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BOT 1547.5 OPEN 12:02:33

SLD 1545 CLOSE 11:17:32 I gave it 30 minutes. I still think that the trade will work, but my entry gives me very little protection. Also, it went down to 1540 almost immediately after entry, which makes me nervous. I will look to enter at 1548 or so if conditions are favorable.

BOT 1544 OPEN 10:43:40 Not exactly the typical trade. Looking for 1550. Will give approximately 30 minutes.

SLD 1536.5 CLOSE 15:03:58 I was looking for 1538 but when I realized what time it was, I immediately put in an order for 1536.5. This trade was more or less an accident.

BOT 1536 OPEN 15:00:26

BOT 1541 CLOSE 13:40:20 I was looking for 1539 but decided it wasn't worth the risk.

SLD 1543 OPEN 13:25:37

BOT 1543 CLOSE 11:40:33 It feels like I'm just playing with fire now. Today is bringing back memories of March 17, 2003, a day that will live on in infamy in my trading career. While I feel that this day has some awesome opportunities, I'm going to take a break for an hour or so.

SLD 1544 OPEN 11:38:47

Realistically I was only going to hold this trade until 10:45 (1526) anyway. I'm trying to develop a spirit of gratefulness, but it is exceedingly difficult.

BOT 1539 CLOSE 11:23:09 I'm struggling with my achilles heel after missing such a huge play on Trade 1. Right now I'm trying hard not to do anything I'll regret later.

SLD 1541 OPEN 11:22:28

SLD 1522 CLOSE 10:36:14 Real-time posting is little more nerve wrecking than I had thought. I think I'll get used to it though. Waiting until after Philadelphia Fed to resume trading.

BOT 1520.5 OPEN 10:27:49

I've been entertaining the notion of starting a new journal, and I'm curious to see what effect posting my trades in real-time will have. That is the main purpose for the journal, and right now this is just an experiment. Please do not use the information in this journal for trading...

I have decided that I am not going to continue this particular journal, although I will continue trading. I would like to believe that I will start another journal in the near future, but at this time I cannot guarantee it. I feel that I have accomplished all of my goals (and more) for this...

I was able to get the rest that I needed, and I'm coming back with a fresh perspective. I had considered waiting until next week to start trading again, but Trend Fader's post last night motivated me to start today. I'm extremely glad that I did. Thank you Trend Fader. Trade 1 (BOT 1342.5...

I would like to thank everyone who posted today. Even though this is just an anonymous forum, it really means a lot to me that there are people out there who care and want to see me do well. Thank you. Anyway this particular post brought up an interesting thought. On August 20, 2003 I...

Trade 1 (SLD 1385 BOT 1384.5) Trade 2 (SLD 1383.5 BOT 1383) Trade 3 (SLD 1382 BOT 1381) Trade 4 (SLD 1380 BOT 1379.5) After Trade 4, I realized that I just needed to quit for the day. I was still extremely frustrated and was not trading the way that I'm supposed to. So I went to...

True. I like to call it putting my own needs above those of the market. That's something I did to the extreme today.