Pull ya DAX up!

[Modest]

Weekly summary:

+655 ticks on DAX.
45 trades.
Win rate 76%
Average winners > average losers
Biggest winner > biggest loser.

+106 ticks on DAX.
3 trades, all winners.

Going to cut it short tonight so that will be all for today

+219 ticks on DAX.
7 trades, 1 loser.

Not trading so well tonight, having brain farts all the time. May do more later, will see how time goes, exciting few days on the markets though lately!

Have you decided on what your going to name your Hedge Fund yet?

Nice work mate keep on chipping away!

 

[skc]

Have you decided on what your going to name your Hedge Fund yet?

Nice work mate keep on chipping away!

http://www.hedgefundnamegenerator.com/

 

[fiftyeight]

Have to ask, if you are not posting trades what are you hoping to gain or give back?

 

[Modest]

http://www.hedgefundnamegenerator.com/

Hahaha no way did not expect this to be a real site!

 

[ThingyMajiggy]

Have to ask, if you are not posting trades what are you hoping to gain or give back?

Mainly using it like a log/journal to keep track of my daily/weekly results and to jot down anything that I need work on etc. Doing it on a forum would also enable others to have some input too.

I'm happy to stop posting though if it's annoying people, doesn't bother me

 

[fiftyeight]

Mainly using it like a log/journal to keep track of my daily/weekly results and to jot down anything that I need work on etc. Doing it on a forum would also enable others to have some input too.

I'm happy to stop posting though if it's annoying people, doesn't bother me

I dont think anyone said it was annoying???

 

[ThingyMajiggy]

I dont think anyone said it was annoying???

Sorry I misunderstood your "If no trades, whats the point?" post as annoyance, my bad

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Sorry I misunderstood your "If no trades, whats the point?" post as annoyance, my bad

Well we wanna get something out of it!

Threads are for helping or being helped, right?

What about some charts like you did at the start.

 

[VSntchr]

Well we wanna get something out of it!

Threads are for helping or being helped, right?

What about some charts like you did at the start.

I think that he is using the thread he created as his EOD journal. Which is fine. People are going to ask questions from time to time, and he will respond...also he posts some of his own questions in some posts.

 

[ThingyMajiggy]

Well we wanna get something out of it!

Threads are for helping or being helped, right?

What about some charts like you did at the start.

I am being helped by posting my summary on here. Mate you just came in here and suddenly want me to post my trades after I have an okay week so you can code it up and see if you can make some money out of it instead of doing your own research. How is you wanting to code up my trades helping anyone except you in any way? What would I, or anyone else get out of that? Can't even find DAX EOD data by yourself, come on! Seriously.

This thread was never intended as a guide to trading, if you want to learn how to trade or want some help then see the likes of TH or one of tech's many super-helpful threads that he has done. This was never and will never be a "How to trade the DAX" thread, this was merely somewhere for me to keep a log/journal/record of my journey as I want to do this properly and wanted somewhere central like my own thread to post it all, rather than dancing around between other posts that weren't really the right place to post my stuff.

I don't see myself as a good trader, no where near it in comparison to the likes of those already mentioned on this forum, so I really don't feel like one to hand out advice on trading, especially when they are around and freely helping others in many, many threads. That would be like me teaching a kid how to swing a golf club when Tiger Woods is standing there, I'm just going to go "Ask him!"

VSntchr is on the money

 

[Gringotts Bank]

I see you don't want to help anyone else, that's fine. Certain things should be kept close to the chest if they are highly profitable.

But how does it help you to post your summaries? How is that different to saving it to your computer as a notepad or excel file?

Pull ya SOX up!!

 

[VSntchr]

I see you don't want to help anyone else, that's fine. Certain things should be kept close to the chest if they are highly profitable.

But how does it help you to post your summaries? How is that different to saving it to your computer as a notepad or excel file?

Pull ya SOX up!!

It's a forum, he is sharing his experiences. You don't have to read it?
It's obviously helping some people, even if it's just entertainment - the thread is regularly on my recent posts, meaning it's getting it's fair share of eye balls.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

It's a forum, he is sharing his experiences. You don't have to read it?
It's obviously helping some people, even if it's just entertainment - the thread is regularly on my recent posts, meaning it's getting it's fair share of eye balls.

Fair enough. I'll do my own thing and not interfere.

 

[ThingyMajiggy]

I see you don't want to help anyone else, that's fine. Certain things should be kept close to the chest if they are highly profitable.

But how does it help you to post your summaries? How is that different to saving it to your computer as a notepad or excel file?

Pull ya SOX up!!

It's not that I don't want to help anyone else, quite happy to. It's more I feel I'm not capable to because I don't feel fully sorted in my own trading yet, hence my advice of just seeking those that have been helping others for years in TH and tech. Plus I'd rather actually work on my trading and try to be the best I can be first, instead of taking the time to post each trade, reasons why, entries and exits etc for the silver platter you want me to hand it to you on.

It helps because it gives me another reason to keep pushing, would be fairly stupid to create a thread then not follow it up. Plus as I said before I can ask questions or others can offer advice on something I may have missed. Who knows maybe it might give others the urge to keep pushing too and do some hard work

But if the thread keeps getting derailed as it is or if it's annoying people at all as I said earlier I'm happy to shut it down, doesn't really bother me either way. I guess it is a kinda pointless thread, just some added incentive, not that I need it, but every bit helps.

 

[Trembling Hand]

But come on Thingy can you not just give me the EOD data? Don't you want to help me....... :arsch:

 

[Lone Wolf]

I’d like to put forward an idea – The simple fact that this thread exists and is regularly bumped is providing a benefit to others.

There may be long periods of little discussion. But sometimes an unusual event will occur, Sam or another will comment on it. Others will put in their 2 cents, discussion happens. Discussion that wouldn’t otherwise happen if Sam was keeping a private record. This thread has already generated valuable discussion, as I’m sure it will again if it continues.

My only comment to Sam would be to question if more information might help him in future when looking back? “+106 ticks on DAX. 3 trades, all winners.” doesn’t give you much info looking back.
- What type of day were you expecting?
- What type of day did we have?
- If you have multiple setups you look for, which ones did you take?
- Any missed opportunities?
- Any change in behaviour (I don’t usually look at correlated markets while trading DAX, but tonight I was looking at ….)

I think a while back Sam, you commented that you had a good night, but you made your profit going long in a market that trended down all night. That was an example of something that might mean something when you look back someday.

But the above is only a question, would it help? Maybe you already do this offline, maybe you don’t think it’ll help. You certainly have no obligation to share anything with us.

 

[Gringotts Bank]

But come on Thingy can you not just give me the EOD data? Don't you want to help me....... :arsch:

I did notice a little bit of a 'gimme gimme' vibe coming into my posts on this thread.

The needy-greedy thing rearing up. When I take that to the market, the market has its way with me. Profit destoyer.

Let it be...

 

[ThingyMajiggy]

I’d like to put forward an idea – The simple fact that this thread exists and is regularly bumped is providing a benefit to others.

There may be long periods of little discussion. But sometimes an unusual event will occur, Sam or another will comment on it. Others will put in their 2 cents, discussion happens. Discussion that wouldn’t otherwise happen if Sam was keeping a private record. This thread has already generated valuable discussion, as I’m sure it will again if it continues.

My only comment to Sam would be to question if more information might help him in future when looking back? “+106 ticks on DAX. 3 trades, all winners.” doesn’t give you much info looking back.
- What type of day were you expecting?
- What type of day did we have?
- If you have multiple setups you look for, which ones did you take?
- Any missed opportunities?
- Any change in behaviour (I don’t usually look at correlated markets while trading DAX, but tonight I was looking at ….)

I think a while back Sam, you commented that you had a good night, but you made your profit going long in a market that trended down all night. That was an example of something that might mean something when you look back someday.

But the above is only a question, would it help? Maybe you already do this offline, maybe you don’t think it’ll help. You certainly have no obligation to share anything with us.

Yeah valid points, maybe I could post a bit more detail but then I'm not sure if it would help, something I have been working on is really trying to do things that actually help my trading, and the main thing that does that by FAR is actually just trading, not posting about it, not talking about it, not reading books about it, not googling for fancy indicators(or making my own), none of that. It's just simply having an idea, having a crack, if it's regular and seems to be working then great, milk it, rinse and repeat.

Maybe in the future I can add more detail, that's if anyone's actually interested and reading anything in here, not exactly the most exciting thread, just using it for the reasons mentioned earlier.

 

[Trembling Hand]

I did notice a little bit of a 'gimme gimme' vibe coming into my posts on this thread.

The needy-greedy thing rearing up. When I take that to the market, the market has its way with me. Profit destoyer.

Let it be...

Actually i found your post funny on many levels.

Give me something I should go and get myself.
I can make a system work on anything although I have no idea what it looks like.
I will make an EOD system then that will enable me to make an intraday system.
If I had the data I would make a system but I haven't and that is what is stopping from a successful system (like they just grow on trees).

etc

Very amusing.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Yeah valid points, maybe I could post a bit more detail but then I'm not sure if it would help, something I have been working on is really trying to do things that actually help my trading, and the main thing that does that by FAR is actually just trading, not posting about it, not talking about it, not reading books about it, not googling for fancy indicators(or making my own), none of that. It's just simply having an idea, having a crack, if it's regular and seems to be working then great, milk it, rinse and repeat.

Maybe in the future I can add more detail, that's if anyone's actually interested and reading anything in here, not exactly the most exciting thread, just using it for the reasons mentioned earlier.

You have the right idea in that you should focus on what actually matters. Knowing what actually matters is another topic. If adding more detail won't help you then don't do it. Don't worry about what others are interested in. You started the thread, use it in the way that's most beneficial to you.