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September 26th, 2022, 04:43 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Monday
IFO at 10:00
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: inside prior day HL
IB direction: long (extreme)
10:00 - 10:30 bar: long
I created a file to be able to look at the 10:00-10:30 bar for IFO days. It doesn't give good outcomes. So no trade
September 27th, 2022, 03:34 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Tuesday
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: above prior day HL
IB direction: long
DAX Long (paper) trade
Entry 10:30
Exit 12:30
SL 56 pts
Result -56 pts (SL)
Historical results with this setup:
SumR 374 (22 trades/win% 77.3%)
So, SumR translates to a relative (to current FDAX price) result of X points per trade (SumR/No of trades/10000*9am open price).
Let’s see
edit 11:15: I'm glad I'm paper trading
September 28th, 2022, 03:35 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Wednesday
FDAX
Gap : down gap
Gap closed during IB: no
Position price at 9:30: below prior day HL
IB direction: short
DAX Short (paper) trade
Entry 9:30
Exit 10:30
SL 40 pts
Result -40 pts (SL)
Historical results with this setup:
SumR 137 (17 trades/win% 70.6%)
2nd trade:
DAX Long (paper) trade
Entry 11:30
Exit 13:00
SL 48 pts
Result 157 pts
Historical results with this setup:
SumR 170 (17 trades/win% 76.5%)
So, SumR translates to a relative (to current FDAX price) result of X points per trade (SumR/No of trades/10000*9am open price).
Let’s see
September 29th, 2022, 03:35 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Thursday
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: inside prior day HL
IB direction: short extreme
No trade for me due to extreme IB value
September 30th, 2022, 03:33 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Friday
Last day of the month/quarter
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: inside prior day HL
IB direction: long
Doesn't give good options to trade
October 4th, 2022, 03:45 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Tuesday
Yesterday holiday Tag der Deutschen Einheit
FDAX
Gap : up gap
Gap closed during IB: no
Position price at 9:30: above prior day HL
IB direction: long
Nothing looks good enough for a trade
October 5th, 2022, 03:40 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Wednesday
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: inside prior day HL
IB direction: short
Nothing looks good enough for a trade. Win% is nice, but the profit/trade is too low
October 6th, 2022, 03:42 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Thursday
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: above prior day HL
IB direction: long
Nothing looks good enough for a trade, as the 'above' doesn't give many historical occurrences
October 7th, 2022, 03:35 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Friday
FDAX
Gap : down gap
Gap closed during IB: yes
Position price at 9:30: inside prior day HL
IB direction: long
DAX Long (paper) trade
Entry 10:00
Exit 11:30
SL 67 pts (very high with current ATR )
Result 51 pts
Historical results with this setup:
SumR 286 (17 trades/win% 82.4%)
So, SumR translates to a relative (to current FDAX price) result of X points per trade (SumR/No of trades/10000*9am open price).
Let’s see
October 11th, 2022, 03:45 AM
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Legendary Market Wizard
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: NinjaTrader / IB /Rithmic
Broker: EdgeClear / InteractiveBrokers / Rithmic
Trading: DAX / (M)NQ / (M)ES
Frequency: Daily
Duration: Hours
Posts: 633 since Jul 2019
Thanks Given: 2,905
Thanks Received: 876
Tuesday
FDAX
Gap : no gap
Gap closed during IB: x
Position price at 9:30: inside prior day HL
IB direction: long
Not a very promising outcome, but it’s within the rules of taking it, so:
DAX Long (paper) trade
Entry 11:30
Exit 14:30
SL 59 pts (very high with current ATR )
Result 58 pts
Historical results with this setup:
SumR 207 (16 trades/win% 68.8%)
So, SumR translates to a relative (to current FDAX price) result of X points per trade (SumR/No of trades/10000*9am open price).
Let’s see
edit 12-10: SL almost hit
Last Updated on September 3, 2024