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five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Here we go again, missed too many trades and wasn't patient enough. 1)Short 1305 stopped 1307 2) tick shit***ted and got out Long 1306.75 out 1307 3) Long 1308.5 stopped at 1306.5 then went offfff Forgot that we are in a weak market only pivots should be considered for longs. Missed a... -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Two more trades, one of them gift to the bots: 1) Long 1309.25 stop 1307.75 stopped at 1308! I though it is s sign of strength (may be it is my connection that is slow) 2) Went back 1309.25 after 1309.75 was broken, stopped at 137.75. It seems like the shop starts before the beige book... -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Today: Finally I respected my setups, still my exits were poor. Traded one contract, It would have been different with two contracts. Took two trades: 1) Long 1307.5 stop 1306 out at 1310.5, should have let it more but my exit strategy would have stopped me at 1310.75, not big... -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
I made two trades afterhours yesterday with one cont netted 185. So, yesterday was down $495. Today will play with one cont, will add one, only for the best setups on pullback. My plan for today: Don't care where the market is going read you 5 minutes/hourly charts. At this point the... -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Do you suggest wider stops? Or do you suggest longer term? In this case the debate won't be sorted by this thread. If you look at the 5 minutes you see that if you get half the possibilities a trend following method gives you, you'll do more than fine. I don't think long or short term is really... -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
I don't use overnight in 5 minutes. plus, I was dead convinced we are back in the bull mode, was too emotional. In addition to that, I was waiting for 19.25 to break before calling it down instead of 24. I could have bet the house for 1324 to hold. Anyway, I hope I'll wake up one day and respect... -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
True, it would have been a good up day today if I had 2 points stop (actually even 1.75) instead of 1.5. I'm raising it to 1.75, let's see. -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Today was a nightmare. Thanks to many inputs, I managed to stay away from long. This always happens to me when there is a reversal day. I tend to take all support on all time frames starting with 2 minutes to 4 hours. Add to that some revenge trading I end in the $2000 loss. Fortunately, for me... -
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five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
I'll post an annotated chart and blotter, shortly. -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Out 1306 before a heart attack. Down $680 for the day. Down $80 for the week. -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
short 1307.5 don;t like it should have been 1308.25. Wide stop at 1309.75 -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
I forced a short at 1307.25 out at 1305.25. don't trust end of day. Down 821 for the day. -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
I've been trying to short since 1pm and price stop right at my order without a fill !! -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
It was real money! -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
I like your posts as long as their respectful it is fine. My system works on all time frames. The problem, when trading 60 minutes you need to monitor night, I can't do that. How do you deal with that? Every day you have a change in trade at 3am, when european markets open. -
five years later (the previous 5), still struggling!
Eddie, It is easy to say all names you want. You didn't answer to a single question I asked. What you posted at the beginning can't be tradeed no matter how disciplined you are. So tell me, not specifics, how do you trade?