Recent content by BlueRoo

No. They have all been on a rally and I would expect a stage 3 consolidation at these highs before we get an indication of where they will go next.

Not so much during the Asian session but I start watching during the EU session and am happy to take trades in ES, CL or 6E...

Trading Buddies International Trade House I have been thinking of doing this for a few years. Spending a trading holiday in South America somewhere in the same time zone as CST. Thought mid year 2017 or 2019 would be good. My trading buddies could come and stay. We could trade together and...

Excel is a great place to start... I think the best place to start is by having a spread sheet...building the metrics and learning the maths yourself...apart from statistics I have found defining each trade in terms of its setup and psychology at entry and exit is invaluable. See more details...

ABC Pullback Entry on a longer time frame. The following chart is 6EM 1 Hour. You can see the peak into exhaustion then the reversal below the spine. This ABC entry is one I used to use many years ago and is also part of my vien and spine break setups. I am looking at this entry being designed...

Thanks NVP, I enjoy contributing because it keeps me engaged and connected to the beginnings and progress of my trading journey. Trading is my sole form of income and this type of thread and my trading buddies group is a corner stone of my trading business plan. Giving to others is a secret...

Looking back on how I traded many years ago... I am starting to resurrect a tool I used many years ago tracking EOD prices...notice the MA analysis and in particular the idea of price falling into a rising average or price rising to a falling average...

It is important to understand futures and options expire on different days generally. And for options there are regular contracts and serial contracts. Here is an excel sheet I use to track expiry...

Day trading verse an alternative So in March I completed about 60 day trades for a gain of $13K+. Had a similar month for less total trades in February. April was a poor month for me, first in hospital for 10 days and then playing around with EOD trading...primarily using short options which is...

Different Styles of Trading Time for some reflection... I have come to the conclusion that my style of day trading and my day trading plan is not suitable for EOD trading. I tried some EOD trading in the second half of March but did not find the success I need to achieve 1K per day. Here are...

Nature of Trading I find the act of trading is a smoother experience if I am focused on my own process. Is it solitary...? Yes I am not at all interested in what other traders are doing in terms of their trades. I think most jobs have a solitary aspect to them...a point when the individual...

March becomes frustrating Well I was going so well but have hit the wall and the market pulled me too an abrupt halt...a couple of 1K loosing days...may not get my 4K week target but I will pull it back to square...the way I am thinking about it is to say...all I did was fail a couple of...

First week of March Good week and hit my 1K a day target every day...now don't want to stuff it up and go into the weekend down...keep reading those chart and staying away from indicatablowouts!

Futures Traded through February 2016

February 2016 Day Trading Summary Results