u+2 @ 767 +2 @ 757 = +4 @ 762 (Ger30) +3 pending @ 737 (just changed from +2 to +3) As we approach June expiration, Ger30 currently about 3 pts lower than futures : image ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Agree - I am trying to combine two very different approaches into one; I become clearer every day as to what might work, but still not there yet... ... but as you have said many times, it's always good to finish one's session positive, even if only ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Trade 1 Sold 2 units 677 (680 futures) Needs to break support zone to succeed (come on, jt, stop stating the obvious ) File under "Lucky Escapes": image

DAX Futures June 2018

Hey, you forgot Bruce Spaghetti Legs Grobbelaar

DAX Futures June 2018

But are the purists making any dough !? I agree adding to a losing position sounds like & can easily be account suicide. However, clearly it can be done successfully with an account size large enough to make it meaningful, ie. so that if you only ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Sold 2 units +53 pts each Close final 4, now flat grand total -16, so still well ahead after yesterday gains. The experiment continues.... ... btw, I agree it's all just math, a big part of that math being account sizing for this sort of approach.

DAX Futures June 2018

It's quite a psychological challenge to increase entry size as the market moves against you, but this has such a strong effect on average entry price (mine is still up at 697). Very educational morning so far

DAX Futures June 2018

Agreed image Edit +20 hit Now long 2 @ ave price 67, price just plunged through, this could be interesting : soldiers, ready.... Update : 2 more added @ 704, so +4 units ave 734 Comment : well, this is keeping me awake Somebody give her the ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Buy 1 @ 771 (so about 773 futures) Update : Buy add missed by a point or so; forgot to activate NinjaTtrader ATM I set up yesterday, which would have bought 2 units in first entry and exited one at +20, so feeling like a doddery old twat this ...

DAX Futures June 2018

4 soldiers facing the gunfire : image So what exactly is the new strategy for building positions ? Erm........ ask me in a couple of weeks ... (work in progress)... Update : placed stop to lock profit, walking away from computer now (appt with ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Agreed - de Gea keeps Man U several places higher than the rest of the team deserves. Disappointed for Liverpool & just amazed that Real keep winning... & 3 in a row for ZZ is out of this world. Ferguson, Pep & Mourinho (with Real) should all have ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Peaky Blinders on Italian TV - or via the 'net !? Great series (although it would be a great shame not to hear the Birmingham accents...). Now for a surprising and oddly ominous pattern, which I have just read in last week's Sunday Times (which as ...

DAX Futures June 2018

My DAX soldiers are asleep in their barracks, missed a fill at 12908 by 1 pip, being over-cautious as first day of new strategy. Early dog walk coming up...

DAX Futures June 2018

For 67 days and one match. He allegedly offered to circumvent FA transfer rules for a payment of GBP 400k (to an undercover journailst, I think) & was fired ! He has been very successful at rescuing clubs in the "drop" zone. I think he might have ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Big Sam is a Fat Cat - outrageous sum, really, but an expression of the owner’s ego more than anything else...

DAX Futures June 2018

If I was a Chelsea fan, I would be totally fed up with the constant manager changing : Conte is a top international manager imho & everyone seems to forget it took Ferguson 6 seasons to get Man U to their first league title together. Would not ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Nickel & diming my way to sleep this morning AS USUAL image So, remembering Mr Einstein's definition of madness, time to take a fresh look at things, specifically building positions, if not Gangnam-style, Brixen-style. Reality check - ...

DAX Futures June 2018

Amen to that Edit : am I correct your position size was >€100/tick at one point ?

DAX Futures June 2018

One trade with my afternoon tea, cancelled stop & target by mistake, finger on the Close button (well, it would be if I wasn't posting) : image Edit : target is session Low

DAX Futures June 2018

Actually, pm, it was an enquiry of genuine interest, the language used in an informally friendly way... so I sincerely apologise as you read it so very differently (& I would agree with your comment re the absence of obligations all round).

DAX Futures June 2018