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[09:42:37] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2687.75 -> large size
[09:44:06] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2691.50 --> - 3.75
[09:47:19] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2691.50 -> large size
[09:47:31] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts re-entry
[09:48:31] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2691.25 --> + 0.25
[09:50:46] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2693.25 -> large size
[09:50:54] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts re-entry
[09:52:41] <wrbtrader> still no WRB pt1 on a increasing volatility...similar to the prior trade
[09:56:04] <Donnin________> my data is off with cl anyone with same probem
[09:56:48] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2692.75 --> + 0.5
[09:57:53] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2692.75 -> large size
[09:58:57] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2690.75 --> - 2
[09:59:05] <wrbtrader> tought trading so far
[09:59:39] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2688.75 -> large size
[10:02:47] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2691.00 --> - 2.25
[10:04:11] <wrbtrader> That's 2 trades today that had a WRB pt1 but I was not able to grab it and it quickly snapback UP
[10:04:49] <wrbtrader> range getting tighter
[10:05:04] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2687.75 -> large size
[10:05:28] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached...not able to grab it...3rd time today
[10:05:56] <wrbtrader> may now get lucky and grabe a WRB pt2 on the increasing volatility
[10:07:12] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2687.00 --> + 0.75
[10:09:43] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2685.00 -> large size
[10:10:03] <wrbtrader> strange snapbacks today so far with lower reaction highs
[10:10:57] <wrbtrader> an unusual number of Long Upper Shadow intervals
[10:11:23] <wrbtrader> Up 62% above the mean
[10:12:21] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2684.00 --> + 1
[10:12:32] <wrbtrader> crazy
[10:13:21] <wrbtrader> another Long Upper Shadow interval...turned my nice profit into just +1 point
[10:15:43] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2688.00 -> large size
[10:15:50] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[10:16:21] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2687.75 --> + 0.25
[10:16:28] <wrbtrader> punks
[10:17:33] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2687.50 -> large size
[10:17:40] <wrbtrader> re-entry
[10:19:13] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2687.25 --> + 0.25
[10:21:41] <wrbtrader> The main problem today is that the volatility is in a very tight trading range...its allowing the Eminis to bounce up and down...producing those long shadow intervals via the snapbacks after a small breakout of the volatility
[10:22:11] <wrbtrader> resulting in poor trading conditions unless you got patience of a hibernating bear
[10:24:20] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2687.00 -> large size
[10:24:27] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[10:24:43] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[10:25:07] <wrbtrader> tightning trail stop
[10:26:23] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2684.50 --> + 2.5
[10:26:42] <wrbtrader> cruel game today by the market
[10:28:07] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2684.50 -> large size
[10:28:11] <wrbtrader> poor entry
[10:28:16] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[10:29:57] <Donnin________> i have current price cl 56.01
[10:30:17] <Donnin________> 57 .01
[10:30:50] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2681.00 --> + 3.5
[10:30:57] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[10:31:06] <wrbtrader> finally caught one
[10:32:00] <wrbtrader> Donnin...I'm going to post some CL price quotes so that you can verify it with your data vendor
[10:32:32] <Donnin________> ok
[10:32:51] <wrbtrader> Wow...I can't get it...dead quotes
[10:33:20] <wrbtrader> Let me check to see if there's a contract rollover currently for CL
[10:36:42] <wrbtrader> Ok...December contract @ 56.97
[10:36:50] <wrbtrader> quotes not changing over
[10:37:11] <wrbtrader> Simply, dead quotes for me
[10:37:28] <Donnin________> thx
[10:38:13] <wrbtrader> Same for January contract
[10:38:22] <wrbtrader> strange CL today
[10:39:05] <Donnin________> cl is off as a qute on one of my platforms but i can still just trade the movement
[10:42:07] <wrbtrader> I can't get Brent Oil futures also today
[10:42:12] <wrbtrader> nor Heating Oil
[10:44:26] <wrbtrader> Going to check my other data vendor...I only have delay data with them but I can still determine if I have quotes
[10:45:28] <wrbtrader> Delay Quote @ 10:34am @ 57.04
[10:45:59] <wrbtrader> now @ 56.97
[10:48:05] <wrbtrader> now @ 56.86
[10:48:20] <wrbtrader> small retracement
[10:49:20] <wrbtrader> Regardless...I don't have quotes nor charts with one data vendor and I have delay charts with delay quotes at another vendor
[10:49:44] <wrbtrader> for WTI CL futures
[11:23:29] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2698.50 -> large size
[11:23:52] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[11:24:14] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2702.00 --> + 3.5
[11:24:25] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[11:27:23] <wrbtrader> should have enter @ 2677.50
[11:27:46] <wrbtrader> Doing too much overanalysis instead of reacting to the valid trade signal
[11:29:44] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2699.25 -> small size
[11:29:50] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[11:30:15] <Donnin________> wrb do you have any super setups?
[11:30:40] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2700.50 --> + 1.25
[11:30:57] <wrbtrader> No and I've never head of a "super setup"
[11:30:59] <wrbtrader>
[11:31:28] <wrbtrader> Sounds like "high probability trade" or something with a win ration of like +90%
[11:31:43] <Donnin________> yes thats the meaning
[11:32:09] <wrbtrader> I wish
[11:34:12] <wrbtrader> October & November has shown that trading is hard...even for those people out there that call themselves "quants"...many of them are falling dead in current market conditions.
[11:34:58] <wrbtrader> Lots of articles about such on bloomberg, cnbc, reuters...quants, automated trading systems are struggling big time.
[11:35:12] <wrbtrader> Many firms trashing their own systems
[11:36:26] <wrbtrader>
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -takes-hit[11:37:08] <wrbtrader>
https://www.ft.com/content/e33e117e-8f7 ... 80cedcc421[11:39:04] <wrbtrader> Those are the people with so called "super setups" as you refer too and they can't even make it
[11:40:17] <wrbtrader> This market the past 5 years has been about adapting to unpredicatable changes in volatility and capital preservation
[11:41:19] <Donnin________> the quant in blue was already failing
[11:41:54] <wrbtrader> Yeah...they started struggling during the 2008 - 2009 financial crisis
[11:42:22] <wrbtrader> The money is now starting to dry up for quants and their firms
[11:45:49] <wrbtrader> 2018 has been a year for me all about "adapting on a daily basis"...
[11:46:30] <wrbtrader> Its the most year of being tire from trading in comparison to any year in the past
[11:47:15] <wrbtrader> Its difficult for me to compare because of my unusual health crisis in late 2016...not sure if that has impacted my views about the difficulties "after" that illness
[11:49:19] <wrbtrader> 2018 seems like the heavy pressence of ALGOs in the market are
each other... like two slugging giants and us retail traders are caught in the middle of this electronic war
[11:50:08] <wrbtrader> The speed in the price action is mindblogging...only ALGOs can do that
[11:50:17] <wrbtrader> Reason why I point the finger at them
[11:50:35] <wrbtrader> middle finger
[11:58:54] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2705.25 -> small size
[11:58:56] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[12:00:13] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2706.50 --> - 1.25
[12:01:36] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2705.50 -> large size
[12:01:44] <wrbtrader> 10 contracts
[12:02:09] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2703.25 --> + 2.25
[12:02:59] <wrbtrader> small WRB pt1 reached
[12:03:06] <wrbtrader> most like just price noise
[12:03:14] <wrbtrader> Range getting tighter and tighter
[12:05:00] <wrbtrader> Since early October...this price action (its sudden volatility movement) has been destroying stops
[12:05:14] <wrbtrader> scary like
[12:05:26] <wrbtrader> consistently each trading day
[12:28:11] <Trendtrader> long nq 6803.75 sim
[12:29:00] <Trendtrader> exit 1/2 nq long 6807.75 +4
[12:29:41] <Trendtrader> exit remainder nq long 6814 +10.25 sim
[12:34:14] <wrbtrader> Just had a Short signal about 2mins ago...would have resulted in a loss on the snapback UP
[12:34:31] <wrbtrader> not sure why I ignored it
[12:37:32] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2704.75 -> small size
[12:37:38] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[12:38:23] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2706.00 --> - 1.25
[12:38:54] <wrbtrader> stole my trail stop as soon as I tighten it like some mask robber
[12:46:20] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2702.50 -> small size
[12:46:26] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[12:48:21] <wrbtrader>
[12:49:30] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2704.00 --> - 1.5
[12:53:07] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2703.25 -> small size
[12:53:13] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[12:53:47] <wrbtrader> beware of the snapback UP
[12:54:28] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2700.75 --> + 2.5
[12:54:38] <wrbtrader> WRB pt1 reached
[13:19:18] <wrbtrader> Back from a nice lunch
[13:28:54] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2717.50 -> small size
[13:29:00] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[13:30:07] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2718.00 --> + 0.5
[13:30:17] <wrbtrader> problem exit
[13:30:31] <wrbtrader> trail my stop to the wrong price
[13:30:46] <wrbtrader> It got taken
[13:30:48] <wrbtrader> geeesh
[13:31:05] <wrbtrader> now @ WRB pt1 without me
[13:31:23] <wrbtrader> just left 4.5 points on the table
[13:31:25] <wrbtrader>
[13:45:15] <Donnin________> ok just upload video as is to my private thread
[14:14:44] <wrbtrader> Donnin...your user name at the forum begins with the letter Z
[14:16:15] <wrbtrader> If so...I just responded to your video especially now that you've seem to have switch from Emini NQ to WTI CL futures
[14:18:58] <Donnin________> no ive included both
[14:19:06] <Donnin________> im surprised no sound
[14:19:27] <Donnin________> yes z is correct
[14:19:52] <wrbtrader> I will view it again via a different way...give me a minute.
[14:20:41] <wrbtrader> Ok...I got it with audio
[14:22:29] <Donnin________> oh great
[15:07:56] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2723.25 -> small size
[15:08:04] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[15:08:34] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2721.50 --> - 1.75
[15:09:38] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2723.50 -> small size
[15:09:49] <wrbtrader> re-entry
[15:11:11] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2723.50 --> 0
[15:11:30] <wrbtrader> trail stop pick pocketed
[15:12:04] <wrbtrader> had my chance
[15:12:15] <wrbtrader> Now gotta wait for the next WRB Zone
[15:14:44] <wrbtrader> Long Emini ES @ 2729.00 -> small size
[15:14:50] <wrbtrader> re-entry
[15:15:15] <wrbtrader> Exited all Emini ES Long @ 2730.00 --> + 1
[15:15:42] <wrbtrader> Just too fast but I did still capture a WRB pt1
[15:20:31] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2720.50 -> small size
[15:20:42] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[15:23:11] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2718.25 --> + 2.25
[15:46:35] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2743.75 -> small size
[15:46:41] <wrbtrader> 3 contracts
[15:48:52] <wrbtrader> tough trade
[15:49:02] <wrbtrader> too much contracting volatilty
[15:50:27] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2735.00 --> + 8.75
[15:50:40] <wrbtrader> incorrect[15:51:14] <wrbtrader> entry @ 2723.75 and cover for a loss @ 2725.00 -1.25
[15:55:56] <wrbtrader> Shorts Emini ES @ 2727.00 -> medium size
[15:56:04] <wrbtrader> 5 contracts
[15:56:07] <wrbtrader> poor entry
[15:57:46] <wrbtrader> Covered all Emini ES Short @ 2726.00 --> + 1
[15:58:04] <wrbtrader> small WRB pt1 due to the prior intervals being too contracted
[15:58:40] <wrbtrader> Had to take it...couldn't risk a fast snapback up when volatility out of nowhere shows up going into the 4pm est rush hour traffic
[16:00:29] <wrbtrader> Wow...it just did that fearful volatility spike snapback up
[16:00:49] <wrbtrader> Glad I grabbed that WRB pt1 before the snapback UP
[16:03:38] <wrbtrader> Take care all and see all tomorrow
Session Close
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