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May 31st, 2012, 08:59 AM
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No, I am not giving up. I have decided to go...
No, I am not giving up. I have decided to go with VanKar brokerage. They use the OEC platform, which allows you to set the daily stop yourself. I have been using TPO and/or volume profiles since...
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May 30th, 2012, 03:05 PM
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Last Entry this Journal
I have finally reached a point that I am closing this journal. It has been a most interesting 2 years of recordings. I wish this journal had recorded a path to consistent trading where I could each...
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May 15th, 2012, 05:53 PM
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The market is in a downtrend and today produced a...
The market is in a downtrend and today produced a red candle, but for most of the day it sure didn't feel like a down day. Price was up and down for about an hour, and then it took off on a bit of...
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May 14th, 2012, 05:00 PM
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I really did think the market would get back to...
I really did think the market would get back to the level of Friday's close. It certainly seemed to try, but came up short. Price dropped in the last part of the day and made a new low close around...
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May 14th, 2012, 01:37 PM
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Green Day; Discipline Green (+2)
A tough morning for me. Market down overnight, probably over concerns about Greece (as good an explanation as any I suppose). To be honest I was a little surprised by the down move. Friday had...
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May 12th, 2012, 05:31 PM
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I did not finish the week strong. This is the...
I did not finish the week strong. This is the second week in a row that I did not trade well on Friday. I started well yesterday with a gap trade. I used a reduced target. My thinking was that...
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May 10th, 2012, 12:10 PM
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Green Day; Discipline Green (+3)
Only 1 trade this morning, a gap play. I did use expanded target and stop based on the 5 day ATR, so my win was bigger than my normal win. Yeterday's close was slightly above the central pivot...
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May 9th, 2012, 05:09 PM
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Last few days have been quite interesting. ...
Last few days have been quite interesting. Sunday's big drop down to the 2586 area was met by fairly steady buying throughout the night and into the Monday RTH. On the 4 hr chart price went up to...
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May 9th, 2012, 10:50 AM
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Green Day; Discipline Yellow (+1)
Market made an impressive recovery yesterday afternoon, but was still in a downtrend on the charts. Yesterday afternoon's gains were given up overnight. The market opened with an almost 28 point...
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May 8th, 2012, 11:29 AM
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Green Day; Discipline Green (+3)
The market is in a downtrend on both the 1 day and 4 hour charts. Market was down a bit overnight. It opened the regular session slightly above yesterday's low; yesterday's close was a considerable...
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May 7th, 2012, 04:01 PM
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Glad I chose to sit out today. The market traded...
Glad I chose to sit out today. The market traded the RTH above my bullish zone for the most part, and my plan does not have any trades either above the bullish zone or below the bearish zone. If...
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May 7th, 2012, 10:26 AM
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No cash trading today. I looked at the market...
No cash trading today. I looked at the market last night and saw the big drop following the election in France. My instinct said it was a great place to buy, that the drop was a severe...
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May 6th, 2012, 12:34 PM
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The market is in a down trend, so all trades...
The market is in a down trend, so all trades Monday will be shorts. However, the market has done an unusal thing. It closed at, or right at, the low of the day on both Thursday and Friday. I fully...
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May 4th, 2012, 03:29 PM
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Red Day; Discipline Red (-3)
How can you be so right, yet execute so poorly? The market gapped down at the open and I let it go for the first 15 minutes. It then showed 2 bullish 5 minute candles. Although not on my chart,...
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May 3rd, 2012, 09:22 PM
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Well, for once my gut won out over my eyes. The...
Well, for once my gut won out over my eyes. The market did drop today, it dropped so much that both the 4 hour and the daily chart are now bearish (price is beneath the ema). However, the NFP...
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May 3rd, 2012, 10:07 AM
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Green Day; Discipline Green (+3)
We had a good weekly unemployment claims number, although the productivity number was weaker. In a normal week, this unemployment number would light a bit of a spark in the market, but with the...
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May 2nd, 2012, 04:24 PM
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The buyers pushed price back up. Both the 4 hour...
The buyers pushed price back up. Both the 4 hour and daily charts are above the EMA, indicating a continuation of the uptrend. Will look to see what the overnight action does.
If tomorrow's RTH...
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May 2nd, 2012, 10:28 AM
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Green Day; Discipline Green (+3)
Two trades today. Market did go down overnight and opened the RTH session below yesterday's close and low. The daily trend is still up, although weaker. Today's pivot is higher than yesterday's...
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May 2nd, 2012, 08:33 AM
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Chris Good to hear from you. Hope all is well...
Chris
Good to hear from you. Hope all is well in jolly ole England. I have attached my SC background info. Basically it is a derivative from Mike Winfrey's background. I find the color pleasant...
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May 1st, 2012, 08:59 PM
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Thoughts for tomorrow
Looking at today's price action gives some pause as to what to expect tomorrow. On NQ there was a big run up in price of over 40 points from the day's low. At the high, it came close to closing the...
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May 1st, 2012, 01:31 PM
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One of the issues I have had trading with pivots...
One of the issues I have had trading with pivots has been which pivots to use (Floor, Camarilla, Woodies, etc) and then which pivot level will be support and which will be resistance. I keep...
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May 1st, 2012, 10:23 AM
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Green Day; Discipline Yellow (+1)
I am giving myself the benefit of the doubt on discipline....could easily be red on that. I made 3 mistakes this morning, but was blessed to get out with a profit.
First trade was ok. I waited...
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April 30th, 2012, 10:52 AM
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Green Day; Discipline Green (+3)
Two trades today. First one followed a close below the overnight low. Once that level was breeched, I expected price to test Friday's low. I went short on the close below the overnight high and...
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April 28th, 2012, 06:24 PM
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Attached are some of my trading guidelines...
Attached are some of my trading guidelines...
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April 28th, 2012, 01:34 PM
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Thursday afternoon we drove to the Virginia...
Thursday afternoon we drove to the Virginia Tidewater area (near Norfolk) to visit my son and his family (3 grand children). I did some reviewing of Secrets of a Pivot Boss during the drive, and the...
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