Day Summary:
Sim P/L: $105.80
Points:
(1) +2 ticks x 2 contracts: +4 ticks
(2)+3 ticks x 2 contracts: +6 ticks
Total: 2.50 points (1 contract basis)
First trade was simple upside breakout scalp, two ticks, could have got more if waited for volume.
Second trade, HELD a short breakout scalp, normally not a good idea, but I am proud because I held on to my guns in a situation I've seen before and bailed many times. On progressive selloff 'hard' volume has to come in to stop the move somewhere, and though the short was a couple ticks in the red, awareness that hard volume didn't come through yet kept me in the trade and made a profit out of it. Alas, it was sim.