, so far I've behaved myself other than today. But quality of life is definitely better when I grab my $250 per and get on with the rest of my life.

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I'm not supposed to, Divergence. You see, I actually took a few years off from trading to get back out in the world among the humans. I pursued a couple of other interests, some old, some new. But the siren song of the market kept calling me back, ...

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When I came back in a few minutes agoI saw too quick hits back to back and took the both of them for a net result of 11 points profit (+6 on the first and +5 on the second) ... Mark Douglas said that technical analysis turns the market is a never ...

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Targets for this move at 7001 and then 6987 ... Success with trading the halfway back is tremendous. I could not stay at the desktop today so I did just one contract with a close stop using a set up on the 512 tick chart. Typically I start scaling ...

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Why does FF let people go "invisible" when viewing the forum? Seems to me to be a glaring inconsistency with the whole transparency goal.

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Risking 25 ticks for a 171 tick target shorted the 50% retrace and profit target at the 7025 low. This is a "set it and forget it trade" so I'm heading out for a bit. It will either be a loss of $125 or an $855 profit - just trading a one lot on ...

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Hey @lookingood ... your trading is ... lookin' GOOD!

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Two more for a +9 and a +6.25 for a total of +34 points or 136 ticks ... indeed ... if only everyday were like this lol image

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added another 6.25 points/25 ticks on this trading range break down to test the previous low of the day. +18.75 points/75 ticks on the day EDIT: Still rolling with 512 ticks for today as my "x-ray" chart. Also watch 5 minute for intraday, and 4 hour ...

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Made it more difficult than I had to in that I took a full loss on my second short because I plain old failed to adjust the automatic stop to the actual price level. But, made my $250 per contract and its not even 10 AM, so I can't complain. image

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He got obsessed with that idea during the days in the SonicR thread. He and I butted heads many of times over that, I finally just left the thread.

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I knew TAH at the old SOnicR thread ... what happened to him? He went commercial and got banned?

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512 Tick today

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Here is a pic showing the last swing low from yesterday after noon regular trading hours. I was just playing the reversals off of that level. The first was a tick for tick double bottom and the second was a tradition Trader Vic 2B stop probe just ...

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Two trades, both +6.25 points or 25 ticks for you "ticklers" lol ... Done for the day, I am image

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Not the most savvy would-be empire builder, to be sure. "Let me tell you about my Secret Plans to Conquer the World ... or you can read all about them tomorrow in my Op-ed in the NYTimes. Wait until you see them. They are brilliant. Brilliant! Even ...

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Learn to trade a consistently profitable methodology. There is no reason to do this ever. This was an ability dreamed up by the forex brokers to steal as much as possible as quickly as possible from client accounts. There is a reason US regulators ...

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Two minutes til "Ding Ding Ding!" Good luck, traders!

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