Right, don't know where to start, so probably will start from the beginning. My story is very similar to the stories of most of the new traders out there. Been trading for a few years now (or rather, been losing money for a few years now). Was always searching for a new method that would "guarantee" profits, searching for a new indicator, switching platforms, switching markets. It looked very simple - you take these 5 indicators, put them on top of these 5, modify your chart according to the alignment of planets, and off you go - you are on your way to millions! Silly...
I almost got to the point of scrapping the trading altogether, until December last year, when I decided to give it a last try, bin all indicators and concentrate on the order flow, which I always had in the back of my mind as a method I had to learn. Was very frustrating in the beginning, when you watch the screen for hours, with number ticking up and down, with no obvious order. But then I started to notice the structure and reason behind the moves.
Didn't have a chance to trade the order flow for a few months, due other commitments, but since the end of last month I decided to trade the order flow day in, day out and would now like share my daily struggles with the journal.
It has been very hectic so far. I think this method of trading is very discretionary, you have to develop it in your head, you cannot rely on "signals". Yes, there are certain patterns that appear here and there, but you cannot follow them blindly and still have to rely on your own judgement and assess the flow constantly. At least that's how I see it so far and this may well change in the coming months.
I trade demo currently. My platform is NinjaTrader with Jigsaw tools. My charts are based on 3 tick range bars and I only have a simple moving average thrown in, to always keep the market direction in mind. I know this won't be needed as I progress through trading, but for now I would like to have one less thing to think about.
As for instruments, I mostly trade FGBL and 6E, although for the next few weeks I will be concentrating on FGBL only, again, to have one less thing to think about.
I will post trades as and when I make them. My current goal is to reduce the number of trades I take daily, but for now there will be loads, so bear with me.