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Today seemed fun. Don't know why it was different than any other day, but I just really enjoyed myself. Only made 1 stupid mistake. 6E Trade #1 The morning session was flat/up and price started making HL. The big red candle at 05:15 failed to drive the market down. Went long 1.4280 and was...

Trade #1 The Euro had been in a down trend all morning, then as it popped above the EMA it broke the higher time frame trend line. Had a green bar bounce off the EMA and I went long 7 ticks above that swing low. -8 ticks Didn't do a good job on taking all the trades. Seemed like every...

Thanks for the chart. No problem reading it. Both you and Joman pointed out the same problem with my first trade. Selling under that price rejection you marked would be hard for me because I don't know where to put the stop. It was a very nice drop, though. One reason I took that 3rd...

Thank you for your comments, they do help and I appreciate it. It's pretty clear that the first trade was premature, just as you suggested. Although I'm not too put off by 4 green candles in a pullback leg, the fact that price didn't sell off after a break of the support level should have tipped...

Great day for following rules. Bad day for making money. Trade #1 Price failed to make a HH after the last push above the EMA. This last push on the 07:24 bar was a weak green candle, with the next bar closing under the EMA. Measured 7 ticks down from the last pivot high and entered a limit...

I haven't forgotten any of your setup recommendations or advice- in fact they're all in my annotated 'NoDoji Book of Wisdom' (first edition). I do monitor those setups, but right now I think it's premature for me to take them. I greatly appreciate everything you've done to help me, and the fact...

At least in my case, I'll have to respectfully disagree with you about my journal. I'm certainly not feeling any pressure to perform just so I can post great trades and impress people. In fact, it's the exact opposite for me. Although I'm getting better at some things, sometimes I make some...

Trade #1 This was near the LOD after a flat morning. Was expecting a strong break of the low. When it bounced off the LOD, moved to BE+1 where I was stopped out. Placed a couple of limit orders on the way up, but didn't get filled. After that 65 tick run mid morning I thought the market was...

Thanks, I'll try to remember that. I did have my doubts about that trade, but it was an uptrend where the pullback bounced off the EMA. Thought it worth the risk.

Yep - got it on my shelf. Very entertaining and inspirational.

No trades today

I was feeling a little frustrated, but it was a joke :p My life is too wonderful to get depressed, but I do get angry and disappointed from time-to-time.

Focused again on just 1 instrument. My goal was to see if I can make a louse $100 a day. Trade #1 Saw some support at 1.4065, then a HL at 05:30 which was right at an orange report. The next bar closed up and I entered long. The setup was valid on the 3 min chart, but looking at the 5 min...

Decided to take Handle's advice. Focused on the Euro today. Trade #1 Market was in a nice down trend all morning. Waited until after the news and tried to short the close of the 06:18 bar. Filled 1 tick lower that I wanted. It was near the LOD and was waiting for a test of that. The next...

Bad day. Totally ignored my plan and passed on winner after winner. Managed to talk myself out of each of them. Only 1 trade for BE+1, and I spent so much time arguing with myself I got a worse entry by 2 ticks. Way too many distractions today. I'm involved in a lawsuit and have to gather...

Trade #1 This trade went well. I followed my rules by taking a with-trend entry. Didn't move my stop too soon and let it play out. +1 <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cgqhod8Eil8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>...

I traded CL for over a year, and had a lot of success with it last spring. I was killing it for 3 months. In hindsight I can see that my success was due entirely to newbie luck. My trading was completely indicator-based. It wasn't until the late spring/early summer of last year when the...

Two real trades today, two in sim. Guess what happened. Trade #1 After the big morning drop, price made a pullback close to the EMA. Went short after the pullback leg, but there wasn't any follow through. +1 tick. Trade #2 After an hour of consolidation, price broke out of the channel...

The day started off as usual, me determined to take my signals. The 05:18 was a nice short entry. Let it slide because of news at 05:30. This would have be a scratch. The 06:12 bar (or earlier if trailing a stop) was a nice entry. I was waiting for a with-trend bar. Debated on entering...

Talked myself out of some winning trades. Seemed like I was looking for reasons not to trade. Only 1 trade today. Trade #1 After the big morning drop, price traded in a range, then made a push up past the EMA. The leg up failed, but previous support held. Price made a double bottom at...