Traded 5 instruments today. Four (ZW, ZS, ES, NQ) hit target and one (YM) got hurt in the stop and reverse logic of the system. Watching YM was like sitting at a baccarat table and seeing players switch between Banker and Player to catch a streak only to get chopped up as Banker and Player randomly alternate winning hands. That may the only issue I have with this system. If the asset can't find a decent short term move (not a runner by any means, but a short burst), a loss will occur from chop.
The botom line was a net loss of $142.50, which is manageable, however. And, of course, if I had held the position a bit more, that loss would have been gone. That's trading!
The system stops trading when daily targets are hit or 11:30 am ET. Two hours of risk is acceptable for a scalping system like this one.
Here are the two trades that the system took this morning. As a point of reference, if the system is in a trade and market moving news is soon to be released, the trades stays on. In these instances, non-manufacturing ISM report was released at 10:00 ET and the trades closed in our favor.
A weekly performance update will accompany this journal and any comments that may be important in evaluating this system as a candidate for scaling up. I will try to be as transparent as possible in the weekly update.
For the first week, I'll let the summary speak for itself.