FIO Journal Challenge - July 2017 (over $1,100 in prizes)
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Wow! The journal challenge is off to a great start! I am so happy to see so many people trying journaling for the first time, as well as those who have finally decided to get serious about their trading and start a journal!
Mike
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Need help? 1) Stop changing things. No new indicators, charts, or methods. Be consistent with what is in front of you first. 2) Start a journal and post to it daily with the trades you made to show your strengths and weaknesses. 3) Set goals for yourself to reach daily. Make them about how you trade, not how much money you make. 4) Accept responsibility for your actions. Stop looking elsewhere to explain away poor performance. 5) Where to start as a trader? Watch this webinar and read this thread for hundreds of questions and answers. 6) Help using the forum? Watch this video to learn general tips on using the site.
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My journal consist of an excel file and a journal on OneNote ( Microsoft).
I uploaded a pdf print out of my excel spreadsheet which contain basic entry and exit information. i also upload pdf print out from OneNote which contain my decision making for each and every signal. I will upload latest copy every now and then after i exit from a position.
I consider myself discretionary in systematic way. I have been using a market profile indicator and trade swing time frame ( combined analysis on 1H and 4H) for more than 2 years now. I use tradestation and trade Live on someone's account, you may consider this someone my very rich uncle.
my past performance is no indication of future performance. I am still in early stage of a trader who is eager to forward run my strategy and fine tune for an edge. (yes i am still struggling, despite some good trades from Wheat lately)
Thank you for visting my post. If you have any question feel free to contact me. I hope to learn a lot from other traders who sharing their journal & relevant experience here. So please, any comment will be appreciated.
I started with majors but just working with aud/usd for now.
I mostly look at all time frames; volume profiles; trader sentiments from various places and then try to keep a level of exposure in order to get some gains and then attempt to ride price when/if it breaks out of expected ranges.
I finally found the "missing piece of the puzzle" after many years of painfully and unsuccessfully trading futures without Harmonic Patterns; thus I wanted to uncover my "aha patterns" which were the combination of "Shark" and "Cypher" patterns that were in play together during contracts rollover or financial crisis.
Check out my "1Shot2Kill" Journal where I plan to attack "SingleEntry==>MultiTargets<>ContractsRollover" strategy!
Enjoy and TradeSmater!
P.S. Don't forget to click "Thanks" button on bottom right hand side to vote for me... who is writing and posting the best July Journal Challenge, ok? Thanks a million for doing that.
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