My seventh live trading day and I am too ashamed to show the chart ... I made a huge mess by firstly forgetting to switch off simulation mode so my first trade, which was actually a good one, was of no use to my live account ... and then things went ...

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Thanks ... will do !

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Thanks again Mr D for sharing your insight ... I like the way you said it: "Honing our skills as traders". I had my sixth live session ... ended with +16 (only 7 trades so my first REAL positive day) ... the beautiful trending market had me seeing ...

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Thanks for the insight, Mr D ... appreciate you sharing !!!

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[quote=theunis;11252618]My fifth live trade session ... ended at -27 ... I suppose I should not have traded, being in two minds ... An interesting observation: A few hours after posting the charts when I look at it again, I cannot think that I took ...

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My fifth live trade session ... ended at -27 ... I suppose I should not have traded, being in two minds ... I had a tough decision to make ... I back-tested Mr D's snappy bring-to-BE-asap vs the ride-the-longer-waves method and my concluded that ...

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My fourth live day ... my first positive day +6 (HURRAY) ... although it is still a small negative if I take the commissions into account ... but I'm getting there at least ... I tried something new today (based on CableGuy and thomi's ideas) ... ...

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If their platform is good then it will be worth it ... commissions quickly adds up ... especially if you trade a lot ... but there might be a catch somewhere. Would be nice to hear an opinion of someone that has been using them for a while. p.s. ...

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My third live session ... ended at -8 ... no too bad ... made one or two unnessary mistakes that cost me a positive ending. Was tense at one stage and then stood up and walked around a few minutes to calm down ... worked well. I wait for a trend and ...

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My second live session ... did better than the first one ... ended with a nice 20 profit trade but had to run after that ... still too many trades and ended at -13 ... used the 8 tick range bars but are considering using the 10 tick range bars in ...

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I had my first live trades today ... decided to give it a try to see how the demo/simulate mode compares with the live mode ... very much the same I must say. I decided to trade up till a max of either $200 profit or loss and then switch to simulate ...

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My Sierra account became alive today so I am back ... but what a day ... I tested the 8/9 tick range bars that Mr D mentioned and can see that they show the trend moves more clearly ... and especially the longer trend rallies that thomi is ...

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Agreed ....

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I tried out the delayed entry this morning ... ended at -13.6 pips

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A wise man once said that there is safety in a multitude of counselors (wise counselors I suppose ) I think Mr D is our wisest counselor here (based on live results) ... and then GC (our honored OP) and a few others that post good charts. I ...

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Ended at BE ... not a lot of opportunities today ... got a good trade after the pullback from the spike in the Trump trade news but that was a bonus ... I must learn to disregard the opening range and wait for edges from there on ... I have been ...

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I only took one goodish edge but my SL was just too close ... in hindsight I did not have a good rejection bar, only a good thrust bar ... only one trade and ended at -14.

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Enough for today ... PA is better than DOW so good practice but not good pips for the day ... a rough ride ... ended at -30.6 pips

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NQ100 1 minute chart so far = messy

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Another BE session for the DAX ... my Infinity Sierra Acc should be sorted out next week sometime and then I will be "normal" again.

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