ES Journal Archive (2011)

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Quote from Picaso:

Based on what? On the end result?

Don't do that to yourself, Laissez Faire.

Next.

Yes. Based on the fact that price were stalling at higher levels, but since I could not stay at the computer and believed in upside potential after lunch, I stayed with the trade :) Not saying I might have done differently if I was with the computer.
 
Quote from Laissez Faire:

With the risk of overtrading, short @ 1323,50. Stop @ 1324,50.

Many signals & many trades --> no overtrading

One single trade without a signal --> overtrading

If you see it, go for it, but if you're just pissed off because you were stopped out on your previous trade, well...
 
Quote from Laissez Faire:

With the risk of overtrading, short @ 1323,50. Stop @ 1324,50.

Price stalled. Covered @ 1324.

3 relatively small losers in a row. Will enjoy a cup of coffee before I enter any more trades tonight. Might be done.
 
Quote from Laissez Faire:

Price stalled. Covered @ 1324.

3 relatively small losers in a row. Will enjoy a cup of coffee before I enter any more trades tonight. Might be done.

just a bit of advice, but you were getting in these moves too late.

I was short @1325.75. Shorting before the majority of the trend starts lets you manage the position better.

Just an FYI. I'm no guru, but I do ok :)
 
Quote from Picaso:

Many signals & many trades --> no overtrading

One single trade without a signal --> overtrading

If you see it, go for it, but if you're just pissed off because you were stopped out on your previous trade, well...

I`m aware :)

I usually don`t suffer from this during the market open (which I seldom trade), but I tend to chase more than I should in the afternoons.

I guess my desire for profit disrupt my clarity of observation a little too much at times ;)

Btw, I posted you a few questions earlier in the CL thread. Not sure if you saw them before you went on your little trip ;)
 
Quote from wiesman02:

just a bit of advice, but you were getting in these moves too late.

I was short @1325.75. Shorting before the majority of the trend starts lets you manage the position better.

Just an FYI. I'm no guru, but I do ok :)

Yeah. I might have been chasing a little too much this afternoon.

My second trade where I reversed my loser before my stop was hit had a pretty nice entry, but my exit was flawed.

Since I only took 0,5 point loss on my last trade, it`s no biggie.

But yes, it should be avoided to begin with.

I just tend to press for more than there is on these slow range days. And that`s a recipe for disaster when trading the ES :)
 
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