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I would have probably taken a loss on that first one as it was a short signal that could have still held and then it would have been too late to get back in, but that second one was a beauty. I should have just taken the trade. Missing that one was painful. haha

Yes, I see it. Nice trade. It's what I call the "it should go down, but since it didn't, it's going up." Right at a higher pivot low too. It should have went higher, failed to go higher, so it's going lower, but failed to go lower so it's going higher. It's one of those failed failed...

I didn't see that, but it's where it came from. I scanned that first page, but nothing stood out to me explaining how it worked. I'd have to do more digging, just don't feel like it at this time. I played with the settings a little bit and the way I have it it looks a lot nicer and has a...

That's kind of what I was thinking even though I have no idea what that is or how to read it. This one was taken from the NinjaTrader site and is called TSSuperTrend. There wasn't much of an explanation to it. I plotted the SAR on my chart and it has it a different look. There are...

Took 1 trade today. It wasn't a trade I normally take, but it was more or less an attempt at just getting rid of the hesitation and fear and go for it. You'll notice my chart looks slightly different. I was PM'd some advice on this trend indicator. Blue is an uptrend, red is a downtrend...

Nice trade on Trade 1. I didn't even see that one or know how to get in. It was a quick V reversal. Trade 2 you're playing in a very tight range, barb wire. You really want to stay away from them. Don't try to guess where or how it's going to break out of the pattern. Wait for a signal...

Took 1 trade today. It was a matter of just taking trades now and not over thinking, which I kind of did over think, but I caught myself. I'll explain below. Trade A: This trade was a break of the low, which is not on the chart. The entry price short was 81.53. I had been looking at...

I always enjoy the videos and pictures you post. I got a laugh out of this one.

Honestly, be optimistic that you are taking trades. As for me, I couldn't take a trade if someone else was clicking the mouse for me. haha To us just starting out this is our education, our tuition, to trading. Often I think to starting any other business where most businesses are not...

No excuse today for not taking the one signal that jumped out and told me to trade it. Again, no trades, and I'm slightly mad at myself for not taking the trade. Trade A: This was a great signal. Pullback to the EMA and a bounce off. At the time all I could think about was, "I...

Got this tip from someone else. On your chart, go to your indicators screen and on the active EMA indicator change the Calculate On Bar Close to False and you will have your EMA on the current bar rather than having it lag.

Didn't really get any signals today. There were a couple places that had the possibilities of a trade, but nothing was really clear as I like to see them. Trade A: Lower high after what looked like a reversal. I put in a sell stop, but the price went higher. When it went 1 tick above...

haha Well, maybe that is something to look forward to! j/k I'm not going to defend what I said and make up an excuse for why I said it. I'm having trouble coming up with a good way to explain what I meant by that. I guess what I meant was that I look forward to not having to try and fight my...

Not really sure what to take out of these last few posts from you guys as I can't decide if what you're saying is that I should not trade CL and/or I won't have a chance at success. The patterns I look for in CL are of their own breed. I completely understand that the technicals of CL are...

I'm not sure how you missed it. I assumed you knew. I decided it might be a good idea to have a more open account of my trading rather than just having a private journal that hasn't really been feeling like it is benefiting me. It's funny because I will look back at my first chart in this...

No trades again today. No clear signals. I was in the mindset that I was going to take clean, valid signals, but I did not see any that jumped out at me. Trade A: This one made me think, but it wasn't as clear. The previous bar had the look of a short signal, so we would look for a...

frank, I really enjoy your journal as your chart is the same as mine (Ninjatrader) and it's CL, which I trade too. I'm interested in the way you trade because it sometimes will cause me to look at the chart differently. I read that you decided to stop trading early today. My suggestion...

Today was just a weird day. Lots of back and forth, lots of range, lots of tails on the candles, all of which made me hesitate and confuse myself even though there were some great signals. I ended up with 0 trades again today. Maybe I should go back to sim trading and just take the dang...

Today was another 0 trade day. There weren't too many signals, and the first signal I saw was just missed out of hesitation. *I'm testing a way to use elitetrader for my pictures so hopefully I did this right.* Trade A: Absolutely beautiful. This was a "That is a signal" trade and I...

I wasn't attacking you or anything, just having a friendly discussion. I have a lot to learn and I think joining these discussions is a good chance to get more chart time, add to my trading knowledge, and talk back and forth about ideas. Everyone's trading style is different. You're on your...