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Thanks, RN. Good thoughts and I don't disagree with any of it. ====== No trades today. Score a point for patience. Lousy PA for my methods. Narrow range chop that did lead to a choppy trend but not clean enough for me. Most of day was an inside day. 5 minute chart attached, marked...

Vix is low and I was thinking of switching back to CL. The problem is less the market and more me however. The slump continues. I don't say that to make light of my trading or to not take ownership of the problem. By slump I mean my mental state. My confidence is shaky and I'm trading "let's...

Thanks for the post Stocks4life. I do not have firm rules re: moving stop up. Generally, once price has moved in my favor a few points i'll tighten stop if price is moving away from an area it should not return to. On trade 7 I should have tightened up much more. Hope & frustration took over...

Compared to yesterday that shouldn't be difficult.

I'm not sure how to explain todays performance. Complacency, desperation ? IDK. Every trade I had time to exit at a much better and obvious exit point but held on hoping , yes hoping, for a turn around. Questionable entries but clearly poor exits. Range environment required more patience...

We bought a Blendtec blender at Costco recently. Been making "Green Smoothies" 4-5 times a week. More berries and fruit than juicing recipes but still has the couple handfuls of spinach or kale. I would guess all the vegetables in juicing makes it the slightly healthier way to go but this is so...

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- 3.00 pts Pre holiday slow threw me off a bit. Called it a day early. Had feeling market would continue to grind higher after my long exit My notes and then added comments. Maybe my comments save you some time RN; although I'm certainly not assuming I can read your thoughts or have your...

Stop on trade # 3 was below the bar prior to entry ,which I saw as the start of this move and created a small swing. I figure price can pullback to that area and still be valid. Although realistically if it pulls back that far it better show strength damn quick or I'm out. Re: target on last...

Market seemed very slow and a little hard to read. I did get a discipline reminder slap on the wrist when for some reason , boredom or the let's try this because I can use a close stop, I took a trade out of my plan. So, Trade 4 I won't even discuss other than every ticks counts and I won't...

I ended up only taking the 1 trade today so -1.50. I tried getting my stop above the yellow line but wasn't quick enough . (I click & drag my stop order placement on the chart and sometimes it's not quite where I want it. I think I can accomplish this through the DOM screen too. Might have to...

yep !

I've never seen anywhere how to draw them so I just eyeball it. The bottom of zone is at swing high at 6:40 which is retested at 7:05. The fbo at 7:25 does not have price acceptance so I keep the bottom of zone in place. the top of the zone maybe a few ticks higher to bottom of the retest bar...

Missing trades today. Not sure why. Slightly tired ? IDK. It's a state of mind issue I'm sure. Second missed I had an entry order in , cancelled it then couldn't replace it in time. I think I need to remember to keep the internal dialog on: is this a set up, is the context correct ? Accept...

Thanks. All your comments are very helpful. I failed to mention that on most of the trades that start moving in my favor I do tighten up the stop. Although they're still not as tight as you're suggesting. BTW , the LOD was the LOD made in the first hour and not shown on the chart.

A mixed day. Missed some trades and had some sloppy entries. But I'm doing things now I had trouble doing before so I believe progress is being made. For example , exiting at a target has always been difficult. Fear of missing out on more profits has generally kept me in trades too long. Today...

OK got it , thanks. I need to watch the context and HTF better and avoid the range. Ain't that interesting. I know I've done that before; have the patience to avoid chop. I've got to execute the same EVERY day. There had to be some eager, hope trading going on today. Need to focus on price...

more trades. last trade not shown on chart. 6 Long (late entry) PB in trend E 3611.75 S 3609.75 (2) T 3616-3620 HTF Res and channel Exit FBO -.50 7 Short FBO Didn’t like this entry E 3610.75 S 3611.50 E Poor exit. –2.75 8 Long BO HTF context...

Today again focused on pulling the trigger. Usually 3- 6 trades a day . Today 12. After first 4 trades I was very pleased with my executing my plan despite 4 straight losses. Ended the day -9.00 pts. Still reviewing . There were mistakes (trading in a range) and some missed trades. I'll...

Before I was basically only using horizontals. So, glad to hear the diagonals are correct. I'd never put much weight on them. Have a good weekend , RN.