See for my personality it's the type of nuts and bolts how things work that matter to me, even if they don't really matter in trading. Knowing about options, orderflow , microstructure, etc, etc, maybe not be need for most, but I know I need to know ...

james16 Chart Thread

That's not a pinbar, now THAT'S A PINBAR. Go here to learn more: url

Is this a Pin Bar?

Man, that is when I get the most pissed off.

james16 Chart Thread

I yell and throw stuff. Went out and bought some 'nerf' stuff so not to break to many things...

james16 Chart Thread

LOL. Trading is your best guess.

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

A counter trend trade maybe 'lower probability" than a trade with the the trend, but your risk shouldn't change. If anything you can adjust your risk lower for the counter trend trade.

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I've never liked Noam , the guy is a collectivist.

The video store

Anyone that bailed on him because he was drinking a beer probably regrets that decision.

1987 Trader: Documentary about Paul tudor jones

After watching Tudor trade, I'm going to start yelling out my orders before I hit the buy or sell key. Quote Me! Quote Me!

1987 Trader: Documentary about Paul tudor jones

Watching this right now, this is really cool. Thank You for sharing.

1987 Trader: Documentary about Paul tudor jones

I've read the Van K. Tharp book and it is good. Steenbarger is on my to-read list, I'd like to hear more about it once you finish reading it. Also, one more along the same lines on my to-read list is "Trading Rules that Work: The 28 Lessons Every ...

What Are Your Trading Rules?

Traders Checklist. url This a bit broader in scope and not so much trading rules, but answering these questions may give you some insight into making your rules / putting together your system.

What Are Your Trading Rules?

There should be (4) areas, you have five of them.

Median Grid Trading

I don't know man, looks like an uptrend to me.

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

I agree, but at the same time we should keep an open mind and understand it can shoot up another few hundred pips. I think that is why we are on the sidelines until the direction is clear and there is confirmation.

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

Nice update, I like the ignore Sunday bar. I was wondering if it's not too much trouble, can you change or add to the indicator so that the horizontal line draws from the previous bar close vs. the current bar open? I know it doesn't seem like a big ...

The DIBS Method... No Free Lunch continues

The pair has been sideways and the bias on the 4hr chart was down (right or wrong) that's what it was. Now that we have break out of the sideways action we are looking for confirmation of the uptrend. I've only been here since the sideways action, ...

Jacko's Forex House of Pleasure and Pain

How about a different approach. Create the Trader Archetype. What would the "Perfect Trader" look like? Then compare all traders against that. The original question, to me, appears more who has the better method.

Defining who is a better trader...

In the last few weeks I started using limit orders for everything. Even when I want to put in a market order, I just use a limit and make the price @ the Bid/ask and I get an instant fill just like a market order. A little extra work, but you save ...

james16 Chart Thread

Fair enough, but the resistance trendline turned support has not been confirmed yet. It would have to be retested.

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