I'm 20?

[james_gsx 16]

Wow I feel old. In the last year I've tripled the size of my paychecks, I trade real money, and I found e-mini futures. My biggest accomplishment, I'm now single and don't have to deal with her anymore :o I still as if I haven't accomplished anything, and I still feel stuck. But I guess I should keep reminding myself of what I have accomplished?

 

I haven't traded in 3 weeks due to my personal life basically collapsing. But now I am back, and I will start off paper trading to get back into the feel of things. I know Brownsfan doesn't like that idea, but being gone for 3 weeks is a long time and I haven't really looked at any charts or anything thats market related so I have no idea what's going on.

 

I want to post my swing trades, and I would like to do so on a blog. Does anyone recommend anyplace where I can do this for free?

[brownsfan019 17]

Welcome back james!

 

As for blogging, one of the more popular softwares to use is wordpress. From there you can learn how to host the blog yourself or create a free one over here.

 

Blogger also seems like a popular one.

 

I've been debating about the whole blog thing as well, so let me know how it goes and what service you end up going with.

[OAC 10]

but being gone for 3 weeks is a long time and I haven't really looked at any charts or anything thats market related so I have no idea what's going on.

 

Welcome back James As a daytrader, you don't need to know whats going on.

Just get into the rhythm of things.

 

Best of Luck

[Soultrader 12]

Welcome back James As a daytrader, you don't need to know whats going on.

Just get into the rhythm of things.

 

Best of Luck

 

hmm.. really? I tend to need to stay in the game always or else I am completely off. Everyday the markets illustrates a roadmap for the following day. Without understanding the price action from the past sessions, I find it difficult to design a trading plan. Maybe its just my style of trading as I tend to look at certain levels and read the tape to determine direction.

 

Good to have you back James. I hope things are good with your personal life as well as trading life. Good luck!

 

PS: regarding blogs... I am debating whether to install a newer blogging system for the site. However its been highly unpopular lol. Perhaps wordpress is best suited for individuals.

[OAC 10]

What I meant was: Trade what you see and not what you think:)

[OAC 10]

What I meant was: Trade what you see and not what you think:)

 

i think Brownsfan would agree with me. He can do 15 trades in 10 minutes or something to that effect. Wow.

[james_gsx 16]

Well I made a blog for those interested. I sent it off to family members hence why I had to put everything in "idiot terms". If I didn't they would just look at the charts and get a blank face lol

 

http://jamesgsxfuturestrades.wordpress.com/

[brownsfan019 17]

i think Brownsfan would agree with me. He can do 15 trades in 10 minutes or something to that effect. Wow.

 

OAC - I get what you are saying. There are many, many ways to trade the markets and for me, I just trade what I see. I don't go into a day with any bias and just let it go. But, I can see the validity in doing homework the night before and structuring your plan based on what you've seen to provide the ground work for the current day.

[brownsfan019 17]

Well I made a blog for those interested. I sent it off to family members hence why I had to put everything in "idiot terms". If I didn't they would just look at the charts and get a blank face lol

 

http://jamesgsxfuturestrades.wordpress.com/

 

Good luck with it James and hopefully you'll still contribute some ideas here. It may be redundant, but I think you'll get some good feedback here on particular trades, setups, etc. if you post charts and such here as well.