Recent content by ilir.shkurti

BataviaTrader, I am impressed by your website design. Do you use a blogger template? Can you share which one, if it is public? How did you get your domain name? I am ignorant on matters of the internet, unfortunately. If you fancy sharing, feel free to PM.

Been trading ES for close to three years now, one trade per day mostly, 2-3 points per contract overall. My win/lose ration to date is about 81%. Nearly all trades at the open. Definitely not for the faint of heart. P.S. A snapshot of entry page on my trading journal spreadsheet. Trades are...

Traded with AMP for all of two months two summers ago. Their commissions and margin requirements were very competitive. What undid it for me were their subpar support. One of their individuals was so frustratingly maddening to me in an email exchange for something I needed help with, that I...

I have used a trading journal from the beginning of my trading career nearly three years ago. There is no doubt it provides valuable insight into performance, as each profit and loss teaches you something. My journals used to be spreadsheets fine-tuned ad-nausea with all kinds of variables...

Great article Having been a full time trader for over two years, your premise question haunted me for a long time. Anytime a friend would state that what I did was gambling, I would work myself into a frustrated explanation as to why it is not like at the casino, but how it is as much of a...

I have not. However, the book "Trade the Markets" by John Carter is a good read that does speak to time and sales. Do not expect a silver bullet in getting 'the secret', but it does give pretty much all the mechanics (which for the record, I have discussed in this thread more than once). No...

I have been trading as usual, save for last week, which I tool of due to some non-trading assignment. I have scaled down posts, here and at the blog due to having run out of new and relevant things to say. A regurgitation of p/l seems trite after a while. I hope all is well with you and the rest...

After an extremely volatile last week (especially Thu and Fri), which nonetheless provided a lot of opportunity for the astute traders out there, it is nice to get some semblance of normalcy. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=to0HdImpeQmE8OTzctxR_Vw&output=html

OK, which of you shorted early and let it run? LMAO!!!

My stop is 3 ES points. Accounts for about 3% risk based on my lot size. I use this on both my gap and reversal setups. I have just over 200 trades with this stop and stop hit rate is around 15 percent (85 percent win ratio). I know my stop is bigger than most traders' I have had the chance to...

Same link, I had just hidden last year's trades (now they show up).

Just finished last gap play of the week. Details within link on my post preceding this.

In lieu of constant visits here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Ai-O5eePo7sMdG8wSGRJbXBlUW1FOE9UemN0eFJfVnc&hl=en

Been a while since posting regularly. Gaps were precarious this week. Two-pointers yesterday and today. On a non-gap note, nice bounce-off from R1 today, caught a 5pt short play from 1210.50.

Bagged a profit different that my usual target(s) today, 2.75 points, as I saw notable resistance and exited remainders. Immediately after, price kissed R1. This week was decent. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=to0HdImpeQmE8OTzctxR_Vw&output=html