I practiced on a 75 tick NQ100 chart today ... more wave action that the 133 tick chart but I sure miss the e-mini ... ended with -6 ... definitely a drawback to have to manually manage the trade ... think it has to do with the standard demo Amps ...

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Would have been well up if I was not so sensitive with the BE trigger ... must do it manually because my SL and TP lines do not show or work on Sierra Amps Demo ...

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On the 75 tick chart there is some opportunities ... with the NQ100 anyway ...

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Thanks ... will keep that in mind!

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I kept one eye on the DAX this morning with 133 ticks bars but it was rather useless ... got only one decent trade ... did practice my patience though ...

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I had a better day ... ended at -4 ... losing less and less each day I am getting a feel for the NQ100 market so will just keep on practicing until I can open a live account and will get back to the e-mini again.

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I chose 1 or 2 pairs with strong daily trend (EU and UJ usually) and only watch them, no more .... to avoid analysis paralysis ... I usually get at least 1 trade opportunity in one of the pairs during an average London session ... sometimes both ... ...

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That is how I trade the 5 min charts on Forex pairs ... I wait for Daily chart direction, then a Hour chart pullback and when it starts to turn in the direction of the Daily, I drop to the 5 minute chart and use the 21sma as a guideline. I give the ...

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I practiced on NAS100 again today and got burned again ... althought it was a difficult day ... I decided to call the end at -10 ... I must say it is valuable to post the charts ... even though it sometimes looks like a warzone ...

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I'm not getting a lot of entry opportunities today ... lots of nooks and crannies ... few decent pullbacks ...

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Thanks ... but half of the data on the demo feed is not active and has question marks behind the symbols in Sierra charts ... the rest all work fine ... unfortunately the one I need (enqm18) has questions marks.

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I was away yesterday and could not trade ... had a go again today ... decided to try the NQ100 (not e-mini) as I have difficulty with the data feed of the e-mini on the Amps demo. I got slaughtered ... the market moves a bit different than the ...

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Still practicing on EU while I try to sort out the charts with Amp .... +65 pips.

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I practiced a bit on EurUsd until I can find something more suitable ... a bit slow but not too shabby ... up 15.

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Nope ... found the enqm18 but no datafeed with the demo ... will look for something else in the meantime ... at least I can practice on the 133 tick charts !

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Perhaps I have a setting off or something .... but I cannot find it ... no matter ... at least now I have charts to practice on until I can open an account later.

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My Infinity demo is kaput ... I set up a demo with Amp and are testing it now ... the 133 tick chart looks a bit different but not too bad ... their tick values are weird however (full 1 instead of 0.25 like Infinity) and because of that the setup ...

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I reflected a bit last night about the good and then bad days I have had the last week or two ... trying to identify what makes the difference ... in general the days I made a nett profit I was focused and relaxed and mentally prepared and had time ...

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I have seen Mr D sometimes move the SL and TP manually when the 12 SL was not taken out and the prices moves back to entry ... in general I think it might just be best to leave the trade alone ... for me at this stage any way ... fiddling causes me ...

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Thanks ... will try it ...

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