Introduce Yourself Here - Don't Be Shy!!

[fantastic4 10]

Hey Fin and Free, I'm new to this board as well. I mainly trade the Thai market but use the US market as a leading indicator. That's one big advantage the Asian markets have, they follow.

[Jaspios 10]

Hello everyone!

 

I'm new to this board, and new to trading as well. Just started studying and am eager to learn anything and everything I can.

[asavage 10]

I just found this forum and I excited to be here. I am really interested in Algo trading and using matlab and Excel in trading.

 

I have a more statistical viewpoint on trading and welcome any ideas.

 

My motto is that you have to test to be sure!

[asavage 10]

Welcome! I am new here also.

[asavage 10]

Welcome. I used to trade at the CBOE before it went downhill. Now I trade off floor.

 

Go Cubs

[rod30 10]

hello i want to say thanks to Dbphoenix, Tinigull, Anonymous, Naveevia and the others guys and girls which they are sharing their great knowledge. Now things are more clear

[brainycat 10]

Hi Everyone,

 

I am obviously new to the site and wanted to introduce myself. I have been trading equities for the last 5 years on a part time basis with mixed results. The primary problem I have is sticking to my methodology. This has led me to look into automated trading (how I found this site!).

 

I have many questions which I will post to appropriate forums in the near future. I hope to learn from you folk's here.

 

Have a great day!

[GuardUp 10]

Hi,

I'm new to trading. I've been recently getting a understanding on shorting, especially in this market, how things are going? I'd be glad to know what tools any experience traders use or any tips. I take with open ears!.

Thank you

[Mavrik00 10]

market profile can be a really powerful tool for traders, but many use it incorrectly.

 

The technical aspects of how market profile is calculated can be quite difficult to understand in a book, so it may be helpful to use this analogy..

 

Market profile, specifically the value area bracket it produces can be used to increase the winning % of trades when used as a directional tool.

 

for example...

 

If price opens above the value area, one considers this bullish, and long trades are taken

 

if price opens below, we consider price to be bearish, and short trades are taken

 

using this simple barometer as a filter to ensure you are always trading on the "right side of the market" can be an easy tool to help a new trader actually USE this tool to benefit his trading results with winning trades.

 

Beware using VAH and VAL levels as opportunities to take trades, and dont even think about the POC....but that reasoning will have to be another time...

 

hope it helps...

 

Mav

[sagar09 10]

This is sagar09 saying Namaskar(an Indian gesture of greeting) to all of u.

 

I joined the forum many months back and can see that the forum is quite rich in content.Myself is a trader in Indian Futures Market.

 

Wish to have a good journey here.

 

Regards.

[Hieronymus 10]

Hi everybody:

 

I've been trading part-time for about two years. I traded stocks for a few months but soon moved to futures. I trade intraday and mostly use TA. Recently I started digging more into Market Profile.

 

There's me in a nutshell

 

I'm really looking forward to reading posts and adding my own stuff here.

 

Regards,

 

Hieronymus

[quantspot 10]

Hi All,

 

This is angela from HK, I'm not a trader but what I do is related to trading. I'm the manager of http://www.quantspot.com - a vertical quant/trader job search engine.

 

really nice to meet you guys in this nice forum. hope I could be a resources

 

Best,

Angela

[joy99 10]

Hello and good luck in yor trading.

[joy99 10]

Hi

Good luck on your trading. There is lots of useful info on the forum.

[joy99 10]

welcome and good luck

[edabreu 10]

For me each trade starts as a scalp to first target. So I define my style as a scalper; always on the look out for the bigger trade.

I trade the ES, FESX, FDAX.

My focus is on price and price bar patterns. I use range charts. This defines price without time into specific brackets. I pay close attention to the ratio of trading price on the building bars defined size. I also pay close attention to the speed of the bar building in relation to the previous bar. I pay close attention to the last few bars position in relation the nearby s&r. I pay close attention to the dom orders and cummulative order buildup as price approaches the trading bid/ask. I use market profile for volume distribution of current days trading, of pervious sessions tpo/vol areas, and of the kill zones. I use the volume at the price point setup for entry at the best possible moment I can see. I use standard and customized tools to help me define a trading opportunity before moving in to focus on the entry opportunity for minimal risk.

I am near 90% accurate to first target. My first target is 1 point (4 ticks). I trade 2 and 3c lots depending on the setups rating. I have only 2 trade setups, and 2 variations for add points or re-entry. I use a 6 tick money stop, and a 10 tick catastrophy stop on each trade. I also employ the free trade principle once I have some of the markets money to play with. I trade to my daily quota and stop trading for the day. I usually only trade 2 hours a day. Then I go and focus on the other parts of my profession ..ie - places like this and private clients.

 

I have had a few great mentors (and some real assholes), and have spent a fortune learning mostly the hard and costly way. If I can save anyone that pain, then I will. Its the least I can do, since in the exchange there is something for me. It keeps me sharp, keeps me focused and constantly under review and scrutiny. This is a tough profession and even tougher business. It is not for everyone.

My method works for me. I do not know all the answers and do not have your secret answer. But I can help if only to keep you from making the most gross mstakes.

I am a professional trader. Anyone here is free to trade with me at any time, or ask me questions between trades.

[NORIMICHI 10]

Hi,angela.Nice to meet you.

[nighttrader 10]

Dropping by to say hi from South Korea. Have been in a number of trading forums but impressed with this one in particular. Currently trading the Kospi futures and KTB bonds. KTB, a better instrument for swing trades. Good to see a few CQG users here as well. I look forward to sharing some charts and insights.

 

Dan S.

[Soultrader 12]

Hi Dan, welcome to TL! Good to have a Kospi trader on board. Looking forward to your posts

[stevethetrader 10]

trading with you sounds great, i have been trying to get someone to trade with me for a month now. i have been trading for 10 years but dont concider myself a professional yet and right now have myself on a self imposed training program. How do you propose that we trade together during market hours??

[brownsfan019 17]

The TL Chat Room would be an option.

[jonny 10]

Hi

 

It's been a while, since I registered my ID here. Now I'm starting to

drop some lines, right after I felt this forum is really really great.

 

KRX Futures and Options are what I'm trading currently. I'm interested

in EUREX DJ Stoxx50 recently, because it's opening after KRX market

closed. It would be great, if can trade ES or YM, but I have to sleep at

night. =)

 

Have a great day.

Edited April 14, 2009 by jonny

[brownsfan019 17]

Sleep? Who needs sleep.

 

Just get some coffee:

 

:missy:

 

J/kiddin. Welcome to the forums.

[stan21 10]

signed up for this forum over a year ago, but have been coming back to it more and more recently. Seems to be tons of useful info here.

 

Hope to learn and ton and contribute eventually

 

Stan

[cnbcaddict 10]

I just joined today. I thought I would post under your thread to also welcome you at the same time.