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January 25th, 2015, 03:35 AM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
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How much time out of your life have you invested...
How much time out of your life have you invested in trading? It's been 10 years or so since I started.
What sacrifices have you made? Spent money on software, seminars, books, DVD instead of doing...
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January 24th, 2015, 01:33 PM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
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Friday jan 23
Thursday was a screw up. The $900 I made in crude turned out to be in the SIM acct and not the TST acct, so Thursday was a losing day of about $900. Today was as well. I tried to recover from...
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January 22nd, 2015, 05:24 PM
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Thursday Jan 22
Today was good and bad. I took a trade in CL for a total of 90 ticks with two contracts. Since I need to be positive in any instrument traded I traded the ES to try to get back to positive. I...
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January 22nd, 2015, 01:49 AM
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Wednesday Jan 21
Today was one of those days where no matter what I did it seemed like it was the wrong decision. I took 3 trades in CL, 2 losers and one I cut lose for a couple ticks profit. I took one trade in...
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January 20th, 2015, 05:40 PM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
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Tuesday Jan 20, 2015
Did not trade yesterday due to MLK holiday. I was able to get one trade in CL today. Counter to the major trend, but with the current structure. Because it was counter to the major trend I didn't...
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January 16th, 2015, 05:59 PM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
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I couldn't trade much today. I forced it a bit...
I couldn't trade much today. I forced it a bit with two quick losses. One was for $310 and the other for $150 all in CL. I got myself together and took one more trade for $490 (about +25 tics on...
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January 15th, 2015, 01:18 PM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
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Today is my 6th day of trading for the combine. ...
Today is my 6th day of trading for the combine. I took 3 trades, which I consider to be my maximum. 2 winners and one loser. The loser was in the ES. I really don't like trading the ES and I may...
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January 14th, 2015, 04:27 PM
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This is my TST account going back to last friday...
This is my TST account going back to last friday the 9th. I lost a little over $500 that day. I'm still meeting all the objectives and working towards the $3000 profit target. This is a continuous...
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January 14th, 2015, 04:18 PM
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I have not traded since last week. I just didn't...
I have not traded since last week. I just didn't see anything I felt comfortable taking at the time I was looking at the market. This is a positive thing in my eyes because more often than not I...
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January 9th, 2015, 05:22 PM
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1/9/15
Today was not so good. I think I jinxed myself with this journal. Just kidding. I forced things and was impatient. I took three losers that came to $500 in total. Days like today remind me how...
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January 8th, 2015, 07:18 PM
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Chart indications
Just a quick overview of what the things are on the chart.
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=171176
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January 8th, 2015, 06:58 PM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
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Dudley, Thanks. I do appreciate the...
Dudley,
Thanks. I do appreciate the support. I agree that methodology is important, but there are many way to go about it. Regardless of the method one must have the patience and the...
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January 8th, 2015, 06:14 PM
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Top Step Trader Statements up to yesterday. Does...
Top Step Trader Statements up to yesterday. Does not include profit of about $550 today
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=171174...
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January 8th, 2015, 06:07 PM
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First three days
Here are charts of the first three days of trading. I allow myself to trade CL and the stock indexes. Generally that means the ES, but unless it's trending I really don't like ES. I am open to...
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January 8th, 2015, 05:55 PM
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2015 TST Combine #1_David
I've been around futures.io (formerly BMT) a while and have gone through a lot of different methods of trading. As I looked back on my first journal I see that at the time I was using moving...
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