This volatility is a double edge sword. It means you can expect larger profit targets than usual. But it also means you have to accept a larger loss than usual. I fat fingered that ES short. I would not usually trade 3 eminis in this environment. If ...

Call me Vidvad - I day trade futures

To me it is a form of averaging into a loss, so I wouldn't do it. Each trade is independent of the results of the last. I believe it is known as "Martingaling," and I don't believe it is a good idea. If anything, I'd advocate for decreasing size ...

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I appreciate anyone sharing anything they wish to share concerning how thye trade. I don't want this to be come a systems thread tied to one method where I am made to answer daily questions about "why did this trade not work?" or "Why didn't you ...

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I had to make a version of my affirmation chart to accompany the mebob method: image

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I love it, kthrapp! I've always been fond of triple MA's, and there really isn't a better approach the buying/selling with trend pullbacks. Like you mentioned in your previous post, what most traders attempting such methods struggle with is being ...

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What I meant to include in this is that we often forgte that our price bars and candlesticks are themselves indicators. And since they are not only indicators but are actually closer to the actual action of the market, we might want to focus more ...

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Thank you, kthrapp!

Call me Vidvad - I day trade futures

Turnip, anything you want to share here in my journal is welcome. You and me are fellow travellers honing our craft! Yes, you have it right. And I would agree with you: using mebob, whether the original rules or as a reference zone can offer a quick ...

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I found that link. Thanks blue! tradertom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Avid-Trader-Tribute.docx-1.pdf

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I just want to add some charts from this morning and the only way to do that is to sign in lol. Continuing with the close/open thesis I made somewhat explicit this weekend. Keep in mind that when trading MNQ or NQ, especially at the NYSE open, there ...

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I'm logging out of FF now. I'll see you guys on March 7!

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I think I took my first day trade on the ES way back in 2005 or 2006. That was also the boom days of retail forex in the US and I traded with FXCM, FX Solutions, and others. I was reading through some old rocky thread posts from before my time and I ...

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This is for Onra, who asked me a question in a PM in response to a post I made in a trading discussion thread here at FF. I'd rather keep my input here in my journal. Too many weirdos and big egos elsewhere on FF. Here you go Onra. Instead of M1 ...

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Trade explorer with easily manipulated MT4 demo account data? No thank you. You misunderstand me. I'm not here to prove anything. I am here to share what I've learned. I'm real world. Real money. I posted here to counter what I believe are ...

Higher Edge within a Single Candlestick

image You seem to have deleted your post while I was responding. I'm glad I took a screen shot of it while working on my reply. Real trades from Thursday of this week. image Friday of this week. image Not cherry picked. Trades from the most ...

Higher Edge within a Single Candlestick

I am not going to turn this into a systems thread (and I certainly don't want to turn it into a politics thread!). However, I am going to share some charts simply to share what the market looks like to me as I trade. By "how the market looks to me" ...

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I think I will be limiting my participation here at FF to the weekends. I had such a good week and I made such good progress that I don't see why I shouldn't keep at it. Here is a post I just made responding to this thread here at FF: Higher Edge ...

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I appreciate your skepticism, but you're seem quite closed off mentally to the possibility of value here and thus not looking at this clearly. If you use the candle close and the next candle open as a marker, as a level(s) from which and by which ...

Higher Edge within a Single Candlestick

I don't want this journal to get any more political thsn it is at present. I meant only to voice my own support for the Ukrainian people in their fight againt the Russian invasion. To whom are you referring as "nazis?"

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One of my notifications this morning was that kthrapp350 ignored me. kthrapp and I have been FF friends for years. I can only guess that somehow his personal allegiance to Donald Trump is such that he feels the need to "cancel" and personal ...

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