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- $341 There was no way I could document my trades today, because I traded over 12,000 shares (unusual for me). In my haste to fully master my new trading platform, I took trades with less than ideal setups and then stupidly hesitated on some of the best setups and missed entries. I...

- $341 Considering how I traded today, not a bad result :D

I disagree. Now that I'm on a platform that even makes scalping possible, every trade I put on will begin life as a potential scalp (I use a tight stop based on invalidation of the setup, and I lock in a small profit as soon as presented, so I'm playing with the market's money, not my own.)...

I was very pleased with IB's book trader to initiate trades, and bracket my orders once I figured out how. Everything was quite fast. We'll see how it goes with larger orders. I'm curious if I'll get any slippage if stops are hit; there was certainly none with 100-300 shares. I considered...

Geez, FWIW, your hair looks absolutely marvelous today!

- $46 At the open I was working on setting up new chart layouts and trying to figure out Mr. NoD's IB to practice trading with because I expected my own IB account to be funded any time. Sadly I didn't notice that my favorite short play, HANS, moved above 43.00 where I always love to sell it...

-$46 First day trading with IB, traded very small size. Took a while to figure it all out, but once I did, I thought I died and went to heaven trading with the DOM. If I could reverse my one mistake (long at the top instead of short, oops!), I would've had a green day.

IMHO a journal on a public forum should be an educational tool. If all you wanted was a journal for yourself, you certainly wouldn't need to post here on ET. I love all the charts and discussions on this journal, R.W.'s and my own. retire45 has a nice ES journal going too.

Spot on! This trap kills traders as they dwell on dream profits that "could have been" and then violate their trading rules down the road. Every trade is new; what something did the last 10 times doesn't mean it will repeat that move. That's where tossing aside your ego and exercising inviolable...

This has been my biggest fault, but after trading with a DOM on a real day trading platform, I realized how hobbled I've been and I actually pounded my desk and emitted a few expletives for not listening to every trader I know telling me to switch platforms for the past 6 months (was careful to...

For the record, I've been in Robert's chat room since it started and I don't recall him ever asking for donations. I do recall a discussion once about a more robust chat platform that would cost money and the group discussed donations to support that. "playing Guru"?? He calls his trades, but...

************* 1) no trades, 2) two longs, 3) high priced stock That's three uncharacteristic actions in one week. This can mean only one thing: Mr. R.W. is pregnant :D

Very helpful and a very intriguing strategy. Thanks!

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Neke, sorry about your week, but you will recover as you well know. Psychologically what happens is we see a setup that seems perfect, so when it runs against us it seems only more perfect, right? It's because we have an opinion and an expectation of what the price "should" do. The reality is...

Tried to upload edited chart with 42.39 instead of 32.39, but it didn't upload. It was a typo obviously.

- $224 Day - $132 Week - $124 Month + 12506 YTD Offered 110.95 POT, missed and sadly I did not chase, and I really don’t know why, and why I didn't stick with POT for the lower high short play. Short STEC @ 14.12 near HOD and stalled, stop @ 14.23, hit for a $70 net loss. Patience in...

- $224 Day - $132 Week - $124 Month + $12506 YTD Tried out a strategy today with the wrong tools for the job. It was kind of like trying to open a door using only your nose :p

OK, today I took several losses in a row testing a "top picking" strategy with a poor platform for doing what I wanted to do. They were small losses and in fact my entire days loss was less than my max loss allowable on a single trade, so no problem there. However, by the 3rd loss in a row...

Hog, you bet! Yesterday was the first time I really put that to work and it felt great. Removing the two fat finger errors that cost me over $300 instead of $60, I exercised perfect discipline and trade management from start to finish. After demo trading with IB, I realized that my current...