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First loss of the day at about -60 ticks. But I took it like a man and moved on. Then see what happened.

Another lock-limit day. Wow. I waited patiently for some confirmed UP action, and then pounced. Here are 7 MNQ longs. I have this tendency to miss the big moves but I still get some good scalps: Newest trade at the top: And I updated my Multicharts platform, so I should be able to...

Ended the day nicely in the black, but missed the ride to the moon to close out the week. Some day I may try something daring . . . Wow, what a second bounce today. I think it must be a long for the record books.

WOW, what a bounce today. Some good trades today after the top turned back down:

Faked me out today so many times, but I got some good trades too. I can believe I am saying this, but I am eager for the market to go UP, LOL. It is really tough fighting my oversold "BUY!" desire.

200 tick stop is mighty big, but mighty fine in this environment. I am still trying to get out as quickly as possible when the trade is bad, but the emergency stop is 60 ticks right now. I have been fine-tuning the entries for a long time now, but sometimes the market doesn't care how...

Down $97 today.

I really appreciate your comments. Days like this really test me. Fortunately, I do have several well-wishers here and elsewhere. Speaking of discipline, one of the best guys on ET is reading this journal, and he sent me this link because the video reminded him of me and my 2% goal...

The World Health Organization just made it official. This is a Pandemic. https://moneyandmarkets.com/?p=19342?post_ids=19285,19261,19231,19126,19017&utm_source=MAM-Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Daily-Article-Traffic The USA now has this many official infections

Sorry Dude. I was thinking down too, but not enough. I had some great shorts, but didn't hold, as you saw from the screen shots. This market is messing with my head for sure. I expected the rally much sooner today. @Sekiyo has an interesting idea there, one that I use sometimes. Set and...

DANG. I got jerked around several times today like most people probably did. Despite many good early trades, I ended negative. The YM was down over 6% AGAIN. Whodathunk it? WOW. I am probably down $120, but I am still alive. I will have the final tally tonight.

I took 4 small shorts near resistance. THIS MARKET IS CRAZY. Here is the trade blotter for the last 5 trades: Average is about 10 ticks.

Trade (8) short for 8 ticks on a bounce in a very strong bearish environment. I waited for the stall first. As you can see, I was a bit premature on the entry. The CD line was below price, and we were still in Zone4 on the VWAP bands. Zone 4 is only for shorts in my book. It is the...

Trade (7) Long MYM on a pullback from a pop from the bottom. Good for 22 ticks. The environment is slightly changing from extreme bearishness to something else. But the bulls have yet to emerge. The CDelta was saying "try a long" as well. Here is the trade blotter for the last two trades...

The line of scrimmage is intense here today. WOW. Trade (6) was a 12 tick short toward the mid-line of the range, as mentioned in the thread I started on MQL5 and posted the link for here recently.

As promised, I am trying to post more trades and my rationale. This is a trading journal, after all, LOL. @Evgeniy I don't have that stat, but I am working with Multicharts support to help me.

I mentioned "net short" previously: https://www.shadowtrader.net/glossary/overnight-inventory/

Using my new VWAP bands framework, where are we now? We are right near the VWAP. So NO TRADE.

Trades 3, 4, 5 (3) 6 ticks short just before the open. Everyone seemed to be looking for more longs. The contrarian in me loves this scenario. (4) 27 ticks short right at the open, at resistance. The market went "too far too fast." And while the overall market appeared to be "net short,"...

Early morning trades on the MYM. (1) A short up against resistance, good for 10 ticks. (2) A short in a resistance area, but a loss of 16 ticks. The market is really tricky here. I should have waited until we reached the downtrend line. The CDelta line was telling me short as well. The...