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TheNegotiator
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straight through it is then! 1259 is next area I'll look at.
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No it just comes up with some error.
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Yeah I thought so. Just one thing I'd note right now. The approach to the 56/56.50 is not clean. I'm not sure and would have to see when it gets there, but really when it's this close and trading like this I feel it could well shoot straight through. In which case I'll take a look at the 59's
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Are you talking about the full globex session now?
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Haha! Fair play. Lovely test down at low there + 1 tick fail. Still reckon the 56.50 Josh?
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The only different versions are standard and non-CLR (no .NET). The package is exactly the same for win and ubuntu, just in ubuntu you need to run it via Wine(Wine = WINdows Emulator). I had no problem installing and using it, but when they did a new release to fix some issues, it just wouldn't install. Plus, I couldn't work out how to uninstall my sierra version as it remains there on re-installation of Wine and doesn't appear when you run the "Wine uninstaller" command in the terminal. I think I might be able to search for the sierra installation folder and delete it, but not sure and hassle right now!
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True about the 56.50. As for the software, well each to their own I guess. Personally I don't find anything especially inconvenient about greenshot and will support its development by using it. I do think snagit is a rip-off (at least for what I would use it for). Would you buy a beer for $50 if there was no other pub open at the time or maybe it was just an unfamiliar place to you?
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It's all about the dollar(and the Euro, well just currencies and economies)! Take a look at the relationship between say Euro (6E for futures) and ES/YM/NQ/TF etc. Just inverse to DX.
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It was indeed a news spike. Some ECB stuff I believe.
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1- I dislike Jing as the editor is not too flexible. 2 - I am not a fan of the whole series(TS). They are overpriced and I just don't accept that. If you have a great programme then lots of people will buy it if you price it fairly. So on principle I won't use their software although it is good. If there was no alternative, of course I'd have to grin and bear it. But that's not the case. Snagit is very good but as I said before, I won't pay £40 for software which takes a screenshot and then allows me to annotate it.
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Exactly why do you think this is true?
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Nice one VTK! One thing I was having problems with was removing Sierra and installing the new non-CLR version. I don't know if this is just a problem I am having with Wine, but it is an issue as they fixed some features which I use in the new version! Any ideas?
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Okay so I kinda cheated in Greenshot today as I needed bendy lines, so I just edited it in paint after! Still, I'm cool with that for now and let's just remember it's in version 0.xxx! Hopefully it'll get better as it goes along. Anyway, I don't know about anyone else, but to me ES looks heavy. Lot's of consolidation followed by a failed attempt higher just isn't too great imo. I suggest that at the very least there'll be an attempt to break it lower possibly today. However as I always say this is just my opinion. Anything can and will happen so we have to read it as it happens!!! Here's the chart:-
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Okay I took a quick look around the internet just now and there are a few alternatives. Probably none of which are absolutely perfect but pretty good too. There are various paid for programs which I have basically flat ignored. Then there are a number of apps in the chrome app store for free if you like them. Personally, the nicest one which I think I'll try for now is Greenshot. Greenshot - a free and open source screenshot tool for productivity It's free opensource which is very nice too. The only thing is there are no marker style objects I can see, no pen tool and no bendy line tool I will look more later.
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It's on my list of things to research! Right now I just use win 7 snipping tool & paint although it is quite annoying really. I know snagit is good but I refuse to pay £40 for basically easily drawing arrows on a screenshot on principle!!! Ubuntu has a really great free one but I haven't fully committed to migrating yet as it would mean I have to change platform too. The licensing software(nalpeiron I think) which Linnsoft uses just wouldn't run with Wine unfortunately. Anyway, I am certain that there either is or will be soon a better alternative!!
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Not too shabby Josh. All about building up confidence.
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The 1259 dd middle worked very well for the short there. So far profile is balanced. Looks like a break either side could be decent.
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Yup. I think that 59 area looks pretty interesting from yesterday's action. Low point in dd.
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The 1 tick fail on the high worked well yesterday! Actually it went quite a bit further. Lots of news flowing at the moment. My pre-open chart is saying to me two things. 1- Although the market has moved down from its open in the past two trading sessions, overall there is strength. The high yesterday was fairly poor having been tested twice failing by that tick to 1266.25 the second time. This suggests to me we are too long at the moment after a substantial move up. Remember that there are lots of uncertainties still in the market. But also being higher doesn't necessarily mean overpriced either. Inflation is high and currencies in real terms are worth less and what is ES (and obviously lots of other things) valued in? Currency. Another clue is the overnight range so far. This is not higher today so probably we are slowing on the move up. So long as Europe doesn't upset the markets too much then, what I am suggesting is a selloff before a move higher. Could be wrong though
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Yeah it's pretty slow right now. sometimes though when others switch off there's a move. Possibly a 1 tick fail on the high there and if it holds it could well lead to test of other side of range.
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TheNegotiator replied to tradergurl's topic in Trading Psychology
VTK perhaps to truly harness the power of at ease thought(not necessarily relaxed as such), it is better to pursue both a competent strategy avoiding the stress in the first place AND de-stress afterwards regardless. After all, if we are less stressed in the first place, it takes less to come down from any emotional state does it not? This way it's harder for stress to build up over time and there will be less intense ups and downs in your emotions. Most trading battles however, are won and lost not in front of the screen but in preparation for the task ahead. So being consistent in emotion all the time allows you to be level headed in your thinking of the market pre-trading too. -
Awesome 7 point range day so far today! Btw note the high(and I did correct the price just b4 it got there!). Any thoughts about what is going on? Looking quite balanced.
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It's possible that'll be capped earlier at say 66.50 but we are much closer to this area already now. Plus we have kinda tested the area close to open on Fri(8:30am ish from memory) to 62.75 and yet we're back here again. Also I don't think it's very clean on the profile either. It's also possible we'll go much higher too or just sell off straight from open :rofl: Edit:The high vol I was talking about actually comes in at 1266.00 for reference.
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Another Monday! Although trade was moving down on Friday, most of the volume remained above the 48.50 and Thurs range. Overnight trade has been higher so far and it looks like we may trade higher today(but who knows!). A couple of figs out at 10am EST (ISM non-Man, Fact Ord).
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Hmm, maybe. I'm not totally sure posting all of your trades is going to be productive as such(sometimes quite a few trades) but also, I can see that posting reasons why certain trades were taken or passed on might be useful. I have tried to slip a few of those in recently though .