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+$182.6 Took the first trade that met criteria. I added the finishing touches to my system yesterday. The blue lines are stop/profit targets. The guy from e-mini watch explained why 'cute' methods for exit don't work that well (such as trailing stops - you have to exit on a retrace). I...

No trades, too much trading at the EMA.

Today should have been anywhere from 6-10 ES points. Perfect signal triggered on 2nd time frame @ 830 (~1425). No more trades today.

Day traded today and yesterday. Yesterday, I did a good job of staying out of trouble. No trades yesterday. I shut down before the 1 solid trend appeared (after 11am). I have mainly been watching RLM. But given today and yesterday, I'm pretty sure I'm going to dump it completely from my...

First yellow bar after the open was the best trade. I watched it develop but didn't pull the trigger. I hesitated because the last yellow signal bar I took was a loser. However, this yellow bar formed a much stronger pattern than the previous one and met more criteria. The 1st cyan bar would...

What a boring day... Didn't see anything I liked. If the market moves too far in the direction of a trade signal I don't take it. I feel like I'm good at recognizing range trading. Even on smaller time frames there wasn't much opportunity for my type of trading on RLM/ES. No trades today...

The main problem I see with this trade is both the long term trend indicators were in short mode. Therefore I could say this was against the way I like to trade, or a counter trend trade. The main purpose of the yellow bar is early entry, or a reversal signal. But of the four things I'm...

On top of having a pounding headache, my broker was having issues this morning. I really shouldn't have traded. There is a hole between 4 am and about 9 am in my brokers data on the instrument I was watching (RLM). Took the worst possible signal out of the 3 that met criteria. For some god...

Took 2 trades according to the plan. Very few of the signals I got today were clean as they should be. Too many were right along the EMA or in price swings that were neutral. The price action after the trade was entered caused me to bail on both of them. They both met the criteria I have...

Could have traded today... just sat and stared at the screen as the best trades pass me by. I am still getting over psychological stings of monetary loss from the previous year.

Had the 22nd and 23rd off for Thanksgiving. Disappointed with myself last Friday. Didn't make any trades, as I was too distracted. After I miss a good trade, I don't like the feeling of forcing a trade. That's a losers behavior. I'm learning that looking at other crap when you are trading...

Missed the best trade today, so I sat out... The move was done before I got to the screen.

Well, at this point, I left a possible 10+ ES points on the table. SIT ON YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU HAVE A WINNER! Not likely I will open any more positions, because it wouldn't have been necessary, had I sat on my hands. Sold near the bottom, but reversed quickly, like I have seen and...

When I count things (esp time), it usually causes me more frustration... :D

Few thoughts recently... Nightly study continues to remind me that a rock solid trading plan could pour money into my account in the first few hours trading only taking 1-2 trades (the second is a reversal). I've hard coded some signals into my trading platform that require a visual filter as...

1 day loss of 150k? Hope ur not srs..

As I have seen for many weeks now, a good trader could be done in the first few hours or so for the day. This is why I'm getting in the habit of stopping early. Many of the successful traders I've read about trade by exception, and by limiting your time trading the market, you do that. I also...

I was suspicious when I couldn't figure out how in the heck he could trade 1st/2nd pullbacks on the time frames he does for the R:R he does with such tight stops...

2 and done. So far we are in a range, shouldn't have taken either of these. Max of 2 trades per day. Being a bad trader so I'll sit out until tomorrow.

Been a while since I posted a chart. This system has been released to the public by a top fund manager - so no need to really go over it. I created a custom indicator to define the signals exactly. However, you would give back much of what you make if you don't use additional judgement...