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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 8, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

Backtesting, Demo, and Live Trading ...
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post129352
What really changes is YOU, Trelco, and that is everything. In a simulated environment, you have no emotion at play (that fear and greed thing that causes us not to follow our rules, aka ...

Educated Opinion?
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...d-opinion.html
there is a "small" financial crisis going on in a small town in China right now, it is not reported in the main stream media, this "small" problem can have the potential of the straw that breaks ...

ADX, RSI, EMA Envelope Reversal Scalp Tools
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...sal-scalp.html
Hi, this is a refined version of a scalping reversal system that I had developed and posted previously. The post can be found here with many other alerts and indicators. I will present ...

Beyond Gann
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post129285
Today we have predictions for 11.30am 12.15pm, 12.00pm and calculating from yesterdays low,another prediction for 12.00pm. One interesting thing i noticed is the bull% indicator which ...

Trading The News
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post128476
Are these Bernie's testimonies the most important news to trade? I never traded one, but will make sure to try the next. So far I have traded but the rate statements and some others like nfp, cpi ...

Signal Log
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ignal-log.html
In this thread different users of the TPS Indicator Pack will post graphics of signals they have found useful. As the thread develops you will notice that reagardless of the market or ...

HOT TOPIC

No Progress (Frustration!)
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ustration.html
I started a very small acct in august ($3000)..and am becoming very discouraged..Ive been learning about trading futures for over 3 years..in the last year concentrated mainly on technical analysis ...

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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 11, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

No Progress (Frustration!)
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post129483
One of the things I do is use multiple time frames at once. I used the weekly to find markets with strong direction, then the daily chart to find markets that are moving the same way as ...

Newbie Understanding Wyckoff's 7M Analysis
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post129505
Ok, back at it again. I'm having trouble because I read something from the course, and I try to understand it. But when I try to see the flaws in the contrasting, devil's advocate position ...

Trading vs. Investing
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...efinition.html
The first lesson i learned here is that there is a difference between trading and investing (they're not entirely different but the two words aren't synonyms) Well we all know that in trading there ...

Correlation and Hedging Revisited
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...revisited.html
Hello, I am starting a thread regarding the idea of trading positively correlated currency pairs. I read the extensive postings on other threads and have developed some tools that ...

Can Trading Starts Small and Grow Big?
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-grow-big.html
Dear friends of trading. Sometimes I am confused and have this question in mind.Can retails traders start trading in a humble way, such as on part time basis or small capital, then ...

Why Immitation is a Path You Shouldn't Follow
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...nt-follow.html
There are many roads which lead to dead ends or wild goose chases when a new trader starts to look for a methodology or style which suits them. Finding something which suits you ...


HOT TOPIC

Build Your Own Trading System
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ng-system.html
Everyone knows that trading is high risk. Imagine yourself to be a soldier, who is your best friend to make you survive in the battlefield ? right, Weapon. then, do you get your weapon ? if you do, just stick to it. but if not, how to get your own weapon ? or, how to build your own weapon ? ...

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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 1, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

Build Your Own Trading System
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post129711
We talked about Money Management, so, we all know how to survive in this market for longer time now. Now, we will get to learn how to get some profits from the market. We often ...

One Result, Three Outcomes
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-outcomes.html
Just for fun let us consider 3 different trading days, days that we have all lived through if we are in this business of trading. These days could happen any time in no particular order. So let's just ...

Whose Game Are You Playing?
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...u-playing.html
After a few years of trading I have come to the realization that the key to winning is all in my head. This is a psychological battle with myself. The market participants are irrelevant. There is no ...

Price Pause Strategy
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-strategy.html
I'm trying to formulate a strategy that might take advantage of price pause after an instrument has paused. Let me provide an example. I have written a program that will alert me to ...

The Right Coach/Mentor?
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post129737
This will probably only handicap you. Trading is very personal; even reading and sharing on forums is getting to be counterproductive for me in most cases. You keep ...

Why You Should Not Be a Trader
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ot-trader.html
Before I answer that statement let's have a look at why people want to be traders. 1) They can't sleep. 2) They just got fired. 3) They have never been hired. 4) They want to make lots of ...


HOT TOPIC

Apply For A Trading Psychology Webinar Scholarship
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...olarships.html
You are invited to apply for a full scholarship to participate in an upcoming 4 session trading psychology webinar with Rande Howell. If you are interested, please return to me., zdo, a 1 or 2 paragragh (ie very short) description via PM of your need to work on your trading and self at this level. Also address your level of commitment to completing the course ...

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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 22, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

Developing Trader's State of Mind Discussion
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...cussion-2.html
I wonder what the minimum and maximum time range is for someone to make the protocols he introduced 'habit' for any uncertainty based emotional perturbation that arises while ...

Hopium - Again
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ium-again.html
Once again the markets experienced an early updraft due to short covering that was followed by yet another preposterous Hopium explosion. One more media source – The Guardian ...

The Importance of Structural Reference
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130210
Yes, agreed, generally on the counter if you believed that the move up had legs you would be looking for buyers to come in right off of that first red candle down (on the second ...

Fibs on ES and 6E
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130195
Hi, TimRacette. Can you tell me what do you mean -23% profit target. Do you mean 123% of swing, or you mean 23% IN swing? If 123% then risk:reward ratio is better than 1:1, but if you mean ...

Walk-Forward tradestation
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130283
Walk-forward analysis is good but the problem is finding an edge. It's like someone offering you a fancy car audio system as a present but you have no car. I would like TS to incorporate ...

Trading - a Psychological Game?
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ical-game.html
This is Lucian and I`ve been trading for the past 3 years with some modest success. I`ve had my heavy drawback periods and sometimes my portfolio seemed to go underwater. Luckily it ...


HOT TOPIC

Will the Germans Really Bring Back the Deutsche Mark?
- http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-deutsche.html
The whole idea being touted about as the Euro becoming the world's new reserve currency seems a distant memory now. Ireland seemed to have fixed it's problems, Portugal again wasn't great but overall Greece has so far been the major problem. However, it's Italy and Spain that are the major concern. If the spread between their debt and the German benchmark widens, they'll just not be able to afford to pay for much. That ain't exactly a positive scenario for the Euro in my mind ...

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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Oct 25, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

[1]Will the Germans Really Bring Back the Deutsche Mark?
I would have thought as Germany is an exporting nation they would be happy
to have a weaker Euro and be part of it.....a DM might not be wanted by
Germany....it would be too strong ...
1. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130333

[2]What Really Works for Technical Traders
Guess I'm not sure what you mean by succeeding in not blowing up an account.
Does it mean you're not trading? Trading is not a spectator sport! Anyway,
what you said about trading ...
2. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130308

[3]The Price / Volume Relationship
Here a video I created a few days ago with 2 live trades, one small loser,
found myself on the wrong side and a quick correction. I added some comments
what I was thinking ...
3. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130354

[4]Leading Indicators for Economy and Stocks
Economic Indicators are among the most talked and closely watched pieces of
news in the investment world. Practically every week there is some
announcement that affects ...
4. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...my-stocks.html

[5]Never Lose Again!! TheRumpledOne
"Look, for example, at this elegant little experiment. A rat was put in a
T-shaped maze with a few morsels of food placed on either the far right or
left side of the enclosure. The placement ...
5. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post130349

[6]Developing Trader's State of Mind Discussion
These kinds of situations will be addressed as we move into mindfulness
training. What you are talking about is at the level of internal dialog. The
emotional regulation practices ...

HOT TOPIC

[7]To Trend, or Not to Trend, is That the Question?
All through my time as a trader so far, I have heard of trend traders,
position traders, scalpers, faders and numerous other styles of trading.
What it all seems to come down to though is you either go with the market or
you go against it. To me, this rather pidgeon holes traders. It tends to
lock them into a certain market with certain tendencies and when changes
come about, it will give pretty lean spells to them or kill them entirely.
This is kind of a self regulating structure I guess ...
7. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-question.html

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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Nov 26, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

[1]How Large Players "Shred" Market Orders in Futures
This thread is concerned with understanding how large players break-up or
"shred" market orders in the futs mkts.The reason I am trying to understand
better how this is done is part of ...
1. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...shredding.html

[2]How Do You Know the Markets Aren't Random?
Following on from "The Question of Randomness" thread. How do people know
the markets aren't random? I'm up for creating some random data to see if
someone can show me how they know ...
2. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ets-arent.html

[3]Subliminal Stimuli- Anyone Using It?
Since the owner of Trader's Laboratory had been so kind to us, as a small
token of my appreciation, I will share the following mp3 that has previously
only been available to CFRN Partners ...
3. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...one-using.html

[4]Trading the Storm - Methods for the Struggling Trader
I thought it worth sharing as he emphasizes the importance of qualifying /
confirming with patterns which you know I'm an advocate of...have really
been on a roll, up net 67% since Oct ...
4. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post132417

[5]The Main Reason Why Forex Traders Fail
There are many answers in the market to this question: Why do most forex
traders fail? - Some blame it on over trading - Some blame it on emotions -
Some blame it on revenge mentality ...
5. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ers-fails.html

[6]Building Your Own Trading Company
This thread is for the subject of a trading company. What it is, it's
benefits, it's detriments, how it would be run, how you would find people to
be a part of it, and what it's mission would be ...
6. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...g-company.html


HOT TOPIC

[7]Type of Volume (delta) Important?
I am prompted to write this post because I have read this a couple of times
over the last year and have thought about it again today: "As I said, and as
I've said a great many times before, a "lot of people" can't buy unless "a
lot of people" are also willing to sell. Unless someone is willing to sell
and also someone willing to buy, there can be no transaction. If there is no
transaction, there is no volume." ...
7. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...important.html

[MadMarketScientist]

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Dec 13, 2011

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

[1]Handling Early Success
When you say 5% a day, I do not feel comfortable with that expectation. In
fact, I don't feel comfortable assigning any expected percentage return or
daily trading goal. Since ...
1. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post133612

[2]Britain Stands Firm!
Today, PM David Cameron faces MP questioning over his veto on new financial
changes to the EU Treaty. Mr Cameron said no because there were no
safeguards for Britain's financial ...
2. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...ands-firm.html

[3]Risk On, Risk Off is Bull
I'd like to see what others think about the phrase which has been used more
and more recently. Anyone with even a slight interest in the markets has
probably heard this phrase. "Today is ...
3. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-off-bull.html

[4]New To Trading : My Bio
Hi everyone, just joined today. My bio: 34, married with 3 children, ages 9,
6 and 2. Worked in the financial industry for around 7 years and then
decided to go back to school. Double ...
4. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...re-my-bio.html

[5]Is the Technical Analysis Valid Under the Current Market Situations?
What I am interested in knowing is whether the current market situation such
that it will be following some trends. There are events which affect markets
out of no where ...
5. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...nt-market.html

[6]Debate: Hard stops or mental stops?
often well known stop order levels can be triggered as people try and push
prices.....thats just the market working normally. These days with automated
systems and brokers having ...
6. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post133515


HOT TOPIC

[7]How to Pick Intraday Market Direction – the 80% Rule
Let me introduce you to one simple technique I've used to pick intraday
market direction with 80% accuracy. Would you like to know if a particular
trade has an 80% probability of working? Would you like to know exactly
where to enter that trade, and where to exit? Would you like to trade this
technique with a 2 point stop loss or less ...
7. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...tml#post133081

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TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Apr 14, 2012

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TOP POSTS & THREADS

[1]Short Term TF & ES Trading
I've been trading for over eight years now, and I'm looking to get more
involved with the trading community. I don't know anyone else that trades
really. I'll be posting daily trade recaps ...
Links:
1. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...s-trading.html

[2]I Want To Be A Money Manager
I read an article in Forex Magnates today that NFA goes after PAMMs and
money managers. Does any one know that is it illegal to be a money manager
to trade for clients in ...
Links:
2. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...y-manager.html

[3]Volume and Market Profiling
Years ago, after blowing out a few accounts, my trading was turned around by
a group of prop traders who wanted to give something back to the trading
community. With the help of ...
Links:
3. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...profiling.html

[4]Price Patterns Are The Secret
After some years, you start to memorize price movements. My favorite pair is
GBP/USD so I watch it more carefully. I noticed that you can see very
similar patterns over and over. I will ...
Links:
4. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-patterns.html

[5]Darn Squawks & Rumours!
Yesterday was a classic of squawks trying to relay news to justify moves.
Rumours were that China GDP was going to come in higher than the expected
8.4% at 9.0%. Obviously that was ...
Links:
5. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...-focussed.html

[6]Why Are 3rd Party Datafeeds Recommended?
I'm learning to start trading forex. I'm not sure I understand why I need to
invest in a reliable datafeed that is not provided by the forex broker. For
this case, lets say the broker is truly routing ...
Links:
6. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...commended.html

HOT TOPIC

[7]I Can Help with the E-mini!
I trade the E-min and make money every day. I do some swing trading, and I
regularly trade the NASDAQ, Copper Notes and Bonds. I am an auction market
trader and I use a combination of CBOT Market Profile, volume at price
analysis, and pattern recognition techniques. I have been a screen trader
for thiry years and have tried everythig. What I have now works for me. I
made 22 points in the NASDAQ today, shorted the ES a 1370 and am still
holding, shorted copper at 3.6600 and am stil holding. You don't have to
believe me, I will post set ups staring tomorrow, the proof is in the
trades. I generally make one to 3 trades a day. The first set up is usually
between 7:30 and 9:30 CST in the ...
7. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/for...pookywill.html