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What is your "A" setup versus your other setups? Is it one with a higher win rate? Is it one that is easier to spot? Is it one that gives you a larger target usually? A smaller stop? I am not asking about your precise setup or trading plan, just curious what criteria makes it an "A" versus the other setups?
I had a very similar event as you described Auric -- prolonged artial fib et al. Was very scary and they put me in the hospital for observation for 2 days ( I had never been hospitalized before that, having enjoyed good health -- I was 45). Well that was 13 years ago and thanks to higher sources I haven't had another such occurrance. But it did wake me up to the fact that none of us are immortal and that we should not live our lives as though that were the case. I made some pretty major life changing alterations to my life shortly after all that. And I view trading as only a means to an end: putting bread on my family's table and a roof over their heads. Thank you Panda for reminding us all of this fact -- and my prayers go out to you that you see you little one's 506h birthday and many many more following that.
+40 ticks today after commissions. 2 losers, a BE and two winners. One +20 and the other +41.
No trades until 45 minutes after the open....I don't think I've ever waited that long to take a trade. There were two possibles before this, both worked but neither were A set ups so I passed.
I also had my live feed disconnect in the middle of a losing trade. I freaked out thinking my stops were local. Called up the broker, sure enough I was already out. My stop worked perfectly....a month ago, I would not have been able to continue trading out of fear, today, different story, just wait for the next one. That was a BE followed my a loser then the winner to get back to even....wait and wait some more, the A set up appears again....this time I think its gonna run, sure enough, it went to my intended target. I exited and then it went through another 20 ticks. The trail out location would have been the same price I exited anyway....
Near perfect execution today. I've only traded three days this week but I've made more money this week than I have the previous month and a half combined.
No charts this weekend.
Cheers.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Leonardo da Vinci
Most people chose unhappiness over uncertainty, Tim Ferris
Which feed are you using to trade CL, do you have server side oco? If local OCO, the stops are working at the exchange, but the cancel functionality is local, so if either stop or target is hit while disconnected, the other won't cancel.
Its AMP/CQG. They said they have server side OCO which makes sense as the stop executed exactly where it was supposed to even though my machine was offline. Ninja does not reflect that trade in its account summary section but the account balance as well as entry and exit fills match exactly what I think it should be.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Leonardo da Vinci
Most people chose unhappiness over uncertainty, Tim Ferris
This has been my very first issue with them since I opened the account.....and they handled it perfectly on the phone. Very fast as they had a lot of calls coming in but still, I got what I wanted very quickly.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Leonardo da Vinci
Most people chose unhappiness over uncertainty, Tim Ferris
in the executions tab in the Ninja control center, you can right-click and Add... to enter the trade. I think it's to let you sort out situations like this manually so that Ninja's account summary & stats won't be affected.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
dont believe anything you hear and only half of what you see 
