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Forum: Trading Journals January 5th, 2012, 02:44 PM
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Posted By gparkis
Lets start 2012

I am currently automating a lot of what I do and that is where my time is spent. I will be happy to post pics and chat with traders but I am not divulging how I trade directly.
Forum: Trading Journals December 28th, 2011, 02:35 PM
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Posted By gparkis
i will be happy to answer these questions once I...

i will be happy to answer these questions once I am home tonight or tomorrow morning.

currently working like hell to get some basic stuff programmed that seems to be a headache for a lot of...
Forum: Trading Journals April 10th, 2011, 11:50 AM
Replies: 25
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Posted By gparkis
04.10.11

I was off the last week from trading and doing some work in the hospital.

But when I was home I continued to do some more of my statistical work on past market behavior and guys I gotta tell...
Forum: Trading Journals April 1st, 2011, 12:01 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
4.1.11

So today was the new plan; and its off to a fun start. I will be trading this sim for April and see how I do when I adhere to strict risk management and limiting trades per day.

Since trade one...
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2011, 08:30 PM
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Posted By gparkis
3.31.11

No trades today; I was at the monitor all morning but did not get an order flow transition I liked. Well I did but NT does not have Market if touched orders so I missed it.

That actually led me...
Forum: Trading Journals March 30th, 2011, 10:04 PM
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Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
03.30.11

I am loving money management!

Today I started a new trading rule.....from 930 to 12 I trade for 8T target and 4T stop; or I can keep it to 8 after 12pm only if it would be the first trade of the...
Forum: Trading Journals March 29th, 2011, 09:17 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
3.29.11

Today could not have been planned out better.

I had my pre-market levels selected, all based on yesterday and overnight session, low volume areas that I felt would rotate price and I could fade.
...
Forum: Trading Journals March 28th, 2011, 07:56 PM
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Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
03.28.11

I am beginning to see that my "trading" is leaning more and more toward a mindset of a gambler. However, not blindly. I am always trading with a mathematical positive expectancy; and that is key in...
Forum: Trading Journals March 27th, 2011, 08:33 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
Going SIM for the next month or so

Since I am going to be trading a new method I am going to be going SIM for the Month of April. And my mentor ripped me a new one last night when I slipped I would be going real with this new...
Forum: Trading Journals March 26th, 2011, 10:37 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
Trading Math

Will do Mike!

So I am going to run a little experiment for the month of April. I am going to hopefully prove that without a single indicator and just reading the tape, one can be consistent with...
Forum: Trading Journals March 22nd, 2011, 08:58 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
I have found the HOLY GRAIL!

I have found the HOLY GRAIL....

And it has nothing to do with entry or exits, or stops, or indicators...

its risk management and having your winners larger then losers!

That is it!

Today...
Forum: Trading Journals March 21st, 2011, 08:39 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
3.21.11

Right after the opening One could see this was going to either be a quiet day or a trend up day.

Later in the morning, I had, well the market had a price volume discrepancy and I took full...
Forum: Trading Journals March 18th, 2011, 09:07 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
3/18/11

Normally I would skip this Friday with all the option expirations going on.

But I was here and my analysis did not show a reason to not take the trade so I took a shot on it.

Was able to get in...
Forum: Trading Journals March 17th, 2011, 10:14 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
3/17/11

So today I was dragged away from the screen to do some shopping at IKEA....

I was a little anxious to get back home to say the least. Should have known I was in trouble at that point.

So I sat...
Forum: Trading Journals March 16th, 2011, 04:28 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
3/16/11

Today was day one of live trading and trading a new system. A system not based on indicators or technical setups but one of statistical probabilities.

My goal is not to make millions or...
Forum: Trading Journals March 12th, 2011, 11:06 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
how much risk do you really have

What is my position size? The answer lies in the risk profile.

Setting ones limit to number of trades permitted in a giving trading day is paramount to abusing probability mathematics for ones’...
Forum: Trading Journals March 12th, 2011, 12:54 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
Math of RISK; gambling theory.

Some math to bring the point home on engineering your reward to risk. Applied to ES market.

Assume 4 trades per day, for one week = 20 trades.
Risk 8 ticks Target 16 ticks. No management of...
Forum: Trading Journals March 7th, 2011, 01:40 PM
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Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
Why journal AFTER the market close?

We all know the importance of journaling our thought process and trades.

But what about PREMARKET analysis? Is that not AS important as post journaling? I feel its a resounding YES!

In my...
Forum: Trading Journals March 6th, 2011, 09:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
Steidimayer

well this weekend has changed a lot for me.

I began reading Steidlmayer on Markets and came across a quote...

Market understanding X YOU = Results, and it was those four words and a math...
Forum: Trading Journals March 3rd, 2011, 08:10 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
trading with confluence

Good day al'

So today was a hobby day (work) and I was able to review market activity when I got home.

But throughout the day my trading assignment was to read "Trading with Confluence" by...
Forum: Trading Journals March 2nd, 2011, 04:01 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
BEST DAY EVER- AND NOT FROM WINNINGS

So today was a fun day in CL. My brother wants to learn trading so today was day one for him. I let him SIM trade in CL from 7am to noon.....he bought when he "thought" the market was going up and...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2011, 09:50 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 6,861
Posted By gparkis
MASTER THE MIND TRADING JOURNAL

After almost a year-in-the-making; my trading plan has been revised for what I hope is the final time.

Now do not go on thinking that my plan revisions were done to change my trading style; it was...
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