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Forum: Trading Journals April 13th, 2010, 11:12 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Turnaround Tuesday results

I said I wouldn't trade today, but I did.
I said I wouldn't go live until I had a track record of consistency, but I broke that self-promise as well.
Here is my one trade for today.
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Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2010, 06:28 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
11067 Hi Mike, Trade1: I went short...

11067

Hi Mike,

Trade1: I went short 1192.75, I think what I was thinking at the time was that the price would break below the 5IB range. However, it was very close to my area to business, I...
Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2010, 04:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Monday's Results

Today the opening 5IB was another extend reverse up, but I chose to ignore it, and went short 1192.75, lost 1pt.

After that I decided to just watch the markets, as I felt that I was not able to...
Forum: Trading Journals April 9th, 2010, 12:09 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Results for Friday

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Trade1: went long 1185.75. I had read on the 'net just prior to open that some trader that I respected was going to go long near the open because he was confident that we would rotate up...
Forum: Trading Journals April 9th, 2010, 03:34 AM
Replies: 165
Views: 39,930
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Hi David, Been there done that, I can...

Hi David,

Been there done that, I can totally relate. There's billions upon billions of dollars sloshing around in this market, moving back and forth like there's no tomorrow, and all we can...
Forum: Trading Journals April 8th, 2010, 12:11 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Thursday results

Here is the chart of today's trades
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Trade1: overnight bias was down, but pre-Mkt was sideways neutral. Opening 5IB was showing new behaviour that I did not recognize before, so I waited...
Forum: Trading Journals April 7th, 2010, 01:28 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Wednesday results

Here is the chart of my trades:
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Trade1: Overnight bias was down, but reversed up in the pre-Market. I waited for the 5IB to complete. It was flat initially, but then started to drift...
Forum: Trading Journals April 7th, 2010, 01:18 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Plan for Wednesday

This low volume, low volatility melt up continues unabated. This morning, buy programs kicked in pretty early in the session, which confirms 1182.5 as accepted value. However, in my mind, I think...
Forum: Trading Journals April 6th, 2010, 01:23 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Results for Turnaround Tuesday

Here are my trades for Tuesday:
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Trade1: short 1178.5, exited 1179. This was a mistake, as I initiated a trade in the first 5min. of open. I realized my mistake, and quickly got out as...
Forum: Trading Journals April 6th, 2010, 01:31 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Plan for Turnaround Tuesday

Plan for Tuesday:

Current uptrend is well entrenched, and shows no warning signs thus far. Being overbought is fast becoming meaningless. Ascending triangle pattern resolved to the upside. ...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2010, 08:01 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 188,378
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Hi Scott, So if the gap guides were showing...

Hi Scott,

So if the gap guides were showing weak gap fill rates today, then I'm wondering why did they not recommend trading in the direction of the gap?
Forum: Psychology and Money Management April 5th, 2010, 02:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,573
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Being slow to take profits

Does any one have some specific techniques for managing an already profitable ES daytrade to maximize profits? The restriction here is that we are talking about All-In-All-Out trade, or just a...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2010, 02:34 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
April 5 results

Here is the chart of today's trading results:
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the arrows show my trades
orange lines are my areas to do business
green line are prior session highs
cyan are previous closes
red line is...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2010, 09:10 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Euro breakout

Here is a chart showing the most recent Euro breakout attempt:
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I was watching the multiple tags of 1.3485. It was boxed into a tight range 1.3485 - 1.3491. I've seen this pattern before,...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2010, 02:45 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Plan for Mutual Fund Monday, Apr5

76% of all Mondays since Jul/09 have closed above session open. 50% of the ones that didn't still closed up above previous close.

So, we have statistical evidence to look for an upside bias on...
Forum: Trading Journals April 4th, 2010, 08:56 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Practice!

Practice! (http://youtu.be/eGDBR2L5kzI)

The biggest criticism of sim trading is how it fails to accurately reproduce the mental and emotional effects of real live trading scenarios with real...
Forum: Trading Journals April 1st, 2010, 11:58 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
April Fool results

Here is a chart showing my trades:
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Red arrows show my trades
red lines are my areas to do business
dark green line are session highs
bright green lines are my areas to do business
cyan is...
Forum: Currencies April 1st, 2010, 01:39 AM
Replies: 120
Views: 95,499
Posted By FuturesTrader99
If you think 6EM0 is going to 1.40, but can't...

If you think 6EM0 is going to 1.40, but can't handle the -200 pip swings (that's $2500 per contract) on the way there, then M6E is the way to go.
Forum: Trading Journals April 1st, 2010, 01:15 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Plan for April Fool's

Plan for April 1, 2010

Range continues to contract, as price consolidates inside the drop from 1176-1156.
Sellers have been active 1169.5-1171 area for 5 consecutive sessions now. Buyers have...
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2010, 09:55 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Hi Mike, Thanks for the affirmation! I'm...

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the affirmation! I'm learning a lot from Dr.Brett as well, and will add the "what went right/wrong" to my daily review posts in the future.
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2010, 01:42 PM
Replies: 905
Views: 172,174
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Hi Cunparis, Yeah, this whole month of March...

Hi Cunparis,

Yeah, this whole month of March has been buy the dips theme. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a consistent method to take advantage of it.
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2010, 11:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Results: +2.25pts

Chart legend:
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Red arrow was my trade
Orange arrows were my setups that i did not take.
green line is my resistance area to do business
dark red is previous session low
cyan is previous...
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2010, 01:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
10518 Attached is a volume chart of the...

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Attached is a volume chart of the current evening session. Yesterday's low was 1.3418. Yesterday's VPOC was 1.3414. Note that is also a low volume node for current session.
Note also...
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2010, 01:40 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Plan for Wednesday

Wednesday's plan:

Sellers have been active 1169.5-1171 area for four consecutive sessions now. Buyers have not been able to take control of price > 1170. However, buyers are certainly in control...
Forum: Trading Journals March 30th, 2010, 11:18 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 6,817
Posted By FuturesTrader99
Chart legend: red line is my resistance area...

Chart legend:

red line is my resistance area to do business
green lines are: o/n low, previous 2-day high, previous hi
cyan is previous close.


Mkt opened with a gap up, overnight bias was...
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