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May 18th Monday 2009
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Author:  wrbtrader [ Mon May 18, 2009 3:23 pm ]
Post subject:  May 18th Monday 2009



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Session Start: Mon May 18 08:59:50 2009
Session Ident: #futurestrades
[08:59] * Now talking in #futurestrades
[08:59] <@X> [NihabaAshi] Announcement: The new trade posting script v3.7 (replaces v3.6) is posted at your forum in the "Announcements" thread.
[09:12] <Nesi> hi all
[09:29] <drt> gm everyone
[09:32] <jbuch> gm all
[09:32] <jigglyhippo> gm all
[09:35] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 891.75 -> medium size
[09:36] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[09:36] <@NihabaAshi> early entry on that signal before it was confirmed
[09:36] <@NihabaAshi> Thus, intuition trade
[09:36] <@NihabaAshi> confirmed @ 891.50
[09:38] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 892.75 --> - 1
[09:40] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 891.25 -> medium size
[09:40] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[09:42] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 890.75 -> Add
[09:42] <@NihabaAshi> 2 added
[09:44] <@NihabaAshi> oh oh
[09:45] <@NihabaAshi> Covered ES Short @ 892.50 --> - 1.25
[09:45] <@NihabaAshi> Reverse and Enter Long ES @ 892.50
[09:46] <+jbuch> yo fast and furious to post anything :)
[09:47] <@NihabaAshi> too me it's very slow...too slow and it's encouraging the chop
[09:47] <@NihabaAshi> :(
[09:49] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 893.00 --> + 2.75 (incorrect)
[09:49] <+jigglyhippo> + 2.75 is that correct wrbtrader?
[09:50] <+jigglyhippo> it says long 892.50 and exited 893.00 isnt that + 0.50?
[09:50] <@NihabaAshi> don't worry about it...it's just the script not being able to tell the difference on the position reversal
[09:50] <+jigglyhippo> ohhh
[09:51] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 893.75 -> medium size
[09:51] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[09:52] <@NihabaAshi> The script only does that error after a prior "add" that was at a loss.
[09:53] <+jigglyhippo> oh didnt know that...i thought it was the script miscalculating though
[09:53] <@NihabaAshi> It is a script error = miscalculation
[09:53] <+jbuch> Shorts SPY @ 89.84
[09:53] <@NihabaAshi> It thinks I added to the Long when I didn't
[09:54] <+jigglyhippo> ahh got it, thanks for clearing it up
[09:54] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 892.75 --> - 1
[09:55] <@NihabaAshi> right back to 891.50
[09:55] <+jbuch> Covered all SPY Short @ 89.64 --> + 0.2
[09:55] <silo> hey sharp
[09:56] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 892.00 -> medium size
[09:57] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[09:57] <@NihabaAshi> another shallow profit target reached :(
[09:58] <@NihabaAshi> got a loss on an earlier trade when I didn't take the shallow profit
[09:59] <+jbuch> Long SPY @ 89.6
[10:00] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 891.50 --> + 0.5
[10:00] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 891.50 -> medium size
[10:01] <@NihabaAshi> intuition in reaction to the prior trade signal
[10:01] <+jbuch> Exited SPY Long @ 89.62 --> + 0.02
[10:02] <@NihabaAshi> profit target still not reached
[10:02] <@NihabaAshi> at least it's not a shallow target developing
[10:02] <+jbuch> Exited all SPY Long @ 89.51 --> - 0.09
[10:03] <+jbuch> need to get some coffee brb
[10:05] <@NihabaAshi> weak support area
[10:05] <@NihabaAshi> trailing stop @ profit
[10:06] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 891.00 --> + 0.5
[10:07] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 891.00 -> medium size
[10:07] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[10:08] <rickf> ted
[10:08] <+rickf> gm
[10:10] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 890.75 --> - 0.25
[10:11] <+rickf> fyi am not trading today; have had 4 hrs sleep in 2 days thx to idling train across the street
[10:11] <+rickf> so lurking and tape reading only
[10:11] <+jigglyhippo> wow that sucks
[10:12] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 890.50 -> medium size
[10:12] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[10:14] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 890.00 --> + 0.5
[10:15] <@NihabaAshi> chop making it difficult to stay in a trade
[10:16] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 891.00 -> medium size
[10:16] <@NihabaAshi> 4 only
[10:18] <@NihabaAshi> best entry of the day so far but not rewarding as expected...slow in its development
[10:20] <+jbuch> Long SPY @ 89.68
[10:21] <@NihabaAshi> trailing stop @ profit
[10:22] <+jbuch> Exited all SPY Long @ 89.78 --> + 0.1
[10:23] <+jbuch> din't trust it
[10:23] <winmax60> Long ES @ 893.25 -> small size «« simulator »»
[10:24] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 894.25 --> + 3.25
[10:24] <+jbuch> nice wrbtrader
[10:24] <@NihabaAshi> Yeah...it was a battle so far.
[10:24] <+jbuch> hard to get that much in this chop
[10:24] <@NihabaAshi> 3rd trade of the day where I've reached a profit target
[10:25] <@NihabaAshi> However, one of those 3 trades resulted in a loss via me allowing a profit to turn into a loss :(
[10:25] <@NihabaAshi> target on the loser was 1 point and then I let it retrace to take me out for a loss :(
[10:25] <@NihabaAshi> got greedy and thought I could get more
[10:27] <+jbuch> there might be some short covering above the last 2 days highs if we make it there
[10:27] <@NihabaAshi> be right back...got to end some distractions here at home.
[10:27] * NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away
[10:29] <+winmax60> Exited all ES Long @ 894 --> + 0.75 «« simulator »»
[10:40] * codehead_afk is now known as codehead
[10:42] <+jbuch> Long SPY @ 89.79
[10:44] <+jbuch> Exited all SPY Long @ 89.89 --> + 0.1
[10:45] <+jbuch> high of friday
[10:48] <@NihabaAshi_away> Be back after lunch...taking a long break here to go for a walk with the family on the St. Lawrence river (looking for shells with the kids and spouse)
[10:49] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[10:50] <+jbuch> + 1400 on the tick
[10:56] <codehead> short ES 897.00 <paper>
[10:56] <+codehead> stop 898.25 <paper>
[10:58] <+jigglyhippo> Long ES @ 897.00
[11:01] <+jigglyhippo> Exited all ES Long @ 897.50 --> + 0.50
[11:08] <+codehead> cover half ES +1.00 <paper>
[11:09] <+codehead> stop b/e on remainder <paper>
[11:11] <+codehead> exit remainder +1.00 <paper>
[11:16] <+jbuch> Long SPY @ 90.08
[11:19] <+jbuch> Exited all SPY Long @ 90.09 --> + 0.01
[11:39] <TraderG> OK, so what's the speed of dark?
[11:43] <+TraderG> Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
[12:07] <+jigglyhippo> anyone trading right now? or just watching?
[12:12] <+jigglyhippo> dolphins in the amazon river are uglyy: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wallp ... 5_1280.jpg
[12:14] <+TraderG> I cannot stop trading . Opportunities all over. I am sweating from the action. :)
[12:18] <+jigglyhippo> wish i could say the same =/
[12:18] <+TraderG> don't feel bad. i was just kidding
[12:19] <+TraderG> there is NOTHING 2 do 2 day.
[12:19] <+TraderG> maybe after lunch or even after 3PM
[12:19] <+jigglyhippo> hahaha okay that makes me feel better
[12:20] <+jigglyhippo> what is "lunch"
[12:20] <+jigglyhippo> 12-1?
[12:20] <+TraderG> about
[12:20] <+TraderG> give or take 15-30 min
[12:21] <+jigglyhippo> so during lunch the volume def. drops?
[12:21] <+TraderG> not always
[12:21] <+TraderG> sometimes lunch time have violent moves on low volume and it can kill your account.
[12:22] <+jigglyhippo> hate big moves on abnormal volume
[12:22] <+TraderG> i am still learning
[12:22] <+TraderG> don't take anyones oppinion
[12:22] <+TraderG> anyone's
[12:22] <+TraderG> form your own
[12:23] <+TraderG> or else you will lose
[12:23] <+TraderG> no one knows what the market will do in the next time frame
[12:23] <+TraderG> if you meet someone who tells you he does - run the other way as fast as you can
[12:24] <+TraderG> when I c people saying that THE MARKET SHOULD DO THIS OR THAT I just close the page for a while untill the nonsense is donr with
[12:25] <+jigglyhippo> yeah i def. learned that when trading equities
[12:25] <+TraderG> donr=done
[12:25] <+jigglyhippo> there were some people that did call the mkt well
[12:25] <+jigglyhippo> but they were right maybe 60% of the time
[12:26] <+TraderG> 60% is good but how many points or ticks could you get out of those 60%?
[12:26] <+TraderG> some traders are right less than 50% but they manage to catch and stay in long runs
[12:27] <+TraderG> the EXPECTANCY is what counts. not the accuracy
[12:27] <+jigglyhippo> good point
[12:28] <+TraderG> E(R) = (PW x AW) - (PL x AL)
[12:28] <+TraderG> where;
[12:28] <+TraderG> E(R): Expectancy/ or Expected Return
[12:28] <+TraderG> PW: Probability of winning
[12:28] <+TraderG> AW: Average win
[12:28] <+TraderG> PL: Probability of losing
[12:28] <+TraderG> AL: Average loss
[12:30] <+jigglyhippo> how do you calculate the probability of winning? or losing? is it just an assumption?
[12:30] <Sidhartha> you backtest
[12:31] <+Sidhartha> or log details of every actual trade you make
[12:31] <+jigglyhippo> ahh
[12:32] <+TraderG> I never did it (2 tell u the trueth). I should have.
[12:32] <+jigglyhippo> i feel like when i backtest my strategies are god sent
[12:32] <+TraderG> I think you have to do it from looking at your trading history
[12:33] <+jigglyhippo> but in real time...not so much
[12:33] <+TraderG> put a day's worth of trades or a week's worth into Excel and mine it for data
[12:33] <+TraderG> anything and everything
[12:33] <+TraderG> MAE, MFE, Position size, time of the trade, ATR at the time of the trade.....
[12:34] <+TraderG> there is lots' 2 look at and some of it will be very useful and some not.
[12:34] <+TraderG> just DON'T listen 2 other people.
[12:34] <+jigglyhippo> yeah I should keep better logs of my trades
[12:35] <+TraderG> understand their method but draw your own conclusion
[12:35] <+jigglyhippo> yeah for sure
[12:36] <+TraderG> think about it. If you would be making K's and K's of $ would you waist your time explaining and chating?
[12:36] <+TraderG> Mark is unique in this sense because he does.
[12:36] <+TraderG> I don't know how he has the time and the ability to concentrade on the trades and do a million other things.
[12:37] <+TraderG> waste
[12:37] <+TraderG> not waist
[12:37] <+TraderG> :)
[12:38] <+TraderG> imagine how much your time would be worth per hour......
[12:38] <+jigglyhippo> yeah he also has waay more experience than me
[12:38] <+jigglyhippo> yeah exactly
[12:38] <+TraderG> like I said. he is unique.
[12:38] <+jigglyhippo> i mean its great that he even offers "tutorial" reports and this chatroom
[12:38] <+jigglyhippo> when he doesnt need/have to
[12:41] <+jigglyhippo> hope ES breaks 900
[12:45] <+TraderG> hope will get u in2 trouble
[12:45] <+TraderG> this is a good example of a big move during lunch.
[12:45] <+TraderG> it is not as rare as you might think
[12:46] <+TraderG> but it happened on low volume
[12:46] <+jigglyhippo> yeah
[12:47] <+jigglyhippo> couldnt post the trade in time but got out +1.25
[12:47] <+jigglyhippo> 900 - 901.25
[12:47] <MK> Exited all ES Long @ 898.25 --> + 10.75 «« paper »»
[12:48] <+codehead> nice
[12:48] <+jigglyhippo> MK that was a huge gain, nice!
[12:48] <+MK> held for a while
[12:49] <+MK> trying to sim on higher time frame
[12:52] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[12:53] <+jigglyhippo> which time frame are you using?
[12:54] <+MK> 15, 60, 240 min
[12:54] <+jigglyhippo> cool
[12:54] <+silo> anyone care to recommend a good movie to download?
[12:55] <+jigglyhippo> star trek
[12:58] <+silo> ones i can download :)
[13:02] <+MK> Shorts ES @ 900.25 «« paper »»
[13:04] <+jbuch> silo 'taken 'is pretty good
[13:05] <+silo> yeah i've seen it :)
[13:06] <+jbuch> have u ever seen the proposition
[13:06] <+jbuch> not a porno :))
[13:06] <+jbuch> it is an australian western from a few years back
[13:07] <+silo> think i've heard of the name before
[13:07] <+silo> let me google it
[13:07] <+jbuch> good flick
[13:07] <+silo> A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him 9 days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother
[13:07] <+silo> hehe
[13:08] <+jbuch> :))
[13:08] <+jbuch> it is cool breeze
[13:13] <+silo> brb
[13:35] <+jbuch> Long SPY @ 90.39
[13:41] <+jbuch> Exited all SPY Long @ 90.36 --> - 0.03
[13:49] <+jbuch> Shorts SPY @ 90.33
[13:50] <+MK> Covered all ES Short @ 899 --> + 1.25 «« paper »»
[13:52] <+jbuch> Covered all SPY Short @ 90.41 --> - 0.08
[13:55] <+jbuch> it is like watching paint dry
[14:08] <+jbuch> Shorts SPY @ 90.41
[14:14] <+jbuch> opps that was a long
[14:16] <+jbuch> Covered SPY Short @ 90.40 --> + 0.01
[14:16] <+jbuch> Reverse and Enter Long SPY @ 90.40
[14:17] <+jbuch> Exited all SPY Long @ 90.44 --> + 0.04
[14:20] <+jbuch> it is getting crazy
[14:21] <+jbuch> gotta go bbl
[14:44] * NihabaAshi_away is now known as NihabaAshi
[14:55] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[15:07] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 903.25 -> small size
[15:07] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[15:13] <@NihabaAshi> Exited ES Long @ 902.25 --> - 1
[15:13] <@NihabaAshi> Reverse and Enter Short ES @ 902.25
[15:16] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 903.25 --> - 1
[15:17] <@NihabaAshi> a very nice 1 point range I'm stuck in :(
[15:19] <+codehead> 903.75 is a resistance, next is 906.50
[15:29] <@NihabaAshi> volatility increasing
[15:29] <tomosyn57> Shorts SSO @ 25.36
[15:30] <+tomosyn57> exit stop set SSO @ 25.32
[15:31] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 901.50 -> small size
[15:31] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[15:31] <+tomosyn57> Trailing Stop Hit SSO @ 25.32 --> + 0.04
[15:33] <@NihabaAshi> trailing stop @ profit
[15:34] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 902.50 --> + 1
[15:34] <@NihabaAshi> not a profit target exit...a fear exit
[15:36] <@NihabaAshi> 903.35 again
[15:39] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 903.00 -> small size
[15:39] <@NihabaAshi> volatility rising
[15:40] <@NihabaAshi> geeesh
[15:40] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 903.25 --> + 0.25
[15:41] <@NihabaAshi> volatility flatlined as soon as it hit 904.25
[15:42] <@NihabaAshi> bullish price action still intact as long as it doesn't retrace below 902.50
[15:42] <+jigglyhippo> uh oh just dropped below
[15:44] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 903.25 -> small size
[15:44] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[15:45] <@NihabaAshi> intuition
[15:51] <@NihabaAshi> profit target reached @ 905.50
[15:52] <+jigglyhippo> nice trade wrbtrader
[15:52] <+codehead> 12:19 codehead: 903.75 is a resistance, next is 906.50
[15:53] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 906.25 --> + 3
[15:53] <+jigglyhippo> good call :)
[15:53] <+codehead> 906.50hit, res 906.50-907.25
[15:53] <+codehead> and finally 908.25
[15:53] <+codehead> but this is just a target, scalpable short
[15:54] <@NihabaAshi> When it went below 902.50 (bearish) then hit 901.75 than back up above 902.50...
[15:54] <@NihabaAshi> I went from bearish back to bullish.
[15:55] <+codehead> closed friday gap here
[15:55] <@NihabaAshi> It dropped so fast from 902.50 to 901.75 that I couldn't exploit it via trade signal nor intuition.
[15:55] <@NihabaAshi> Had to cross my finger that it would go back up and signal a Long position re-entry.
[15:55] <+codehead> 908.25 is .618 retracement from ES top to friday low (reg session)
[16:00] <@NihabaAshi> Ding Ding Ding!
[16:00] <@NihabaAshi> regular session close...now for the 15mins of low volatility (fast declining volatility) trading.
[16:01] <+codehead> short 2c ES 908.50 <paper>
[16:02] <+codehead> on touch of 909.25, look for scratch exit
[16:05] <+codehead> exit half ES +.75 <paper>
[16:05] <+codehead> stop on remainder 909.00 <paper>
[16:06] <+codehead> lower stop to 908.25 <paper>
[16:07] <+codehead> stopped remainder +.25 <paper>
[16:21] <@NihabaAshi> Take care all and see all tomorrow
[16:21] * NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away

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