CL Redux
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One trade today, in sim, eventhough today I wanted to go back to live trading.
Nothing was making sense.
Almost took a long off the 9:10 bar, but yesterday's close was just above so I didn't take it. Glad I didn't.
Wanted to go long off the 10:10 bar, but it seemed countertrend and the 20 EMA was just above. It would have went to my profit target, but I was better off not taking it.
The only trade I did take was a short at 81.50, on the break of the 10:20 bar. Got +11 on that as my profit target is always 11 ticks with a 10 tick stop. I'm trying to get myself into the habit of taking the signals rather than missing out on a bunch of signals worrying that it isn't going to make a big move. Eventually as I gain more confidence I will open myself up to bigger moves.
Short signal at 10:45 that didn't get triggered.
11:35 bar I had wanted a long as I had pictured in my head what I wanted to see, but the 11:30 bar moved lower shortly before it closed so it didn't seem so much like a reversal bar. Ultimately, it still did what I was picturing in my mind.
So anyways, I thought today was pretty tough in finding signals that made clear sense, but I guess that is what makes trading more difficult than it always appears.
Nothing was making sense.
Almost took a long off the 9:10 bar, but yesterday's close was just above so I didn't take it. Glad I didn't.
Wanted to go long off the 10:10 bar, but it seemed countertrend and the 20 EMA was just above. It would have went to my profit target, but I was better off not taking it.
The only trade I did take was a short at 81.50, on the break of the 10:20 bar. Got +11 on that as my profit target is always 11 ticks with a 10 tick stop. I'm trying to get myself into the habit of taking the signals rather than missing out on a bunch of signals worrying that it isn't going to make a big move. Eventually as I gain more confidence I will open myself up to bigger moves.
Short signal at 10:45 that didn't get triggered.
11:35 bar I had wanted a long as I had pictured in my head what I wanted to see, but the 11:30 bar moved lower shortly before it closed so it didn't seem so much like a reversal bar. Ultimately, it still did what I was picturing in my mind.
So anyways, I thought today was pretty tough in finding signals that made clear sense, but I guess that is what makes trading more difficult than it always appears.
I was having a Dyslexic moment when I read this post, all I saw was the 81.55 price and looked at the chart and said to myself why would Nodoji get short at 81.55 it should have been around the 82.10 - 82.00.
I have never drunken coffee in my 48 years of living, maybe I should start.
