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well i took my first full stop out friday - i signed on to top step trader , and 1 of the criteria is no stop out / blocked trading in the trial period - well on the very first day i was blocked from trading.
I should have spent more time learning the platform - I was very happy with there MIT button -market if touched ,
but the problem was at the combo of A/oco -auto 1 cancels other , combined with the MIT, i did not know that when you combined these 2 trading accesses that it voided the flatten button , thus i always run and outside edge for a stop but bail the second it violates my real level .
so trading a 3 lot did not last long(500-block-loss) - so i switched to the sim and burried it with the same mistakes to the tune of 2200 sim dollars - this was by 8:30 am est -all the while trying to figure out why this ladder wont work -
so enters my wife - i show her what is going on and she says try and removing all the stop and target trades and see if it works -thus the flatten button worked after removing all the safe guards ,but who has time to remove all the other items even if its just 1 more click in front of the most important click ,like i said i should have spent more time learning there setup,
so we reversed our luck and by 12:20 est were were back to being down 187.50 flipping 3 lot trades -
that concluded our day -however if there are any traders going over to test yourself at topstep -please pay attention to this message -I am going to complete the last 9 days just to see now how my statistics look for time and win and lose ratio -6-E your still my favorite animal
:when you cheat -you only cheat yourself
refer to post # 470 & 527 & 930
option traders refer to post 996 thru 1005
thanks T - yes i was quite embarrassed over my failure -they must have it setup that way for a reason - i just dont know what it could be - i will post my stats when completed
:when you cheat -you only cheat yourself
refer to post # 470 & 527 & 930
option traders refer to post 996 thru 1005
This journal is temporary because it will document my experience in the Top Step Trader 20 Day Combine. I've done the combine before without success, but am feeling confident that I can succeed this time around.
giant system test completed this week - please refer to post 778 on july 23rd 2012
you will see a system generated # of 1690.52130-
whats in a number remove fed day 9/13 and all commons 1 and 0 leaves 652 remaining -we were looking for a market peak of (14)65.2 and a exit point of (14)62.5 -
we ended this months contract with 38.50 points
if you look at the 1690.52130 there are 3 numbers not used 4-7-8 we oppted to have a reversal sitting at (14) 74 -
which hit to 3 ticks thus (14)74.80-
its always nice when a plan comes together
total for the week 53.50 points leaving our system up 2675 for the week with a total of 8875 for 8 weeks
or 10 k has turned into 18,875 - we still have and additional 8 points in play with our short from 74
currently up 88.75 % in 8 weeks
:when you cheat -you only cheat yourself
refer to post # 470 & 527 & 930
option traders refer to post 996 thru 1005