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Forum: Trading Journals August 2nd, 2011, 05:00 AM
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Posted By TriggerShy
Month-end Summary

Trading Summary for July 2011:

I started trading LIVE again in the last two weeks of July, so even though I ended the month in red, I am happy that I finally (and again) overcame what ever...
Forum: Trading Journals July 28th, 2011, 08:40 PM
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Posted By TriggerShy
Oh thank god I am not the only one exhibiting...

Oh thank god I am not the only one exhibiting this crazy behavior.
I don't get it. The behavior makes no sense post-market, but still I repeat it the next day. It's not like I don't know better. ...
Forum: Trading Journals July 28th, 2011, 04:05 PM
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Posted By TriggerShy
My trades are shorter in live trading. I get in...

My trades are shorter in live trading. I get in late and exit sooner. Basically I attempt to scalp within my signals, and often get in and out several times instead of just holding for the whole...
Forum: Trading Journals July 25th, 2011, 02:35 PM
Replies: 96
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Posted By TriggerShy
Yeah it's mind boggling to find out that you just...

Yeah it's mind boggling to find out that you just won't do in live what you regularly do in Sim.

Keeping a journal here actually helped me realize that the way I trade live is totally different...
Forum: Trading Journals July 25th, 2011, 12:56 PM
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Posted By TriggerShy
Yes, that is exactly right. When I first got into...

Yes, that is exactly right. When I first got into trading and found out that the majority who try end up blowing their accounts, I decided to first find out what everyone is doing wrong and then be...
Forum: Trading Journals July 25th, 2011, 12:22 PM
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Posted By TriggerShy
I am actually not currently profitable. Not doing...

I am actually not currently profitable. Not doing nowhere near as well as I was before I stopped trading in late April. Believe it or not, right now I am just happy to be taking live trades...
Forum: Trading Journals July 24th, 2011, 11:43 AM
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Posted By TriggerShy
I always assumed it was an extreme fear of losing...

I always assumed it was an extreme fear of losing money. I would paper trade, gain confidence, go live, have a losing trade, stop trading, (in the past I used go back to the drawing board & "fix"...
Forum: Trading Journals July 22nd, 2011, 07:00 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Update

I haven't posted for a while, because up until recently, I had nothing new to report. I thought I had overcome my fear of pulling the trigger by posting here and managing to trade live for a while,...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2011, 03:00 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Ok, I am back from almost a month and a half of...

Ok, I am back from almost a month and a half of an unexpected hiatus. Some personal distractions prevented me from trading and posting here on a regular basis.

I have been diligent about...
Forum: Trading Journals April 20th, 2011, 05:20 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Did well in keeping up with the marking up of my chart during market hours, so that I would not have to do it after hours -this is very helpful; not only in decreasing amount of work after the market...
Forum: Trading Journals April 20th, 2011, 04:59 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Wrong dates on journal titles and charts

Geesh, looks like I made a mess of the dates in my previous two postings. The entries are actually for Monday, April 18th and Tuesday, April 19th.

This should teach me not to post journal entries...
Forum: Trading Journals April 20th, 2011, 09:59 AM
Replies: 96
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Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Ooops, wrong date again. This entry is for Tuesday, April 19

Ok I have gotten into the bad habit of posting my journal entries during the slow periods of the next day instead of on the same day....
Forum: Trading Journals April 19th, 2011, 01:45 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Monday, April 19 2011

Horrible, horrible trading day. Entered and then exited when I should not have. Revenge traded. Went against the trend. Got into trades by accident due to forgotten stops -and instead of exiting...
Forum: Trading Journals April 18th, 2011, 12:05 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Friday, April 15, 2011

Ok, so even though it's Monday already, this is actually my journal entry for Friday; haven't gotten around to posting it yet because I have somehow managed not to touch the computer all weekend...
Forum: Trading Journals April 15th, 2011, 09:26 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Thursday, April 14, 2011

Wish my quote-tracker automatically marked my trades on the chart, because I don't feel like marking them all by hand today; I had 17 scalps. I am attaching an IB chart that does plot all the trades,...
Forum: Trading Journals April 14th, 2011, 06:44 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Wednesday, April 13, 2011

The alarm rang and I smiled. It felt good being awaken just in time for the opening. With my sleeping schedule back on track I was feeling very optimistic and jumped out of bed eagerly.

Only...
Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2011, 09:08 AM
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Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Monday, April 11 2011

I still have a shitty schedule, but at least I am fully awake during market hours, so I am happy about that -it's an improvement over last Friday.

I am very disappointed with how little I took...
Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2011, 02:48 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Yay! I knew I had a reader somewhere out there!...

Yay! I knew I had a reader somewhere out there! :chairdance: Haha, thanks.

This is my first time trying to use some sort of re-inforcer. I have always hated missing market hours, no matter the...
Forum: Trading Journals April 9th, 2011, 03:45 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Friday, April 8, 2011

I should really get fired for today. That's the problem with being your own boss -slacking on the job is tolerated and dwindling discipline is overlooked until a day like today when it all blows up...
Forum: Trading Journals April 8th, 2011, 07:30 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Thursday, April 7, 2011

Got to the computer early today, at 4AM (7 Eastern) because I could only watch the market till 9AM, but did not take my first trade in CL till 7:40AM. Was in the market most of the time after that...
Forum: Trading Journals April 7th, 2011, 03:25 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Wednesday, April 6 2011

Oops, got the wrong date -this was for Tuesday, April 5th:

I haven't enjoyed trading CL the last several days. It's been very choppy.

However, these "bad" days like provide me with a lot of...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2011, 02:24 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Monday, April 4th 2011

Was up and ready to trade the CL since 3AM this morning (6AM Eastern) after not getting any sleep at all. Wish I just stayed in bed today. Did not do bad profit wise at all, but it was very stressful...
Forum: Trading Journals April 2nd, 2011, 02:31 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Journal entry for Friday, April 1, 2011

Did a lot of hesitating today and either missed trades completely or entered super late. A very positive day, financially, but a bad day execution-wise.


Lessons learned today:


If, being...
Forum: Trading Journals April 2nd, 2011, 12:00 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Month-end Summary

This is a summary of all the lessons from the Month of March.

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Absolutely no tinkering with charts during trading hours. Don't engage in anything...
Forum: Trading Journals April 1st, 2011, 12:26 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 16,765
Posted By TriggerShy
Reflection

I am very glad that I started this journal. I did not follow the guidelines I set out in the first post and I changed the format several times. There were days where I did not see any value in what...
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