📈futures-stocks-chat

[fair socket]

watch it drop to my 181 tp now

[spare bloom]

do we have any news

i didnt even check

[surreal dust]

2pm NYSE

fmoc

[spare bloom]

minutes?

[surreal dust]

oh we had some earlier too

US30 wants to trigger my SL.....

what a cow

[spare bloom]

pretty choppy open

[tribal sapphire]

it listens to you keep going Danny

[spare bloom]

up and down and up and down

[surreal dust]

nice recovery tho

[quiet turret]

No clear direction so on sideline.

[tribal sapphire]

i am waiting

i better close above

[spare bloom]

good thing i am done before ny cuz this chop is wild

[zenith narwhal]

That's @spare bloom back at it again.

Mr Countertrad

[surreal dust]

thank you for your acknowledgement

[zenith narwhal]

bigtiddygothgirl hunter

[spare bloom]

no thats just self sabotage behavior he wanted the short and he longed instead

[zenith narwhal]

lmao

I also do that sometimes. I fat finger the buttons

[surreal dust]

no I am short NQ and long US30 😅

and massive short on silver

cause I own silver

😎

[spare bloom]

well us30 usually follows nq or chops

[zenith narwhal]

Only short I have now is $SOL . The end of the ''bullrun'' is early this year

[surreal dust]

there is a divergence for open usually before it follows later

[spare bloom]

bear traps everywhere

[surreal dust]

sol has been good to trade

[zenith narwhal]

benefits of being in crypto and futures, can lose money 2x as fast.

[surreal dust]

golden 😄

tempted to close out and take my 3.5k for the day tbh

will give it 15 more mins

moving my SLs into 50% profit tho

[spare bloom]

nice i will book that for you soon

[surreal dust]

lol what a bastard

i mean profit is profit 😄

[spare bloom]

nq new lows

[surreal dust]

finally you give some good news

[urban flint]

Nice break on Nq

[surreal dust]

@urban flint come back... Cartia is harrassing me since you aren't here

[agile jasper]

breaking lower nice NQ

[spare bloom]

the moment he said that it wicked up

my man

@urban flint

[surreal dust]

thank God I get some respite 😄

[urban flint]

Nothing has changed since lol

[surreal dust]

true

[agile jasper]

NY's vwap at 190

[spare bloom]

rollercoaster open

it flips so fast

[surreal dust]

not for me

short and strong

😎

[spare bloom]

yeah dw i got you fam i left silver alone i only pumped gold

[surreal dust]

haha fair 🙂

I am so confident in my NQ short i went with 11 contracts

[spare bloom]

now ?

[surreal dust]

from earlier

[spare bloom]

ah yeah

[surreal dust]

22250

11 micros 😅

[spare bloom]

yeah i got the top there too

was great short

[surreal dust]

still 11 tho 😏

[spare bloom]

it is overall a short setup for today but we are curently in a strong buyer level

it is wicking alot from them

[surreal dust]

yup

[agile jasper]

new lows inbound

just dump it, rooting for @surreal dust

[spare bloom]

mm you are not qaction but thats something

[shell quail]

Gold dump?

[surreal dust]

Gold looks ok

silver doesn't

one of them needs to flip direction for sure

hmm hit 4k for the day ... tempting to close soon

going to try the new topstep trailing drawdown

[agile jasper]

didn't try it but sounds good

that's the break

[surreal dust]

yeah I like the idea of setting it 1k

[spare bloom]

going for yda's lows

[fair socket]

finally recovered my BEs

[surreal dust]

yeesss LFG

[fair socket]

8k day for me if i close now

[spare bloom]

you recovered on a demo ?

hahaha

[fair socket]

no lol my express

i was talking about demo doing 12 ema crossover scalps

but not tried that yet lol

[surreal dust]

I keep trying to trade the 12 ema.... I keep entering trades and then forgetting about them cause I go back to my real accounts

😂

[agile jasper]

big dog

[shell quail]

100k on me

[fair socket]

LOOOL

[surreal dust]

hope Lingle is doing better than me on that lol

hit 140 @quiet turret

that was my TP target for the day

holding it tho

a bit longer anyways

[heady pelican]

i lost 5k on a wick up. i'm done for today lol

[agile jasper]

5k x20 accounts right?

[surreal dust]

God

dont even joke

I would be sick

[heady pelican]

yep

[fair socket]

good jesus

[agile jasper]

sorry i meant 5k split between 20 accounts

[surreal dust]

ah sorry man

come on NQ

[agile jasper]

but 5k per accounts sounds rough

wow NQ nice

[tribal sapphire]

at the 78%

[surreal dust]

oh I am going to close ... 6k for the day x 2

too much

[heady pelican]

it was per acct. my max daily loss

[spare bloom]

we at yday lows

[agile jasper]

damn that's 100 large

[tribal sapphire]

gone

ship is sailing

[surreal dust]

and i traded them two accounts manually ... 😂

[heady pelican]

10% of my acct

[fair socket]

TP hit

[surreal dust]

you will get it back .... obviously have a good system

[agile jasper]

i can't trade apex

[fair socket]

right im done for the day, that was strressful all the BEs lol

[agile jasper]

trailing DD kills me

[surreal dust]

yes that is annoying

it is true

[heady pelican]

yea i'm not worried. large losses are part of trading big lot sizes

[surreal dust]

what time do you normally stop trading ?

like 30-45 mins after the open?

[heady pelican]

if i'm winning i'm usually done by 11 est

[agile jasper]

ok trading them full port to get them passed asap and then trade 10 points a day is a system but again, trailing DD is my public enemy

[surreal dust]

tbh i wait for news days

and I just go in with 5 contracts

and do it on the day normally

[agile jasper]

limit buys and sells right?

[surreal dust]

yup

[heady pelican]

do ya'll only trade one acct or do you copy trade?

[agile jasper]

yeah that's a way to farm

[agile jasper]

copy trade for me

[quiet turret]

Just finished the school run

[agile jasper]

you missed the dump

[surreal dust]

please dont mention school run on my week off school run

[heady pelican]

thinking about buying some topstep accts on topstep X but ive never used the platform

[surreal dust]

makes me see what I miss

🤦‍♂️

[agile jasper]

very user friendly

[surreal dust]

its good

just can't use custom indicator and no API

[spare bloom]

are you a teacher?

or student

[surreal dust]

i wish I was a student

[agile jasper]

school run = taking the kids back home

[surreal dust]

and I am a Dad so does that quaify as teacher :p

[agile jasper]

that's how we call it in the uk

[quiet turret]

Are we at 22100 yet?

[agile jasper]

soon

[heady pelican]

full send some topstep accts then lol

[surreal dust]

very close

almost tagged it

[spare bloom]

i see

yeah that must be annoying i guess

[agile jasper]

anyone doing tradeify here?

[dull yoke]

182.75 handles so far.... Not too shabby... just luck......

[dusty hollow]

from a psychological point of view, do yall find that having a target or goal and hitting it keeps you from over trading? i trail stops so that I'm able to lock in profits however i intentionally stay away from targets so that i catch bigger moves if they happen. hopefully that makes sense

[nocturne sigil]

Anyone trade 1m on PAC?

[spare bloom]

you held that long xD

balls of steel

[surreal dust]

you need a tp... because on average you need to take profit because we dont get extended moves every day

just leave a runner

[dull yoke]

you know the way I do...... Confidence bro!!!!!

[surreal dust]

closed us30

enough profit for me

[heady pelican]

anyone have a topstep coupon code?

[surreal dust]

for 50k account?

I know a youtuber that has one

[heady pelican]

any

[surreal dust]

but not for any other accounts

there are no coupons

[heady pelican]

i'll do 50's

[agile jasper]

no codes

[surreal dust]

not sure if I can post that

so better get it in case it gets deleted

[agile jasper]

oops

[surreal dust]

there you go

lol not allowed

I can dm you if you missed it

🤦‍♂️

was it the link?

[agile jasper]

idk it might be allowed because it's not yours but best to stay on the safe side

[heady pelican]

i got it

[surreal dust]

or the code that was the issue

[surreal dust]

would expect nothing less of a 30s ... 12 ema traded 😂

[agile jasper]

it's a double edged sword

[surreal dust]

yeah fair enough

so if it was mine it is ok?

or still iffy?

not that I have any

so mute point lol

[agile jasper]

not ok

[surreal dust]

ok got it

[clear ginkgo]

do u guys use prop firms?

[agile jasper]

yes

[fair socket]

Yeah i use Topstep and ACG/FTMO for FX

[surreal dust]

Topstep, Apex and MFF ... are the ones I have seen peeps using

[surreal dust]

well dam

[agile jasper]

look up tradeify aswell

[surreal dust]

is that the uk one?

[agile jasper]

no, florida one but they're good

[clear ginkgo]

ok i only FTMO

[surreal dust]

FTMO is meant to be good tho

[heady pelican]

FTMO Is for forex

[clear ginkgo]

yeah it is

[surreal dust]

oh I thought it did it all? no?

only forex/

?

[agile jasper]

just forex

[dusty hollow]

i've sized down to 2 minis max but its probably time to try micros for the reason of runners

[surreal dust]

oh interesting

[clear ginkgo]

ur all americans?

[heady pelican]

5 $50k's bought on topstep X

[surreal dust]

honestly I was a mini fan boy... but loving micros now for the last 3 weeks

[agile jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/fadsfantasy-gif-22691121

[surreal dust]

gl 🙂

[heady pelican]

Full Send lol

max contracts

[surreal dust]

there is no profit limit unlike Apex (once you get get a funded account)

no 30%

rule

[agile jasper]

you're limited to 10 accounts a month and 2 resets per account per day btw

so keep that in mind

[surreal dust]

oh I didn't know that

[agile jasper]

thanks discord

[heady pelican]

what copy trader works on topstepx?

[agile jasper]

yes!

[heady pelican]

which one?

[agile jasper]

yeah a new rule they put in last week or so. to stop the gamblers

[surreal dust]

ahh i saw a quick clip of a segment where they were going on about abusers or whatever

but all props have them

[surreal dust]

interesting to see how they combat it

[agile jasper]

yeah but 10 accounts a month is quite low

i reckon they will lose money

[surreal dust]

combines tho? not funded ?

[heady pelican]

easy enough lol

[agile jasper]

well if you pass 10 combines a month and you lose 10XFA a month take a break

[surreal dust]

https://tenor.com/view/lol-gif-2094923404622962137

fair 😄

[agile jasper]

pretty sure you get a warning first to slow down

don't want to test them 😂

[surreal dust]

hmm tempting to long

[agile jasper]

big push on NQ, not bad

NY's vwap at 167s

[dusty hollow]

do you have a certain number of lots you start with or just depends on price action?

[agile jasper]

wow what a pop

[quiet turret]

Nice

[surreal dust]

ouuf

nice

lol

[quiet turret]

beautiful long scalp

[surreal dust]

Mohammad just called himself a p$$y live on topstep

😂

[agile jasper]

trump tweet or what was that

[surreal dust]

wow bullish

[agile jasper]

yeah he was

[surreal dust]

or does he mean a worse one for china lol

[surreal dust]

atm... I am starting with 10 ... which is 1 mini

[clear ginkgo]

so what do u think about topstep? i check it now and i see that they really have a low prices!!! why the prices is that low? (sorry for my english)

[surreal dust]

not low compared to Apex 😄

Each prop has its pro and cons

[agile jasper]

futures prop firms are much cheaper than forex

[cinder pulsar]

Apex at 80% off for next 12 hours with SAVENOW code

[clear ginkgo]

ohhh interresting

but only futures?

no forex?

[cinder pulsar]

check it - you can tarde metals, some forex, futures, commodities with rithmic or tradovate accounts

[clear ginkgo]

OK i will check it

[surreal dust]

yes apex covers alot

of markets

crypto too

well BTC and ETH

[agile jasper]

that's most of the futures props

[heady pelican]

i like this 1000 tick time frame

[cinder pulsar]

yes thats right

[surreal dust]

fair enough ! Only have experience of two tbh

[agile jasper]

i want micro NKD

[surreal dust]

ofc you would... degen 30s trader 😄

[surreal dust]

ohhhhh nice call !

[agile jasper]

we have micro agriculture or hogs already @sturdy wharf can you confirm?

[surreal dust]

wwell not locking out... but going to take a walk for 30 mins... and then see if anything sets up

[surreal dust]

oh really?? that is cool

[agile jasper]

it's official on CME i think they started 2w ago or so

[surreal dust]

that is a nice addition

i really want to try my hand at that soon

[sturdy wharf]

no micro hogs, micro corn wheat and soy i tihnk

[spare bloom]

I sneaked a long in at yday lows

[cinder pulsar]

micro only - ES, YM, NQ, M2K, MGC, M6A, M6E and MCL

[glad stirrup]

I am hedging gold and silver all day.
If it hits 2900 and 32.35 I will close my sells

Nat gas cashed out pretty well

[sturdy wharf]

not correct

[dusty hollow]

i'm trying to learn the money flow indicator. above 22,200 looks like a squezze or no?

[quiet turret]

NQ at VWAP

[fair socket]

Have you checked out our latest video on the Money Flow Profile Indicator? Here it is -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mREJTC0n1FU&t=31s

[dusty hollow]

thank you

[granite parrot]

Bull Trap so far

[agile jasper]

big trapp

[heady pelican]

i think ive found my new favorite platform

hella fast execution

[agile jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/burn-elmo-pyro-burn-it-down-ashes-gif-5835787716691240460

big selloff in GC

[cinder pulsar]

wow GC

[quiet turret]

Beautiful long scalp from -1 Dev VWAP

[sturdy wharf]

theres also micro copper, micro silver, micro natural gas

[nocturne sigil]

Nice 1m reject

[cinder pulsar]

@sturdy wharf dont see those losted on Apex website

[sturdy wharf]

oh, apex, LMAO

[quiet turret]

Beautiful short scalp on GC

NQ back to VWAP

[tribal sapphire]

Great setup 2800

Had 3 conts

[granite parrot]

Amazing how much MS and orderblocks make trading easy sometimes lol

[agile jasper]

Mickys streaming LIVE! https://discord.com/channels/641770286638694402/1178430832151638077

[heady pelican]

Lux needs to be in contact with Top Step to get the indicators on TopStepX

[agile jasper]

it's not lux, it's tradingview actually

[heady pelican]

ahhh

[nocturne sigil]

coincidence?

not sure

LOL

[granite parrot]

Probably just a coincidence

Lol

[quiet turret]

Should we short GC at FVG?

[nocturne sigil]

self fulfilling?

[quiet turret]

NQ is confuse.

[surreal dust]

wow my silver trade was beautiful

[heady pelican]

this is definately confusion

[agile jasper]

https://x.com/LuxAlgo/status/1892243589448520177

LuxAlgo (@LuxAlgo) on X

JUST IN: Apple $AAPL unveils iPhone 16E with A18 chip.

Reveals first in-house modem chip, replacing Qualcomm $QCOM.

X · Feb 19, 2025, 4:03 PM

so much hype for apple 16E?

[quiet turret]

Let me Tweet so NQ start moving in one direction. 🤣

[surreal dust]

has done much for apple stock yet

[agile jasper]

did nothing

[quiet turret]

GC good short entry at -1 Deva VWAP and FVG

Only a scalp for me

[agile jasper]

to the people on the other side of the ocean, what is going on there?

$11 for 12 eggs?

[quiet turret]

NQ back to VWAP can be good long opportunity.

[granite parrot]

Most definitely

[heady pelican]

this damn market just wont cross my EMA For a trade lol

[quiet turret]

Closed GC short scalp at -2 Dev VWAP

[surreal dust]

does that happen much?

[quiet turret]

What is the EMA value?

[heady pelican]

when its ranging it happens alot

[surreal dust]

he is showing us how he trades the 12 ema

[quiet turret]

OK

[surreal dust]

had a discussion about it earlier in the day

was kind enough to share what he does

[quiet turret]

Thanks. Always ready to learn,

[surreal dust]

just following it today out of interest

[heady pelican]

i use a 12 ema mainly sometimes i'll bump it to 15 to just give a little more room

[quiet turret]

GC can time pass here

[surreal dust]

i traded the 12 ema twice on a practice account (entered positions and then forgot to monitor to them lol)

[surreal dust]

yeah I am done for today now tbh..... will wait for news

everything is ranging atm

[quiet turret]

NQ hed Bear trap

[fair socket]

I’ll have a go in a hour with the ema and let you know how much I get rekt

[surreal dust]

bear market consolidates at the highs tho right?

and then goes down

fron my memory?

[agile jasper]

staircase up elevator down

[surreal dust]

i mean bear as in short term bearish

[quiet turret]

I will take a break. I have little more to go for the daily target.

[heady pelican]

i told you they are only 30 second trades. you cant leave them lol

[surreal dust]

you got a target of -831 to beat so far 😂

[surreal dust]

its not going well

lol

total has changed now @fair socket 😂

oh crap it is under isnt it

ffs

lol

i set a limit order earlier

when it was in a different place

well its gonna be my first win whatever happens lol

[agile jasper]

blame @heady pelican if you lose

[surreal dust]

have to keep checking not using xfa or combines on this 😂

oh my god lol

i flipped

and so did it

🤦‍♂️

[heady pelican]

you cant use limits either.. this strategy is all about market execution and getting in and out quickly

[surreal dust]

actually what time frame are you using mainly ?

just realised I am on 1 minute

2m right?

[heady pelican]

1 or 2 min

[surreal dust]

ok

interesting to watch

maybe not the best time of the day to do this

[heady pelican]

you need volume and strong candles in either direction

[surreal dust]

haven't got the hang of it... will keep trying over the next few weeks 😄

yes 300 usd winner

😄

lol and lost it

obviously i need alot of fine tuning for this method

you make it look easy @heady pelican

[heady pelican]

lol

30 second trade 1st one in topstepx

[surreal dust]

show off

suck this

😂

[heady pelican]

lmao

[surreal dust]

am i meant to be waiting for a close above or below under the 12 ema?

when do I take profit

this is stressful

😂

in the meantime... on my normal trade account.....

lol

less stress 😄

[heady pelican]

first close above or below. and you are only in the trades for 30 seconds so no real TP just take some profit when its there

[surreal dust]

ok thanks

will try... harder

😅

[heady pelican]

lol

is there a trade journal in topstepX?

[surreal dust]

somewhere

omg I suck ass

[heady pelican]

lol

[agile jasper]

yeah open performance stats and add to journal

[surreal dust]

GL @fair socket I am literally killing it

🤦‍♂️

i will get it eventually

clearly not today 🤣

[agile jasper]

paper?

[fair socket]

Haha maybe by end of week we will be 12 ema masters of the demo 🤣

[surreal dust]

yeah man... I am not that crazy lol

[surreal dust]

well you got a 1.5k headstart on me so far lol

[heady pelican]

found it thanks!

[fair socket]

Haha so technically if I make even £1 I win right? 😝

[surreal dust]

been so paranoid about usign the wrong account I locked out my xfa and combines for 30 mins while I try this 12 ema stuff lol

[fair socket]

Ahaha imagine

[surreal dust]

i sense I have already lost before you have begun 😂

[surreal dust]

no ty 😄

[fair socket]

I mean I do tend to put trades on and think I’ve hit tp and realise I’ve placed it on demo 🤣

Done it like 3 times this month

Thankfully today wasn’t one of those days

[surreal dust]

ohhhh so I do have a chance ... you might use the wrong account and invalidate the demo comp 😄

[fair socket]

Or I make a killing and realise I’m on express 👀

[surreal dust]

i will prob leave chat if you master it in the first session tbh 🤣

[fair socket]

‘Achilles has left the LuxAlgo server’

[surreal dust]

it could happen under those conditions 😂

I am super interested now because @heady pelican is doing it consistently and I am falling hard... so i need to work it out now as I know it is meant to work !

although I am finding it pretty hard to close out and enter fast enough without the limit orders

[heady pelican]

if it's reversing on you consistently just wait for a confirmation candle after the first one closes

[fair socket]

I guess it’s just a different style of trading. Scalping has never been for me. I mean I know I trade 1-5m timeframes but the idea of dozens of trades doesn’t suit me 🤣

Ever thought about using like luxalgo candle colours of s&o as the direction then take the crosses in the direction of candle colours 👀

[surreal dust]

so would you have held this trade? or go in and out a few times ?

[heady pelican]

that would work well

[surreal dust]

i guess that is the reason why you are a mod.... how very interesting that is

should have setup ground rules before I agreed to the demo comp 😂

[fair socket]

Ahahaha!! I shouldn’t of told you

[heady pelican]

i would've been out on the 3rd candle after it crossed

[surreal dust]

NO indicators allowed... including the 12 EMA ... new rules 😄

[surreal dust]

ok thanks!

[fair socket]

Alright just the good old 12 ema I’ll jump on charts in 10 mins. Just having dinner

[surreal dust]

did you read the new rules 😛

[heady pelican]

dont worry about missing runners. there are plenty of oppurtunity to enter

[surreal dust]

ok

alright got to take the kids out for fish and chips....

bb for news... maybe !

will leave my nq long open

[fair socket]

Will let you know how I get on, what’s the timeframe we use?

[agile jasper]

5s

[fair socket]

👀

[agile jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/hasbulla-hasbik-cute-meme-influencer-gif-6874477861996681464

[heady pelican]

1 or 2 minute

[surreal dust]

yeah 5s 😄

[surreal dust]

shhhhh

stop helping him

lol

i might try 2 min actually

might be less stressful 😄

[fair socket]

first trade

[surreal dust]

oh go and ban yourself

😂

[fair socket]

LOOOL

[surreal dust]

gooddam it

[quiet turret]

@surreal dust @heady pelican So what is the final strategy?

[surreal dust]

i mean there is a lot more to it

but I haven't figured it out yet

But Danny suggested using the luxalgo candles

which makes a lot of sense

I am going to get smashed in this comp 😂

gonna have to go for a 20 lot 15s scalp to make a come back

[fair socket]

by no means a strategy though, make sure you do your own demo testing. This was just an idea to add a confluence with @heady pelican trading strategy

[heady pelican]

😆

[surreal dust]

good disclaimer

[fair socket]

I take no responsibility for your losses

[heady pelican]

lol

[surreal dust]

you can have mine 😄

i lost 1.5k on demo and made 500 on my real account... all at the same time.... pro level 🙂

[fair socket]

3 lot limit and 1-2m timeframe 😮 dont be changing it now LOL

[quiet turret]

We can automate this strategy and see the back test results.

[heady pelican]

i'm cheap i dont have access to backtest

[surreal dust]

oh I like it ... i might get a free bot strat out of you / @heady pelican and @fair socket by the end of of this 😂

[fair socket]

dont forget to share it in https://discord.com/channels/641770286638694402/1128499789437354106 if you do 😂

[quiet turret]

We can do with S&O backtester.

[surreal dust]

depends how badly you beat me..... anything over 50% win is considering unforgivable 😂

[fair socket]

i mean your -1.5k and im +75

[heady pelican]

lol

[surreal dust]

yeah yeah just rub it in

😂

[heady pelican]

i'm +267

[quiet turret]

I have many stragegies but done share becaue market condition keep changing and one strategy don't work all the time.

[heady pelican]

real money

[surreal dust]

I am on his team ... we are sharing the profit .. right @heady pelican 🙏

[heady pelican]

haha

[surreal dust]

i needs this

[fair socket]

second trade

second win

[surreal dust]

where is the block option

😂

[heady pelican]

told you! this strategy is gold if you get the hang of it

[surreal dust]

great job tho @fair socket !

[fair socket]

I may actually go down the rabbit hole later with the backtester and see if i can set it up on that with external S&O colours

meant to be sorting my house out as mrs moving in Friday and ive not even started

[surreal dust]

haha you got time....

for now... 😄

ok kids complaining about behing hungry... so selfish... see you guys later 🙂

[fair socket]

how long you been trading it? damn i should of held that short

would of been like 500

[surreal dust]

not allowed to hold past 30s!

no cheating :d

[quiet turret]

What is the time frame?

[surreal dust]

1-2 min

[fair socket]

this requires way too much concentration for my lazy ass

[surreal dust]

well you have been killing it

[fair socket]

yeah watch me get confident and go on express

and a candle spikes LOL

anyway i best let you go chippy! 😂

[heady pelican]

been my goto strat for the last month

[quiet turret]

Ok. Strategy is ready. What do you guys think?

[heady pelican]

we are using a 12 ema

[quiet turret]

12 EMA and 2 Min

[heady pelican]

yep

[quiet turret]

We can do something similar on S&O backtester.

we can add candle color and Neo cloud to get rid of false signals and improve win rate and profit factor.

[spare bloom]

i dont know why i took a short at 245 but that was the slowest short took forever to just get 25 points

[quiet turret]

something like this.

[fair socket]

oh damn...

[heady pelican]

yea that looks good

[fair socket]

my idea actually seems to be good for once lol

[spare bloom]

i booked my short this is so damn slow -.-

[quiet turret]

Slow market we can trade larger quantities.

[spare bloom]

thats the worst thing you can do

cuz you dont know when it will be fast

however if it was fast then it got slow you are still safe

you have time to adjust

[quiet turret]

Yes you have to be ready for it. But normally this time of the day it stays slow.

Trying to take support at VWAP.

GC still in it's range

[nocturne sigil]

Nice colors

Hogs or cattle today @sturdy wharf

🤷‍♂️

[quiet turret]

Beautiful long scalp.

Bot did it's job. 😀

[heady pelican]

i'm just taking 5 points here and there lol

[nocturne sigil]

Thats all the counts
nice

[quiet turret]

Keep struggling to breakthrough.

This is where we are.

Beautiful long scalp from VWAP

Back at it again.

[dusty hollow]

anyone here know you can hedge on topstep with minis against micros

[quiet turret]

This time try hard or die 😂

[heady pelican]

listen to what Dakota is actually saying

[dusty hollow]

i'm getting it but for some of the rules they have it sounds counterintuitive for them doesn't it?

[nocturne sigil]

ok?

[heady pelican]

that many lines would give me a headache lol

[quiet turret]

Finally some progress

[quiet turret]

Poll will be closing soon. Please vote.

[quiet turret]

Couldn't hold it above. Need to try again.

[heady pelican]

lol

[tribal sapphire]

🤣

[agile jasper]

some of my XFA's had 25s on avg

i win

[heady pelican]

let me get some more trades in lol

[agile jasper]

hahahaha

[quiet turret]

Lots of my trades are under 1 min also

[quiet turret]

We tied today

So far our record is 4-1

we might have a bullish close today. It is been in a range for long time

There it goes

Beautiful long scalp under 1 Min

Went over my daily goal

[heady pelican]

thats always a good thing lol

[quiet turret]

Yes it is

Lots of hard work

[heady pelican]

jesus, this #2 guy from TopStep trades the 1 second chart lol

[quiet turret]

Wow

Never looked at 1 sec chart

Is 1 tick = 1 Sec?

[heady pelican]

i think so

[quiet turret]

TradingView asking me to upgrade to Expert plan to run 1 tick.

[heady pelican]

you need expert for any tick chart

[quiet turret]

I think I will stay with my premium plan. I just wanted to see how 1 tick chart looks like.

[quiet turret]

Are you from US?

[heady pelican]

yea, im on the west coast

[quiet turret]

Great

We have lots of call writers on SPX and some on ES. Not many put writers. till 10 points down.

[heady pelican]

i'm done for the day.

[quiet turret]

Great trading.

[heady pelican]

not bad for my first day on TopStepX

[quiet turret]

How many days before you get paid out?

[heady pelican]

these are 5 brand new Combines that i have to pass first

i'll pass them in 3ish days and then another 5 days before i can take a payout

[quiet turret]

So 5 accounts?

[heady pelican]

as long as i dont blow them lol

[quiet turret]

How do you duplicate trades?

[heady pelican]

yea i copy trade and TopStep only allows 5 accts at a time

[quiet turret]

Is it TopStep software allow you to copy trade?

[heady pelican]

TopStepX platform has a built in copy trader on thier platform

[quiet turret]

That is nice.

[heady pelican]

yea, i wish they allowed more than 5 accts

[quiet turret]

I wish brokers would have same setup.

So how many days you need to be profitable? and the amount?

[agile jasper]

get a bigger account

[quiet turret]

🔴 RBNZ'S GOVERNOR ORR: I EXPECT THE CASH RATE WILL BE AROUND 3% BY YEAR-END.

What happned to FOMC minutes?

[heady pelican]

i have 50K accts. to pass i have to make 3k in profit

[quiet turret]

Per day?

[heady pelican]

no

[quiet turret]

or over all

[heady pelican]

overall

[quiet turret]

ok

not bad

[agile jasper]

did it not happen 30 mins ago?

but it was minutes so nothing

[quiet turret]

Maybe that is why we moved up

[agile jasper]

trump speaking just after the close of play today

[heady pelican]

once i get to 53k i pass the challenge and get moved to a funded acct that i can take payouts from after 5 days of being +200

[quiet turret]

Great

[quiet turret]

Nice

[molten isle]

Hey do you only copy trade or do you have set ups tutorial as well

[quiet turret]

So how much pay out they give once 5 days of being +500.

Sorry just trying to learn so asking all these questions

[heady pelican]

depends on how much in profit you are

[quiet turret]

What is the split %

[molten isle]

@heady pelican

[heady pelican]

i scalp the 12 EMA for a strategy. and i copy trade 5 accts

[agile jasper]

NQ doing a run for the highs

[quiet turret]

GC still in a range.

Like to see 3K

[heady pelican]

see ya all tomorrow!

gunna go golfing lol

[quiet turret]

See you

[molten isle]

Any tutorial

[heady pelican]

just wanna point this out.. look at those breakouts from the EMA 4 profitable trades in this picture.

just longs.. if you went short too there is 2 more

[quiet turret]

EMA 12 or 4?

[heady pelican]

ema 12... 4 trades in this screenshot

technically 6 if you took the shorts too

[agile jasper]

where do you put your stop, the other side?

and where's your target

[heady pelican]

i'm not in trades long enough for stops and targets. i'm in a trade for 30ish seconds. catch a quick couple points and im out

i dont worry about missing runners cause there are so many opurtunities for trades with this strategy

if it reverses as soon as i enter i imiediately exit

[surreal dust]

you can take a max of 5k out every 5 days per account

so you can take 5 x 5k = 25k every 5 days in theory

[quiet turret]

How much profit is needed to take 5K pay out?

[surreal dust]

10k

[agile jasper]

50%

[surreal dust]

50/50 split until you trade 30 days or get moved to a "live" account

then it is 90/10 i believe

[quiet turret]

Nice

[surreal dust]

its pretty good

[quiet turret]

Maybe I should try it

Copy trade

[surreal dust]

Apex you need have 30% consistent rule for P/L and then unlimited withdrawal after the 4th payout

[surreal dust]

wont cost you too much to try

just remember there are drawdown rules

so need to build up a balance

ie a new funded pass account (150k) has a 4500 Min loss limit etc

[quiet turret]

Drawdown per day or in total?

[surreal dust]

total

on topstep

[quiet turret]

ok so need to be carful.

[surreal dust]

yeah once you are over 4500 profit then it becomes MLL of 0

then when you have 10k you have 10k MLL etc

[quiet turret]

what is MLL?

[surreal dust]

min loss limit

[quiet turret]

ok

[agile jasper]

max

[surreal dust]

haha sorry

Max

... min 😂

have to be a loser to be a winner 😄

[quiet turret]

Sounds interesting

[surreal dust]

its good just be aware of the rules (which are not difficult)

Topstep definitely pretty straight forward compared to APEX .... although APEX you can pass an account in 1 day

Topstep needs 2 min

but whatever really

[quiet turret]

I will do more research.

If I can auto trade and copy trade

[surreal dust]

if you are using bots apex probably better

they are bot friendly from what I understand

not sure about topstep (also no api for topstep atm)

dam there was a nice short on ES.... missed the trades

[quiet turret]

I need to get you to auto trade 😀

[surreal dust]

woroking my way there slowly haha

[quiet turret]

Let me know if I can be any help

[agile jasper]

you can autotrade with pythongui on tsx

[heady pelican]

did you see my screenshot of those ema plays?

[quiet turret]

Nice

[heady pelican]

Achilles

[surreal dust]

there you go then

[surreal dust]

no I missed them

will scroll back

[surreal dust]

this one?

ahh thanks

!

oh lux algo candles too

[heady pelican]

if you cant make profit off those plays you should quit trading lol

[surreal dust]

haha

[heady pelican]

no they are just regular candles i just changed colors

[surreal dust]

oh ok

in NQ short

[heady pelican]

😩

[quiet turret]

@heady pelican similar kind of strategy.

[surreal dust]

come to daddy

[heady pelican]

looks good!

[agile jasper]

this is nice, what's inside the backtester?

[quiet turret]

🔴 FED'S BOSTIC: BUSINESS LEADERS SAY THAT THEIR FIRST BEST CHOICE IS TO PASS ON TARIFFS TO THE RETAIL PRICE, WE WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW CONSUMERS REACT.

[heady pelican]

get out soon

thats the bottom

[quiet turret]

🔴 FED'S BOSTIC: THE CONFIDENCE AROUND THE 2025 OUTLOOK HAS BEEN REDUCED.

[agile jasper]

that's where the vwap is

[heady pelican]

yep

[agile jasper]

what settings are you running the backtester with?

[quiet turret]

sorry took long scalp

Trend catcher

3

[surreal dust]

done took 500

[quiet turret]

YM looking stronger than NQ

[surreal dust]

beautiful bounce

[quiet turret]

Yes

Did not stay in for very long

long at VWAP

[surreal dust]

vwap is back in Caca's pocket

[heady pelican]

im so glad i locked myself out lol

i'd probably blow my accts with this action

[quiet turret]

I never used VWAP before joining this chat room

Thanks to Caca

[surreal dust]

its beautiful

my kinda of PA 😄

[agile jasper]

the man the myth the legend

[surreal dust]

caca is evil and his side kick vwap is even worse

[agile jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/power-rangers-yellow-ranger-pose-explosion-gif-17715764

[surreal dust]

exactly how I pictured you 😄

good thing my vwap is not yellow

lol

[heady pelican]

mine is lol

[agile jasper]

my NY vwap is yellow

[quiet turret]

Mine is yellow too

[nocturne sigil]

Last two daily's
Nasty tight range

[agile jasper]

NQ's been struggling at the top there

bring a parachute in case it wants to jump off the cliff

[heady pelican]

your charts are too messy.. clean them up lol

[quiet turret]

Micky, We need a tweet from you so we can get out of this range.

[surreal dust]

yup was a ggood short area for me

should ahve kept a runner

dont know what I didn't

[quiet turret]

Back to VWAP

[nocturne sigil]

Natty just busting moves past 2 days

[surreal dust]

rushing to trade as I was out for a few hours not a good idea

going to lock out lol

[dull yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/fart-here-fart-there-oops-mood-gif-17644764159642386001

[surreal dust]

locked out going to walk away from the charts too

gj guys... see you tomorrow

[crisp beacon]

cool story bro

[dull yoke]

lol. Yup!!!

[surreal dust]

do you guys plan this

😛

[quiet turret]

Bear trap and then Bull trap

[quiet turret]

I would say our poll is accurate.

[urban flint]

Low action today

Took one trade. Rest looked garbage

[plain jetty]

🖕

[urban flint]

?

[nocturne sigil]

whoaaaa, take it easy

LOL

[urban flint]

hehe, it was a low action day in the market until now

[urban flint]

Nice break on Nq

[tribal sapphire]

Can we somehow add BPR strategy onto our backtesters

I tried it looked good

[urban flint]

After hours

[nocturne sigil]

Will this wedge hold?

[urban flint]

No imo

[nocturne sigil]

then big dump

thats it!

LOL

[urban flint]

Plenty of support below however

17k somewhere ? 🙂

What do you think about CL @nocturne sigil ? I’ve been eyeing that for a while now. Bottom?

[nocturne sigil]

On the daily, kinda looks like higher highs and lows

The 4H looks like it may twist up

Just need a bit more confirmation

[weary umbra]

Hey - is the oscillator matrix good for 4hr time frame with most stocks?

[nocturne sigil]

Oh yes

[weary umbra]

Great are there any specific stocks it tends to work better on?

[nocturne sigil]

depends on your trading style and "trend" is very subjective

You thinking about subscribing?

[weary umbra]

Yeah - I’ve subscribed before and it worked well but only used it w crypto

I’m moving more towards stocks so wanna purchase it again and try it out

[nocturne sigil]

oh ok, cool 👊

[weary umbra]

Not too active w trading - looking to book two to three 3% trades a week w the indicator

Anyone bullish on $deck?

I opened a position at $170 but may not have been a good idea

[urban flint]

I agree, thank you. It should be a play if Nq starts making a small retracement

[urban flint]

Not at all. Needs a bit more to bottom

[heady pelican]

any tips on refining my zone drawings?

[shell quail]

Can you please donate me guys?

[spark rune]

F40 is playing little

[surreal dust]

in silver and gold long

[fair socket]

im in NQ long

lets see how it goes 😮

todays news

[fair socket]

I'd like 229 to hit or get broken today

[surreal dust]

I am looking at the higher and lower places for shorts and longs

as I missed your entry

[agile jasper]

i'm looking for ath

[surreal dust]

300 will be looking for a short again

but will wait to see reaction up there obviously

still in my gold and silver longs

they might be the trades of the day for me today if hit my tp's will probably lock out after

we will see

[agile jasper]

i'll just draw a magic vwap there to scare you off

[surreal dust]

giving me nightmares Caca 😅

vwap holding that nq

[surreal dust]

meh should have shorted that

nq

scalp anyway

[fair socket]

closed my long

[surreal dust]

did you do any more 12 ema trading?

@fair socket @agile jasper 10 micro is 1 mini right? not 2 minis?

[agile jasper]

yeah...

https://tenor.com/view/quick-maths-mans-not-hot-gif-11163522

[surreal dust]

someone is telling me it is 2 minis but that doesn't make sense to me

they were very convincing had to double check haha

[fair socket]

Haha don’t let them deceive you

[surreal dust]

wow nq and es having a real battle

[nocturne sigil]

#💱forex-chat message

The best I can do for you, are these overview videos
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbqCXsOfrM3P5mb5jY7Ye8pguhmozOKBC&si=tTMP-cbmkPjMVkOt

Worth more than someone donating to you once.

[zenith narwhal]

Guys guys

Thanos is trading NQ

Josh Brolin was a day trader in his early days of acting. Didn't know.

[gloomy quail]

Hello everyone. It is DAY 4 of 5. Don't get carried away, always remember to apply RISK and MONEY MANAGEMENT, this is the key to survival in this business. Happy Trading.

[nocturne sigil]

interesting, so how did you come across Brolin used to be a trader? LOL

[nocturne sigil]

yuppers

[zenith narwhal]

He spoke about it in a podcast with Guy Raz

[nocturne sigil]

ok so now ill need to google Mr Raz, after I google Mr Brolin

I dont get out much...

NQ daily past few days loooks like it's fizzling out?

Nice pull back into the daiky fvg?

[zenith narwhal]

/watch?v=I3qX4pNqoaM&t --> Full Podcast
/watch?v=aomL_083OWA --> Part about the Day-trading

Saves u some searching haha

[sturdy wharf]

cattle

[nocturne sigil]

ok ok

[agile jasper]

got numbers in 3 mins

[tribal sapphire]

What up guys

What is expected in news today

[surreal dust]

meh boring

[tribal sapphire]

no big news i guess

[tribal sapphire]

Should be a regular Thursday.............. Hope every trades in one direction😅

[sturdy wharf]

nat gas had to come down at some point

probably needs to find buyers at 4 but temps are rising

[nocturne sigil]

temps are rising?

hmmmm

[surreal dust]

down today? we will see

in gold and silver shorts

can't read NQ atm

ty gold and silver I salute you 😎

[nocturne sigil]

show us the goods

[surreal dust]

still holding for now... waiting for the close

to see

[nocturne sigil]

nice nice

you like the profiles?

[surreal dust]

staying in shorts for now

[surreal dust]

working well for me

shorted oil too

[nocturne sigil]

awesome

[tribal sapphire]

nice move on NQ

[heady pelican]

lets hope the Vwap can hold NQ Up today

[surreal dust]

wish I could use custom indictors on topstep so annoying

[quiet turret]

Good morning everyone.

[heady pelican]

EMA Is available on Top Step X lol

[fair socket]

ikr

[tribal sapphire]

Only lingle can do the ema

[surreal dust]

closing gold

leaving silver to run

[quiet turret]

Beautiful short scalp on GC

[cinder pulsar]

Achilles - you are awesome on silver and gold

[surreal dust]

yeah been really good to me this week .. silver and gold !

no complaints

[surreal dust]

hahah this might be true

Danny is getting there tho

[heady pelican]

i wish lol

it doesn't work every time

[fair socket]

ill give it another go later on

[turbid musk]

Might be choppy. I will be patient.

[heady pelican]

every time i try and do something before the market opens lol

[lament spindle]

like me trying to catch gold reversal 😅

[heady pelican]

there just isn't enough volume for my strategy when the NY Session isn't open

[surreal dust]

good to know

tho

[surreal dust]

dont fade me man 😄

[heady pelican]

Momentum in one direction or the other is key.. you want those big body candles

[quiet turret]

All strategies needs particular condition to win. All strategies.

Sideways market most of the strategies fail.

[lament spindle]

tbf i dont spend much time in here so I didnt see 😉

[quiet turret]

Best time to trade directional strategies is 8 am to 10:30 New York time.

[agile jasper]

watching 140 area

[tribal sapphire]

nice move

[surreal dust]

haha well that is better than others than do see and counter 😄

[urban flint]

Never seen this happen. It touched my entry but did not trigger ? 😦

[heady pelican]

nice little $200 vwap scalp

[lament spindle]

Spreads?

[surreal dust]

Cartia effect

[agile jasper]

ok here's 140s

[surreal dust]

bye bye

[surreal dust]

yup.... lets see

[tribal sapphire]

big dump

[agile jasper]

if we break it we might go at 22k

there's a FED speaking now

[surreal dust]

oh God

lol

[fair socket]

i entered 5 micro instead of 10 micro haha 🤦🏻‍♂️ profit is profit i guess

[agile jasper]

$ is $

[surreal dust]

@fair socket @agile jasper someone told me Dakota used Mini and Micro NMQ (for example - probably Nikkei) to hedge a position

i thought that was allowed or are they counting NMQ and NQ as different assests? do you think?