NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 



Showing results 1 to 25 of 33
Search: Posts Made By: bms71
Forum: Trading Journals October 1st, 2019, 06:28 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
TRADING DAY: 01/10/2019 Daily P&L ($): +$715...

TRADING DAY: 01/10/2019

Daily P&L ($): +$715 (+12% of account)
Win Rate (%): 69%
Trades (#): 13


Daily Prep

Big Picture and Fundamentals
Forum: Trading Journals September 25th, 2019, 06:17 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
TRADING DAY 26/09/2019 Daily P&L ($): +$432 ...

TRADING DAY 26/09/2019

Daily P&L ($): +$432
Win Rate (%): 71%
Trades (#): 7


Daily Prep

Big Picture and Fundamentals
Forum: Trading Journals September 24th, 2019, 06:14 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
TRADING DAY 25/09/2019 Daily P&L ($): +$378 ...

TRADING DAY 25/09/2019

Daily P&L ($): +$378
Win Rate (%): 44.4%
Trades (#): 9

Daily Prep

Big Picture and Fundamentals
Forum: Trading Journals September 19th, 2019, 08:45 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
TRADING DAY: 19-20/09/2019 Daily P&L...

TRADING DAY: 19-20/09/2019


Daily P&L ($): +$375

Win Rate (%): 50%

Trades (#): 14
Forum: Trading Journals September 19th, 2019, 12:44 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Interesting and totally understandable. I am...

Interesting and totally understandable. I am finding working with a small account is actually really, really difficult. I traded CFDs for 3 years with a much larger account and you can take greater...
Forum: Trading Journals September 18th, 2019, 11:14 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
12-13:00 GMT is 8-9:00ET and 22-23:00 AEST so...

12-13:00 GMT is 8-9:00ET and 22-23:00 AEST so that makes sense. 8:30ET is when the bond market opens in US and yes, I have the best results from around 8:00 to 10:00 ET (according to my log...
Forum: Trading Journals September 18th, 2019, 06:01 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
TRADING DAY: 18-19/09/2019 Daily P&L ($):...

TRADING DAY: 18-19/09/2019

Daily P&L ($): +$125
Win Rate (%): 66%
MaxDD: -$125
Trades (#): 6

Daily Prep
Big Picture and Fundamentals
• FOMC to release rate decision at 2pm EDT or 4am...
Forum: Trading Journals September 17th, 2019, 06:54 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Daily Review 17/09/2019 - 18/09/2019 P&L:...

Daily Review 17/09/2019 - 18/09/2019

P&L: +$62.50

Win Rate: 44%

MaxDD: -$250

Trades: 12
Forum: Trading Journals September 11th, 2019, 06:09 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Does anyone have any suggections for good markets...

Does anyone have any suggections for good markets that can scalped during the UK session or maybe the US session as well?

I've been watching gold and it does tend to move a fair bit during the...
Forum: Trading Journals September 10th, 2019, 10:54 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Continuing my efforts to become conistently...

Continuing my efforts to become conistently profitable. Over the last few days, unfortunately, I have had to revise my strategy and give CL a miss. It proved way too volatile and unpredictable in the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 15th, 2019, 06:33 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Have been away from my trading screens the last...

Have been away from my trading screens the last few days due to work and family commitments so I was only able to go back through my records at the weekend to see how my setups have performed. I was...
Forum: Trading Journals August 8th, 2019, 09:35 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Yes, I agree. A bracket would have been ok given...

Yes, I agree. A bracket would have been ok given there was a fair range between where a short or a long would make sense. From my big picture analysis there was a significantly better risk/reward and...
Forum: Trading Journals August 7th, 2019, 06:06 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
No real report card today. Analysis was spot on...

No real report card today. Analysis was spot on and CL took a massive dive. Unfortunately I got distracted and wasn't at my screens to trade properly when the initial move occured. So I watched the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 7th, 2019, 06:21 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Trading plan for 7/08/2019 Big Picture,...

Trading plan for 7/08/2019

Big Picture, Fundamentals & Catalysts
• EAI numbers are due just at the US session open. EIA has now also lowered their output estimates by a massive 90k which is a big...
Forum: Trading Journals August 6th, 2019, 06:07 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Daily Report Card Daily P&L ($): +120...

Daily Report Card

Daily P&L ($): +120 (+2.3%)
Acc Equity: 5,390
Win Rate (%): 65.2%
Profit Factor: 1.83 (1.86 last week)
MAE: 5.30 (6.50 last week)


How was the prep (score out of 5)? 4
Forum: Trading Journals August 6th, 2019, 06:46 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Trade plan for 6/08/2019 Big Picture,...

Trade plan for 6/08/2019

Big Picture, Fundamentals & Catalysts
• Continued demand weaknesses in the US economy emerging and this combined with the US/China trade war is providing a downside...
Forum: Trading Journals August 5th, 2019, 05:55 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Daily Report Card Daily P&L ($): +270...

Daily Report Card

Daily P&L ($): +270 (+5.4%)
Win Rate (%): 71.4% day (62.5% overall)
Profit Factor: 1.76 (1.86 last week)
MAE: 5.45 (6.50 last week)
Trades (#): 14

How was the prep (score...
Forum: Trading Journals August 5th, 2019, 06:25 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Trade Plan for 02-08-2019 Big Picture,...

Trade Plan for 02-08-2019

Big Picture, Fundamentals & Catalysts
• Last week CL experienced a major drop of 8% partly as a result of weaker inventories on growing demand and a Trump tweet...
Forum: Trading Journals August 2nd, 2019, 06:46 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Thanks Matthew28. Point very well taken and I was...

Thanks Matthew28. Point very well taken and I was starting to realise that as well. Perhaps another point worth making is how I think about risk?

You are completely right that making 150% in a day...
Forum: Trading Journals August 1st, 2019, 08:38 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Daily Report Card Daily P&L ($): +630 Win...

Daily Report Card

Daily P&L ($): +630
Win Rate (%): 56%
Profit Factor: 1.86
MAE: 6.50
Trades (#): 6

How was the prep (score out of 5)? 4
Prep again was good. I was bang on money in terms...
Forum: Trading Journals August 1st, 2019, 06:45 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Daily Prep for 1 Aug 2019 Big Picture,...

Daily Prep for 1 Aug 2019

Big Picture, Fundamentals & Catalysts
• US Fed has dropped rates by 25bp as expected although the market had hoped for more and SP500 has sold off quite a bit (down to...
Forum: Trading Journals July 31st, 2019, 06:41 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Daily Report Card Daily P&L: +$6.2k Win...

Daily Report Card

Daily P&L: +$6.2k
Win Rate: 57.7%
Profit Factor: 5.9
MAE: 6.3
Trades: 4 (2 wins, 2 losses)

How was the prep (score out of 5)? 4
My prep was good and I was able to get a...
Forum: Trading Journals July 31st, 2019, 06:11 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Big Picture • CL in an uptrend and respecting...

Big Picture
• CL in an uptrend and respecting the 58.18 minor resistance level
• Fundamentally, CL has been pricing upwards the US rate reduction and increasing demand
• The higher demand is being...
Forum: Trading Journals July 30th, 2019, 10:29 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Review of my session. Item Score...

Review of my session.

Item Score (0-5) Comments

How was the prep? 4 Good prep with detailed comments and all steps followed. I am happy with the process and will continue running with it the...
Forum: Trading Journals July 30th, 2019, 08:27 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 6,908
Posted By bms71
Prep for today's open. Going to continue looking...

Prep for today's open. Going to continue looking at CL as I believe there will be better opportunities today. Here is my take on what is happening.

Big Picture (CL 30/07/2019)
• Fed meeting on...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 33

What unexpected challenges have you encountered while trading on a "Funded Trader" platform?

 


 
 


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top