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Just looking for green today. 2 trades + 3.25 1st trade attached. good entry , poor exit

Great ! Thanks .:)

Do you mind sharing your trade details , entry and exits , rather than just the summary ? Thanks and nice trading !

We all travel the same road don't we. I've read Livermore and at least 100+ books over the past many years. I too have blown up stock accts by being incredibly overleveraged on margin. Not proud of it still have a few scars, but that's for talk over beers or some good wine sometime. I've...

Matcha, thanks for the reply and sorry you had a rough day too. Somewhere in our traders mind i'm sure we learned something. You got it - giving up is not an option. focus and a positive attitude always. GL tomorrow. Let's both trade well !

Very embarrassed to say that my trading continues to implode. And to be perfectly honest i feel i'm disappointing those who have been trying to help me. (JP and a couple people who have PM'd me.) 6 trades -8.75 Was trying to not hesitate today. The bigger issues were not taking good...

thanks again. I still doubt my trading abilities on days like today. I really appreciate your thoughts and encouragement .

Protractors and tracing paper. This is getting good. I see that if i want to take these trades there are earlier entry clues: ? 1st trade the MA acts as resistance as well as price moving to a prior s/r area. price shows rejection and LH and LL 2nd trade also a few LH bars and price...

Thanks JP i hear what you're saying. I did manage to do all that. First trade the move was pretty extended from the prior consolidation area. I should have passed or at least entered sooner. full stop + .25 slippage, -2.50 2 trade- i like. I'd do it again. -1.75 3rd trade - again...

Absolutely no discipline today. Trying to shake this cold so slept in and missed some of the down move. (first 2 hours of trading) After that just started chasing at the wrong time. I've been waiting for a market correction and kind of kept thinking i can't miss this move. On one hand i...

I like how you have no market bias. short or long - whatever looks good to you. But not looking to piggyback. Got my own set ups i'm trying to master and i think you're more of a scalper than I. Good trading to you.

2 trades. 1st -2.25 on a long , 2nd + 5.75 on short. +3.50 for the day. In the past i think i would have been frustrated i didn't make more on a day like today. Although to be fair my trading was slightly limited due to arriving late due to getting over a cold and then had work to do...

Agree. Story is king. If you show a gun in the first act it better go off in the third. I hope the protag makes some $$$$ but the reader would like a little drama too : )

Tlow, FWIW, you are going through the EXACT learning curve and emotions that all (or nearly all ) traders go through. Rather than be dissappointed in yourself , accept that this is the process of growth and learning. If you continue trading, these are but a few bad trades out of the...

No trades last two days. Yesterday was choppy and today i was working and missed the one drop that fits my set ups i look for. At this stage of the game i wonder if i would have taken it. Made some notes on the chart (not posted) and added to my collection for later review.

Looking like an interesting day. +7.50 on 1 trade so far but have work to do so not sure if i'll get any more trades in Haven't seen a nice M top in awhile so good to see one today. Not the best entry. I'll take it though. Exit was after it looked like support was holding. Stayed...

No chance today to try out my new calm state of mind. Stopped out of 2 short trades -4.50 That's all for today

Books: The first that come to mind that may be helpful. How to Make money in Stocks by William O'neil Market Wizards by jack Schwager (may not be specifically what you're looking for but has great insights) Charting try: freestockcharts.com and Telechart at worden.com . Allows you...

Re: Exits. Losing trades are usually not much of a problem. Either stopped out or trade fails to soon go my way in which case experience says tighten up the stop. Sort of a price action/time stop. Winning trades i'm not managing well. I figure it's possibly a combination of 1) not having...

Entries are getting slightly easier for me to recognize and act on timely. I will always be trying to improve on this but then that's the job of a trader. Exits are my current challenge. I've never liked the idea of profit targets or resting orders to exit but I'm considering everything...