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Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 04:50 PM
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Posted By TradingThomas
On the bright side, you have noted in the past...

On the bright side, you have noted in the past that there were days when the staggered exits worked in your favor. Nevertheless, once you have decided upon a course of action (the discretionary...
Forum: Trading Journals September 13th, 2019, 06:05 PM
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Posted By TradingThomas
If there is no way of replicating your Excel...

If there is no way of replicating your Excel based selections in NinjaTrader, and if you have to enter the trades by paying the spread each time, have you given thought to temporarily modifying your...
Forum: Trading Journals September 12th, 2019, 11:53 PM
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Views: 30,428
Posted By TradingThomas
I changed everything today to the December...

I changed everything today to the December contracts as well, and even the e-mini's (particularly YM and RTY) were very sparsely traded with big spreads, so I can imagine what the micro's must have...
Forum: Trading Journals September 11th, 2019, 07:46 PM
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Posted By TradingThomas
Good luck with NinjaTrader. An option, which I'm...

Good luck with NinjaTrader. An option, which I'm sure you have considered, is to use another platform that integrates well with Excel, and use VBA code to fully automate your strategy. I do this with...
Forum: Trading Journals August 30th, 2019, 08:09 PM
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Posted By TradingThomas
If you want "reckless", you may want to look at...

If you want "reckless", you may want to look at August 23 when your PnL induced a bout of irrational directional trading. It worked out well, but could easily have gone the other way. JMHO.
Forum: Trading Journals August 15th, 2019, 10:17 PM
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Posted By TradingThomas
I spread trade as well, and here's my slightly...

I spread trade as well, and here's my slightly redacted notes from Tuesday (8/13/2019) : "Woke up groggy and was a couple minutes late for opening orders. Mistakenly went short instead of long NQ,...
Forum: Trading Journals August 7th, 2019, 06:51 PM
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Posted By TradingThomas
As expressed in an earlier post, I believe that...

As expressed in an earlier post, I believe that position sizing shouldn't be changed intraday.



See above, regardless of the result.



Why, when you are already doing 3 legs?
Forum: Trading Journals August 4th, 2019, 09:41 PM
Replies: 237
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Posted By TradingThomas
I would recommend sticking to only 1 trade size...

I would recommend sticking to only 1 trade size (either 1 unit or 2 units) consistently, irrespective of winning or losing days. Given that the profit goes up nicely by doing 2 units after a losing...
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