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DaKine
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Hello Ant, I will start a thread over the weekend and hopefully you can chime in as you see fit... Thanks for all your help this thread has helped me greatly! DK
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Hello Ant, Thanks for the update I look forward to these... If you would please explain "poor low"... Thanks!
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In Market Delta you can filter out lot sizes using the Volume Breakdown indicator. You can use this to see if the big lots > 100 > 200 are are more aggressive on the bid or ask...
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Thanks Ant, Insightful thread you have going on here please continue... I have some questions for you if you don't mind. "For the next trading day, the most important piece of information for me was the fact that the lower gap ("Gap 2") was not closed, followed by the poor structure and low volume. The gap not being closed gave me a long bias for the following day with poor structure and volume supporting that bias." Can you explain "poor structure" to me. Do you have any references where i can read more about it? "As I've learned, nuances make all the difference in trading and can make the difference of being a breakeven/marginally profitable trader or a very profitable one." If you'd like to share I am interested in other nuances you find useful in your trading. "However, Market Profile kept me from shorting the market because of the one-timeframing which ended in the bar where trade 3 was taken. From that point on, the market kept balancing for the remainder of the day." Can you please elaborate on one-timeframing maybe a definition my brain is having trouble wrapping its arms around it... Also what are your favorite MP resources... Thank you again kind sir.
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I found this post on "Re: Trading with Market Profile" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month August, 2009"
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Missed the train in the am and got owned trying to short the single at 6.75. Took a speculative short again and stopped +2 ticks. -5.75 on the day. Need to crack em tomorrow. take it ez
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I was able to end the day green after being down -13 from the start. Shoulda Woulda Coulda took a small loss on the first trade. I doubled up on the next and got close to b/e as I could, wish I would have held for my normal targets as I caught the low and could have ridden it up to mean and DVAH. Anyway was able to get +9 cum on the day. Have a great weekend!
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Tough goings today. Took a trade in anticipation of the market getting back into value at DVAL instead new lows -3.5 on the full lot. Took some counter trend longs at the EOD both would have worked but moving stop to b/e +1 did me in again. I was expecting a short rally into the cash close when market got back into value but I took the order to the market when i should have been offering a point below. If I had offered instead of taking it to the market b/e would not have been hit and target of plus 8 would have got me back to b/e plus some change :crap:. Oh well back at it tomorrow but probly only trade the morn session since monday is a holiday...
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The trend is your friend until its no longer trending! Had some violent swings in equity today. Got caught with my pants down buying near the H and trying to scratch earlier entries. Bit the bullet and took the loss then flipped short and recovered most of the damage. Took another shot at a short at 914 got +4 on 1 car and moved the balance to b/e +1 913.75 get stopped and then at 914.25 the move reverses and brings new lows to 905 which was my second target . Tough one today but at least I was able to clean up the bloodshed. +.25 Woohoo!
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What Diablo said. thx D. I'm trying to keep my mind of the cash and focusing on scoring points each day... my points are total points on 2-3 cars with scale outs.
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ES trades today Long off the open for +4.5 then took an aggressive short at the vwap with reduced size and got owned for -4. Took a long at DVAH expecting new HOD, instead we got back down to VWAP where price held for for the 4th time so I added then scratched my original long and rode the balance for +8. +8.75 for the day. Btw for the MPers out there the long off yesterdays single at 904.25 was money, again I missed it as I was long prior to us getting down there ... That single was LOD. c'est la vie... Lets get em tomorrow!!! Payce
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Alright here goes Imma join you gays in posting my P/L. Had two shorts togay for 1.75 points total. I usually like to try and get +5 or more but lately my MFE has been max 2.5 - 3. Maybe need to readjust my targets or take 1 off at +2 or 3. Shorts were tough today but I couldn't get a handle on where to get long. The long off Fridays VAH was money but I missed it
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Hey stewart, Most people charge for rooms where they do live trading and explain setups. If your looking for some discussion during market hours TL has its own chat you might want to check that out. Also Ensign's echat has some rooms where they will post charts but no step by step "this is what im doing and why"... Hope it helps.
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Welcome to the forums vitality. There is much to be learned here enjoy...
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If you've read both of Dalton's books does the cbot manual provide any value? How would you rate steidlemayers works? Thanks
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I found this post on "Re: Volume Observation" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month February, 2009"
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What island are you going to? I'm here on Maui, if that's where your headed I can hook u up with some info...
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Jason some of us are here.
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Thanks Db this post is making me hungry YUM!
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I found this post on "Re: All You Need... is a Chart" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "Topic Of The Month January, 2009"
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Thanks James for your hard work and making this place the best that it is!
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Yes! my ring finger is longer! I'm rich b**ch!
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I tried it for a couple of months and it did not help my trading. I believe they are doing a seminar now that may shed some light on how to use them effectively. It is interesting to hear though and if your not looking for trading signals and want help deciding whether an important S/R level may or may not be broken it may help. I say take their trial when you have a good grasp on your own trading and see if it helps. I may re-subscribe one day to see if it will help me later.
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Trades that appear on tape are already filled. Time and Sales is: 1. The time of the transaction. 2. The price of the transaction 3. How the transaction occurred (the seller hit the bid or the buyer hit the ask) and at what size (number of contracts). Example Time 10:00:00 Price 897.00 Size 45 At Ask means at 10 a buyer bought the Ask price (897) for 45 contracts Time 10:01:00 Price 896.50 Size 10 At Bid means a seller sold the bid for 10 cars Even though there were to sides of the trade, someone the buyer or seller had to initiate it and that is what T&S is displaying.