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3rd trade was off a pattern i was reviewing this past weekend. Glad it worked . +7.75 This move started off a large LOD Triangle. Exit was apparently early but looked like price was struggling and i wanted the points.

3 trades, + 5.75 NQ points total 1st trade i should have exited sooner after the reversal bar at the fib 50 -1.75 2nd trade Looks OK to me but didn't work -.25 I'll post 3rd trade next

Not too critical at all. Thanks !

Last trade of the day chart attached. Sat on my hands after this one. I thought the action felt a little strange; choppy and quick.

5 trades -6.25 NQ pts. Felt like decent entries at the time but in review perhaps i was too eager. That is i should have waited to see if some breakouts were going to hold before i entered. Comments on trade 1 & 4 on chart. Trade 2 a buy. Should have waited with the market being down...

Tough a.m. for me too. Thought i had some decent entries but I didn't get the follow through i expected.

Not proud of this trade. I'm supposed to be more patient around HOD / LOD per my own rules. Possibly influenced by missing prior down move. Bottom line i should have waited and not taken this trade. Discipline issue.

1 trade so far today +4.25 Nice sell off occurred at 7:15 am that i missed . Not sure why i missed as it's a setup i like.

Here's what i need to work on for next week. More trades. One of the key things for me as far as increasing my pecentage of winning trades has been to have patience and wait for good trades. Sometimes i think i'm taking that too far, though. Yesterday and today during the "lunch hour", 9- 11...

FWIW, 1. You sound a bit burned out. It's normal. Enjoy the weekend , get some excercise 2. Don't have daily profit targets. It's out of your control. Focus on trading well. 3. Sometimes i exit just to book profits. I consider it replenshing my psychological capital. 4. You do any...

Appreciate the reply and i agree. Guess I'm still trying to get the gut in synch with what i think i should be doing. Thank you.

Thanks for the reply. Makes complete sense.

Only the 1 trade yesterday. Had to leave the office before the last hour. Today sold the HOD failed breakout. Late entry - hesitated Just trying to book green on the first trade, but looks like a decent read of PA.

Definitely feels like I'm trading scared. Early exit from today's trade. That's all i got for now. Back to the markets. PS My hard stop loss placed with my entry is 3 points. I of course try to avoid that when possible.

My problem is exits. Surprising to me as i always figured finding entries would be the hard thing. OK, that's still a challenge too. Another trade from yesterday.

Here's are a chart showing a couple trades from yesterday. Pretty indicative of how I'm trading currently.

Hey Traders, Like many i feel I'm close to becoming a more consistent , profitable trader. Still, i can't quite make it over the hurdle. Currently I'm live day trading the NQ but may go back to sim if results don't pick up soon. Hopefully with this journal and the help of the other...

You get pleasure when it goes down. Can be boring but the pay off makes it worthwhile.

I have no expertise in the oil biz but i do know when Pemex had their Ixtoc oil spill in 1979 it took them 10 months to cap it. And that was only in 150 feet of water. I don't expect any good news on the spill anytime soon but that may be already factored in to BP's price. Good luck.