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Forum: Trading Journals January 6th, 2020, 01:19 AM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
New Trading Journal

Thanks for the feedback all.

I decided to make another post / a new journal for the new trading style that I'm exploring -...
Forum: Trading Journals December 23rd, 2019, 12:28 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Agreed. I meant the other micro contracts...

Agreed. I meant the other micro contracts (especially the forex pairs - I believe the micro grains - micro wheat, corn, etc.) had liquidity issues. the 5 year and even MGC seemed to have reasonable...
Forum: Trading Journals December 22nd, 2019, 02:39 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Actually it wasn't an end of year review per-se;...

Actually it wasn't an end of year review per-se; just a major revelation which has happened to occur near end of year. I also wonder if it wasn't coincidence because market sentiment is often...
Forum: Trading Journals December 22nd, 2019, 01:44 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Oh - another part is this idea about day types,...

Oh - another part is this idea about day types, which is not clearly about range trading or trend trading. It's the ability early in the day to determine what is likely to happen later in the day...
Forum: Trading Journals December 22nd, 2019, 01:38 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
I can only speculate without looking at the...

I can only speculate without looking at the profile, but here are some things I'd suspect:

1) that's drawn after the fact; things always look better after the fact. of course you could say the...
Forum: Trading Journals December 21st, 2019, 09:43 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
December 21, 2019

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Volatility was very low this week going into Christmas / New Years. I didn’t trade...
Forum: Trading Journals December 15th, 2019, 11:35 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - December 15, 2019

Not much to report this week; no trades on Monday, then Tuesday got totally chopped up. With the anticipation of FOMC, I decided to take the rest of the week off. I always do poorly around FOMC,...
Forum: Trading Journals December 7th, 2019, 08:31 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - December 7, 2019

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A little disappointed...
Forum: Trading Journals December 1st, 2019, 12:55 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - December 1, 2019

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Shortened week this...
Forum: Trading Journals November 25th, 2019, 01:15 AM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
LastDino Thanks for the kind words. I'm just as...

LastDino Thanks for the kind words. I'm just as much a newbie as anyone else though.

One thing that I will say, though, is that journaling definitely seems to be working. The weekly journal has...
Forum: Trading Journals November 25th, 2019, 01:11 AM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - November 24, 2019

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Decided to just make some quick notes from this week:

Still demo trading, just...
Forum: Trading Journals November 16th, 2019, 07:45 PM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trading Mechanically

Just another though mtzimmer1:

I want to trade partially intuitively, partially mechnically.

I want my trade setups to be mechanical, but my day read / application of these setups to be...
Forum: Trading Journals November 16th, 2019, 07:41 PM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - November 16, 2019

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A slightly negative week - Sort of a slow week; Monday was a holiday so had strange action; and Friday (by the time I got in) was already in...
Forum: Trading Journals November 16th, 2019, 07:40 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Re: Backtesting (Response to @mtzimmer1)

Thanks for bringing this up. I had the same thought a while back and actually backtested a simple pivot strategy by John Carter (talked about in "Mastering the Trade"). It was roughly profitable...
Forum: Trading Journals November 10th, 2019, 07:56 PM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - November 10, 2019

Demo:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=279342

Live:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=279345

Per day summary::
Forum: Trading Journals November 2nd, 2019, 10:29 PM
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Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - September 1, 2019 Live: ...

Trade Review - September 1, 2019

Live:

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Demo:

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Forum: Trading Journals October 27th, 2019, 03:08 PM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Addendum - Sunday, October 27, 2019

I’ve been reading “Steidlmayer On Markets” and one main formula in there is:

Market Understanding x You = Results

I think this might apply more generally to life:

Understanding x You =...
Forum: Trading Journals October 27th, 2019, 12:20 AM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - October 26, 2019

Four red days, ouch! And only 1 out of 8 winners. That’s really awful.

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Ok - so what went wrong?

Well, this was a choppy week in the...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2019, 12:58 PM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - October 20, 2019

October 20, 2019

BTW This post is better formatted here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qnyG_pHYuwdELcFZgHUCG21yACwXHzxY48-Z3taoFeU/edit?usp=sharing

Overall a losing week, but not a whole...
Forum: Trading Journals October 13th, 2019, 03:06 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - October 13, 2019

Any week I end up with a profit I’m grateful for.

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Since I’ve been doing so much review during the week, it’s a bit hard to summarize...
Forum: Trading Journals October 6th, 2019, 01:52 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
October 6, 2019

Very happy on this week. Wasn’t profitable, but I am starting to figuring things out.

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Overall, my reads on the day type were right on...
Forum: Trading Journals September 28th, 2019, 02:29 PM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
September 28, 2019

This is a report for two weeks that were split up based on a vacation in between them.

Week 1:

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* Dumb trading at night. This was w/...
Forum: Trading Journals September 16th, 2019, 12:39 AM
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Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
September 15, 2019

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Tough week this week. Spent the early part of the week demo trading. Then got excited as the “Level Reversion” trade setup that was working...
Forum: Trading Journals September 8th, 2019, 08:47 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
Trade Review - September 8, 2019

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Small losing week. Took a few trades at start of week but VIX was decreasing throughout the week and my one setup seems to only work in...
Forum: Trading Journals September 1st, 2019, 04:25 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 10,380
Posted By smtlaissezfaire
September 1, 2019

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Basically a breakeven week this week - small profit of $15 :)

A weird week as VIX was elevated but not a lot f trend moves. Definitely...
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