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Hey Snowman good to hear from you. I use a 3 minute chart to look for set up area in conjuction with the 1 minute. Trading off the 5 not sure about but i've been watching it recently also. Not quite ready to switch to that just yet. Thanks for looking at my charts. I think i do have a...

Tired and distracted with other work. A couple ok trades but bottom line should not have been trading today. -6.75 pt on 5 trades then stopped trading midday. Too bad. There were some great opportunities but i just didn't have the focus. My edge is my focus. Tomorrow i'll bring it. And...

Hey, man thanks. Good to see you're still here. It really is a solo journey. Got to continue to study and find things that work for me. Nice to have some company along the way, though. Later !

1 more chart. I think there's something to be learned from my mistakes and the few things i do correctly.

Brilliance and stupidity. Some great entries and terrible exits. This has been my problem for awhile. Today all mental mindgames; being influenced by prior trade, trying to stay profitable on day and not taking heat plus the volitilty threw me off a bit. Staying objective in the trade is...

+ 5.50 pts : +4.75 -.50 + 1.25 Got too cautious after first trade and didn't take a good setup. Made up for it after exiting 2nd trade with a re entry 3 minutes later. Lots of missed opportunities but overall pleased with my focus and results.

That program have a cumlative point gain/loss column or do we have to do the math ? :)

I have a problem with big gap days. Just don't trade them well. The bias was up and i mostly waited for a reversal pattern to get short. Not a great strategy. I took a long late in the day that stalled. (chart attached) Ideal way to have traded it would have been to either use a wider stop...

OK i'm back. Expecting good things this month after a lousy August. 6 trades today . zero points. Overall good trade management except for my last long which I got nervous on and bailed right away. That would have been the one good trade i needed today to net around 5 points. I think i...

Positive on the day ? Excellent !! I was rooting for you and at the same time cringing with every add on.

Nice comeback on the last trade. 18 months till what ?

Thanks Hooti. Appreciate your well wishes. I'm easing back into trading this week and expect to be back into my regular routine next week.

Just a personal update. Not really sure what to post. Does my personal life really matter on an anonymous trading journal ? Spent more days at the vet this month than trading. The previously mentioned dog was put to sleep aug. 5. Twelve year old shepard/husky mix all of a sudden lost use...

Been waiting and expecting for about a year a drop like today. dow -500 Didn't trade. Dog back to vet. Will be at home with dog tomorrow too. Oh well. the market will be there next week. not so sure about our dog.

FWIW, that sounds extremely high. 1-2 % is most often cited as a good amount to risk (not position size but amount you would lose if stopped out) . Personally i think less than 1% is a good amount even with a small account and still provides good profits. I'm not profitable but i'm not blowing...

No . real $$$'s If you have any recommendation on exits i'd gladly take them. I've considered multiple contracts to scale out. Break of S/R on retrace indicating change of trend- gives back alot of profit. Targets . Mostly rely on my 'skill' :D to find exit points. Yep, it's not...

what % of account equity do you risk per trade ? thanks and GL.

6 trades -3.00 points More lack of experience i hope than mistakes. Usual too early exit on first short. Got shaken out on the pullback. +3.75 that could have been good for another 10. 2nd trade didn't get the fill i expected so moved stop and ended up exiting -3.75. The good action...

Yep made that mistake before. And like you warned i've had a winning streak then pushed too hard. My big problem used to be chasing 'cause i was always afraid i'd miss the next big move. But I've missed so many big moves i've gotten used to it so just focus now on trading well. Thanks.

...BLES I swear i'm watching 'em :D