Matcha's Dow E-mini Journal

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That was a quick reaction on your part to go long very early on. You should be proud of yourself.

....Lessons learned - when setup is not clear to me. SOH is a better decision. :(

--po
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Thank you PO, Today I quit trading YM after 9:.00pst. midday. move is over... SOH is very difficult especially after you missed the move of the day, you just want to get "something"....

Tomorrow is another day. No problem.
 
Took 3 trades today. I broke my rule on the first trade… Can’t make such mistake again.

Market opened in YTD’s range. So I “expected” it’s a tight choppy day- wrong expectation.

6:55 market made it’s first reversal, it’s also a break out pullback setup long from Ytd’s bear channel/bull flag. Market then channeled up and broke out or ytd’s high then stalled there. Just because I “thought” it’s possibly a range day. I took the failed H2 short which wasn’t part of my trading plan. Although the CT worked at scalp’s profit. I exited when I realized I C-traded. I then missed a 2 leg pullback long set up at EMA. I was punished.

Trade 1: 7:55 short +2tk
Trade 2: 9:28 long. Stopped out at +1tk
Trade 3: 11:01 Long. The entry was a bit too late. The signal bar at 10:40 is very weak. So I waited for more confirmation. The second signal bar at 10:50 is too much “doji”. So I waited again. But market just grinded up. So I had to take a one bar pullback long entry. Not the best location to go long since it’s in mid-range. Had my exit at 12180-20pts, price hit 12180 twice, didn’t fill. Moved my exit to 12179. +19pts

PnL: $102, 22Pts, 3 trades,
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Took 3 trades today. I broke my rule on the first trade… Can’t make such mistake again.

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Although the CT worked at scalp’s profit. I exited when I realized I C-traded. I then missed a 2 leg pullback long set up at EMA. I was punished.

Trade 1: 7:55 short +2tk
Trade 2: 9:28 long. Stopped out at +1tk
Trade 3: 11:01 Long. The entry was a bit too late. The signal bar at 10:40 is very weak. So I waited for more confirmation. The second signal bar at 10:50 is too much “doji”. So I waited again. But market just grinded up. So I had to take a one bar pullback long entry. Not the best location to go long since it’s in mid-range. Had my exit at 12180-20pts, price hit 12180 twice, didn’t fill. Moved my exit to 12179. +19pts

PnL: $102, 22Pts, 3 trades,
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Hi Matcha,

Beautiful trade nonetheless! Trade #3 worked according to plan. Very nicely done with the tight stops on the other 2.

Be on guard for those CT opportunities. I know it's hard for me to resist the temptations at times.

For me: SOH today. Just watching.

--po
 
Hi Matcha

Big fan of your journal great trading today I see so much improvement in your trading decisions. Keep it up!
 
Nothing too much to report today. My type of set up didn’t show up much. Have been trying to use limit order enter on pullbacks, I guess I set up my price too low, didn’t get filled. I am too slow. But it’s OK, limit order entries are not my most strategies anyway.

1: Short, 10:55, low 1 short. I took scalp profit here. It’s at the LOD and the day looks more like a trending range day.

Done for the day. Tomorrow then.

PnL: +$47. 10Pts 1 trade

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Nothing too much to report today. My type of set up didn’t show up much. Have been trying to use limit order enter on pullbacks, I guess I set up my price too low, didn’t get filled. I am too slow. But it’s OK, limit order entries are not my most strategies anyway.

1: Short, 10:55, low 1 short. I took scalp profit here. It’s at the LOD and the day looks more like a trending range day.

Done for the day. Tomorrow then.

PnL: +$47. 10Pts 1 trade
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Hi Matcha,

Good gain on 1 trade.

Same here, I found today's PA has a bit of everything. Up-dn-up-dn-up. Some sort of trending range day.

Your trade #1, was that a L1 setup on a 2 min chart? It's kind of difficult to identify on the 5 min chart.

My trading today: Only 1 LONG trade, +1.25 ES pts.
- 7:20am p.t., long on a pull back. Took profit a bit early near the HOD.

"Tomorrow then". :)

--po
 
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Your trade #1, was that a L1 setup on a 2 min chart? It's kind of difficult to identify on the 5 min chart.
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I took it on the 5 min chart. Bottom of the pause bar@10:55. The momentum down is pretty hard, so the H1 at bottom of the bull chanel will most likely fail. But it's a riskly short though.
 
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I took it on the 5 min chart. Bottom of the pause bar@10:55. The momentum down is pretty hard, so the H1 at bottom of the bull chanel will most likely fail. But it's a riskly short though.
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Thank you Matcha. Even though it's a risky short, you did well to ride the momentum down. Good timing with quick action!

You were ahead by 2 steps to take into consideration the H1 would most likely failed. You are trading more and more like a pro!!!!! :)

--po
 
Okie, I am very embarrassed to post my chart and result for today. I made all the mistakes. My chart looks very messy. I stopped trading after 10:47. Maxed out the daily # of trades and down 3 digits.

My first trade was a limit order short. When I see no FT, I took the trade off. But I shorted again in the Support level.-5tk

Trade 2: H1 long on the spiky bull move. Took out when seeing no FT and bars started overlapping. +2tk

Trade 3: Short. Big mistake of the day- reversing the trade. Trapped in Barb wire pattern developed at EMA and near support area. I found I made the same mistake on 2/4 9:25am, I went short on the bottom of the barb wire pattern that resting at EMA(slightly down). It was just part of the pullback from the strong leg up. If anything I should always be looking for long side since trend has been reversed. -11Tck

Trade 4: long again. Sets up a 2 leg pullback at EMA long. Stop was taken by 1 tick. -12pt

Trade 5: Re-enter. A D/B PB buy sets up. The mistake of this trade is I did not take my ideal 20Pts+ stop, Turned 25pt profit to 6pt. When I see the run up is fairly strong I decided to hold the trade longer. Subconsciously, I really want to cover my early loss and turned the day to green. But market always punishes me when I started to “wish” for more… Besides, my stop was too wide which is unnecessary. +6tk

Trade 6: H2 long. This trade is just simply not working. -7tk

Trade 7: Long. Thought to try a fade bear B/O and a D/B pattern long. Market took my stop and then worked it’s way up…Just great! :-( -7tk

Today YM has the tendency to run stops…

I did learn something important by taking today’s losses and I will try very hard not to repeat the insanity over and over.
1. When price spiked up at the EMA and develop a horizontal tight trading range. Wait and look for a D/B pattern or a D/B PB pattern to go long. Not the best the setup since you would be mostly buy in the middle of the TR/BW, but odds is still slightly in the favor for long. Do not reverse, short at the bottom of the range,
2. Always, always look to take the 20Pts profit… Or tight up the stop. Each trade is individual. Don’t mix up the decisions with emotions. No need to leave a wide stop hope for a bigger move.

OK. Move on tomorrow!

PnL: -$187, 7 trades, 14%winrate

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