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Forum: Trading Journals August 18th, 2020, 04:33 PM
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Posted By planetkill
Finally stopped being lazy and made some changes,...

Finally stopped being lazy and made some changes, for a monthly savings of roughly $300!

1. Stopping iqFeed data subscription at the end of this month. NT continuum is good enough for my trading...
Forum: Trading Journals August 4th, 2020, 09:57 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Increasing from 2000 tick --> 2500 for trailing...

Increasing from 2000 tick --> 2500 for trailing stop not to take profit too soon, and to possibly avoid too early entry.
Forum: Trading Journals August 3rd, 2020, 10:15 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Thank you for your help! You were instrumental...

Thank you for your help! You were instrumental in getting NT brokerage support to actually answer the question.

First they told me it was because I was trading without live data (wtf?)
Second...
Forum: Trading Journals August 3rd, 2020, 10:12 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Friday was a hard lesson learned. I got used to...

Friday was a hard lesson learned. I got used to taking money out so frequently that I forgot about margin calls!
Essentially what happened was I scaled up contracts to max margin on the same day...
Forum: Trading Journals July 31st, 2020, 02:39 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Thank you Mich62 I'm an idiot... the answer...

Thank you Mich62
I'm an idiot... the answer is I was margin called. Excess position margin went below 0. Coincidental (and totally avoidable on my end) that the liquidation price was 3 ticks...
Forum: Trading Journals July 30th, 2020, 10:58 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Last week I vowed not to scale up yet, but I just...

Last week I vowed not to scale up yet, but I just can't restrain myself any longer! It's just not doing it for me.
Tomorrow moving up to 2 contracts, and also continuing to buy back in for double...
Forum: Trading Journals July 28th, 2020, 09:53 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Running on virtually no sleep for the last 4...

Running on virtually no sleep for the last 4 consecutive nights, I've proven to myself that sleep is not necessary to trade well.
Truly internalizing emotion control and self discipline was the...
Forum: Trading Journals July 27th, 2020, 11:58 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Another excellent day, feels like it's more...

Another excellent day, feels like it's more natural now. I know it's easy to say that on winning days.

To anyone that's followed my last couple of posts, you already know about that 936 entry,...
Forum: Trading Journals July 24th, 2020, 10:12 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Risk reward is a tricky thing. I started...

Risk reward is a tricky thing.

I started this journal in June after blowing up some accounts picking up pennies in front of a steam roller. My goal was a 5:1 strat, because that was what my...
Forum: Trading Journals July 23rd, 2020, 10:25 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Typing out my last post, I'm now questioning am I...

Typing out my last post, I'm now questioning am I back to trading PATs but with wider stops, no profit target, and trailing stop for locking in profit?
Forum: Trading Journals July 23rd, 2020, 10:01 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Is there a trap indicator? Not an indicator that...

Is there a trap indicator? Not an indicator that alerts to future traps, but that confirms a trap just occurred? It's easy to visually spot it, but thinking of ways to programmatically identify it...
Forum: Trading Journals July 22nd, 2020, 11:28 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
I've visually noted that every time the market...

I've visually noted that every time the market goes into a narrow range between 7 - 930, the breakout out from that range, if there is a breakout, is super choppy filled with treacherous traps.
...
Forum: Trading Journals July 22nd, 2020, 10:36 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Strapped myself to the rocket ship at 9:32, but...

Strapped myself to the rocket ship at 9:32, but experienced heavy turbulence and was stopped out by the trail for only +7 ticks. Initial stop was 14 ticks, so a very bad rr, leaving me feeling...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2020, 10:05 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Today's 30 min opening range blast off was at...

Today's 30 min opening range blast off was at 9:45.
Off to a rocky start, shook out some weak hands, but holding until at least the price crossed above its 9:30 open worked. Was hoping for a...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2020, 09:26 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Another gem for having simultaneous buy stop...

Another gem for having simultaneous buy stop limit and sell stop limit orders on the chart.
Now I can finally place both on the chart, far away from the current price, and drop them where I want...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2020, 09:14 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Just learned that the confirmation box for stop...

Just learned that the confirmation box for stop limit orders is NOT quantity, it is the tick offset between the limit and stop prices!
Wow I've been using these orders for 2+ years on NT, and just...
Forum: Trading Journals July 20th, 2020, 10:04 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
My wishes from Friday have been answered! At...

My wishes from Friday have been answered! At 9:36 the ES broke out for a nice +7.5 points stairway to heaven. ES open is great again!
There's something magical about trading the 9:36 breakout. I...
Forum: Trading Journals July 17th, 2020, 10:31 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Excellent week in terms of results, best week...

Excellent week in terms of results, best week I've ever had in terms of amount risked, process, and confidence.

I designed my strat around the high volatility opens for trading the first 30...
Forum: Trading Journals July 16th, 2020, 10:10 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
+7.5 pts, trading 1 ES, but over 3 trades ...

+7.5 pts, trading 1 ES, but over 3 trades

Today's 30 minute open was very choppy again, like the past Monday. But unlike the past Monday, the range was wider and allowed me to lock in a little...
Forum: Trading Journals July 15th, 2020, 09:54 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
+8pts with 1 ES contract, 1 trade The key...

+8pts with 1 ES contract, 1 trade

The key for me to holding on for these larger profit targets has been to trail the stop loss 1 tick behind the previous bar, but only start trailing once the...
Forum: Trading Journals July 14th, 2020, 11:53 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
That's exactly how my first job was out of...

That's exactly how my first job was out of college. Exhaust all options before asking for help from colleagues.

Over the years I now recognize that I've become lazy and anonymous online posting...
Forum: Trading Journals July 14th, 2020, 10:12 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Thank you for the encouragement! I will push...

Thank you for the encouragement! I will push through.

In a previous career I worked in fintech selling software to the world's largest buy & sell side players. It had the worst UX with a UI...
Forum: Trading Journals July 14th, 2020, 10:05 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
7/14 - Amazing conditions at today's opening 30...

7/14 - Amazing conditions at today's opening 30 minutes for my new method! +60 ticks on 1 contract, 2 trades.

After yesterday's narrow chop I was hesitant to practice with scaling up a 2nd...
Forum: Trading Journals July 13th, 2020, 04:26 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
Can anyone recommend a good plan for quickly...

Can anyone recommend a good plan for quickly learning Sierra Chart?
Finally have access to AMP/CQG for trading HSI futures.
Coming from NT, Sierra Chart is not as intuitive. Would rate 2/10 on UX...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2020, 11:38 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 11,260
Posted By planetkill
I am stuck in a very unhealthy loop that I need...

I am stuck in a very unhealthy loop that I need to break out of.

On winning days, I am having trouble finding the will power to do other life responsibilities, e.g. responding to mail, calling...
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