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Forum: Trading Journals April 3rd, 2017, 10:36 PM
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Posted By Dayzed
Hey all! Quick update. After last week's bullish...

Hey all! Quick update. After last week's bullish time and me making 4500 in my test account off a new strategy I decided to start a new combine. Im doing the 30k one now and day 1 I thought the...
Forum: Trading Journals March 29th, 2017, 05:02 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
So the new Renko strat did well today. Pretty...

So the new Renko strat did well today. Pretty hard to not do well in CL today though... Holy crap! Haha, I will get into my entry signals more once I make sure it works more consistently. But trend...
Forum: Trading Journals March 28th, 2017, 01:48 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Hey guys! Been revising my strategy as I learn...

Hey guys! Been revising my strategy as I learn more and more about all of this in general. The first combine attempt was a bust but I was ready for it and expected it. The profit targets for the 50K...
Forum: Trading Journals March 22nd, 2017, 09:27 AM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Yes indeed, I dont trade over 1 contract ever!...

Yes indeed, I dont trade over 1 contract ever! But yes I should possible do something like RichGirl suggests and take up 2 contracts selling 1 at half the target to take profits. Really like this...
Forum: Trading Journals March 21st, 2017, 01:25 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Position sizing is something I would LOVE...

Position sizing is something I would LOVE assistance with. I dont know how to adjust my contract quantity when I cant lose more than 1,000 a day... That's like less than 10 ticks on a 5 contract...
Forum: Trading Journals March 21st, 2017, 11:07 AM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
And we are about to bust the combine. With the...

And we are about to bust the combine. With the past 3 trading days going 2/9 not much of a chance. Might try it again once I get more practice. But hit my personal daily loss limit of $800 so already...
Forum: Trading Journals March 20th, 2017, 04:49 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Day 6 of the Trading Combine TO stay consistent...

Day 6 of the Trading Combine
TO stay consistent with days prior here is an update with the EOD results. I guess there was only 4 trades on the day not 5! Misspoke there. Still have plenty of...
Forum: Trading Journals March 20th, 2017, 04:11 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Hey RichGirl thanks for stopping by! My daily...

Hey RichGirl thanks for stopping by! My daily loss limit is $750 which is 250 under the max daily loss limit of the combine. I have not hit that yet! But yes a very important concept nonetheless. As...
Forum: Trading Journals March 20th, 2017, 02:43 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Hey all, today was terrible. 0/4 and in the...

Hey all, today was terrible. 0/4 and in the middle of losing my 5th one at the moment. How do you as traders deal with days like today? Makes me think my profitable system isnt profitable even when I...
Forum: Trading Journals March 17th, 2017, 04:41 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Pretty uneventful day today won 1 trade broke...

Pretty uneventful day today won 1 trade broke even on another and lost 1 for a total of a losing day. Combine is still up and going strong. Not too upset with the first week. Need to pick up profits...
Forum: Trading Journals March 16th, 2017, 03:12 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Day 4 of Trading Combine: Another fun day...

Day 4 of Trading Combine:

Another fun day to trade Crude today! Im starting to favor CL over everything atm... I made 4 trades on crude today and had 3W/1L On ES the bot executed 2 trades but...
Forum: Trading Journals March 16th, 2017, 08:31 AM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Thanks DjRonin. Yes CL is quite fun to watch and...

Thanks DjRonin. Yes CL is quite fun to watch and I am enjoying trading it :) I will check out your journal today! Good luck today
Forum: Trading Journals March 15th, 2017, 04:38 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Day 3 of Trading Combine What a day today!...

Day 3 of Trading Combine

What a day today! So much action, gotta love Wednesdays. Today was the first day trading CL on the combine as well. I didnt trade CL from 10:00AM - 10:05AM as I hear you...
Forum: Trading Journals March 14th, 2017, 09:15 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Thanks guys for the insight! Im not used to...

Thanks guys for the insight! Im not used to commission charges on future's so knowing the rates is useful for me. Thanks for the help there!

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Forum: Trading Journals March 14th, 2017, 04:52 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Day 2 of trading combine: Well today was a...

Day 2 of trading combine:

Well today was a bit more interesting. I optimized the bot last night and adjusted profit target ticks and stop loss, however I am not sure if I am a fan of the idea. In...
Forum: Trading Journals March 13th, 2017, 03:22 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Day 1 of the Trading Combine 50k: Well we...

Day 1 of the Trading Combine 50k:

Well we only had one trade today and ES was boring as all hell to watch today. Went long at 10:40 for 2367.75 to start the day.

The way the bot is setup is if...
Forum: Trading Journals March 13th, 2017, 08:38 AM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Hey Tymberline, thanks for stopping by. On...

Hey Tymberline, thanks for stopping by.

On day 1 I was really getting used to the platform in general and it was the first time doing automated trading. Commissions weren't taken into account on...
Forum: Trading Journals March 11th, 2017, 12:04 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Just a quick update. The bot ran all week however...

Just a quick update. The bot ran all week however hotel DHCP leases prevented it from running 24/7 and actually skewed a lot of results. Either way I will be starting TST 50k on Monday, only trading...
Forum: Trading Journals March 8th, 2017, 11:30 AM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
We will be here for another day and then taking...

We will be here for another day and then taking off! Lots to do yet... Compared to my little city in Michigan this is insane! I will let you know if there is a break in our schedule :)

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Forum: Trading Journals March 7th, 2017, 12:36 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
It is the "future" no pun intended haha. And we...

It is the "future" no pun intended haha. And we will see if I can help you out. Most of my time is devoted to this bot. Not to mention coding an advanced strategy is quite time consuming! Ive spent...
Forum: Trading Journals March 6th, 2017, 10:28 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Haha! Indeed we missed Mardi Gras by a little bit...

Haha! Indeed we missed Mardi Gras by a little bit :( first time down here so of course we had to eat at Acme tonight :) first time having oysters and crayfish and man Ive been missing out! Having a...
Forum: Trading Journals March 6th, 2017, 06:47 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Im currently in NOLA enjoying a nice vacation....

Im currently in NOLA enjoying a nice vacation. Bot is still going but not going to be able to post as much in detail stuff about it! Hope everyone has a great week trading. Cheers!

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Forum: Trading Journals March 4th, 2017, 01:47 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Thanks for commenting! All advice is welcome! I...

Thanks for commenting! All advice is welcome! I apologize for not being more specific on the strategy as it is still in development but it is very basic compared to others I have seen. I will release...
Forum: Trading Journals March 4th, 2017, 10:46 AM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
Good advice. And yea I didnt have the losses...

Good advice. And yea I didnt have the losses setup just was mainly looking at timing of trades throughout a full day. I will work on the code to get this to work. Worse comes to worse I will have to...
Forum: Trading Journals March 3rd, 2017, 03:34 PM
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Views: 8,509
Posted By Dayzed
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Here is an interesting optimization. I ran all of my scripts parameters through the optimizer for the first time today. These parameters I...
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