Make Trading simple!

Anything in this thread is useful in any market. Markets are markets are markets and it just depends on how you want to trade.

I started trading in 1995. I love it! I am always trying to learn new things even now; because markets change. Then market trades totally different today than it did 25 years ago. And it will continue to evolve.

I trade using Multiple time frames. I use mostly tick charts and I trade mostly the ES and Micro ES (E-Mini contracts). They are cheaper to trade. have very narrow spread's. The brokers are regulated so you get better fills and less slippage.

My Anchor chart is between 600-900 ticks. And my entry chart is between 150-300 ticks. I use the CCI, Stoch-RSI, MACD, Williams% R, Bollinger Bands. These are all possibilities on my charts. The process is pretty simple. Trade in the direction of the Anchor chart and make your actual entries on the entry chart. So what that means is that if I am looking at the 610 tick chart, watching the CCI and I see it is breaking below the zero line, Then I will look at the 233 tick chart and if the CCI is below or breaking below the zero line then I would probably take the trade. If it doing the opposite then I would probably go long. The CCI on the long term and short term have to be in agreement. The same goes for the Sto-RSI.

I like to keep things pretty simple, if it gets to complicated then usually it costs me money.

This is my basic set up. The screen shot makes it look like one Monitor, but really it is three Monitors. The Monitor in the middle is my main trading screen. This screen shot happens to be the MES, which is the Micro ES contract. It has Bollinger Bands. CCI with a moving average, Stochastic RSI and the Macd. All with my own settings which I will post. All three charts on the middle monitor have the same indicator on them. So I will post images of those charts with my ES settings. I change some of he setting depending on what I am trading. Meaning ES setting are different than MES settings because the PA is basically the same but the volume is not. So I will shorten the ticks with the decrease in volume. By the way I mainly trade tick charts. So take a look and let me know what you think. I also take very small bites on each trade. Many times in the ES I only take 4-6 ticks per trade. I am very quick to cuts any losers. But I find that if I wanted to I could make 50+ trades a day many time with my system. Not all winners, but most are. You have to learn how not be afraid to have a losing trade. cut the losses and move on to the next trade. Let me know what you think. But be respectful in your comments always. Thanks

This is my short term entry chart on the ES contract. This pic is of today.

This is my second chart. it is a Range chart with the range set at 3. Same indicators

This is my anchor chart. Never ever trade against this chart with the shorter ones.

I will be posting how I use these indicators and what my trading rules are. Busy day so I am in and out. But basically I do not trade the crosses of the Macd line and the signal line. I trade the cross of the zero line, above or below. If it crosses above then long, if below then short. Same with the CCI and Stochastic-RSI. If Macd is above zero and the Macd line cross below the signal line that does not mean I take short. Rather it just means a break in the up trend. if It continues down and crosses the zero line then I would enter a short. More to come later. If you trade intra-day it is really about momentum more than anything else. Do not get greedy. Just take small profits and they add up quickly. We want all three charts going in the same direction. thanks again. will be back soon.

The charting program never mentioned, did I miss it?

How expect anyone to follow what is going on?

Not my definition of 'simple'. Try reading Laura T's Roadmap thread on here. That is simplicity for you.

Hi Erebus - Each chart shows as NinjaTrader.

So today I traded two hours. From the open. Made 87 ticks in two hours. Each tick is worth 12.50 dollars US. Times that by more than one contract and that is a productive two hours.

I am a Pastor of a church here in the town I live in. So I do not trade every day. Pastoring keeps me very busy. But most of my income is from trading. I trade 2-3 days a week. I will post my chart from this morning. It covers the 1st 30 minutes or so of the trading day.

P.S There are not or ever will be any currency pairs in this thread. Just futures on the S&P, Nasdaq on Oil. Things like that. And yes my Broker is Ninja Trader. I only trade regulated markets like the futures market. Brokers are more honest.

Blessing in Jesus name to everyone!
Pastor K

Here are some of my trades from this morning. Not my best day. Was a little slow today. So late on some entries. This is my 233 tick chart. Made 23 trades, 15 Long, 8 short. 20 winners and 3 losers for the day.

This is how my screen looks when they are all together. 233 tick chart on top. Followed by the 3R Range chart and then the 610 tick chart. This is on one monitor. I have three monitors with other info on them. But this is my main trading screen. I posted them separate earlier so that people can see how each chart is set up. This is just the basic Ninja trader 8 platform with their free indicators that you can find any where. How someone constructs the charts is up to them. This my basic set up. Everyone have a very blessed night. Jesus is Lord.

Hi kthrapp350,
Wishing you the best with your trading.

This is my charts for today. I only traded an hour today. 14 Trades, 12 winners, 2 losers. Made 41 ticks at 12.50 US per tick. Not a bad hour. Especially when trading more than one contract at a time. Just making sure the 610 chart and the 233 chart agree. That simple. CCI is the most important indicator on the chart. Do not need the EMA in the middle of the CCI. I just like it.

Hi Kthrapp350,
I like the principles behind your charts and trading. Compliments! I would like to ask you if this system is replicable on MT4? Will you post your indicator settings? I still don't understand what your trigger is for long/short inputs... Thank you and best of luck

Hello kthrapp350, I also trade in NQ and SP with ninjatrader8, I wonder if you could share on WorkSpace about this strategy that you use

I am going to post my strategy with some examples. I the basics are above. I use two time frames. For the ES I use a 233 tick chart and a 610 Tick chart. Both have a 20,2 Bollinger Bands. CCI with set at 20 periods. And then the Stochastic-RSI set at 25 on the 233 tick chart and 20 on the 610 tick chart. The only lines I pay attention to are the zero and 50 line. Above is long and below is short. Simple enough. I usually only take 4-6 ticks of profit per trade. I cut my loses very quickly. So when the CCI is below zero on the 233 and crosses below zero on the 610 then I short. If the Sto-RSI does not agree with the CCI then I skip the trade because there probably is not any momentum in the PA and there is good change the trade turns into a loss. If we are in a very tight ranging market then do nothing. For long trade set ups, they are just the opposite of the above.

These are just very basic indicators that can be used on any platform. You may have to adjust the time frames for what ever market you like to trade. But the concept is the same. For the NQ I use 125 tick charts and a 350 tick chart. Simple because the NQ has less volume. for the MNQ I use the same as the ES as the MNQ has much more volume than the NQ.

If I am trading currency pairs then I would not go any fast than 15 min and 1 hour.

If you look at my charts above you can see where my arrows are for the buy's and sells.

Thanks everyone. Hopefully this helps!!

Jesus is Lord
Pastor K

Here are two short trades from this morning. The red lines are the entries for the short. The Green are the buy's to close out the trade.

Probando el sistema, 4 ganadores, 1 perdedor, 1 en el que accidentalmente hice clic y terminó en empate (hubiera sido bueno) y 1 en empate. Tuve una pérdida de $220 y lo dejé en 0.


I mean that I had a loss of $220 since this morning, and operating the system I left it at 0

I trade for about two and half hours today and made 109 ticks. I was up and down to much from my desk today. I wanted to trade the whole day today. PA was really good. this is a 1000 tick chart. Not my normal chart, but I used it so you could more of my trades. If I have time I will try to give more examples. They really quite simple. Just make sure the CCI on the 610 and the 233 are in agreement. Blessings to everyone reading this. Amen

pastor K