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Forum: Trading Journals Yesterday, 07:52 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
The trading veterans have said you need and an...

The trading veterans have said you need and an edge in the markets to consistently make money and that money management alone doesn’t cut it. I believe them from my 16 years of experience trading....
Forum: Trading Journals May 4th, 2024, 07:52 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
This week I had tried something new and the...

This week I had tried something new and the losses mounted, especially Friday with a loss of -$180. I started the week with a plan to hold my winners for a 20-30 MES point winners. This was quite...
Forum: Trading Journals May 2nd, 2024, 12:39 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Yesterday down -$18. My performance is currently...

Yesterday down -$18. My performance is currently hitting a plateau. This is expected and can't expect to make money every day.
Price action in the MES yesterday before FOMC was choppy and I did my...
Forum: Trading Journals May 1st, 2024, 02:51 AM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Traded from 9:30am until about 12:30pm. Didn’t...

Traded from 9:30am until about 12:30pm. Didn’t trade horribly in the MES but should have caught a bigger piece of the big sell off and took profits way too early. Then tried to catch the falling...
Forum: Trading Journals April 29th, 2024, 11:08 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
After a decent rally over the past couple of...

After a decent rally over the past couple of trading days I suppose a choppy sideways day was to be expected. Was able to clearly define my risk on the trades I did take. Had quite a few stopped out...
Forum: Trading Journals April 26th, 2024, 06:00 AM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Yesterday we sold off pretty hard from 8:30 to...

Yesterday we sold off pretty hard from 8:30 to open. Thought it was going to be another big down day. ES hit 5020s and rallied. I got short in the 40s and as you can guess I lost some money as it...
Forum: Trading Journals April 24th, 2024, 12:11 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Had a really good read on the market this...

Had a really good read on the market this morning. The downward momentum from the last 5-8 days made this morning a great pullback in the downdraft to get short. Shorted one contract of MES at about...
Forum: Trading Journals April 23rd, 2024, 07:05 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Traded from 9:30 until about 1pm when I left for...

Traded from 9:30 until about 1pm when I left for work. Looking for continuation of our current sell off and went short one MES contract in the low 5080s. It was a grind higher for most of the morning...
Forum: Trading Journals April 22nd, 2024, 10:23 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Well today I kind of suspected the price action...

Well today I kind of suspected the price action was going to be different than it had been. Lots of whipping around and going no where. Slowly starting to realize I should not be trading pre market...
Forum: Trading Journals April 20th, 2024, 07:06 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 2,230
Posted By blackgrey45
Looks like you need an 80-90% win rate to pull...

Looks like you need an 80-90% win rate to pull this strategy off and it looks like your doing it. Congratulations, you have a great ability to read the market. Would you say you buy weakness and sell...
Forum: Trading Journals April 19th, 2024, 01:40 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Pretty wild price action last night with the...

Pretty wild price action last night with the Middle East stuff going on. Was short around 9pm last night and took profits way too early before the Mid East stuff even happened. The rally ensued after...
Forum: Trading Journals April 18th, 2024, 07:16 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Getting a read on the market today was difficult....

Getting a read on the market today was difficult. Its always pretty tough in a downward consolidation pattern. There was lots of chop with the initial sell off to 5050s this morning early then the...
Forum: Trading Journals April 17th, 2024, 10:58 AM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Live trades today Trade 1 MCL 6:19am short...

Live trades today

Trade 1 MCL
6:19am short 84.53
6:27am exit 84.63
Result -$10.00

Trade 2 MCL
6:29am short 84.69
6:51am exit 84.69
Forum: Trading Journals April 16th, 2024, 12:40 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Live trades today Trade 1 MCL 7:43am short...

Live trades today

Trade 1 MCL
7:43am short 85.05
8:26am exit 85.06
Result -$1.00

Trade 2 MCL
8:29am short 84.98
8:35am exit 85.10
Forum: Trading Journals April 15th, 2024, 10:50 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Trades today Trade 1 MCL 9:03am short...

Trades today

Trade 1 MCL
9:03am short 85.08
9:10am exit 85.25
Result -$17.00

Trade 2 MCL
9:12am short 85.27
9:42am exit 84.76
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 12th, 2024, 08:16 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 676
Posted By blackgrey45
This is way out from left field and you probably...

This is way out from left field and you probably can’t answer this but what broker do you use for the majority of your automated trading?
Forum: Traders Hideout April 12th, 2024, 06:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 243
Posted By blackgrey45
josh, I know you corrected yourself, but just to...

josh, I know you corrected yourself, but just to be clear on the matter for myself: Stops5 is referring to a situation where the trader clicks the "market buy" button, then, according to cme order...
Forum: Commodities April 12th, 2024, 04:57 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 21,700
Posted By blackgrey45
Big reversal in precious metals today. I am sure...

Big reversal in precious metals today. I am sure the uptrend is still intact with gold and silver even with the big sell off this afternoon. The strong dollar seems to be taking some of the momentum...
Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2024, 02:40 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Yeah I do get eaten by the fees. Luckily my...

Yeah I do get eaten by the fees. Luckily my broker offers me the lowest commissions I have ever seen even for a low volume trader like me. I reviewed my trades and fees in February and they were very...
Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2024, 01:09 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Trades today Trade 1 MES 8:51am short...

Trades today

Trade 1 MES
8:51am short 5208.75
9:31am exit 5208.50
Result $0.00

Trade 2 MES
9:33am short 5212.75
9:38am exit 5212.75
Forum: Trading Journals April 11th, 2024, 07:29 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
I may have time to trade tomorrow. I'll take...

I may have time to trade tomorrow. I'll take whatever the market gives me. I was thinking how the market likes to remind me not to be stubborn. I will often think I have a new and revolutionary idea...
Forum: Trading Journals April 8th, 2024, 07:03 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
No trades today. Won't be able to trade for a...

No trades today. Won't be able to trade for a week or two with other things I have to take care of.
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2024, 09:08 AM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
NFP today Live trades Trade last night...

NFP today

Live trades

Trade last night M6E
9:18pm short 1.0871
Exit 1.0871
Result $0.00

Trades today
Forum: Trading Journals April 4th, 2024, 06:50 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Trades today, all in the MES market Trade 1...

Trades today, all in the MES market

Trade 1 MES
8:53am short 5298.25
10:41am exit 5298.25
Result $0.00

Trade 2 MES
10:52am short 5297
11:29am exit 5297
Forum: Trading Journals April 3rd, 2024, 08:19 PM
Replies: 524
Views: 60,510
Posted By blackgrey45
Live trades today: trades with MES and MCL ...

Live trades today: trades with MES and MCL

Trade 1 MES
9:24am long 5245.50
9:34am added 1 contract long 5252.25
9:41am added 1 contract long 5254.75
10:00am exit all contracts 5261.50
Result...
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