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  • #261
  • Jan 30, 2017 11:34am Jan 30, 2017 11:34am
Quoting xjames26
"jt" and "eras" I'm looking at your trades, but still can't find the entry criteria for your trades (jt's 1st trade ; eras 3rd trade). What am I missing?
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after pulling several orders as the market plummeted, I just took a plain vanilla 123

ie. not a pullback to resistance / prior 123
  • #262
  • Jan 30, 2017 11:45am Jan 30, 2017 11:45am
Quoting specul8r
Harold, truly outstanding trading today!. If i may ask for your advice. If I do decide to prefer trading CL - I guess the tick charts will need some revision for myself. 233 is far to low for CL and maybe I 987 tick charts will work best? Would you say I am in the right thought process? Of course - I will do my own research and tests - however I would like to know your input from experience how you decided the 233 fibonacci number as your ssetting.
It was a common number and I did some research as you should to find the right size
  • #263
  • Jan 30, 2017 12:11pm Jan 30, 2017 12:11pm
Quoting Divergence
today was phenominal big selloff just took pullbacks for 83
I've said it before & I'll say it again... U DA MAN

... the difference betwen your day and mine was that you just followed the method, rather than talking yourself out of trades...
  • #264
  • Jan 30, 2017 12:21pm Jan 30, 2017 12:21pm
JT I was talking to a trader today about the mental issues we deal with as traders. the mental stuff is an ongoing issue with all traders even me. the mind trusts nothing not even yourself. thats where rules come in. thats our thing to overcome the mental battles
  • #265
  • Edited 9:39am Jan 31, 2017 9:01am | Edited 9:39am
Ugh... waiting for red news, then back into the fray...

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Edit : the second half of the first hour left me with another +1 and a full -9, so NQ -4 , total -8 after commissions.

Might trade the last hour : when I was a younger guy... trading the last 90 mins or so used to be my favourite time to trade index futures, often a clear move into the Close.
  • #266
  • Jan 31, 2017 10:10am Jan 31, 2017 10:10am
a lot of movement but not much action for me:

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  • #267
  • Jan 31, 2017 10:42am Jan 31, 2017 10:42am
looking back to 27th(last friday), is this blue candle an engulfing candle:

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  • #268
  • Jan 31, 2017 10:49am Jan 31, 2017 10:49am
Quoting erasmus66
looking back to 27th(last friday), is this blue candle an engulfing candle: Image1.png;2165408 {image}
yes but the red candle was the pullback nice supply there it seems
  • #269
  • Jan 31, 2017 10:53am Jan 31, 2017 10:53am
Sleepless in Carolina. I couldn't get to sleep last night so I put on a trade off a 2b followed by a 123 market moves so slow at that time but the setup was there I watched for awhile but then the dreariness setting in got up 6 moved stop to BE and went to bed who would have thought that that would be my best trade of the day the us session was a dude
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  • #270
  • Jan 31, 2017 11:04am Jan 31, 2017 11:04am
Quoting erasmus66
a lot of movement but not much action for me
If "not much action" equals +32, I'll take it every day.

Well done
  • #271
  • Jan 31, 2017 11:06am Jan 31, 2017 11:06am
For the record 22 in us session the 30 was while i slept whoops you were referring to Erasmus. By the way well done E
  • #272
  • Jan 31, 2017 2:04pm Jan 31, 2017 2:04pm
When I enter a trade on Sierra Charts I have it set to use one contract but it appears to be putting in an order of 2. Can anyone help as to why that is? New to SC so trying to get everything set up correctly.

Thanks
  • #273
  • Jan 31, 2017 2:11pm Jan 31, 2017 2:11pm
Quoting Marion3030
When I enter a trade on Sierra Charts I have it set to use one contract but it appears to be putting in an order of 2. Can anyone help as to why that is? New to SC so trying to get everything set up correctly. Thanks
It's in your 'Trade Window' Marion, open that and you will see quantity toward the bottom, it might be that you have selected button 2 or at the top, where it has 2 targets Common Stop/BE Stop etc, you need 'SimpleBracket), if that makes sense...
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  • #274
  • Jan 31, 2017 2:36pm Jan 31, 2017 2:36pm
Thanks for the help. I have it setup for 1 contract but I am looking at the trade log (so I can start tracking my sim trades) in the "Trade Stats for Charts" tab the "Trade Fills Daily" lists 2. Probably misinterpreting that for 2 trades but is really a round trip on 1 trade. Thanks CG always learning.
  • #275
  • Jan 31, 2017 2:40pm Jan 31, 2017 2:40pm
Quoting Divergence
For the record 22 in us session the 30 was while i slept whoops you were referring to Erasmus. By the way well done E
Money Never Sleeps eh Harold.. LOL
I know what it means when someone tells me that I could do it in my sleep - awesome videos thx.
I know there is not a set rule for entries but can you help out with an indication of where you personally would set your orders on these 3 basic examples.
Cheers again H.
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  • #276
  • Jan 31, 2017 3:58pm Jan 31, 2017 3:58pm
It's always the last pullback candle even in 123s it's the point 3 candle
  • #277
  • Edited 8:21am Feb 1, 2017 6:06am | Edited 8:21am
Quoting erasmus66
a lot of movement but not much action for me: Image1.png;2165328 {image}
Why didn't you go long between 10;06 and 10:10? Thanks.

Quoting erasmus66
a lot of movement but not much action for me: Image1.png;2165328 {image}
Also why no short before 10:15?

Also Div could you please comment?
  • #278
  • Feb 1, 2017 8:38am Feb 1, 2017 8:38am
Harold, i hope you don't mind my asking on here, but....

I have all the settings that i want on my NQ chart within Sierra, however, despite it being saved and opens along with the platform, loading all settings corretly, if i then open a new chart, it opens in basic style.

How do i open a new chart and upload all of my settings to it? or do you have to go through all settings individually on each seperate chart? anyone?
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  • #279
  • Feb 1, 2017 8:46am Feb 1, 2017 8:46am
Hi CG,
Right click on the chart tab at the bottom and it will give you the option to duplicate the chart...Then change whatever paramaters you would like on the new chart,,,time frame, etc
  • #280
  • Feb 1, 2017 8:55am Feb 1, 2017 8:55am
Quoting degil
Hi CG, Right click on the chart tab at the bottom and it will give you the option to duplicate the chart...Then change whatever paramaters you would like on the new chart,,,time frame, etc

Thx degil. Nice one...
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