Thanks saint, admittedly I wasn’t going that far back but looking at it that way shows an upside down replay of a winning trade I took in morning. Just need to hone my eyes to this stuff. It’s gonna take a while to hammer out the details. Thanks for ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Thanks, bmdenton. Perhaps that last third of the move down, the surge of the bears to make a NSL, was their hail mary. That kind of wiped them out until after noon. Thanks for the feedback!

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Okay...This one is bugging me. This was a loser earlier today (-33) and if I had avoided this entry there really wasn't a good rotation to get back in until the structure was already broken making a sell entry invalid. In hindsight I think the ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Booooo....Stopped out at -33. +24 for today I'm done for the week. Gotta go help the folks with doctor appointments tomorrow. Second week ever trading = 100 pts net after commissions, etc. Lots of mistakes. Lots to learn. Onward and upward! Have a ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Short at 26316

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Thanks, Nikster. Still learning and refining entries and entry candles. I appreciate your thoughts as they will make me take a closer look and maybe discover some risk there that I didn't see. What I was thinking here is that it was a 100% ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

-30 on a little riskier one. Tried to ride the continuation on down even after short term expectation failure to the upside. Starting to learn that jumping in mid-swing is a crap shoot. Hindsight shows I was trading right into structure. Not good.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Stopped out for +87

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Short on YM

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hi Folks, I have a basic question about margin that I wanted to clarify with you folks. If I want to trade before the market opens (before 9:30AM EST) my trading would still fall under the intraday margin rules with my broker, correct? So, the only ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

+32 on YM today. It's starting to feel less like it's luck and more like it's the fulfillment of an expectation. Even an expectation failure creates a new expectation that I'm trusting to let play out.....and HOLY COW it seems to really work! ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Crazy junk on YM today. I'm done at -28. BUT...I made a 5 point profit on my very first week of live trading. I count that as a win! I look forward to next week. Have a great weekend everyone.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Thanks bmdenton. Good stuff. I have a follow up for you with your Scenario #1. So if I'm using the ATM to set my SL and TP it presents itself on the broker server. As I adjust those levels during the trade are they updated on the broker server as ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Hi folks, Just talked to the trade desk at NinjaTrader for a basic question but wanted to make sure I bounced it off some folks with experience on this side of a trading platform. My question was to confirm what information they held in their ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Ha! I stunk it up this morning. -24 on YM Read the charts right pre-market but completely second guessed myself all morning and did everything I could to trade against my initial inclination. Then I had it in my head that the 26k mark was super ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

In looking at pre-market YM I feel like we're ranging in a complex correction with an expectation to the downside. What do you guys think? I'm still trying to hammer out my perspective on how far back to look.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Dipping into a little EUR/USD this morning.

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

+53 for the morning. I'm finding I'm a little skiddish and quick to move to BE +5. I think much of this has to do with being a bit underfunded and not wanting to go in the red if at all possible to avoid it. Second trade had me taken out on a tail ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

Long on YM Go Bulls Go!

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade

I got my first end of day brokerage statement this morning and had a question or two that you folks can probably answer. I had 3 single contract trades on YM yesterday and this is a breakdown of my commissions and fees: Commission: $5.70 Clearing ...

Ratios & Harmonics: a Different Way to Trade