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Forum: Trading Journals

February 25th, 2016, 03:52 PM

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Posted By HoopyTrading

The fees and commish don't seem to jive with...

The fees and commish don't seem to jive with live. From what I can tell based on my own manifests and those of other live traders, normal RT costs total ~$4.30 per contract. Be conservative and...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 19th, 2016, 03:19 PM

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rbars $150K TopStep Combine

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Posted By HoopyTrading

My constructive comment was to be inferred in my...

My constructive comment was to be inferred in my previous post. Rather than hope a trade works in a certain direction and hope it doesn't hit a stop, set a target and stick to it. Heck, I have been...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 18th, 2016, 03:24 PM

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rbars $150K TopStep Combine

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Posted By HoopyTrading

Your system isn't going anywhere. Too many loss...

Your system isn't going anywhere. Too many loss days in a row. Stop trading it and find what is going wrong with it. Sux, but you gotta' do it, or you will whittle away that 147K to nada over time.

Forum: Trading Journals

February 17th, 2016, 06:48 PM

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rbars $150K TopStep Combine

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Posted By HoopyTrading

Indeed. So you have buns of steel. ;-)

Indeed. So you have buns of steel. ;-)

Forum: Trading Journals

February 17th, 2016, 06:37 PM

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rbars $150K TopStep Combine

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Posted By HoopyTrading

Yes, I have been down this road, this "Taking all...

Yes, I have been down this road, this "Taking all qualifying trades." If you simply set a target for each trade, surely you will not hit your loss limits.

Cut your losses short, and let your...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 17th, 2016, 02:53 PM

Replies: 91

rbars $150K TopStep Combine

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Posted By HoopyTrading

I am intrigued by this. I would suggest,...

I am intrigued by this. I would suggest, however, that your contract-size is too large, because yours loss limit will suffer too many hits when an entry goes bad and the trade goes against you. You...

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