Maverick74 and marketsurfer's TopstepTrader Combine (daily trade reports and journal)
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I am back from my travels and will start looking for trade opportunities Tuesday. Best, surf
Actually there is one on the ES thread right now posting
Quote from austinp:
If I do my part, we'll finish profitable and hopefully within performance parameters. If I break discipline and tilt, it'll cost me $350. I look at is as I'm trading for a $150,000 "profit" for ten sessions' "work".
That's as far ahead as I'm looking with this project from here. At the end of ten sessions on Tuesday 10/23 we'll see where it all shakes out. Simple as that
Any particular reason why you want to complete it in ten consectutive sessions, even though it allows for ten within the next 30 calendar days?
I will be stepping down from the combine having blown out the sim account this morning. I was distracted and didn't have stops in place going from +500 to - blowout very quickly during the early session. NO EXCUSES, 100% my fault.
Good luck to Mav and Austin!
surf
Good luck to Mav and Austin!
surf
You might have to re-think price drivers, wouldn't you say?
No, the blow out was because I didn't have stops in place. Not due to bad entries. check the tape, I was up over 500 on the PD entries-- then was distracted ( away from the trading desk ) and wasn't able to self exit in time. surf
PS-- to everyone, when trading with such tight parameters--here's what I learned-- ALWAYS USE STOPS, EAT LIKE A BIRD not a PIG, and don't have any distractions. surf
Good lesson here....don't enter a combine if you can't commit to it fully.
mp- We recommend to all traders and recruits, do not trade if you are not fully committed to making progress, SIM, paper trading, Live trading etc. You're time is money and this business takes a lot of time to work out the kinks and understand what works for you.
mp
I've got a doctors appointment today so going to post my results early. Had my first software error. Completely my fault. Left 4 orders in that I thought I had pulled and they all got hit. Down 796. Had 4 losers all about 200 each. Only the first one was suppose to fill. Completely my fault. I did catch the error right away and put stops in on all 4 positions and the stops got hit. Nothing terrible. Just carelessness on my part.
Going to have to work some here to accomplish my stated goals. Overall, down 1% in the account. Had a MUCH bigger swing in my personal account today which distracted me a little to say the least.
Going to have to work some here to accomplish my stated goals. Overall, down 1% in the account. Had a MUCH bigger swing in my personal account today which distracted me a little to say the least.