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stopped at near breakeven

out 15180 -$200

Are u going to offer me 10% of profits?

long 15190 on dec nikkei

out at 3648, -$1200

short the Jan brent /wti spread @ 1270

stopped at 17.72 -$720

1771 is where my stop is...go FADE me now :D

I use charts and am currently unprofitable :D I like your posts, dbphoenix. You come across as a no nonsense type of chap. Should i read your threads on here or on the trading lab site?

short March Sugar 17.63

went long Jan CL at 9412

My short on Natural Gas was a few ticks shy of target, unfortunately it has rebounded sharply and i am losing on it now.

Thanks, NoDoji :) I suspected as much, that the trade would have to be missed, which is fine, plenty of trades anyway!

good trading, builder. nice exit.

Thanks, but the journal's purpose is not really to discuss specific trades. More of a tool for me to see what I'm doing, keep me from doing marginal trades. How? Well, I am committed to putting all my trades on here, so it would be shameful to do marginal trades and then have to admit to it...

I have backtested many years ago the basic system that i was using then. I am now using a far more discretionary version of the system. You are absolutely right re volatility. The vol in ES dropped off in late 2002 iirc and at the same time i started having less stellar results than i had...

NoDoji, i reread this and found it v much to my liking. I would have to test it out, make observations. Probably wouldn't go use it before the New Year. One question, which i may have asked before, what do you do if no pullback?

Went flying in my plane this morning over the beautiful English countryside. Fairly clear day, but very cold. Came back and for some reason, i was exhausted. Went to sleep. Woke up, found i was stopped out of that coffee trade -$1320 Next did a Dec Nikkei trade: long 15210, out...

thanks for post. will answer tomorrow. off to bed. :D

Many thanks for this. I will have a look, but it would change my methodology quite a bit. Also, that ES trade is but one trade out of thousands. Perhaps we are over focusing on that, was only 6 points loss after all?