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"Mo, thanks for the idea. But are we supposed to have different trading strategies at different times of the day? I was trying to do as many trades as possible, but don't have a good strategy for that period of time. I have performance reports and watching that closely." What I'm suggesting...

"Do More of That Which Is Working and Less of That Which Is Not: This works in life as well as trading. Do the things that have been proven of merit. Add to winning trades; cut back or eliminate losing ones. If there is a "secret" to trading (and of life), this is it. " From Dennis Gartman's...

Here's something that might help. Record all you trades in a spreadsheet, and classify them by the hour or half hour of entry. Study each period over many weeks/months of trad data, and try to see which periods produce your best P&L or P:L ratio. Then you can concentrate on trading...

Summary Week Ended Friday 30th August 2013 4 stock trades: 2 BLT + 26.67 BPS 1 BP + 4.48 BPS 1 STAN + 32.86 BPS Stocks net + 64.01 BPS All long trades, all intraday. No Index trades. I traded 3 days this week. Thoughts A short week due to the bank holiday...

Is that 104 trades in a day ?

As I said at the start of this journal, I have been doing this for a while. I have been going back over my old trading records and have been looking at my trading for the month of July 2003. Back then I was trading bigger size, something I need to build up to again. Back then I would...

Summary Week Ended Friday 23rd August 2013 19 stock trades: 12 BLT + 3.56 BPS 1 BP + 9.12 BPS 1 RIO + 8.05 BPS 4 STAN + 88.82 BPS Stocks net + 109.55 BPS All long trades, intraday and overnight. No Index trades. I traded 4 days this week. Thoughts Another tough...

I was watching the ES last night after the close.. What was THAT all about.....?

Summary Week Ended Friday 16th August 2013 13 stock trades: 2 BG + 22.22 BPS 7 BLT + 70.24 BPS 2 STAN - 1.20 BPS 2 RDSA - 31.11 BPS Stocks net + 60.15 BPS Long and short trades, intraday and overnight. No Index trades. I traded 5 days this week. Thoughts A very...

Summary Week Ended Friday 9th August 2013 14 stock trades: 4 BLT + 40.51 BPS 4 BP - 1.94 BPS 4 HSBA + 100.59 BPS 1 RDSA + 20.79 BPS 1 STAN + 42.46 BPS Stocks net + 202.41 BPS Long and short trades, intraday and overnight. No Index trades. I traded 5 days this week...

Summary Week Ended Friday 2nd August 2013 12 stock trades: 4 BARC + 172.20 BPS 2 BLT + 26.46 BPS 5 BP + 56.29 BPS 1 RDSA + 10.81 Stocks net + 265.76 BPS Long and short trades, all intraday. No Index trades. I traded 4 days this week. Thoughts A quietish week. My...

OK, here's a chart of the move on BP today. I closed my long rather early. Red & Blue lines are the 1st 30 min high & low. 30 day low on BP was 443.35, low today was 443 .35.... Who says price doesn't have memory ?

Summary Week Ended Friday 26th July 2013 12 stock trades: 9 BLT + 89.77 BPS 3 GLEN - 162.78 BPS Stocks net - 73.00 BPS Long and short trades, intraday and overnight. No Index trades. I traded 5 days this week. Thoughts A difficult week, although I actually made a...

Summary Week Ended Friday 19th July 2013 4 stock trades: 4 BLT + 30.25 BPS Stocks net + 30.25 BPS All intraday trades. No Index trades. I traded 3 days this week. Thoughts Another shortened week for me. I struggled to find trades this week. There was also the...

Summery Week Ended Friday 12th July 2013 8 stock trades: 8 BLT + 155.55 BPS Stocks net + 155.55 BPS All intraday, long and short trades. No Index trades. I traded 3 days this week. Thoughts Another shortened week this week. Markets headed higher but the FTSE is still...

Summary Week Ended Friday 5th July 2013 6 stock trades: 1 BARC + 27.05 BPS 5 BLT + 47.36 BPS Stocks net + 74.41 BPS All intraday, long and short trades. No Index trades. I traded 3 days this week. Thoughts A quiet week's trading, I was out all day on Tuesday and...

Summary Week Ended Friday 28th June 2013 7 stock trades: 3 BARC + 11.17 BPS 4 BLT - 86.44 BPS Stocks net - 75.28 BPS Long and short trades. No Index trades. I traded 3 days this week. Thoughts A poor week's trading, I was away in the UK until Tuesday. Stay...

Summary Week Ended Friday 21st June 2013 6 stock trades: 1 BP + 4.38 BPS 5 BLT + 65.53 BPS Stocks net + 69.91 BPS All long, intraday trades. No Index trades. I traded only 2 days this week. Thoughts Another negative week on stock markets. FTSE closed below the 200 DMA...

Summary Week Ended Friday 14th June 2013 12 stock trades: 2 BARC + 13.37 BPS 10 BLT + 86.29 BPS Stocks net + 99.66 BPS All long, intraday trades. No Index trades. I traded 3 days this week. Thoughts We saw quite a sell off in the FTSE & Dax. Banks weak as were...

Summary Week Ended Friday 7th June 2013 3 stock trades: 3 BLT + 44.74 BPS Stocks net + 44.74 BPS No Index trades. I traded 2 days, was busy the rest of the week (and therefore missed the sell off). Stay disciplined. Stay focussed.