3min YM +4R Profit

Hi Everybody,

It was not all hard work on the US e-minis yesterday. The trend on the 15min YM was down to flat yesterday so the TS3 sell early afternoon on the 3min YM was a lot easier to take with confidence.

This resulted in a nice +4.6R profit (ignoring slippage and commission).

So there were some much easier trades yesterday on the US e-minis

Thanks, Steve

Profits and loses.....

I just want to remind you all that there will always be loses as well as Profits in any trading. We show these are small triangles on the charts in the RT add-ons. We will be adding this feature in the new MTPredictor v6.5 RT soon.....

But the important point is that the losses are kept small. Three -1R losses here are still such small than just one of the +4R or +5R profits yesterday. This is what amateurs don’t understand, it is not the number of profits and losses (win %) that is important, it is their size. Here 3 losses at -3R total was still much small than just two profits at +9R total. Professional know and understand this, amateurs need to learn this......

Thanks, Steve

3min NQ – TS3 sell later in the day

Unusually, the best trades yesterday on the 3min NQ were “against” the larger degree trend. This is rare but as long as they are managed more aggressively, they can still be nicely profitable. For example a nice +4R Profit later in the day on this TS3 sell.

Normally the best trades are “with” the larger degree trend, but the market does not always work perfectly in the way we want. The idea of “knowing” the larger degree tend is helping you be more aggressive or not in your trade management.

Amateurs expect the markets to work 100% as they expect, the truth is a long way from this. Successful trading is about risk control and trade management, and not trying to “predict” the future, the market will always be right, we will not, so it is better looking at what we can control, and that is our initial risks and trade management. This is what professional traders focus on, what they can control and not worrying about what they cannot :-)

Thanks, Steve

3min NQ – TS1 sell

Hi Everybody,

Today I wanted to answer a few questions on the 3min NQ, and in particular how to manage trades that are “against” the larger degree (15min) trend.

The day started well yesterday with the DP resistance nailing the high of the day for you ! But later in the morning a nice TS1 sell unfolded. For the Advanced Traders among you, as this was against larger degree (15min) DP support you should have moved your stop to break even quicker, using the 100% initial risk guideline. This is what I was looking at in my Advanced Customer Training webinar on Wednesday.

The result was a nice +5R Profit (ignoring slippage and commission). So yes there can be good trades against the trend, but you must manage than more aggressively as you are against the main trend.

Thanks, Steve