The trolls will find a way regardless the amount of documentation by him...they're a jealous bunch here at ET and they can't post anything in comparison.
It's nice to see another trader that values market depth info in their trading...most do not because they're too fixated only on the price action of whatever they're trading instead of viewing the entire market context.
By the way, love the documentation.
Yet, why post your documentation of your trading here at EliteTrader.com in comparison to another forum, your own blog or own website...the latter you'll be in complete control of your content instead of the forum owner along with the fact that you'll be able analyze whom is viewing what, from where, time of day and other behind the scene info ?
My point, do you have another trade journal elsewhere and this is just a copy or whatever info you've pulled from your trade journal elsewhere and that other (original) source is much more in-depth about what your doing ?
I'm curious, do you keep track (stats) on those missed opportunities ?
I myself do and discover it contains a wealth of info that's very useful later whenever I need to adapt my trading when market conditions change to something I'm not familiar with.
wrbtrader
hi wrbtrader and thanks for stopping by and thank you for your comments!
re: market depth, i have studied it for a LONG time and always got some sort of edge from the information but have to say i lean on VIX and $TICK heavily with futures day-trading.. they really are somewhat of a windsock if i had to describe them.
re: posting here @ ET. gosh i don't really have a good answer other than this is where i landed after seeing sstheo thread about growing $2K. honestly i can't really remember how i came to ET to see his thread other than i may have done a search for something and it just happened to bring me to ET. you know, how that serendipity stuff works. lol
re: journal, blog, website, etc., never thought about that but in all honesty that sounds a bit like work which i already have plenty of. not that i wouldn't enjoy the subject matter but my concern might be that it would become too much of a distraction from other things that need my attention. this whole grow 10k to... thing is an experiment or project that will hopefully fund some other things. ideally, i would like to get it to the point that i can take advantage of a deeper pullback/sell-off somewhere down the road and then get it rolling on daily, weekly, monthly, time-frame and rolling contracts. with any luck that will happen and i can get my wife, kids, grandkids to keep it going. or they can just blow it all on my funeral wake. lol
as for the journal. i've made a few attempts at times to do it and personally didn't get much from it. that doesn't mean it's a bad idea though. i think journals can and do provide value depending on the person and situation. i know from personal experience that writing things down has helped me work through some issues when things are emotionally charged and it's hard to see the trees for the forest, yes. having said that, it's like my wife urging me to drop a few lbs. and go to this exercise program or diet. i remind her that i was a wrestler in high school, a triathlete, for many years. i KNOW what i need to do. (side note, i eventually got my act together on this.) so it is with trading.
as for the missed opportunities. the ones that i highlighted in this thread, IIRC were ones that i was aware of and planned on taking but for circumstance (mostly) beyond my control i was not able to take advantage of. it's a frustrating thing knowing you're right on something and especially a long time developing trade that gets away.
again, thanks for stopping by. i'm not sure how long this thread will go. i mean, at some point it will get to be like chewing gum possibly but i would like to get the account built up enough to peel some off and start another account that would be focused on longer term swing and trend trading. i know that i have some activities on the horizon that are going to take me away from day-trading due to travel and other obligations but that's one of the benefits of doing this. having the flexibility.
cheers!
