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Rob C's Trading Journal - starting Feb 1 2019
Rob C replied to Rob C's topic in Day Trading Journals
New Double Bottom Algo Hi everyone. It’s been a couple of years since my last post. I explain what happen to me down below if you want to read. For the people who are just here to see the trade I just took yesterday, I will cover that on the top of my post. As I was familiarizing myself with how the price moves differently now I noticed a wonderful pattern on the MES (SP500 Micro Futures, should work on ES and SPY as well)) and the 2 sigma Bolinger band. So, after many hours looking at the pattern then writing an automated algorithm in Ninjatrader and running many hours of backtesting I released it live (with only 3 contracts). It took almost 2 weeks before a trade was triggered. Almost like clockwork every time I release an algo for live trading, the first trade is always a loss. Even my best algos. So, it was a surprise that it was a nice win yesterday. See below: Yes, it is essentially a double bottom trade (on MES, ES or SPY). But now it can run highly simplified. With conditions: 1) Two adjacent 15min candles (no dojis) both minimums touch below the 2 sigma lower Bolinger band. The first one red, second one Green. 2) The trade entrance must occur below the S1 and mid Bolinger band Partial was taken at the close at a candle after going above the mid Bolinger band. Then stop was moved to BE. The final exit occurs when price goes above the top Bolinger band. I have back tested for different volume conditions but that indicator makes little difference. Though there is some benefit for the green candle to have a lower min, that condition reduces the number of trades too much to have as a condition. Though I may set the algo to have more contracts when that occurs. The initial stop is the lower Bolinger band. I have added some other conditions, not listed above due to my personal trading tastes. I prefer a small max drawdown and don’t mind a reduction in total profit to make that happen. Other algo traders prefer to maximize profit or Ninjatrader optimizes for profit factor. It depends on your preference. When I look back I can say that I stopped serious trading 4 years ago. That was sadly due to Covid. My daughter brought it home from school and thankfully she got a very mild case. I was knocked off my feet for 5 days. I couldn’t even eat. Afterwards I had a lot of bad after effects but I assumed they were temporary. But, most were not and I am still dealing with a nasty case of long covid. Afterwards I tried to keep trading by using existing algorithms that were still working. But the brain fog was so bad I had difficulty even following the checklist to turn on the program correctly. I stopped when I had a successful 9R trade then I realized I left the algo in sim mode. I realized I just couldn’t run them anymore. Trading was over. Every 6 months I would try and fail to reoptimize them. I just no longer had the brain capacity. But then in mid 2024 I tried trading live at the open. The adrenaline created by trading the fast and somewhat stressful ORBs did clear the brain fog well enough that I traded with good profit for about 6 weeks. Then I got used to the fast pace, so the adrenaline rush disappeared and the fog crept and I started taking losses. I had to quit again. My day job was becoming more difficult. At first, I just worked more hours to make up for the lack of focus. Except for the fact that I suddenly needed notebooks to write everything down, most people at work did not notice a difference. I went from being able to recall where all the pieces sat on an unfinished chess game from 3 years ago to forgetting why I walked into a room. As work became progressively more difficult, I compensated by volunteering for a worse work shift. By the end I covered weekends and graveyard shift. The work at off hours was less intellectually demanding. But by 2025 it was getting too difficult and I had to put my notice in. My last day was end of January of 2026. I went to a few medical specialists over the years, but they really didn’t understand long covid a few years back. The last specialist was more knowledgeable, I asked the obvious question if long Covid usually doesn’t last for more than 18 months why have I had it for years? The doctor’s answer was simple. The 18 month recovery time was after 18 months of rest. Not 18 months of pushing yourself beyond your limits every day. I did speak to some that actually recovered from long Covid and they all said about the same thing, it took 9 to 10 months of actual rest. So, did I rest when I left my job behind? It is tough when all you know is to work. I essentially found things to do for months. I finally had my first rest the last week in July. For a week I worked out a lot and spent time with my family and tried to keep anything that was considered work to one hour a day. What a difference that made. Since then I feel myself recovering. And it didn’t take long before I started to look at charts, I found the charts look different than 4 years ago. The money flow is a little different. Plus, it was much easier to perform analysis with the help of AI. But the best news is the level 2 data is now offered as a data stream that you can write an algorithm to utilize. Though you can’t back test with it, but I am going to have fun with that. Sorry for the long post. I had a lot to catch up on. I hope everyone has been trading well lately. Rob C -
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Stock screener in Replay mode — how do I screen for RVol, ATR and gaps on a past date?
daniel ospina posted a topic in Forum Support
Hi team, Replay mode is great for going far back in time, but there's a gap that makes it hard to practice a complete workflow: the stock screener (and screener alerts) only seem to work on live market data. In replay I can't screen the market as of, say, 9:35 AM on a specific day in 2023 to see relative volume, total volume, ATR, gap %, etc. That matters because ticker selection is half of the strategy. I trade Opening Range Breakouts (1-min, 5-min and 15-min), and the whole setup depends on identifying the right names in the first minutes of the session based on RVol, gap and ATR. Today I can replay any session, but I have to already know which ticker to load — which introduces hindsight bias and makes the practice unrealistic. So my questions are: 1. Is there any way today to run a screener, or receive screener alerts, inside replay mode, scoped to the simulated timestamp rather than the live one? 2. If not, is a historical/replay-aware screener on the roadmap? 3. In the meantime, is there any way to access or export historical screener or pre-market data (CSV, API, saved scan results) so I can build the daily candidate list outside the platform and then load those tickers into replay? Even a static "top gappers / top relative volume" list for a chosen past date would solve most of the problem. Thanks! -
Good evening, Team, New elite member here. Recently purchased trading terminal where I will sim for three months before its off to the races. Hoping someone can help me with setup, however. I am hoping to get screen to display four quadrants: 1-day, 5min, 1min, and market atlas. I know how to get the different timeframes to populate, but is there a way to get market atlas to show in the simulator? Thanks for your time.
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DAS Trader Hotkeys/Chart Drawing
peterB replied to Alan Cheng's topic in Day Trading Hardware, Software and Tools
https://traderpeter.substack.com/p/das-trader-pro-advanced-hotkeys-part-8ff?r=1wujo4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web as an example for the lines or https://traderpeter.substack.com/p/das-advanced-hotkeys-10?r=1wujo4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://traderpeter.substack.com/p/das-trader-pro-advanced-hotkeys-part-48b?r=1wujo4&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web no special keyboard neither keys are necessary you can do it on buttons too and control it with mouse -
DAS Trader Hotkeys/Chart Drawing
Sandy Crispin replied to Alan Cheng's topic in Day Trading Hardware, Software and Tools
Where can I find the hot key scripts? Is there a certain keyboard that is needed to set up the hot keys? Thank you! -
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Hi, I would like to know how i can get the invoice for my memeberships monthly payment. The ones I can find and download from my account section is not sufficient per my tax advisor. Send help please.
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Hello, Is there a complete 'Moderators Watch List Archive' somewhere? The one on https://members.bearbulltraders.com/equities-center/ is only through September of 2025? I'm practicing by replaying historical 1 min aggs and find the watchlists useful. Thank you.
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Hi Traders, Im a new trader looking to connect with and learn from other traders. Im planning to attend the PCT bootcamp in September and currently working on sim trading. Anyone already complete the PCT? would love to ask a few questions! Im normally online Mon-Fri (7am-11amEST) Cheers! Telegram: BreadTrades Discord: https://discord.gg/VvSgdcUA3h
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Hello all. I am Alexandre, Portuguese but living in Netherlands (Rotterdam area) for 15 years and i work as Work preparator/Supervisor in the oil industry in Antwerp. I don’t know nothing about trading but now with the Elite subscription i have a good feeling . It was inevitable subscribe also the simulator and at same time following the course at the academy. I found BBT after several time watching YouTube. I had short experience with Warrior Trader, but it was different from what I was searching for. This community looks very active and the courses very clear, the support is fast and open to any advice. I really don’t know yet how to start trading (to much information 😉), but I have the feeling that I’m in the right place. Hope soon can understand a little more, so I can use the simulator as an instrument to practice all the knowledge and define my own strategies, before go in adventure by my self For now I’m very motivated, and hope go to the next level with this community Regards Alexandre
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tax Anyone know a Canadian accountant experienced with day trading taxes (business income)?
Anuraj posted a topic in Day Trading
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interactive brokers real time data cost
peterB replied to imran chaudhary's topic in Welcome: Bear Bull Traders Forums
you need those only if you are using TWS as a trading platform otherwise you get the data packages with your trading platform -
interactive brokers real time data cost
imran chaudhary posted a topic in Welcome: Bear Bull Traders Forums
NYSE (Network A/CTA) Billed by Broker (P,L1) Provides top of book data for stocks listed on NYSE. Examples - CYS, TEL and LLY. This service will be charged to your brokerage statement and will not be billed directly by the NYSE. USD 45.00 /Month NYSE American, BATS, ARCA, IEX, and Regional Exchanges (Network B)(P,L1) Provides top of book data for stocks listed on NYSE American, NASDAQ, ARCA, BATS, and IEX. Examples include IBKR, SPY, and VXX. USD 25.00 /Month What should be cost? I am super frustrated with such high cost for -
Is there a way to set up atlas as one of the windows on my desktop in DAS?
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Where did all of Thor's video go?
Krista Gorman replied to KHarp83's topic in Bear Bull Traders - Members Only!
Yes and yes, he's available on IG @thoryoungma -
All of Thor's videos in the education center are gone... Did he leave BBT?
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Best simulator for multiple tickers?
Daniel Hui posted a topic in Day Trading Hardware, Software and Tools
Hi, I'm looking for a repay tool that is the most similar to DAS Trader Pro, and can look at multiple tickers at once. Does anyone have a good recommendation? I looked through previous posts but couldn't find a consensus or many recent posts. It looks like DAS Trader Pro can only replay one ticker at a time, and Trading Terminal can only do two (I'd like to do at least 8). And if the simulator tool could also have RVOL (20 day) and some way to filter by Dollar Volume for the day. Customizable hotkeys would be great but not necessary. After months of losing I've finally at least narrowed down my strategy, so I'm looking to grind out reps. Thanks. -
Hi: Does anyone know why my Atlas UI flipped colours or Bid/Ask as follows:
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How to enlarge Candles in Das Trader Pro Chart
peterB replied to Philipp Fries's topic in Bear Bull Traders - Members Only!
https://open.substack.com/pub/traderpeter/p/das-trader-pro-advanced-hotkeys-part-48b?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web anyway your case is because of the studies and the checkbox "include in scale" -
Trading Buddy or Group
Cynthia VanBibber replied to Phil R.'s topic in Members Introductions & Meetups
Hi Phil, I am a PBOR trader (but just had a terrible day, so here I am, new to BBT, and I am trying to soak up extra inspiration). I think I know how to read the tape (for a beginner), but some days I am not so sure. -
Hey everyone, my name is Phil and I'm in Florida. I've been trading for a few years, and I've just gone live with Tape Reading. It’s going good so far, so I just wanted to reach out to see if there any other tape readers out there that would like to be trading buddies. We could do 1 on 1 or have a small group. This is great for accountability and sharing ideas. Even if you are not a tape reader, let me know. It can be hard to find serious day traders out in the real world lol and I just want to find good people who actually love to trade. If this sounds good to you, my email is: [email protected] Send me an email and I should respond within a day or two. (If you want to reply to this post that's fine, but I probably won't see it for a while.) Thank you!
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Hey everyone, my name is Phil and I'm in Florida. I've been trading for a few years, and I've just gone live with Tape Reading. It’s going good so far, so I just wanted to reach out to see if there any other tape readers out there that would like to be trading buddies. We could do 1 on 1 or have a small group. This is great for accountability and sharing ideas. Even if you are not a tape reader and would like to connect, let me know. It can be hard to find serious day traders out in the real world lol and I just want to find good people who actually love to trade. If this sounds good to you, my email is: [email protected] Send me an email and I should respond within a day or two. (If you want to reply to this post, that's fine, but I probably won't see it for a while.) Thank you!
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Tape Reading - Trading Buddy
Phil R. replied to Phil R.'s topic in Bear Bull Traders - Members Only!
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Allo Annie, Je viens de lire ton message. Écris moi en privé e je vais t'envoyer un lien d'invitation. Je ne suis plus membre BBT alors je ne peux par t'écrire sans que tu m'écrives. à bientôt, Mathieu
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How to enlarge Candles in Das Trader Pro Chart
Philipp Fries posted a topic in Bear Bull Traders - Members Only!
Is there a way to increase the candles. My chart looks like to picture below and the candle's are hard to read. Thank you for any help. Philipp -
i do hotkeys here https://open.substack.com/pub/traderpeter/p/das-trader-pro-advanced-hotkeys-part-1cb?r=1wujo4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web for options you will need to adapt it for special rounding for the lots which is solved in the round() function
