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7/9/2007 +$54.41, 2 trades (2W) EURUSD: +5/7 USDJPY: +3/48 B Clear head, but just got stuck in sideways EURUSD trend. USDJPY position was held overnight and didn't reach target or stop. Closed positions when I had to leave for work.

7/6/2007 No trades today.

7/5/2007 +$57.50, 2 trades (2W) EURUSD: +7.5/20 A Clear head this morning and followed the rules as planned.

7/3/2007 +$109.67, 5 trades (3W, 2L) EURUSD: +10.5/38 USDJPY: +6/19 D Started out feeling perfect, but hesitated on a good USDJPY setup and then slowly began to lose focus. I'm in the process of selling our house and buying a new one, so that has been at the back of my mind. Shouldn't...

7/2/2007 +$398.25, 1 trade (1W) USDJPY: +61/83 C After the Tankan index came out in-line (read: not bad) and possible reduction in risk exposure, I looked for JPY to recover a bit. Although single the trade came out in my favor and is a nice way to start the month (in dollars), I did not...

6/29/2007 No trades today.

Good luck with this endeavor dejatrader. Take it one day at a time and focus only on what the market is telling you, not what you could have in your checkbook. FWI - My biggest misfortune was having the "luck" to make money right away.

dejatrader, I had actually seriously considered doing this when I started the journal but decided not to for a number of reasons. There is no getting past the fact that I am down a very large percentage on the account; and maybe this will be a good wake-up call to some newbies... in May I was...

6/28/2007 +$18.04, 3 trades (1W, 1L, 1S) EURUSD: -2/20 USDJPY: +4/15 A Like the other day, my son decided to wake up way too early and join me in the office. This time I closed the two open positions and put him back to sleep (in hindsight I could have kept them open for nice profits...

I'm not aware of that feature in SC. I recall IB saying that they have something like that in their charts, but I get a headache just thinking about the IB charts. If you need to have order entry on the charts, the only software that immediately comes to mind is GFT's and <a...

6/27/2007 +$232.52, 4 trades (3W, 1S) EURUSD: +3/14 USDJPY: +34/61 A 26 pips of the USDJPY profit are from yesterday evening (5-7pm CST) from a single short position opened and closed during that time. The trades this morning were by the book, felt good and relaxed. Stopping early...

Hi dejatrader - I'm not too worried about my edge... given the same system, two traders will surely get different results. As you've noticed, I use a few indicators: - BBs for targets - MACD to give a little help on the trend - 9min EMA tells me when I can go long or short (this is the...

6/26/2007 +$166.12, 5 trades (4W, 1L) EURUSD: +3.5/26 USDJPY: +22/35 B Nice movement today and I felt fine until my son decided to roll out of bed 2 hours early and come play with his toys in my office. I tried to focus, but the distractions hurt my trades - should have stopped trading...

6/25/2007 +$38.91, 2 trades (1W, 1S) USDJPY: +6/10 C Was too passive this morning, especially after the long weekend. Wasn't active enough and took profit too early.

Thanks for the comments djxput! Just like you, if I hold something overnight I'll be waking up every hour or two just to check the market - afraid of missing out on something or getting my ass handed to me. Normally I don't put on stop orders, but if I hold overnight I'll put on a series of...

6/20/2007 +$38.61, 3 trades (2W, 1L) EURUSD: +1/12 USDJPY: +5.5/21 C Not very good on the entries. Feel myself ignoring the rules, getting sloppy, and losing focus this week. Exceeded the goal for this month, so taking the rest of this week off to give myself time to refocus.

6/19/2007 +$142.50, 2 trades (2W) USDJPY: +22/27 B Focused and clear today, just didn't take many opportunities.

6/18/2007 +$221.37, 3 trades (3W) EURUSD: +33/24 D Head was not in it this morning - found myself forcing trades when I should have been on the sidelines. I was lucky, not good, today.

6/15/2007 No trades today.

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