My random thoughts Market feels like it's going higher today. Missing many opportunites mostly because the speed of execution on Globex is...
Long @ 1040.00
Just looking at price action one min. bars. I watched the new HOD being made with no followthrough. It felt very weak so I shorted it. It dropped...
Exit short @ 1039.00
Short @ 1040.75
Thoughts Went over the 3 trades yesterday again. The first 3 executions looked good. The last 3 were all early (early exit, early open, early...
After reading your post I thought why wait? The $10 commission was the brokers default rate for Globex trades. Since I never made one before, they...
I'm playing the daily range. If the pullback started around 1041.00 then I'd look to go long into the close. The range is pretty wide now and I'm...
Daily tally: Starting funds : $50,000 3 trades (+1.0, +1.75, +2.25) = 5.00 pts. 5 * 5.00pts. * $50 = $1,250 Gross 15 * 10.04 comm. + NFA...
In getting ready for today I downloaded this year's ES tick data in my laptop. I traded each day with my charting software and I kept noticing...
Thoughts Should have taken a longer lunch! Sure screwed the exit of the long up. Market action looked fine. I just bailed because I could bank...
We'll see about the 1k goal. That's only 4 pts/day. It looks to me like the ES has it to give. Don't worry about me. I'm in the 50% bracket....
Exitlong @ 40.50.
Back from lunch. I see my stop wasn't hit so I'm still long from 38.25. Only about a 7 pt range so far so maybe there's some upside left. I expect...
Lunchtime: Put my stop in at 1033.00 in case of disaster. Too impatient on this trade. Should have waited until after lunch. Oh well, time to eat.
Thoughts: Bad entry. Thought it was firming up. Just pausing before weakening further. Don't initiate more trades until after lunch.
Long @ 38.25
Thoughts: Exited long too early. Should've gotten 39.50. Thought I saw market weakening. Just a pause looking back. Definitely want to play the...
Exit long @ 1039.00
Cover and reverse to long @ 1037.25
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