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Appreciate it, actually did hit the loss limit. Really was not even paying attention as the commission pushed me over. Should not have even come close to that limit to begin with. Deserved that one. Hit the reset button, fresh head for next time. Confident I can pass, as long as I stick to the plan.

Very disappointing.

That whole zone i probed this morning did indeed end up working, although it was not at all clean. first spot was bad, but second spot was good. I just noticed that I actually failed the combine here on day 5. my loss was 488, but i was not even factoring commission on the trades. It is well...

A lot of trades, all bad. -488. stop limit is 500. My first trade of the day was quite poor. then snowball city. i did not properly execute the day. Plus 100 for the week. Very off the $ goals now.

Day 4, nothing too much to add here about the actual day's trading. As far as the combine goes. 10 points per lot per week is a little bit of a personal goal of mine. I came in to this thinking mostly 1 and 2 lot trades, with a rare 3. So 20 points a week would be a nice target to shoot for...

Tested a couple more for about a half point loss. did not hold long enough as that last trade is working at plus 5 at the moment. Was getting lulled a bit up there. Zone was dead on, can't win them all. Not a bad day, ideas have been right for a chop day. A lot more trades than usual today...

3 more trades here same zone, basically the same trade in this area of chop. took 3 minor losers. I like this level, as I see a lot of confluence. Market does seem a bit tired from the recent move, but sellers so far today have not been able to get it working to well. Sticking to the plan until...

1 trade short, stopped for plus 1. NQ's had some speed to downside, ES was not reacting as much. IWM also was coming in to support. Not a bad trade, reading the action on the other side got me out without a loser. Gonna let this settle a bit and look for a new trade. Initial goal was to find a...

There is the update for the day. 1 trade, 1 lot, plus 10 points or $496 after commission. Very happy with the day, traded the plan and executed. 2 winners and 4 losers so far in the combine. Plus $400. , Need to go back and study the ES afternoon charts, as the action on NQ for whatever...

I agree, just a bonus I saw if I don't get funded. Beat that discipline in when you feel like someone is watching. I actually like the idea of putting myself out there for judgement as well, that's why I started the journal. I've never even met a person who trades before. So far removed from...

Being 1099 is not all that bad. You have some insane tax advantages for retirement accounts at least. individual 401k's have some seriously nice limits.

Seems like they've got a good number of people funded. Think one can learn a lot about them selves with added layers of rules. Even if one doesn't get funded, you can check back and see if those rules improved your trading.

Made a couple trades in the nq's earlier in the day and a couple later in my personal account. Single lot trades in these as well. I'm not trading nq in the combine, as I tend to swing it a lot more than even my ES runners, which is not allowed. When I made the afternoon trade, didn't really...

Just started a combine of my own in the journal section. Seems a fun experiment for me as someone without much experience. My es trading has been more of a swinging the runners, trim and trail approach. Should be interesting to see how I manage being flat at the end of day...

Profit target hit for plus 10. Right in to that China spike high here. Still haven't seen any sellers show yet. In a situation where if I had the runner, I'd let this breathe a little more. When sellers don't show at R on these strong moves, a lot of times we seem to get those grind up days...

Seeing weakness in NAZ, here. Moved ES stops up, Coming in to a zone where NQ's may find some support. IBB coming off lows, but no pulling naz with it at the moment. AAPl LOD'ing. All signs giving me caution. Yet, vix getting Mike Tyson'd in the face, oil and IWM rip city. Conflicting.

2 Orders this morning 1 fill. Order one was my first two lot order, missed fill by 1 tick. Just as yesterday, to me that just says my zone was on. Order two was a one lot, as the level wasn't quite as good. Total heat was 3 ticks. See how this one develops for today. Target is 10, but do have R...

There is the update for day 2 finish. Ended up not taking another trade after all. Saw one thing again I liked this afternoon, although it was more due to the action in the NQ's, and I couldn't find an entry on ES for it with tight enough stops. Haven't made a trade over a one lot yet in my...

NQ's tapped the top again. Reacting very well to levels. maybe chop fest today in ES if NQ's can't bust over.

Day two, likely done. Plus 3 points/singe lot. 3 order, 1 fill order one missed by 1.5 points. order 2 by 1 point. This tells me the zones were good. Order 3 fill, total heat was 1/2 point. Target was 10. ES would not budge at the lows, so adjusted the stop for plus 3, to give a little room to...