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In case anyone still needs proof you can forecast direction using lines. I cashed out my paper trade at 1191 today. The second screenshot is from yesterday.

-270 Fri

I took one unplanned short yesterday and scratched it for +20. -250 today. It would have been another -several thousand day if I were trading 5 lots with my old plan. It started sinking in today that the lines I have been focused on drawing for the past few months led me to become a pure...

-790 Monday, Nothing today. Monday I took 5 shorts. Thank God my trading instinct is to only trade 1 contract. I have to change something. One of my favorite things on trading is the Floored documentary about the Chicago pits. One of the traders compares the market to a whore, as it's out to...

Ahhhhh yes a true gem of trading wisdom. I'm sure most of the stocks you're trading move the same way my index does. Almost every day, 1 trade will catch the majority of the action.

-840 +250 +1180 +0 -540 Same old problem. I didn't sell first once today. My last long would have put me in the black today but I didn't hold it. I had 3 losers by then and didn't want to lose more. Only traded one contract today.

Last year I finally started making money (+14k~). I'm starting at around $48k this year. I plan on making withdrawals over $50k. Previous threads: 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010

My results for the week are so far: -800, +200, +1000 This year I finally was able to dedicate time to get trading down to a science. My method is very simple and evolved slightly this year. My futures account is +$18k for the year. I see the potential to do much more than that. Much of the...

-200, -20, 0, Nothing Thur, -20 (22nd-26th)

-2630 +230 +130 +20 Nothing Fri

I am really good now at sitting for hours and doing nothing now that I realized logically how imperative it is. The purpose is two fold: the best day trades come around only 1-2 times per day and when I'm right, I'm usually right for a long time. +4,860 -2,290 -240 Nothing Thur -1250 Tue was...

I write on paper and online journal about trading because it reinforces what I know and see trading. Though at this point I don't need it. I know what works. Just have to polish my skill with time. This morning I hesitated taking a great long at the open. It was absolutely perfect. Many...

Nothing Mon +600 -540 +1910 -1600 Having more realizations about my trading strategy: On average, there are about 3-4 trades per day according to my Pareto principle lines. I must must must hold my position to the close if I'm right, or cash out where my reward was at least 2x+ my risk. Tue I...

Your entries look early to me. The first trade you got out right where there were a bunch of buy stops... Why did you get out? I usually get out where I expect resistance using other lines.

This is not an aberration. This is a frequent occurrence. Even though I'm making money, it will never be a 6+ digits until I can just not give a shit where the market goes or how much money I'm up or down the day.

Traded 1 day last week. +1100. I used vacation as an excuse to not take very good trades last week. I was out of town with my family doing travel/visit/family stuff. Trading is hard enough as it is. You should really be locked in room with out the chance of distraction.

I should have past the 50k mark this week. Instead I decided the 8 dollars was not worth the wifi on the plane to trade Thur, the one way up day. I had a brief moment to watch the market when I switched planes and just sat there watching as the market lifted off of it's launchpad. Would have...

I view my trading as an investment in my future. Tuh-may-toe, Tuh-mah-toe

dbpheonix's first response is not "Trades about to happen"...? That book contains everything that I'm using to make money *almost* every day.

Traded 3 lots this week. Had more time to focus on trading early in the week. +750 +690 +570 -180 +50 I realized why days like Wed I don't make more. I was long at the open and cashed out my last contract at 5 points. The one way days just aren't likely. Thursday I moved to another office in...