-1.50 pts , 3 trades. Dow - 280 today. All trades to the short side so at least i was trading the right direction. 1st trade I hesitated...
3 trades short -1.25 long -2.25 long + 3.75 net +.25 for the day. Kind of a slow grind today. Nice run up in the last hour that i...
Hooti, Nice work ! Glad your making progress. The learning process never ends. Part of the fun i think. Good trading to you. Please keep...
Hooti, Glad to see you're still around. How's the trading going ? Are you going to continue w/ your journal ?
1 trade today + 1. Believe i managed the exit poorly when I sold at support. Anticipated it would break support and i'd be back to even, but it...
1 trade + 2.25 MFE 5. Exit ? Hmmm... Didn't care for the price action today so played cautiously. Will review ' cause think i missed a...
Well, at least i was focused today. Yesterday after my meltdown I realized i was pretty tired. Add that to the morning checklist from now on. Are...
Guess i was due for a mini meltdown -9 pts, 0 for 4 trading. :mad: Had a hard time getting a read on PA today. That should have been a clue...
When i was first trying to find my preferred chart set ups i tried 1000 vol but found it a bit slow, then tried 750 vol and found it a bit fast...
1st trade -1.50 but had MFE +4.25 2nd trade -2.25 3rd +5.50 MFE 9.75 Net +1.75 for the day. No complaints on first trade....
Thanks for everything JP. Even though i sense i'm doing most things right it's very helpful to hear from more experienced traders like yourself...
2 trades today + 2.50 pts. For the week +12.50 NQ pts. 2 weeks in a row of profits. The errors i'm noting that i make are mostly hesitation or...
oh yeah and don't think in dollar terms think in points won/loss for the day or in terms of percent.
There's no rule you have to go from 10k to 100k in 1 step. It's probably not a good idea for the psych reasons you're aware of. Increase acct to...
A slight bit frustrated at the moment. 1st trade probably not a great entry but it resulted in a failed breakout which is the set up for next...
Yeah and power of NOW. Honestly, i was probably trying to make up for the 1st loss.
1st trade -1.50 2nd +2.50 3rd -2.25 net -1.25 for the day . Had a hard time getting a feel for the market today. Last...
+3.50 on another long +8.50 for the day . I'm done. Thought this trade would work higher on more short covering. Stalled at resistance so took...
I must say i'm rather pleased with the way i handled this trade. Couple things i did right were 1 ) patience after the entry. The ES YM were...
Remember on exits you will rarely, if ever, get the exact hi or low. You need to learn to accept that. Do not get frustrated with what could have...
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