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Yep, that's me. The recent structure stop and target exit study I did was eye opening to me. It's that kind of data that should boost my confidence and discipline. Thanks and Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year to you as well !

I'm not trading this week due to expected slow holiday volume. Plus I'm doing review work. After my recent review of different exit/ management strategies I'm now going to do a more thorough study and compiling statistics of entries/exits/targets/runner & PnL. Basically the testing of the...

Right click on the TL , click properties, "Under Attach to" change to "all charts" That do what you're looking for ?

So your target exit is not a placed order ? You're manually exiting ? What about when price runs +20 then quickly retraces never to see + 20 again. (as happens to me too often) Or perhaps your minimum is less than 20 ? TIA

Bam ! That was a move ! Forgot about FOMC.

I only steal from the best :D

I don't remember how I became aware of the stock market. When I was 15 IBM had a 4 for 1 split and was at $ 75. I bot 4 shares with the expectation that in a year it would be back to $ 300 and I'd use the money to buy a used '67 Mustang. I eventually made a profit on it due to dividend...

Thank you RN. Reviewed and printed out. BTW, not trading today. Into office late, internet issues and rollover. I'd say that's a sign but actually the PA looks pretty clear today.

Ah yes, I see those now. Cool ! Thanks.

This is how my 5 minute chart looked today. Mental issues of raising my target need to be addressed. First trade should have been exited at a + 20-25 target instead of the higher target I had at 97.65. Missed it by a tick but still it's too high. Right now focusing on using TL's on the 5 & 1...

Most traders would rather work on finding a better entry/exit/ management etc than work on fixing themselves, IMO.

LOL, I'm running a few laps behind. Was long about 14 ticks higher for +5 97.40 area was a nice swing test but volume too slow for me to take it.

I'm guessing long at 97.40 ish out 97.65 ish. Yeah, it's that slow day I'm playing guess that trade. :D

Thank you Traders. The 5 ema was something I tried & don't actually use. The other two have a purpose in my plan but I may be experienced enough to try without them. Simplifying may bring more clarity. As Nkhoi suggested, I may not be ready to go cold turkey so i'll strip the 1 minute and...

Still doing review and a little trading. Looked at more trades and structure stops look good. The average loss is only 9 ticks which is acceptable as an average. I'm leaning towards not giving reversal trades as much room as a structure stop as I think those should work very quickly...

I agree, RN. And don't worry I'm not going to start throwing darts or chasing entries. I was just thinking that even with proper entry and management, when done outside the context of a proper trend (or new trend;reversal set up) the edge is decreased or non-existent. I want all three working...

I've been aware my trade management is not ideal. Partly discipline, exiting too soon and not sticking with targets, and partly the plan, too close stops. I've reviewed about 80 trades over the last 3 days. Quite time consuming. 35 from Sept , 9 from Oct and 34 from November. I plan on...

Nice random thoughts, RN. :D All good stuff and what i'm focusing on. I hadn't thought about outside bars like that. Thank you ! -------------------- Spent some time over last few days reviewing printed out 5 min. charts. Drawing some TL's and noting interaction with S/R. Also...

Thanks RN. We are absolutely on the same page. A couple things I'm working on defining are 'reversals' so that i'm not entering on a retracement or range and 'retracements' so that I am not entering too soon. I'm not looking for a grail here just a bit more big picture context. I hear...

Happy Thanksgiving traders. I am thankful for the advice and encouragement I've received here. Thank you. ============== Not back to trading yet. Mon & tues had all day tax seminars. Quite the incentive to get my revised plan pulled together. Still reviewing and writing up notes...