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ok, my trailing stop got hit about 5 minutes before 3pm cst. will post a series of screen shots with commentary for this trade that i took along the way while spinning some other plates in the air with construction going on around the premises.

all intraday charts (5,15,30,60) flying in formation.

daily chart with fibs and horizontal lines (magenta) for RTH and ETH R3 pivots there are 2 fibs drawn. one based on inside swing which is what current trade was based on. the 2nd larger fib is from 20 day swing low on 1/8 swing high on 1/24. my "way-out" target is sitting right around the...

VIX down over 10% = bullish

huge gap up on RTH chart and a break out to new highs. if momentum stays then R3 might be possible. 2 levels (RTH and ETH) 30m RTH chart 60m ETH chart

new highs on NASDAQ futures

so.... looking at the Daily I entered 1 contract @ 9249.25. risk is about $250 and should it continue north I will look at intraday opportunities to add contracts along the way. with news being what it is, the market could just chop in a range here for awhile but won't know 'til it happens...

took a long during Asia session before dinner last night and exited early @ R1 for $53 on 1 contract. it ended up going to my desired target of 9236.25 and is continuing.

as it turns out R1 on RTH (regular trading hours) and confluent with my original target zone turned out to be the line in the sand today. the good news is that it wasn't a losing day and i took only one trade.

mind you, the aforementioned missed & botched opportunities are the cry in beer category as the setups don't come along every day and also i genuinely like to trade higher time-frames. i.e., as close to or in daily time frame as possible. beyond that, i'm actually looking forward to a major...

this one is not too far removed from the botched MES trade. the setup was on MNQ based on the daily chart. the idea here is that the sell-off on Friday did not make a new low (yet) and happened to close on top of the 50% fib retrace and also near the ema(20). the plan was to buy a contract at...

next up is passed setup on MES which was already documented earlier in this thread so really just a link to why I missed out on ~ $800 to save $110. Grow $10k account to...

missed opportunities and setups aka armchair quarterback time. screen-shot of last Friday 1/31, same chart setup on 60m. yes, hindsight always 20/20 but the higher time-frames can often (not always) paint a much clearer picture of price action and formation of patterns and setups. using same...

9110.50 stop hit just after the close. net gain on 1 contract $35.18 = 2 x 12-pks (keystone)

i realize this looks very messy but in the heat of battle all that really matters is that it makes sense to moi. just posting what it's looking like going into the close and then plan to post more on some setups and missed opportunities later.

still not out of the woods yet but multiple time-frames (5,15,30,60) are flying in formation in that they are all above their respective ema(20). note how the 5m was waffling all through lunch and after. running out of daylight for this session so will see how this plays out but i'm trailing...

stop loss now moved up to 9106.25

a zoom out view of the 60m with additional S/R(magenta) lines. no surprise we stalled out in this area. 60m bar closes in a few minutes and if it closes anywhere near where it is now would be in favor of continuation. now i have to decide if the devil on my shoulder should bug-off. i.e., i...

ok, so now i've moved my stop to BE plus a couple ticks for commishes. i may not be able to do what i'm posting here due to time constraints but another possibility is that my stop gets hit and it's a scratch trade. ok, fine. i didn't let a winning trade turn into a losing one. however, it's...

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