Recent content by BadPhill

Very poor trading today. Took 5 trades. I know that 3 is the limit, but I'm going to change that rule. I will think about it. I was short from the first trade, and never changed direction. That's a good point for today. (was watching the american/european markets and figured that they...

My son woke up feeling a lot better than yesterday, and I decided to start for real with the journal... and at this moment I'm actually done for today: no more trades left. See the chart marked with "A, B, C, D, E" Trade 1 (A, B): DAX tested yesterdays high and bounced off of it...

A rather disappointing start for my thread. My son was ill today and we had to visit the doctor, so there was no trading. Any way, after the facts, the "shoulda woulda coulda thing ..." See attachment. The European markets did not follow the late rally in the American markets, and did...

I'll give some of these questions a try: How many tics profitable to move your protective stop to breakeven? Formation of a higher high / lower low How many bars does it take if price stays at or near your entry price to get out? I have tought about this more than once, but I have no...

No trades today, no trades tomorrow. Phill

Let's hope it's awesome. The journal starts on Monday. Phill

I decided to try trading DAX futures for a period of two weeks. Should this period be profitable (let's say EUR 1500, trading 1 contract), I will consider a go live. I hope this journal will bring some discipline into my trading. I regularly suffer from overtrading, taking profits too soon /...

USD -192 EUR -592 The last few weeks I seem to eat like bird ... I've been trying to short tops all day. When the time was finally there to go short, I didn't dare to take the trade anymore. I'll spend the next 2 days in sim again, so no posts. Phill

USD +119 EUR +288 Traded Eurostoxx in the morning, and had a few CL scalps in the afternoon. Phill

USD +112 EUR -316 Phill

No trades today, no trades tomorrow ... Phill

EUR -734 USD -59 That hurts! Phill

EUR +120 Balanced the whole day between slightly negative and slightly positive. I'm happy with the end result. Phill

USD +194 Phill