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roztom

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    I'm currently @ 408,764 on task manager... If I move the crosshairs over the screen it climbs... I hope they can figure it out... I haven't changed any of my stuff except I added the Extended Fractals...
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    Since we have already discussed your "course" and you said you would NOT contribute to the site here to help us become better traders, "For Free" which many others here do... I would then respectfully request that you keep your word..
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    Does it just keep climbing?
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    Was it going off for you before? My computer is dedicated and is just under server level..so it is up to snuff..the memory leak is not a good thing - hopefully it can get through the trading day & not get into trouble... Still, I never had this issue before with the previous builds... I am communicating with Bill Lind & Chad on this... I'll let you know what they come up with..
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    N/Josh my IRT Memory Useage alarm just went off @ 400MB. If you hit control /System status and then message log it might tell you what you are using.. t
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    BTW: at 2:16cst I have a buy setup @ 1405.00 that I didn't take..one problem... stops should/could have gotten taken at 1404.75.. then I would have been all over it... just my sense of smell..those stops are still there and since it wasn't taken I "suspect" we have more of a magnet to take them now.. Just the way I "see" the process...just me..
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    I'd like to move on to the original premise of this Thread... Why people will pay anyone, let alone the scammers to learn to trade.. I wonder how many have paid for someones DVD's, Books, Seminars, On line Chat rooms, etc, etc. I'd be very suprised if we all didn't do some of it at various times... I certianly have and I came out of the industry and was exposed too some "brillant" traders.. The more I gathered the more deadends I encountered.. Some of those deadends took over a year to jetison... Elliot Wave comes to mind just for one... I have a list so long that when I go back to the beginning I ask myself what was I smoking?? I just was searching..and I would have paid anything to get the answers...WHY..I wanted to stop the pain, frustration and confusion.. I wanted to succeed.. I think it is human nature to want to get mentored.. Until you master this trading thing all you can do is relate it to your own life experiences which is centered on structured education...so we tend to follow that path.. Unfotunately unlike the "real" world, trading is not especially replicable. Some of the structural part is in many respects replicable...a chart is a chart, a pattern is a pattern - you can learn to recognize that at its most basic level etc. but it is the rest of it.. how and what to do with it - the alignment...the mental process to create a decision making path from whatever structure you recognize to take action... that is where it breaks down. How aligned do you have to be to sit in a University class to pass the exam? Not even close to what trading is but how would you know? And there are a never ending list of vendors good and bad waiting to help you fulfill your dreams.. what most vendors don't, won't or can't tell you is that it is all on your shoulders not theirs for you to succeed.. I have been fortunate to know successful traders in my career..when we talk shop we talk the same stuff.. "we know" but that is where it starts & stops.. I reference my 20 - 50 lot ES buddy. He thinks I'm nuts for trading my size and scaling them out instead of trading larger for shorter targets (he is a member/lower cost). Who's right? We both are.. How does that relate to buying a course..the same issue how do you take it and play it like its your own? I don't think too many can.. but everyone thinks they'll be the one
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    I know Josh.. Come on... What is THE Answer... It always comes back to target, extended target, etc... or the "Hail Mary Pass" where you go into the end of day... Once I got away from Position & Swing Trading I have a hard time thinking like that..just let it roll... I have been trying to get it back into my plan but it seems to conflict with some Reptilian part of my brain... :crap:
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    It is filmed in Port Issac, Cornwall I think... Absolutely beautiful place... and a very engaging show... Brit humor is well - unique.
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    Well, I'm sure many of us will be dissappointed that we will be deprived of your expertise.
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    I'm glad you are being productive...my knitting is atrocious... BTW: On the other thread you used the word "Brillant.." I am a Doc Martin fan and my wife and I say "Brillant" to each other all the time..you watch Doc Martin? .
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    Exactly the right thing to do... Good for you... I am still wondering about managing my runners..in reality I didn't let it run.. I set a target of 1405.00 - I'd say that was not running... but the good news is, in spite of myself I am having a decent day..but not the day it could have been... Still better to have been long than wrong... (I was short earlier too).
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    JOsh Quote: Not right or wrong Tom, just a different start date -- king of the composite, FT71, begins his long term profile in 10/2007, which you are as well I think, because that's the most recent top. N is using the beginning of that whole period of balance so it goes further. Personally I think a look at SPY, or even TPOs of SPX, would give a clearer picture, as ES has been back-adjusted, spliced, combined, and mangled many different ways by many different data providers in those last 5 years at each rollover (about 18 of them). Just look at the last major swing low last October 2011 -- looking at a continuous ES contract you would think it only dipped 3 points below the August low, when a look at the cash will show it actually went 26 points below. Just my Cash shows market's next target IMO: 1440, by the time we get there probably about 1437 ES Thanks..Well I just got my "runner" scale 1405.00 so I am done for now unless we counter rotate and then I would scalp around a upper balance area if it's large enough..maybe with 1402 - 04 bottom range... Thanks for the info...guys..
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    SPear: I think one of the resons you have gotten some "heat" here is that right now you are interacting with some actually successful traders... What you don't know is how qualified some might be to teach, which some are, how successful- which to varying degrees from a few lot trader to size, some are. Right here on this thread. Let's assume for a moment some here are qualified to do it - yet as far as I know, they do not... Why? I wonder how many would actually tutor a friend or relative.. Think about what that could mean...if they don't succeed they may hold you responsible..where is the upside in that? How do you think it would feel sitting across the Thanksgiving table with your brother-in-law or father-in-law for the rest of your life or a true friend -whose relationship you valued -not an acquaintance who failed at trading after you "helped." I look at this as a trade in some ways..my downside is signifigently higher than my upside since I know the probabilities of anyone succeeding in this business are substantially skewed to the downside ...industry ststistics - not mine plus 30+ years of observation. Can I teach - yes. I really enjoy sharing my passion for trading. Nothing comes remotely close. Can I help someone trying to learn - probably. Would they succeed? Should I monitize my experience, trading education and create a business to leverage my yield on my trading business? Not me.. What I do is give it away on this forum..Mostly it is not what I do right, which I do point out some trades, the thinking, structure, etc but I stress what I do wrong... I make mistakes everyday...that is where we must fight our own demons, ourselves..that is what I post... the good and the ugly... Once you get this business down, the challange is all mental... You said you didn't sell your course...that is good..I'm still not sure what the point of your posts are... We all want/need to grow.. community is a important part of it... if you have something to contribute here than why don't you show us how you can help.. I'm sure all of us and the newbies would appreciate it..
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    N: I have 1405.50 on my composite.. I think it might not be set right..which date are you using?
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    LESSON: TRADING 101 Well I got my scales.. so that is some salve on the psyche and am holding my runner target only 1405.00. Moral of my lack of focus: 1. I gave up 1399.00 trade location with 2 tick risk to buy back @ 1399.75.. 2. Increasing my risk to 5 ticks... over double.. 3. Gave up .75 pts profit potential on the other side... That is an interesting lesson and look at the consequences of the slip up.. I am posting this because while nobody else screws up like I do :rofl: Right? I want readers to see what can happen and what it can mean even for a seasoned trader... That IMHO is where I can help others who read this thread... that is why I am here and also to get help for myself so I can do better...
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    I'd love to tell you how smart I am but I took my stupid pill...I got stopped at low of retrace... stop should have been 2 tics further away... I bought it right back...no matter what happens that was an unneccesay B/E .. I gave up .75 trade location to get my position back... :crap: SO now I have a 5 tic risk instead of 2 tick... I don't mind telling you this is where my focus breaks down... and it does impact the P & L..fortunately I do enough things right but it does add up... As I get older it is happening more often... Also I am taking some allergy med this morning - .. we have an early Spring in the Midwest..been in the 70's - 80's when it is usually around freezing so everything is blooming...
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    BTW: I hullucinate 15m Flags... that's what I see & we are in the congestion here but it "looks" like a lazy coil to me... but as Josh says ACH:missy:
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    Well you guys positioned the short better than me..it ticked my first scale & reversed.. I ended up eating 1pt per car... I got long against a LVN 98.75 @ 1399.00 and am holding waiting for a bkout , Have scales laid out - none off yet.. with final target 1405.00 for last scale... "Trading Gods be Willing" Edit: If it breaks down from here I'll scratch it .. GRRRR :helloooo:
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    A memory leak is when the application uses up available memory and does not release it back... if you open your task manager you will see the memory being used by IRT and in mine it kept climbing.. IT set an alert off in IRT... When memory useage gets too high the app will slow down or crash... mine didn't get thqat far but it was headed in that direction.... They did a fix yesterday Sunday and did a new release this morning but I have no idea if it's just my configuration or something else... It is only severe on playback and I have not checked it during realtime or to see if the release this morning fixed it... I sent them a copy of my database to test.. just FYI..
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    Potential IRT Memory Leak Over the weekend I upgraded to ver 10.5.c3 and I had a memory leak issue.. which became apparent during playback. Today I upgraded to ver 10.5.c4 which was just released.. I do not know if this ver fixed it or not since I won't do my playback review until after market... Just FYI...
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    I actually took a scalp off the long side when we held Fridays closing swing low... I was suprised it went further than I thought but after it broke out I thought it had more upside - 1405.00 area. What is the reason for the sell-off?
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    Spear: I'm curious..what are you getting out of being on this thread?
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    You'll have to go a long way to BK CME...
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    Apprentice? You mean phone sales, right? So how did that work out for you?
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