So, where have I been? 1. January 24th. I woke up with both of my arms tingling like they were asleep and a horrible pain in my upper back. I could move my hands just fine but no sensation of feeling beyond the tingling. Thought I was having a heart ...

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Slept in a bit this morning. Normally I like to look at what is going on a few hours prior to market open in the US but I also do not set an alarm clock to make it happen everyday. Oh well. LOL! Waiting for something to show so I will take some time ...

Getting Freaky With Futures

At the request of some people and to help keep the focus on this journal where it needs to be I have started my own journal to show how I trade futures. This is designed for people who are interested in longer term day trading. Nothing wrong with ...

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image CME is heavily steeped in tradition. Could just be a leftover from when the majority of trades where done via the pits.

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First sign of weakness in this downtrend and I will be out for the day. Stop tightened up. 220 ticks locked in. 5 hours into the trade. LOL! Now it's just fun time. Edit: and there's your sign. Out on all. NQ +362 ticks YM + 275 ticks ES + 123 ticks ...

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Doesn't seem to have any strength. Could just be some consolidation before continuing. 5 min candles still have long upper wicks.

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LOL! 5 minute charts showing a chance of reversing and going up. The wicks on the candles make it hard to see what it wants to do. MA's showing chance of reversal but wicks showing getting slapped down every time it moves up. Going to ride it until ...

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NQ 5 min candles look like crap. Been riding a short for the last 3+ hours. Glad CL decided to trend nicely today.

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Past due for a choppy day on NQ. Too many trending days lately. Decent moves on the 5 minute chart but you have to be patient and let it develop. Swinging all over the place but staying in profit. Lower timeframes getting chopped like an Atlanta ...

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Just for clarification, I walked away from a 120k+ bonus per year job when I went full time. Most people are afraid to walk away from a job because they believe it will be hard to find another one if they fail. To help ease the pain they buy new ...

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Your assumption is that a job = security. If you for one minute believe that they give a shi* about your family and your well being you are delusional. You are now and will always be considered a disposable asset. I don't care who you work for they ...

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I only had 3 months worth of savings when I "jumped", somehow everything worked out. Yeah there were tough times. Times when we didn't go out to eat all month, times when we couldn't take a decent vacation but all that is behind us. We now take a ...

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I use NT8 with NinjaTrader brokerage. They aren't technically a brokerage, they are an FCM for Phillip Capital and Dorman. I went with Phillip Capital. Very stable connection. Haven't had any dropped connections in the first 7 months I have used ...

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Thought you didn't trade on Fridays. LOL! JK Looks like your algo tried to jump in too late on that upswing but handled getting out nice a quick. I have switched over to trading nothing but the 5 minute chart on ES, YM, NQ, CL and eventually 6E if ...

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NQ just super happy to start the day. LOL! I can't find any news that drove it, at least nothing that lines up with the time it happened. It's not sustaining though. It could have been a big dog jumping in with a bunch of shorts at 6785? Just ...

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Netflix reporting earning after market close today to kick off earnings reports for the next few weeks. Could set the tone for the rest of the reports. Markets may be pausing waiting for the results.

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Or just some boring a** moving averages. image

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Wishful thinking. You threw out nearly 60% of the available trading days in a year. Not sure what your goals are but when I was working towards getting away from the 9-5 I traded every possible day (and still do for the most part). Why throw away ...

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