• Hopefully Zoomie and Mr. White Folks will post later about the killing they made today. I personally found no viable-looking trades in ES since the morning video… as this update video shows, every pattern I saw today was broadening, which is kryptonite for my otherwise invincible style of trading.

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  • 3 Comments

    Take a look at some of the responses we've had to this article.

    1. no can do…i saw a wedge developing on the 5′, and played it early (that’s what u amateurs refer to as wrong – us pros are just early)…u r either a pimp or a ho — today, i was the ho!

    2. Eric in Washington
      Dec 3rd
      Reply

      Hey Richard, would your bot have made any trades? Is there a way to backtest on what happened today?

      Good job for sticking to discipline. :)

      E.

    3. Dec 3rd
      Reply

      The bot was on today, but chose not to trade. It’s very picky about its trades, and today just didn’t offer many opportunities. At least, in the eotpro live room, I saw that others were getting chopped up, as well. The recent market action has been kinda difficult for the style of trading I’m trying to master right now.

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