Forgive me if you have already answered this within the thread, but are you a former bank trader (it seems your method is along those lines) ? Milan to win tonight. Chelsea going out of CL, Man U* to beat Seville. Italy would be in World Cup if ...

DAX Futures Mar18

Only 8 !?

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Hey, TB - still trading or have you disappeared into the clouds of Mount Athos !? Anywhichway, I am reviewing your method as it sits very close to one of mine (an M15 chart being very slooooow for me... & I'm slowin' down, just like old Slowhand ...

Scalping the EUR at the European open

Well, just to be clear, I meant the composition of those 58 ticks (which I would consider a VERY good session) was quite a few single digit trades, & I'm thinking your stop must be at least 10 ticks.

DAX Futures Mar18

You're giving the DAX a good spank this morning - bravo I note you are willing to take small profits, presumably much smaller than your stop ? Some years back, I chatted a lot with an apparently very successful CL trader who only targeted 4 ...

DAX Futures Mar18

Hey, handy - actually, mostly tick and volume charts I guess you saw that renko chart I posted a couple of weeks back on the Trade the Plan thread, on which I put an auto strategy: I used renko as I wanted the bar Close to always be at the ...

DAX Futures Mar18

I understand. I traded Ger30 CFD over the FXDM on a cost basis : FDXM 1 tick/point (€5) spread plus about €3.30 rt commission =€8.30 cost per trade. Ger30 1 point spread no commission = €5 cost per trade @ 50 units / €5 per point. (Edit : & of ...

DAX Futures Mar18

Ricotta di mucca o di pecora (don't tell me.. di bufala !?) ? You don't live down Puglia way, by an chance (I lived up in Liguria for seven wonderful years around the turn of the century) ? I enjoy your thread, thank-you, although my own trading ...

DAX Futures Mar18

... & I’m doing my annual yodelling course in the mountains - SO beautiful here, but exceptionally cold : -24C at the top of the mountain this morning ( that’s minus 11F ). Wearing a full face mask for the first time in years... Irish ...

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Venice, Ralffe ?

SAFE - KISS

'Morning, boys - sub-zero but sunny here... & I don't drive to Switzerland till the weekend ! I have crossed to The Dark Side.... Warning : this is a "passing interest" post, apologies to the regulars as it's really Off Topic to this thread ...

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Pips or blueberry pancakes, H ?

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A stack of blueberry pancakes for me, please, H . image (the platform is stepping up the result according to position size, explaining the huge leap today - I went from 10 to 50 units) Long DAX off the London Open and stopping after 3 mins ...

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Yep, 1 hour is usually enough when day trading... Thanks for the program recommendation : I can no longer access BBC iPlayer, as the Beeb have really smartened up in terms of finding non-UK locations, but my satellite dish is setup to receive all ...

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2 more tiny DAX trades (surprisingly, both longs : my misread was not take a third trade short).... pedal to the metal, after 4 days Live, 20 units tomorrow : image Only 10 trades, 70% win rate, which I do not expect to maintain. Now, please ...

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rudy - step back, take a deep breath and imagine that you are rudy's advisor (which of course you are), then answer these questions for him : 1. Should rudy switch to sim mode as from today ? Yes or no; no maybe allowed. 2. How many profitable weeks ...

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I think the point for all of us who have been around awhile (many years !?) is that we basically have all the knowledge we need. Probably far too much. Yet, we futz around when real dough is on the line & spend our time being analysts, not traders ...

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Reminds me of a great old Sufi quote : "Take what you want from Life.... and pay for it."

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No, I won't... not happening for me today & I am up a simply staggering €0.06c (six eurocents). After missing the yellow dot fill by a hair's breadth, I just wanted to be positive to continue my pos size progression on Monday, so I jumped out of ...

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Only one -6 so far, but the DAX spread is jumping around all over the place, I think because of low vol... don't like it, normally very stable at 0.9, it's 2.4 in the screenshot and has been as high as 4 image Touch, no fill: image

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