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Forum: Trading Journals March 2nd, 2014, 12:30 AM
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Posted By Stephan
02/2014

It's been almost 9 months since my last nexusfi.com (formerly BMT) journal entry. My son is 17 months old now and I finally have some free time to focus on trading. Since I started trading live...
Forum: Trading Journals June 13th, 2013, 09:00 AM
Replies: 26
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Posted By Stephan
Homework for 06/13/13 It's Contract Rollover...

Homework for 06/13/13

It's Contract Rollover today so relative volume is not correct. Not sure what's an easy way to determine the correct relative volume. Need to make a note to look into that....
Forum: Trading Journals June 11th, 2013, 09:15 AM
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Posted By Stephan
Homework for 06/11/13 Value shifted higher...

Homework for 06/11/13

Value shifted higher yesterday even though we closed within Monday's range. Interesting action overnight. FT mentioned that the key driver overnight was market...
Forum: Trading Journals June 10th, 2013, 09:05 AM
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Posted By Stephan
Homework for 6/10/13 Overnight volume so far...

Homework for 6/10/13

Overnight volume so far is about 5-10% below 50d avg. We are most likely opening out of range. Expecting 37 half to be tested. No econ news on the calendar. Expecting 2...
Forum: Trading Journals June 9th, 2013, 01:08 PM
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Posted By Stephan
Ken, Thank you for the comment. I totally...

Ken,

Thank you for the comment. I totally agree. That's why I haven't been trading. I'm still doing my homework each day but I want to focus more on family first. I need to spend more time...
Forum: Trading Journals June 7th, 2013, 08:58 AM
Replies: 26
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Posted By Stephan
ES will most likely gap higher at the open. ...

ES will most likely gap higher at the open. Overnight volume is now 90+% higher than 50d avg. We got a directional push to the upside after NFP.

Hypothesis #1 - Expecting responsive sellers...
Forum: Trading Journals June 6th, 2013, 08:48 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 6/6/13 Overnight volume is...

Homework for 6/6/13

Overnight volume is slightly above avg. With NFP tomorrow, I'm expecting 2 way auction today. Will pay attention to the Open Type to help determine which hypothesis is more...
Forum: Trading Journals June 5th, 2013, 08:45 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 06/05/13 We gapped down...

Homework for 06/05/13

We gapped down overnight. Market is building balance between 20 to 46. The pre-market econ news are done. We have more econ news coming out @ 9:00AM today and then Fed's...
Forum: Trading Journals May 29th, 2013, 07:58 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 05/30/13 I think I should do my...

Homework for 05/30/13

I think I should do my homework in the morning instead so I can put the overnight session into perspective. However, I usually don't wake up early enough to do homework so...
Forum: Trading Journals May 29th, 2013, 06:38 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
I find it a little bit difficult to post this on...

I find it a little bit difficult to post this on a public forum because it is very personal but I guess that's the whole point of having this journal. I don't think it will be helpful to go through...
Forum: Trading Journals May 29th, 2013, 08:28 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 05/29/13 We will most likely...

Homework for 05/29/13

We will most likely open with a gap lower. Overnight volume is 40+% higher. No econ news today but I'm still expecting to see larger trading range than normal.
...
Forum: Trading Journals May 28th, 2013, 04:31 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Trade #1 - I expected responsive sellers at the...

Trade #1 - I expected responsive sellers at the open but when we tested 64.25 and pushed back into the OS, I wanted to get long. However, I couldn't find a spot to jump on board so I missed that up...
Forum: Trading Journals May 28th, 2013, 08:23 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 05/28/13 Hypothesis #1 -...

Homework for 05/28/13

Hypothesis #1 - Overnight we got above 54 and the high looks weaker than the low so if we can get above 64 today, I'd expect to see us test 73 and maybe test 77.25 NVPOC.
...
Forum: Trading Journals May 24th, 2013, 03:03 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Trade #1 - Shorted 1640. We opened below ONVPOC...

Trade #1 - Shorted 1640. We opened below ONVPOC & NYSE TICK couldn't get above zero so I was thinking I should look for a short when we pushed back into the OS. What I should have done is to wait...
Forum: Trading Journals May 23rd, 2013, 06:57 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Trade #1 - Long 38 half. Saw responsive buyers...

Trade #1 - Long 38 half. Saw responsive buyers as expected. Got on board when we pulled back to OSH. Decided to get out @ breakeven a minute later because NYSE tick couldn't get above zero at the...
Forum: Trading Journals May 22nd, 2013, 07:44 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
I went short this morning near yesterday's VAH. ...

I went short this morning near yesterday's VAH. I got stubborn and held it through existing home sales and got stopped out. Normally getting stopped out on a trade is not a big deal and I have it...
Forum: Trading Journals May 21st, 2013, 06:28 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Missed opportunity - I didn't get long when we...

Missed opportunity - I didn't get long when we broke above the LVN from yesterday. One of my hypothesis from yesterday was that if we can get above the LVN, we might auction higher and re-test...
Forum: Trading Journals May 20th, 2013, 05:11 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Trade #1 - Wanted to get long when we got above...

Trade #1 - Wanted to get long when we got above yesterday's high and shoot for my area of interest @ 71.25 - 72.75. I waited because I didn't want to be too aggressive like last week. When we got a...
Forum: Trading Journals May 18th, 2013, 12:00 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 5/20/13

I believe buyers are still in control. Short term I'm watching 1656 CHVN area. Above 56, I will focus on the long side, if we break below1641, I'd expect us to test 1631 area. Bigger picture, I am...
Forum: Trading Journals May 17th, 2013, 02:02 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Didn't update my homework because the picture is...

Didn't update my homework because the picture is about the same.

Trade #1 - Long @ 1656. The open felt really strong, we opened above ONVPOC and pushed above yesterday's VPOC & ONHI. The idea is...
Forum: Trading Journals May 16th, 2013, 04:23 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Trade #1 - Noticed the selling was pretty strong...

Trade #1 - Noticed the selling was pretty strong after econ news @ 9:00AM central. Waited for a pull back and took a short @ 1655. I use bracket orders so I was waiting for 1652.50 to hit to get my...
Forum: Trading Journals May 16th, 2013, 12:32 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Homework for 05/16/13

We broke out from 1632 area and ES moved 17.25 points on Tuesday and 15.50 today. Expecting the market to consolidate and move sideways tomorrow. Overall, if price is above 1632 area I'm bullish...
Forum: Trading Journals May 16th, 2013, 12:19 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,515
Posted By Stephan
Stephan's journal for accountability

I consider myself a beginner but I've been trading part time since 2009. I've kept a trading journal using Microsoft OneNote and I review it on a regular basis. However, I don't find it all that...
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