I love the greenback...2008

[indahook]

Trading month one. 21 days.

Date Principle Net PnL
1/21/2008 10,000.00
1/22/2008 10,224.40 224.40
1/23/2008 10,564.50 340.10
1/24/2008 10,636.90 72.50
1/25/2008 10,760.70 123.70
1/28/2008 10,923.30 162.60
1/29/2008 11,070.10 146.80
1/31/2008 11,675.40 605.30
2/1/2008 11,803.10 127.70
2/4/2008 12,401.80 598.70
2/5/2008 13,899.40 1497.60
2/6/2008 14,022.50 123.10
2/7/2008 14,613.30 590.80
2/8/2008 15,114.00 500.70
2/11/2008 14,711.80 -402.20
2/12/2008 15,377.60 665.80
2/14/2008 15,152.60 -225.00
2/15/2008 16,043.40 890.80
2/18/2008 15,834.20 -209.20
2/19/2008 15,942.80 108.60
2/21/2008 16,518.50 575.70
2/22/2008 17,490.90 972.40
2/25/2008 17,153.60 -337.30

+7153.60
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[indahook]

Got chopped up in the AM. But pyramided aggresively into another rally. Would be up over 3k if I had waited for that 6 point consolidation to resolve itself before getting involved. That and dumbass that I am forgot about consumer cofidence at 10am.

$1977.10 net...24 turns.

I have to admit. I am getting bored of the sim. But I will wait until I get to 30k NET gians prior to funding. That is the agreement I have with my better half. The journal is good for accountability...but the wife is better! She has not cared about my trading in the past. But I have made it a point to involve her in this experiment. I think it will help me have more discipline.

The OEC update has removed the little colored pyramids that show trades on the chart so it does not make sense to post em...
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[fluttrader]

Quote from indahook:

Got chopped up in the AM. But pyramided aggresively into another rally. Would be up over 3k if I had waited for that 6 point consolidation to resolve itself before getting involved. That and dumbass that I am forgot about consumer cofidence at 10am.

$1977.10 net...24 turns.

I have to admit. I am getting bored of the sim. But I will wait until I get to 30k NET gians prior to funding. That is the agreement I have with my better half. The journal is good for accountability...but the wife is better! She has not cared about my trading in the past. But I have made it a point to involve her in this experiment. I think it will help me have more discipline.

The OEC update has removed the little colored pyramids that show trades on the chart so it does not make sense to post em...
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Why not trade a real account ?!

 

[indahook]

Quote from fluttrader:

Why not trade a real account ?!

I do, just not intraday.

I made a promise to myself that I would not begin daytrading(again) until I met certain goals on a simulator.

Good trading to you.

 

[indahook]

Boring is good. The only thing I did wrong was not adding aggresively on the breakdown out of the consolidation pattern. Not stepping on the gas with those moves is a sure fire way to mediocre returns in real life.

No such thing as perfect day is there?

+374.4net......found the little arrows again.
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[indahook]

Made some, lost some...made some more.

Short 1 into tomorrow with stops/limits in place.
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[indahook]

Made a couple hundred on Friday..too busy with real life to post.
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Not a bad day today considering I kept it to one car a clip. Trying to get in shape for the real deal. Most likely will be funding around April 1st.
10 turns today...but held the lst one for 2.5 hours. Trying to work buying support and selling resistance in with my pattern trades. Watching the ES trade tick by tick you notice a few things. One of them is major levels usually work. And if they dont, reversing with impunity is usually a good move.

Done for day...+241.50net.
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[indahook]

No trades today.

 

[indahook]

Not going to be posting/trading until Monday. Studying for one of those pesky professional exams.

Last post until then...

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I do believe this 3 candle pattern is forming up to create one hell of an explosive move. No idea what direction, but the compression of the real bodies indicates some serious indecision.

Looks like three freaking sticks of dynamite to me!

Enjoy the ride..and remember to wear your safety goggles.

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[indahook]

Finding a moment to post as a limit order is filled.

Bought more UUP at 22.75 as the greenback cracks 73 for a moment. Just to reiterate, this is very long term for me. I plan on buying more lower is it occurs. Scaled orders every .25 down with increasing size.

Avg somewhere in the low 23`s now....dont really care about the exact figure.