It's important because first I like seeing the numbers and the statistics of it and that is usually generated through code. Whether its through MQL5 or Python. Second, through numbers and statistics, you can control the "mindfuck" aspect of trading ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

To be clear and so everyone here knows, your strategy isnt automated right? Meaning you don't use any price action indicator or expert advisor to trade for you, right?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

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Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Trying to understand a little better, why didnt you also take a long at 49590 AND the short?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Good morning everyone! Back to the desk! Here are today's trades.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Hey everyone! Forgot to turn off the EAs and I just decided to take a manual trade on the Dow Jones. Remember it's a bank holiday in the U.S. so U.S. futures will be closed here in a bit. Also, after last week's price action I will be looking for a ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

I have not dude, can you tell me a little bit about it? So is ADR just like the total pips moved in yesterday's session? How can this be applied? Always open to all suggestions!

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Today's trades. Markets are choppy and volatile but still managed some profit today. Just one loss on an S&P500 long. Still thinking about ways to perfect this strategy and automate it. Oh! And figured out that the lag in trade executions was ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Yeah I've been thinking about that too. Also, looking for a way to measure the range for a good trading day.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Dude no spam at all! I like it! Thank you for sharing! The question is how can this be coded and made to an EA.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Oh! Gotcha gotcha ok so I've been on that thread before but 500+ pages is a lot. Care to explain the 15 minute ORB strategy please?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

15 minute open range break outs? What exactly do you mean? Could you expand a little?

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Indicator Update: Hey guys while using the indicator yesterday I realized that the price labels were inverted and incorrect. So the levels above the session or IB high were displaying the low levels and vice versa. See image below: image The new ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

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Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Good afternoon all! Weird day today! Only one profitable position which was a Dow Jones long. I did get stopped out of a Nasdaq short and I'm currently into S&P500 and Nasdaq longs. Still having trouble with execution times, but I think its more of ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

New Indicator Alert! Hey guys so I've been working on an indicator for session break outs. I've finally put together a version that I like and that I feel confident enough to share with you guys. So check out the attached indicator! I'm no coder so ...

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Yeah absolutely! I'm all ears on tips and techniques to avoid using the SL on the other side of the range. That's what the thread is for, so we can all learn from each other.

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Nice one dude! I took that same trade!

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Happy Monday y'all! Weird start to the week. Got faked out of the Nasdaq with a short taken early in the session, but made up for it with bigger lots and targets with the S&P500 and Nasdaq longs. All done for the day!

Why Smart Traders Watch the First Hour (Initial Balance Guide)

Yes, you are absolutely correct! The start of the New York session for indexes and the stock market is 9:30am EST. The mid range line is just something I like to see but I'm observing it to see if there is any relevance there and if it can be used ...

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