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Forum: Trading Journals July 12th, 2022, 03:52 PM
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Posted By NormFuture
12/07/2022 Arrived late to the market, 45min...

12/07/2022

Arrived late to the market, 45min after open. Prep was not as thorough as usual as the market was already open. I was tired so decided to be very selective and planned on not trading...
Forum: Trading Journals July 11th, 2022, 11:04 AM
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Posted By NormFuture
11/07/2022 3 trades today for a profit of...

11/07/2022

3 trades today for a profit of 20.5P.

I was looking for the ONL to be taken out early in the session but did not find an entry I liked early, there was a decent one at 09:45:30 but I...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2022, 05:07 PM
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Posted By NormFuture
08/07/2022 First day of trading my own...

08/07/2022

First day of trading my own account again with a starting capital of $1000 to trade 1 MES.

I took 7 trades today for a profit of 13.5P. It was a good day when it comes to process as...
Forum: Trading Journals July 1st, 2022, 05:35 AM
Replies: 24
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Posted By NormFuture
I failed the evaluation and will not restart one....

I failed the evaluation and will not restart one. I am clearly not ready, evaluation puts much more emphasis on PnL and makes it hard for me to focus on the process. I tend to focus on the money...
Forum: Trading Journals June 28th, 2022, 01:25 AM
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Posted By NormFuture
27/06/2022 Down $900 on the day. Some...

27/06/2022

Down $900 on the day.

Some decent trades at first, ideas were sound but execution was bad. Always got stopped and had to re-enter to get a profitable trade. As I always have my...
Forum: Trading Journals June 26th, 2022, 02:21 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
23/06/2022 Had a pretty bad day, started...

23/06/2022

Had a pretty bad day, started pretty well but got worse as I overtraded in a choppy market. Broke the Daily Loss Limit allowed and therefore failed the evaluation. I set my own daily...
Forum: Trading Journals June 22nd, 2022, 01:25 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
22/06/2022 Recap I end the day up $500 which...

22/06/2022 Recap

I end the day up $500 which adds up to $1400 out of the $3000 needed to finish the evaluation.

Today was tougher, my first trade was a good setup but I was stopped because of...
Forum: Trading Journals June 21st, 2022, 11:44 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
I am back after quite some time. The way I trade...

I am back after quite some time. The way I trade is mainly the same with some minor adjustments.

I now use a fixed trade management with target and stop based on rotations. I figured this is the...
Forum: Trading Journals November 8th, 2021, 02:51 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
Thank you, there are some really good advice in...

Thank you, there are some really good advice in your answer.

After the first trades I should have been more patient to see how the day would be shaping up, even if it means missing out on a...
Forum: Trading Journals November 7th, 2021, 01:28 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
Friday, November 5th Recap: After the bad...

Friday, November 5th Recap:

After the bad day I had on Thursday, I thought I'd focus more on MNQ now as it was the market I was initially trading and prefer its movement. I recently traded more...
Forum: Trading Journals November 7th, 2021, 01:02 PM
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Posted By NormFuture
Thank you sloth. Obvisouly VWAP and mid are...

Thank you sloth.

Obvisouly VWAP and mid are great locations on trend days, what I thought the day was shaping up to be. Seems obvious in hindsight but during the day we could say I had tunnel...
Forum: Trading Journals November 5th, 2021, 05:08 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
Thursday, November 4th Recap: Well that was...

Thursday, November 4th Recap:

Well that was a tough day for me. I took 4 trades, all on MES and all losers.

Day PnL: -130.34$

As the day was developing, I thought it looked like a trend at...
Forum: Trading Journals November 4th, 2021, 05:38 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
I did not trade last week as I hit my daily loss...

I did not trade last week as I hit my daily loss limit 2 days in a row the week before (21/10 and 22/10). That week started poorly with breakeven days and I was trading very poorly, not being patient...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2021, 06:42 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
19/10: Total Pnl : -0.22$ MES : 6 trades;...

19/10:

Total Pnl : -0.22$
MES : 6 trades; 1 winner ; 4 losers ; 1 breakeven; -71.32$
MNQ : 5 trades; 2 winners ; 1 loser ; breakevens; + 71.10$

MES 19.10...
Forum: Trading Journals October 18th, 2021, 03:35 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
Great question! It's not something I have a...

Great question!

It's not something I have a predefined set of rules for, but ther are some confirmations I like to see.

First, I'd like the pullback to at least reach the 21ema (white on my...
Forum: Trading Journals October 18th, 2021, 12:19 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
I am not very satisfied of today, but still...

I am not very satisfied of today, but still managed to end the day green.

I took 3 trades on MES and 2 on MNQ.

I was thinking ES would continue more to the downside to at least fill the gap...
Forum: Trading Journals October 17th, 2021, 07:41 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
You can see a screen of my setup and the charts I...

You can see a screen of my setup and the charts I look at on the attached image. I took 2 trades on MES friday which was a pretty good day.
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Forum: Trading Journals October 17th, 2021, 07:04 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 6,434
Posted By NormFuture
MES & MNQ using volume profile and orderflow

Hi everyone and welcome to my journal!

Why am I creating a journal?

While I have been looking at futures.io for a while now and learned a lot along the way, I would like to contribute myself.
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