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Popular opinion would say to stay away from the 1st hour of trading. I signed up for the UTC, so I could learn how to do it. I could see I was missing opportunites, or worse, losing money. I’m pleased with what I found.
From this post by Dr. Brett, you can plainly see that you have to learn how to trade the opening hour.
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December 15th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Absolutely! The open and the close are where it’s at for stocks and futures alike, as far as I can tell.
December 15th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
the only play i can see in the mid afternoon is fading moves where it takes out the high/low by a few ticks…i haven’t become consistent with this yet, but i think it could be a high probability play…that’s another motivation in my search for a reliable, and timely indicator
its no secret that “they” run stops…instead of complaining about it, i’m trying to identify it, and be on the right side
December 15th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
One of the scalping systems that I’m pondering trades the ES premarket and first hour and then is done for the day. I find the concept interesting.
http://www.eminitradingstrategies.com/
December 15th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
michael: when r u going to join the MtM team?
December 15th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
lol. I’ll be a daytrader and writing my masters thesis (at night) beginning next month. I put my notice in at work yesterday and have been plowing through trading books and doing online research for the last three months. I know that the rest of you guys have a lot more trading experience than I do.
David Marsh is a nice guy. I’ve exchanged a few emails with him and talked to a very credible guy that runs a chat forum and has sucessfully tested David’s system. http://www.askatrader.com
The other system that I’m considering is EOT Pro–it was Richard’s posts that first lead me to MtM.
December 15th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Wow, Michael, that’s exciting! If you want to blog about your experiences, you are welcome to do it here. No matter what, be sure to keep us updated on how it goes.
What’s the masters thesis about?
December 16th, 2007 at 12:46 am
michael: experience doesn’t amount to much when you’re like a fish out of water (that comment is directed at myself and nobody else)…from the little bit i was able to glean from the link u gave, he sounds much like richard did when he was trading stocks…get your nut, and quit for the day!…i also would have joined eotpro if i hadn’t bought this mac…all in all, i’m glad to be done with windows
i agree with richard…i think it would be very interesting for most traders to see u on your journey…especially with a good plan in place…anyone writing a masters thesis will fit right in at MtM (although, i would like some company on the lower end of the intelligence spectrum)
btw, u may be the 1st liberty dollar nut to join the team :-)
believe it or not, richard was the first to open his blog to different styles and perspectives…he started the trend, and i see that its caught on, in the blogosphere, over the last year…we are trend setters, but not necessarily trend followers…can’t wait to see your 1st post
December 16th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
My degree is in Telecommunications–I’m a Cisco nerd by profession. My program requires a capstone paper, so it isn’t a research thesis. I’m going to write on the state of IPv6 migration–especially focusing on the aspects that will cause companies to stumble in their deployment. It’ll be written as an overview to assist consultants. My school isn’t fancy enough to require publication but I could probably wow them by submitting an article based upon it. heh.
My dabbling in trading so far has not been profitable. I’m current down 25% on a Roth IRA that I’ve been learning options with. I’m up this month, though, so things are starting to turn around for me.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
no one’s profitable right away. Once you get to focus on it full-time, I think you will see faster progress. And the pressure to feed yourself can be a great motivator if it doesn’t mess with your head too much.