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Forum: Trading Journals November 7th, 2016, 04:04 PM
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Posted By sagor
Taking time off. Need to address mental issue

Dumbest trading today.
Realized that I have a serious issue. I cannot close losing trade. My ego gets in a way and I start smoking hopium.
I need to find a way to address that. I am thinking...
Forum: Trading Journals November 4th, 2016, 04:42 PM
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Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Good end for this week. Stuck to my strategy of...

Good end for this week.
Stuck to my strategy of adding only when price moves against my original entry and it worked great today.
Though I have been thinking if there was a way for me figure out...
Forum: Trading Journals November 3rd, 2016, 11:51 PM
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Posted By sagor
scaling in strategy

I have been thinking about my recent trades and where I add to my position.
I am going to formalize the rules as to when I am adding.
Say I am bearish. I open short. I have a thesis for short side...
Forum: Trading Journals November 3rd, 2016, 04:13 PM
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Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Inletcap Any chance you can provide some...

Inletcap
Any chance you can provide some feedback to my trading? Maybe you can give some valuable insight?
If you have time though.
Thank you!!!
Forum: Trading Journals November 3rd, 2016, 11:35 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
One trade today, and had to scratch it. It...

One trade today, and had to scratch it.
It still feels like it will break down, but at this point it just hopium I think.
Seems like everyone is hungover after Cubs won and no one is in the...
Forum: Trading Journals November 2nd, 2016, 11:44 AM
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Posted By sagor
Kind of mixed trading today. I was expecting...

Kind of mixed trading today.
I was expecting side ways chop due to FOMC, but pressed too hard early morning, and then talked myself out of good position.

Two trades today, short and long:...
Forum: Trading Journals November 1st, 2016, 03:51 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
What an interesting day. :) Few concerns, as I...

What an interesting day. :)
Few concerns, as I am evaluating my new way of trading.
1. Need to make sure to leave the runner on. I am usually trying to be done trading around 8.30am-9am (local...
Forum: Trading Journals October 31st, 2016, 04:44 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Haha. Luck. :) Thank you. I hope the rest...

Haha. Luck. :)

Thank you.
I hope the rest of the week will go well.
Forum: Trading Journals October 31st, 2016, 04:16 PM
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Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Spent weekend thinking about my trading. ...

Spent weekend thinking about my trading.
Looked at my charts. And started to remove everything that was not adding real benefit.
For my main chart, ended up with having 2min chart, tick, vwap...
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2016, 04:59 PM
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Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Going into today, I had bearish thesis, expecting...

Going into today, I had bearish thesis, expecting resistance above 18150 to hold, since it did previous times. And if we were to break it, I think we should have done it early morning on GDP news....
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2016, 12:24 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Blew up combine

Ugh. Another day of hitting daily loss limit and blowing up combine.
Not posting trades, they were simply dumb.

It was an interesting experience. Definitely showed lots of holes.
I think the...
Forum: Trading Journals October 26th, 2016, 11:02 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Painful lessons

Second day of getting to my daily loss limit.
What can I say, market is a great teacher.
1) Being in Alex's room is not helpful for me. Unfortunately. So that will be gone. His bias is affecting...
Forum: Trading Journals October 25th, 2016, 11:20 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Today I got schooled by market. Badly. Below...

Today I got schooled by market. Badly.
Below is what happens when you have very strong opinion about what market should do.
Going into today, I had very strong feeling that we going to push...
Forum: Trading Journals October 25th, 2016, 12:34 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21...

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=219666

Area of resistance at 18150 still acts as resistance.
We gaped above it, but buyers did not push higher. Why?
Instead we pushed lower,...
Forum: Trading Journals October 24th, 2016, 11:51 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Did review of all my trades over weekend, and...

Did review of all my trades over weekend, and realized that I would have had better results if I would have been entering with two contracts. Instead I was entering wiht one contract hoping to scale...
Forum: Trading Journals October 22nd, 2016, 12:08 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
I wanted to post my thoughts after today's action...

I wanted to post my thoughts after today's action while it is still fresh.
I need to make sure that someone's else opinion doesn't affect my own.
Listening and reading other's opinion that today...
Forum: Trading Journals October 21st, 2016, 11:43 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Overnight we dropped lower. So my pre-market...

Overnight we dropped lower. So my pre-market ideas from yesterday post went into trash.
My plan for today was to play long and expect that we would fill the gap.
Or look for strong sellers to...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2016, 11:40 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Yesterday in my prep for next day I got carried...

Yesterday in my prep for next day I got carried away thinking that I can predict what market can do.

So what I have for tomorrow.
First of all, no news of any kind.

Here is chart:...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2016, 11:55 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Really frustrating day for me today. I was...

Really frustrating day for me today.
I was bullish going into open. As I thought, ECB did not say anything new, and news at 5.30am caused just a small pullback. I was really thinking that we going...
Forum: Trading Journals October 20th, 2016, 12:08 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Prep for tomorrow. In the morning we have ECB...

Prep for tomorrow.
In the morning we have ECB announcment that can wreck a havok, potentially.
But looking just at price action, here is what I see:...
Forum: Trading Journals October 19th, 2016, 11:57 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Two trades today. Not happy with both. On...

Two trades today. Not happy with both.
On first trade accidentally clicked close and missed good chunk of the move, and on second one did not have enough guts to stick to my guns.
I finished day...
Forum: Trading Journals October 18th, 2016, 11:28 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Today we found sellers off the open, but they...

Today we found sellers off the open, but they fizzled out fairly quickly. Range is bit a smaller than average (105 vs 132). It feels like sellers are no longer all that confident.
There is no...
Forum: Trading Journals October 18th, 2016, 12:13 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Overnight we went higher. I was still bearish...

Overnight we went higher. I was still bearish though as per my previous post. And higher overnight prices just meant more move to downside.
I also read a lot on FIO threads about scaling in and out...
Forum: Trading Journals October 17th, 2016, 05:24 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
Wanted to post my thoughts for tomorrow. Here...

Wanted to post my thoughts for tomorrow.
Here is volume profile that I use to form general thesis for the next day.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=219144

I remain bearish. ...
Forum: Trading Journals October 17th, 2016, 11:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,187
Posted By sagor
First journal entry. It was a stressful day. :) ...

First journal entry. It was a stressful day. :)

I was bearish overall on the day. I did not find the right setup off the open to enter short and once it dropped lower I was too late and did not...
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