Thanks for the kudos. Now remember that this is only my first month with these results.
The excel sheet is all on exits. You'll notice that Oanda codes them as Stop Loss, Take Profit, or Close Trade. If you really wanted to figure out my entries, you can figure it out because lot size, profit, date and price are given.
My personal breakthrough is putting a long time trading rule to rest. You guys heard of "you can go broke taking profits?" Well, I believed that for the longest time. I would enter a trade and try to let profits run. Well, most of the time, a trade would be in the money about $50-$200 and I would try to let it run. Unfortunately, those home runs are lower probability bets. So I challenged that rule and I wanted to see if I will go broke by taking small profits. So far the equity curve is showing that result of challenging that rule.
As for how I choose my entries, I also believed for the longest time that trading is about a book of rules. Write them down, follow them to the T. Never deviate from them. Well, I challenged that rule too. I trade on feeling and 9 years of experience making and losing money. I employ tools for trading but not rules now. Trading is an Art, not a Science. If it were a Science, the smartest minds in the world would be successful. However, this is not the case. There is a gut feeling, an experience factor, a mindset that sets traders apart. This is the Art. If I feel bullish, I put on my long on and you can see on the spreadsheet that sometimes I do 10k, 30k, 50k, or 100k. This is how confident I am in the move. As soon as I feel bearish, I get out for a loss if it's below my entry or if it is already in the money, I take profit.
