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    I'd like to become a better trader

    out 1@25.75 out 2@26.5
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    long 3@25.5, stop 24 for gap fill/pp touch
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    P&L for Monday loss $1192 I didn't want to leave for the day with a loss of $600, which was my stated limit, so I paid even higher price for being stubborn. Another lesson to be learned.
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    my profits are not consistent, that's what I'm working on. So far I have accomplished one thing, always have stop losses. What I need to work on in discipline. It suffered again today. Slow churning days like today are my weakness. I know from painful past experiences not to...
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    covered at b/e, stalled again.
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    sell 3@28.75, stop 29.75 NQ made a double top and aapl is leading on the way down.
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    same trade again. stopped out :(
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    sell 3@27, stop 28, covered @27.5 lunch hour slow trading usually means upwards drift, $tick is positive, no selling
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    stopped out on the last one. leaving for now, order pending: short 3@34, stop 35.25
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    sold 3@27.5 as YH was rejected, target PP for last week, around 21.5 cover 1@25.25 for test of overnight low. cover another 1@25.5 as we seem to stall here, stop on the last at b/e
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    I've taken a few impatient trades this morning trying to anticipate the move instead of waiting for a good signal. I had a long bias at the open an my tick chart was making HL and HH, yet I closed my long I kept shorting this congested slowly drifting up market. The long bias was from...
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    stopped out for -1point. still have the other short@33 order pending.
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    sell 3@28.25, stop @29, target 24 for a PP test overnight. also order to sell 3@33 in case we touch R1 overnight, stop @35.25
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    I'd like to post some educational links that I found helpful. This one is The phantom of the pits: http://www.webtrading.com/phantom/preface.htm And great short articles from Ruth Roosevelt, a trading coach http://www.ruthroosevelt.com/articles.htm
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    P&L for Friday +$557 (4 points per contract) P&L for the 4 day week +$357 P&L for last 3 day week +$1295
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    thanks, see it now :)
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    Today was a good example why it's a bad idea to try shorting powerful run-away days like this in the afternoon. I'm happy that I realized it today and didn't short it as I've leaned this lesson long time ago :)
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    yes, some chart patters and important price levels, if you mean my trade to buy 23 at 11.36 it was based on R1 and previous swing low, but when it didn't bounce right away I closed it. It was a trade based on expectation of the continuation of a very strong move up we just had, once it didn't...
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    out last @23. no volume, no movement and no patience to hold my positions. I need to work on that. done for now.
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    I'd like to become a better trader

    out 1@22.75
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