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Just one trade today that didn't go anywhere. Today's results: 1 trade + 1.00pts Net P/L +$16.22

Just a heads up that I might miss the first few hours of trading tomorrow, and if I do I probably won't end up placing any trades for the day. I'll know more tomorrow morning though. There's been a fair bit of activity in this journal since my last post, but you guys will have to forgive me if...

^ Hey thanks, yea need the weekend to rest! Week 7 Results 28 Trades 18 Wins 10 Losses Monday: +$81.22 Tuesday: +$76.22 Wednesday: -$7.56 Thursday: -$46.58 Friday: -$54.14 Net Weekly P/L +$49.16 Graph: Stats:

^ Hey RN, thanks for taking the time to make that and point that out, it's striking when I look at it that way. And yesterday's trades would look pretty much the same as well. That really drives the 'keep your losses small' point home! My head is spinning after the last few days, and I have a...

Well I had another bad day today, almost exactly like yesterday unfortunately. I started of with back to back 5pt losses, and spent the rest of the day nickel and dime trading trying to make it back. And like yesterday, I ended down -0.25pts and most of my loss is commission. I took a few small...

Hey thanks Slugar! And k p, yea, I went against the trend for the first 4 trades today. Things started off wrong and just snowballed from there. But the events of today along with a PM I got and Alpha Trader's question made me realize that I need to stop here, and get a solid plan together...

Looks like you had a good day today, that's good to see! First 9: 10th: 11th:

Not a good day today at all. I started off on a 4 trade skid that left me down -16.25 points and -$325. I had 3 point gains on my first 2 trades, but I let it go to see if it would go higher, but they reversed and turned into losses. I got emotional and made a series of mistakes. I was able...

^ That post is from awhile ago, but at the time I believe that I meant I was limiting my setups to HLs and LHs only for the most part. But that was when I was doing the 1:2 r/r trades, and things have changed again since then.

I've had some time to look things over for awhile and I see a few entries that I could have had on the 4058 breakout that I was looking at. I do see a few on the 1 min chart. I could have entered on the 11:15 or 11:20 EST bars. I should pay more attention to the 1min as we are approaching levels...

I placed 2 trades today. I was looking at the early AM high of around 4053 as a level to watch if we broke higher. Well we went up past that, and started to pull back a bit. I made an anticipatory entry of a HL at 4052 when the market came back down. We paused at this level, but I didn't wait...

One trade again today. I'm done for the day now too. Well the initial drive was up today, and I was waiting for some sort of pullback or spot to enter. It looked like we were going to push at least to test the high again and I liked the set up, so I went long. We pushed through very slightly...

I placed one trade today, and I did get fairly lucky. As the market started to sell off a bit I was looking at the early AM lows of around 4066 as a level to test. We were already at 4070, and then the market rose 3 points, so I decided to enter short. I didn't think that we would put in a...

A few things I'll mention going into this week. After I've had time to look over Friday's trades, I realize I need to do a much better job of identifying the trend and trading with it. I didn't realize how obvious that it should have been until it was pointed out to me by ND and I had some time...

Week 6 results: 17 Trades 12 Wins 5 Losses Mon: +$17.44 Tues: -$126.34 Wed: +$67.32 Thurs: +$38.66 Fri: +$138.66 Net Weekly P/L +$135.44 In the interests of accurate accounting, last week my account was charged $15 for a CME fee. NT stats: I have the NT stats, but I can't seem to upload...

Hey ND, thanks for the chart, I appreciate you taking the time to make that! It sounds funny, but I didn't really mean to trade against the trend today. My main focus going into the day was to identify a few areas that I considered to be support, and my plan was to see if the markets sold off...

Well I'm happy to end the week on a positive note. I placed 3 trades again today. I was lucky to exit the third trade when I did, because a few moments later the markets turned south! Today's results: 3 trades: 1st: +3.50pts 2nd: +2.50pts 3rd: +1.50pts Net P/L +$138.66 First trade...

Hey thanks wilddog and ND! And ND, that's a great idea covering the P/L, and I think that might really help me too. Even though I have it set to points and not currency, watching the P/L is very distracting and kind of unnerving for me. So I think that will be help me to calm down and relax if...

I placed 3 trades today. 1st trade - I located some short-term support so I went long. This was another perfect example like yesterday of getting in at a good spot and not having any signs telling me to exit, but I do anyways taking a small gain. 2nd trade - I exited this trade in error. This...

Oh ok, I'm focused on the chart to make all of my entries. But I can definitely see how it might look like I'm focused on the DOM. I don't use the level 2 or any of that on the DOM at all. And you're right, I am nervous in a trade, that's something I really need to work on and overcome. It's why...