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click on the above image to view today's price action of key markets Chat logs saved (timestamp) from Québec, Canada in eastern daylight time Session Start: Mon Dec 10 08:36:37 2012
Session Ident: #TheStrategyLab
[08:36:37] * Now talking in #TheStrategyLab
[09:03:29] <@X> #TheStrategyLab -> Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718[09:21:27] <+Trendtrader>
all
[09:21:31] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Light Crude Oil CL @ 86.36 -> small size
[09:21:45] <@wrbtrader> 2 contracts
[09:22:16] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Light Crude Oil CL Short @ 86.30 --> + 0.06
[09:22:27] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt1 (shallow) reached
[09:29:16] <Tigerman> good morning all
[09:29:31] <+NinjaClan> morning
[09:29:45] <db887>
[09:30:29] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Light Crude Oil CL @ 86.33 -> small size
[09:30:38] <@wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[09:30:41] <@wrbtrader> re-entry
[09:30:52] <+Trendtrader> Shorts Emini TF @ 823
[09:30:54] <+Trendtrader> x4
[09:32:01] <+Tigerman> nice south move in CL
[09:32:11] <+Tigerman> I exitated and miss my entry
[09:33:57] <@wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached @ 86.24
[09:34:21] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Light Crude Oil CL Short @ 86.24 --> + 0.09
[09:36:51] <+Tigerman> down move in CL still active
[09:42:00] <+Trendtrader> Covered all Emini TF Short @ 822.9 --> + 0.1
[09:42:02] <+Trendtrader>
[09:42:57] <@wrbtrader> Any of you guys in here using "mean reverting strategies" with WRB Analysis
??
[09:43:58] <@wrbtrader> just send me a quick "private message" if you're using "mean reversion strategies".
[09:44:00] <@wrbtrader> Thanks
[09:45:18] <+Tigerman> what do you mean exactly
[09:45:25] <+Fleneer> good morning traders
[09:45:41] <+Tigerman> trade when price are very far out of a wrb?
[09:45:59] <+Trendtrader> have a good day everyone. I'm done. Not feeling well today and don't have the focus I usually have, so I think it best if I stop here. See you all tomorrow.
[09:46:01] <+Tigerman> and assuming price have to retrace back
[09:46:14] <+Tigerman> c ya trend
Session Close: Mon Dec 10 09:56:43 2012
Session Start: Mon Dec 10 09:56:43 2012
Session Ident: #TheStrategyLab
[09:56:43] * Disconnected
[10:00:49] * Attempting to rejoin channel #TheStrategyLab
[10:01:00] * Rejoined channel #TheStrategyLab
[10:01:25] <@wrbtrader> I'm having problems connecting to the "Fremont server".
[10:01:45] <@wrbtrader> Thus, I had to disconnect from it and connect via the "Denver server" of IRC Othernet
[10:04:31] <+Tigerman> now I m on warren server
[10:06:18] <+Tigerman> bad contracting in cl
[10:16:58] <@wrbtrader> very few trade opportunities being coughed up by the markets since 0930am est
[10:19:31] <+Fleneer> NQ volatile for sure
[10:21:30] <hp102> chop from friday continue
[10:30:06] <@wrbtrader> Light Crude Oil CL futures price action currently being supported by the WRB Hidden GAP @ 1010am - 1012am est
[10:31:21] <@wrbtrader> Emini ES futures price action stuck inside the WRB Hidden GAP @ 1014am - 1016am est
[10:40:22] <+Tigerman> Long iShares IWM @ 86.45
[10:40:37] <+Tigerman> Long Light Crude Oil CL @ 86.45
[10:40:48] <+Tigerman> this trade
[10:44:16] <+Tigerman> Exited all Light Crude Oil CL Long @ 86-50 --> + 86-50 - 86.45
[10:44:29] <+Tigerman> Exited all Light Crude Oil CL Long @ 86.5 --> + 0.05
[10:44:38] <+Tigerman> this is right
[10:48:30] <@X> #TheStrategyLab -> Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718[10:52:05] <T4n_paper> Shorts Emini TF @ 824.3 -> large size «« sim »»
[10:55:05] <+T4n_paper> Covered Emini TF Short @ 824.8 --> - 0.5 «« sim »»
[11:00:19] <+Tigerman> 2nd time today my ToS think swim platform crash
[11:09:03] <@wrbtrader> Transact (where my trades actually occur through) sent me a notice about an UPDATE to their "Privacy Policy".
[11:09:14] <@wrbtrader> They added two new statements that say the following...
[11:09:24] <@wrbtrader> We may disclose information about current or former customers in order to
[11:09:24] <@wrbtrader> cooperate with legal or regulatory authorities or pursuant to a court order or subpoena.
[11:09:32] <@wrbtrader> 2nd is...
[11:09:40] <@wrbtrader> We may disclose information about current or former customers in order to
[11:09:40] <@wrbtrader> cooperate with legal or regulatory authorities or pursuant to a court order or subpoena.
[11:10:04] <@wrbtrader> Simply, IRS wants to know more about us
[11:11:06] <@wrbtrader> Long Emini TF @ 826.60 -> small size
[11:11:15] <@wrbtrader> 2 contracts
[11:16:32] <@wrbtrader> In the middle of our first snow storm.
[11:24:44] <+Tigerman> Long Light Crude Oil CL @ 82.63
[11:24:47] <+Tigerman> iwm trade
[11:28:40] <+Tigerman> Exited all Light Crude Oil CL Long @ 82.58 --> - 0.05
[11:32:02] <+T4n_paper> Long Emini TF @ 826.2 -> large size «« sim »»
[11:35:27] <+T4n_paper> Exited Emini TF Long @ 825.8 --> - 0.4 «« sim »»
[11:36:41] <+Tigerman> today is a nowhere day
[11:47:46] <@wrbtrader> Yeah...its the reason why I've not pushed anything over 3 contracts per trade
[11:49:40] <+T4n_paper> Long Emini TF @ 826.1 -> large size «« sim »»
[11:53:41] <+T4n_paper> Exited Emini TF Long @ 825.8 --> - 0.3 «« sim »»
[11:55:13] <@wrbtrader> Exited all Emini TF Long @ 825.60 --> - 1
[12:14:48] <canaandog> another disappointing noon oil
[12:16:18] <Brian> hello everyone
[12:16:57] <@wrbtrader> Oil CL futures flatlined on the volatility into the 12noon est price action
[12:18:30] <@X> #TheStrategyLab -> Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718[12:40:05] <+T4n_paper> ss 2649.5
[12:40:14] <+T4n_paper> Shorts Emini NQ @ 2649.5 -> small size «« sim »»
[12:41:51] <+T4n_paper> Covered Emini NQ Short @ 2648 --> + 1.5 «« sim »»
[13:43:22] <+T4n_paper> Long Emini NQ @ 2644.5 -> small size «« sim »»
[13:43:58] <+T4n_paper> Exited Emini NQ Long @ 2645.75 --> + 1.25 «« sim »»
[13:48:31] <@X> #TheStrategyLab -> Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718[14:04:47] <+Tigerman> take care all see tomorrow
[14:13:02] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Light Crude Oil CL @ 85.71 -> medium size
[14:13:32] <@wrbtrader> 4 contracts
[14:14:45] <+hp102> intuition one?
[14:14:50] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Light Crude Oil CL Short @ 85.64 --> + 0.07
[14:14:58] <@wrbtrader> no
[14:15:09] <@wrbtrader> next one will be
[14:16:32] <@wrbtrader> Shorts Light Crude Oil CL @ 85.70 -> medium size
[14:16:43] <@wrbtrader> re-entry
[14:16:50] <@wrbtrader> intuition but still a poor entry
[14:18:14] <@wrbtrader> Covered all Light Crude Oil CL Short @ 85.58 --> + 0.12
[14:18:26] <@wrbtrader> trail stop hit
[14:38:52] <+T4n_paper> Shorts Emini NQ @ 2642 -> large size «« sim »»
[14:40:23] <+T4n_paper> Covered Emini NQ Short @ 2639.75 --> + 2.25 «« sim »»
[14:49:36] <+T4n_paper> Shorts Emini NQ @ 2640.75 -> small size «« sim »»
[14:50:31] <+T4n_paper> Covered Emini NQ Short @ 2640.5 --> + 0.25 «« sim »»
[15:10:31] <@wrbtrader> News of the day about the Light Crude Oil (WTI) CL futures...
[15:10:51] <@wrbtrader> Brent New Day: US dump WTI as crude oil benchmark @
http://rt.com/business/news/us-brent-wti-switch-687/[15:12:17] <@wrbtrader> In the next few months more data providers will be offering data on the Brent Oil futures as more institutional traders in the U.S slowly begin changing aliances
[15:17:06] <@wrbtrader> Last week I started investigating why the Oil CL futures price action was acting strange lately...
[15:17:24] <+Fleneer> back for the bell. see if can keep a green day
[15:17:46] <@wrbtrader> Only thing I could find was this article on Bloomberg @
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-0 ... verge.html[15:20:00] <@wrbtrader> I just didn't know until Saturday that this talk about Brent Oil overtaking WTI Oil as the Oil benchmark has been going on at least since early November.
[15:21:34] <@wrbtrader> I just didn't know until Saturday that this talk about Brent Oil overtaking WTI Oil as the Oil benchmark has been going on at least since early November (MoneyNews) @
http://www.moneynews.com/Markets/brent- ... /id/464871[15:22:24] <@wrbtrader> I've now added a real-time "Brent Oil" news feed to my tweetdeck
[15:25:33] <+T4n_paper> Shorts Emini NQ @ 2645 -> medium size «« sim »»
[15:27:42] <+T4n_paper> Covered Emini NQ Short @ 2646 --> - 1 «« sim »»
[15:28:31] <+T4n_paper> Long Emini NQ @ 2646.5 -> small size «« sim »»
[15:30:24] <+T4n_paper> Exited Emini NQ Long @ 2648.75 --> + 2.25 «« sim »»
[15:33:31] <@X> #TheStrategyLab -> Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718[15:48:11] <tonyc_> hi, anyone care to guess
has it made a top yet
?
[15:49:48] <@wrbtrader> which trading instrument you talking about
??
[15:51:30] <@wrbtrader> EuroFX 6E futures and Forex EurUsd currencly still moving higher...
[15:51:54] <@wrbtrader> key markets not insync at all for a majority of the trading day.
[15:52:52] <+T4n_paper> Shorts Emini NQ @ 2648.25 -> small size «« sim »»
[15:53:28] <@wrbtrader> Oil CL futures looks exhausted...not going anywhere right now
[15:56:07] <@wrbtrader> SPY has been in a tight trading range since November on "consistently declining volatility and volume".
[15:56:43] <+T4n_paper> Covered Emini NQ Short @ 2646.25 --> + 2 «« sim »»
[15:56:48] <@wrbtrader> If this keeps up...soon I'll be a 1 - 2 contract trader or no trades at all.
[15:57:18] <@wrbtrader> Hopefully trading conditions improve in the New Year
[15:57:23] <@wrbtrader> 2013
[15:58:48] <+T4n_paper> i might be done with tf for now
[15:59:26] <@wrbtrader> You know what the institutions say to retail traders...
[15:59:35] <@wrbtrader> Don't get married to your trading instruments
[15:59:59] <@wrbtrader> Long Light Crude Oil CL @ 825.30 -> small size
[16:00:06] <+T4n_paper> i dont think i was married
[16:00:07] <@wrbtrader> 2 contracts
[16:00:16] <@wrbtrader> thats' TF
[16:00:17] <+T4n_paper> i just wanted some success in tf that never came
[16:01:25] <@wrbtrader> You were too stubborn to let it go
??
[16:02:16] <+T4n_paper> sometimes keeping at it doesnt work
[16:02:38] <@wrbtrader> How long you been struggling with Emini TF futures
??
[16:03:07] <@wrbtrader> Anything over 2 months should tell you to "switch trading instruments"
[16:03:29] <@wrbtrader> Its something we talk about alot in HERE for a few years.
[16:03:44] <@wrbtrader> Price action is NOT the same in every trading instrument...
[16:04:11] <@wrbtrader> Trade strategies have different performance levels in differnt trading instruments.
[16:04:19] <+tonyc_> i mean the markets , do you think they are near a top for this trend
[16:04:29] <+T4n_paper> i've been on TF for 3 years
[16:04:36] <+T4n_paper> 2-3
[16:04:49] <+tonyc_> the trend up since nov 16
[16:04:55] <@wrbtrader> T4n...it should have been no more than a few months
[16:05:30] <+T4n_paper> sifting through my trade history
[16:05:36] <@wrbtrader> Exited all Emini TF Long @ 825.90 --> + 0.6
[16:05:43] <+T4n_paper> i've been TF almost allways
[16:05:46] <+T4n_paper> never got it
[16:06:02] <@wrbtrader> That's not the issue
[16:06:05] <+T4n_paper> i only added or took away sister instruments
[16:06:30] <@wrbtrader> The issue is that it was recommended to YOU to switch many times...long ago.
[16:06:45] <@wrbtrader> Yet you continue sticking to the TF futures.
[16:07:04] <@wrbtrader> I just came to the conclusion earlier this year you just didn't like anything else.
[16:07:20] <+T4n_paper> thats true i dont
[16:07:27] <+T4n_paper> but now i dont like TF
[16:07:38] <+T4n_paper> so... now i'm "divorced"
[16:07:39] <@wrbtrader> The goal is to be profitable...
[16:07:45] <+T4n_paper> guess I will whore around now
[16:07:52] <@wrbtrader> Most profitable traders are not trading something they LIKE.
[16:07:58] <@wrbtrader> They trade what makes them money.
[16:08:18] <@wrbtrader> I don't trade what I like...I wish I did but the trading instrument SUCKS
[16:08:45] <+T4n_paper>
? u like it but it sucks? how so
[16:09:21] <@wrbtrader> My favorite trading instrument is the S&P 500 Emini ES futures
[16:09:33] <+T4n_paper> oh , yep
[16:09:34] <@wrbtrader> I wouldn't touch it with a 100 foot pole
[16:09:42] <@wrbtrader> unless I wanted to intentionally lose money
[16:10:12] <@wrbtrader> I have a family to support.
[16:10:36] <@wrbtrader> Thus, I really don't have any room for error when it comes to playing "favoritism" with trading instruments
[16:10:58] <+T4n_paper> well i will try a few instruments
[16:11:04] <+T4n_paper> take care,
[16:11:10] <+T4n_paper> gotta go eat
[16:12:29] <@wrbtrader> By the way, I'll be soon adding Gold GC futures to my trading instruments.
[16:12:44] <@wrbtrader> I hate it but if the world's economies get worst...
[16:13:01] <@wrbtrader> It should become an excellent trading instrument.
[16:15:17] <@wrbtrader> Take care all and see all tomorrow...gotta go snow blow the snow...big snow storm hit us today.
[16:15:49] <@wrbtrader> Almost forgot...
[16:15:53] <@wrbtrader> [16:04:19] <+tonyc_> i mean the markets , do you think they are near a top for this trend
[16:16:09] <@wrbtrader> I don't know what markets you're talking about...
[16:17:17] <@wrbtrader> My guess now is that you're talking about the U.S. Index like S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial...and not like Gold GC, Oil CL, EuroFX futures
[16:17:46] <@wrbtrader> I have a golden rule...
[16:17:57] <@wrbtrader> If I need to "ask someone if the markets have top"...
[16:18:02] <@wrbtrader> Most likely it has NOT.
[16:18:05] <@wrbtrader>
[16:18:10] <@wrbtrader> By all
[16:18:16] * wrbtrader is now known as wrbtrader_away
[16:24:45] <+tonyc_>
http://content.screencast.com/users/ton ... 0_1622.png[16:28:59] <+tonyc_> patterns only a few days old
[17:03:32] <@X> #TheStrategyLab -> Chat room for day traders, swing traders, position traders using concepts from WRB Analysis to help improve the performance of their trade signal strategies. WRB Analysis free study guide @
http://www.thestrategylab.com/tsl/forum ... =119&t=718Session Close: Mon Dec 10 18:34:39 2012
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#TheStrategyLab is
free and is a serious professional trading chat room involving
WRB Analysis in which any trader
(position trading, swing trading, day trading) can use the chat room to post their trades or commentaries about stocks, futures, exchange traded funds or forex currencies. Simply, you don't need to be a client of TheStrategyLab.com to use the chat room nor do you need to be a price action only trader (no indicators) because some members use indicators while others do not. Yet, the only requirement is that you want to learn
WRB Analysis.
Therefore, we welcome
all traders that want to learn about
WRB Analysis regardless if they are beginners or experience
The purpose of #TheStrategyLab is that it's designed to be a
trade journal for documentation purposes only so that members can have a time stamp archive of trades and market commentaries of each trading day so that they can better understand their broker statements from one trade to the next trade when they review their performance numbers on any given trading day.
Further, members are not obligated to educate nor help other members but members are encourage to ask questions about any trades or market commentaries that's posted by others because sometimes the answers contains useful trading tips.
In addition, our primary job in the
free chat room is to moderate the room (keep the peace) because with so many members using different trade signal methods along with different opinions about the market...debates or arguments can easily flare up without moderating. In addition, our presence in the chat room is to ensure it's a
spam free chat room during trading although these archived chat logs may contain advertisements for guest visitors.
Commonly discussed trading instruments from stocks, futures, exchange traded funds and forex currencies:
CME Emini Futures EMD, ES and NQ
ICE Emini TF Futures (formerly CME ER2)
CBOT mini-sized Dow Futures YM
Eurex Index Derivatives (futures) DAX and DJ Euro Stoxx50
Eurex Fixed Income Derivatives (futures) BUND, BOBL and Schatz
Euronext Futures FTSE-100 and CAC-40
CME Futures EuroFX 6E and EC
Treasury Futures T-Notes ZT, ZN, ZF and T-Bonds ZB
Forex Currencies Gbp/Usd, Eur/Usd, Eur/Yen and Usd/Cad
Exchange Traded Funds VXX, DIA, IWM, QQQ, SPY, BGU, FAS, FAZ, TNA, OIH, XLE and GLD
NYMEX Energy Futures Light Crude Oil CL, Brent Crude Oil BRN, e-miNY QM and Natural Gas NG
COMEX Metal Futures Gold GC, mini-Gold YG, Copper HG and Silver SI
S&P CNX NIFTY Futures
Hang Seng Index Futures HSI and mini-Hang Seng MHI
Also, to prevent the usual mix-up about our different chat rooms, most of our fee-base clients do not use chat rooms just like most retail traders do not use chat rooms. Yet, the few clients that do use chat rooms, our fee-base clients are discussing market analysis or
price action only trade signals via concepts from our strategies in the
private chat rooms called
#VolatilityTradingTSL or
#SwingTradingTSL and they're not allowed to do such in #TheStrategyLab.
Reminder, our
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M.A. Perry
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WRB Analysis (wide range body/wide range bar analysis)
Price Action Trading (no technical indicators)
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