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Kiwi, I'm trying to get away from trading reversals and going with the flow.. trading with the trend. I believe I just felt the market was going to continue down.. as I watched the price action.. one of those where I was just in tune with the market I guess..

thats just what I was looking for.. thanks guys

I'm looking into stocks.. Is there somewhere (website or other) that would show all stocks traded by exchange or by sector.. which would show the symbol, company name, exchange traded.. and maybe what sector they are in.. I know I can find the most active issues in my newspaper on a...

Good day today.. but then everybody who went with the trend probably had a good day.. Emini 11 Trades 8 winners 3 losers Gross Profit $450.00 Felt good about 1st trade.. short trend up.. formed 3 hammer type candles.. next bar closed up fairly strong.. didn't get any follow...

I do try to pick tops and bottoms.. I realize that.. not sure why.. part of that gambling mentality I guess. and the trades I take that are with the trend are usually much more profitable and cosistent.. It gets back to that self sabotage problem... I don't have a software that...

You're right.. Part of my system is to take a trade and as soon as the market has moved 1.5 points in my favor ..move my stop to breakeven and then trail a stop below each swing low.. I did not do this on these trades.. If the market gives me a big move like the one at 12:20 .. to take...

Here's today's trades.. Emini - 7 trades 3 winners 4 losers Gross Loss = $37.50 1 trade in Euro.. see prev. post Profit =$375.00 I guess not a bad today considering the way it started off.. was lucky to come out with a profit.. Hindsight analysis.. would have been a great...

You are correct.. I don't need income from my trading for survival but I am dependant on it for some things coming up... That and my account has dwindled down pretty substantially.. I am undercapitalized and its showing in my trading results.. I hate to stop trading and wait till I get...

Dpb, "Am I making any sense here???" Hope that didn't sound cynical.. I'm just unsure if I am making any sense.. I appreciate the help and I need outside help.. I need you guys to see what I'm doing wrong.. and call me down on it.. This is why I started this journal.. and so far...

Dbp, In terms of goals.. yes.. my system more than reaches them.. I have set a very modest goal of netting 1.75 points a day.. and from what I've tested of my system it more than accomplishes this. a problem for me also comes in when the day is drawing near to an end and I haven't...

Dbp, When you say clearly denined goals.. do you mean monetary goals??? I guess my system rules aren't specific enough.. I do have to make a determination a signal is generated. Maybe this is also part of the problem..

Dbp, I did contradict myself there sorry.. part of my system is counter trend.. but my rules state not to take a buy in a market that is trending strongly down.. or if I were to take that type of trade it should be when the trend has exhausted itself.. I"m not being patient enough in...

My system would have generated one trade today.. which was a buy at 966.00. which I took and happened to be the low.. I got in at 965.50 I followed a fairly close stop loss and got stopped out at 967.00 as you can see that would have been a very good trade had I followed my stop a...

Just made another good trade in the Euro.. See chart attached.. Bought @ 1.1325 Sold @ 1.1355. Profit = $375.00.. I believe I got out at a good price.. the high was 1.1361.. and the last quote was 1.1338.. What is going on in the Emini.. was waiting for a good short to develop..

Marathon, You are probably correct.. when you say mechanical.. you mean you don't take a trade unless the computer prompts you to?? Is that the type of mechanical system you are talking about??

No.. not fully mechanical.. but I do have rules to trade by..

Down $252.50 for the day so far.. I keep taking trades that are not in my system.. keep going against the trend.. But WHY????? I keep saboting myself over and over again.. I've read self improvement books... everything I can think of.. but still nothing seems work... I've been at...

Here's the trade in the Euro.. this is a 10 minute chart.. I use 10 minutes w/ currencies I love these setups on the currencies.. on Emini too.. but I"ve had better luck with them in currencies

Here's today's trades.. Terrible day in the Emini.. Luckily I was able to make a good trade in the Euro and made $300... to make up for these.. Emini trades. 4 trades 2 losers. $175.00 $225.00 2 winners.. $37.50 $25.00 Net -$337.50 The second trade was a...

Natalie, Sorry but I can't seem to view the chart.. is it just me??? if so, can you post it in a gif format??