Come on, EU : image Edit : +1 out

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Love the quote LOL... warns me not to end up like The English Patient (disclaimer : my mother taught me never to say that I'm English, as we're a Scottish family !) : video PMs enabled (until people start asking me questions via pm that should be ...

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Many years ago, Harold commented to me (good memory, eh, H - actually I pasted it into my favourite quotes list) : I think we were discussing discipline and its theological origins at the time (this was 7 or 8 years ago) ! Well, this morning, I lost ...

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Well, everybody, H & dd keep hitting it out of the park, so we have to Get in the Zone and Up our Game, right !?

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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (so sorry, 'ras, living in NL one is aware of your part namesake's history... but I was wondering where you'd gone, so welcome back !)... @dd +10pts on the ES is outstanding : I recognise a bit of "essential ...

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As you know, I do in general far prefer futures for all the obvious reasons, just in this case EU seems to work better at first glance for same position size : work in progress and won't be surprised if I change back in due course... although one ...

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... continuing this riveting conversation with myself, trading EU while FXDM swings about 3 times wider ... something happened earlier in Trade #2, currently going for almost 2 hours - I've been into the village, walked the dog & had my lunch ...

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Futzing around with instruments this morning, so far without great success : 6E : "new" reduced tick-size 6E is not quite doing it for me, because spread (sorry to mention it) has basically remained the same in $ terms, ie. it has increased from 1 ...

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Just received this advisory from NinjaTrader Brokerage : I think this is potentially significant for me in the European morning, because the new half-tick (it's a half tick, not a half pip : imho the release announcement is partially incorrect !?) ...

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Started tracking YM & NQ in comparison to others during the European morning : image They now have tradable volume (more than the DAX) at that time (although screenshot shows 10.20 Central time) : DAX fills can be challenging, because liquidity is ...

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Always love the simplicity of a line chart... My trading this week remains far from perfect, but at least was only 30 mins to maintain my low-ball target - I'm leaving it to The Two Sluggers, dd & Big D, to hit it out of the park... image

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I missed my opening trade yesterday which went to a "full" winner (2 lots x 2R, 1 lot to 7.5R) & I have a rule that if trades that I missed add up to a full winner - meaning that I would have stopped for the session - then I stop anyway. Otherwise ...

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Haha

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GREAT quote, thank-you, dd .

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Yes, dd, it is indeed a great thread. Averaging 4 points a day per contract on the ES would be outstanding - please keep us informed of progress ! With such huge liquidity, it opens up the possibility to trade real size as & when the account ...

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Nice charts, H . First live trades of the year today (should have started yesterday which was a perfect morning...), I had a b/e +1 long off the LO, then missed the main down move, then finally had a winning short for a little over 3R. My ...

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My dear friend, td..... ham, moi eat poor little piggies !? I'm a Buddhist-sympathising, Advaita-loving, pescatarian Presbyterian... which is a long-winded way of saying that, apart from being Scottish, in terms of diet I'm vegetarian + fish (just ...

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Well, Blimey O'Reilly : over 20 posts about the blasted spread - to which I am adding lol Now, more seriously, any of that delicious Christmas pud left (I've only added a pound or two over the the last few days, so I want MORE, please...) ? ...

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My thanks and Christmas wishes to all on this thread - Happy Holidays everyone . Serious F O C U S (as in the acronym) next year !

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