Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

postman said:
4 years is a lifetime in trading!

Tokyo you used to be a positive person, now you sound ... well anyone reading your posts can make their own mind up.
Whatever it is thats changed in YOUR life, your outbursts on here are misdirected.
Once again; you dont have to visit T2W this is the internet there are literally millions of places you could go to have an enjoyable experience and yet you keep coming back here. Ask yourself why?

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tokyojoe: Thank you T2W, postman, Dinos & all contributors
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/fir...stman-dinos-all-contributors.html#post2346030

Thank you T2W, postman, Dinos & all contributors
Hi, I am just sending a big thank you to all the guys on this trading forum for the wealth of shared information & inspiration.
As I mainly focus on index (FTSE & DAX) I would like to especially thank Postman for his tireless work, Sudden death (where is SD?) Herward the wake, Dentist, Barjon & the other regular very informed posters.

I think it should also be said (for myself anyway) that I have a great respect for another couple of guys... Dinos & 2be, these are phenomenal traders with finely tuned instinct, I am sure anyone else who follows/trades the live markets while keeping one eye on this thread will agree.

There are so many other threads with other peoples excellent input & I just thought a big THANK YOU was a long time coming from me to all of you.

I am a UK based spreadbet index trader & have been on a steep learning curve for the past 3 years. Not steep as in lost a fortune, but in terms of time, lots of time.
I am at a point of easing back a bit, but wow, this is a time zapping game when you are learning(which I think I will always be)

I trade strict PA with equally strict UK timeframe 8am-4.30pm to take advantage of the "relatively" accurate price (no laughing) & tight spread.

I have mainly taken the SB route as I have some very experienced friends who have gone from DMA to SB over the past few years.

The main thing I have learned is you have to teach yourself..... you can be shown all the technical s, all the money management etc, but it seems nothing replicates LIVE MARKET EXPERIENCE
(Demos in my opinion should be tried for a very limited time, but give false expectations)

It has taken hours & hours........& hours to come to a point where I am comfortable entering/exiting a trade, learning the spreadbet platform providers shenanigans (of which there are many & evolving all the time), learning all the indicators inside out, upside down & then coming full circle to pure PA, as once the LAGGING indicators are firmly lodged in your sub-conscious mind you can actually see them without the chart being cluttered.

My biggest demon has been.......YEP.!!..LETTING THE BAD TRADE GO !!

I know this seems to be the most obvious thing to master, but I am getting there.

Good luck to all in this crazy vocation
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SD is gone:cry:
 
Atilla said:
I think you've been bottling it up and someone has pi55ed you off big time and you've decided not to shovle other peoples pooh and striking out but trying to do such fine work on a traders forum, is not the ideal medium to release trapped souls if you ask me.

Life can be a paradox. Sounds like you are on a road to self discovery. Hope you find your self.

All the best (y)
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ummmmm striking out ! you've got some brass ones mate I'll give you that, considering your Brexit vent, sorry thread. Don't worry I don't need to strike out at anyone, or release trapped souls.

We are all on the road to self discovery, we learn everyday, well, those who choose to accept change will find life a much easier ride !
 
You getting a spanked botty, i got one once after the forum died 12 months ago.......strange as i found the answers from the likes of Trendi etc, both honest and enlightening.
 
Having a bad day, week, month or even year - cue the friends theme song ... we ALL go through it.

However there are ways of dealing with it.

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1. Stop trading and set up a new thread specifically for ranting about trading and how unfair life is.
"Why have it:
Because I've been clogging up the "Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures" thread with my rants and they deserve better."
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/home-trader/184906-victor-meldrew-traders-thread.html#post2307808

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2. Change YOUR strategy.
Ever have someone say to you, “It’s not all about you, you know!”? ... Well it Really IS All About You
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/understand-other-people/201612/it-really-is-all-about-you

That article was from 2016 ... I posted this in 2014 ...

"Yes it was a bad week last week.
And do you know who I blame ...
... myself."

http://www.trade2win.com/boards/home-trader/184906-victor-meldrew-traders-thread.html#post2307822

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3. Get back in the saddle.
If the game changes don't lay down and whine about it (unless you start your own thread) learn a new strategy and get back in the game!"

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No one strategy will last you your trading lifetime, evolve or die!
 
A sincere wish we set aside our differences all get back to posting our trades here. Interesting and fun to see where others are doing.

(y)
 
piphoe said:
This doesn't mean I won't still make fun of your trades :LOL:
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Just when you think the world has turned upside down and cant get any weirder, pip comes along and turns it inside out.

We sorely needed to lighten the mood here, well done pip.
 
postman said:
Just when you think the world has turned upside down and cant get any weirder, pip comes along and turns it inside out.

We sorely needed to lighten the mood here, well done pip.
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Ok, we hugged long enough starting to feel weird :LOL:
 
To ME my long :eek: 's rock solid

cover somewhere above 255 (thats YM pips) probably above 520
 
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