NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 


Quotes by TradingView
Go Back   >  Search Forums  > 

Page 1 of 5 123 Last »
Showing results 1 to 25 of 109
Search: Posts Made By: iqgod
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 11:44 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Perhaps it is best to attempt a $30,000 combine....

Perhaps it is best to attempt a $30,000 combine. Because in the above combine though the limit was 15 lots I actually limited myself to 3 in every trade. Having a huge buffer or margin of error...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:29 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Learn to not be 1. risk averse and 2. loss averse

Which is not the same as risk taker and taking loss after loss.

However, I am happy with the baby steps, report card below:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146530
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:27 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Trend days: I HAVE to sit on my hands

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146529

From my diary, 30 April 2014:

I HAVE to sit out trending days.

This is a unecessary loss of 30 good points, for nothing other than...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:25 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
A good scalp

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146528

From my diary, 28 April 2014:

Good entry and good waiting for target to be reached.
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:22 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Handling a Trend day: SWING ALL OR MOST!!

Diary over three solid days: 8th (Thu) 9th (Fri) 12th (Mon)

LESSONS:

1. When it is time to sit I must not count my profits and I must not close out positions.

2. When you have all factors...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:14 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
For iqgod, countertrend trading is akin to intellectual debate

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146524

From my diary, 8th May 2014:

I seem to be fixated on the countertrend setups and become elated when they win out, as if I have conquered...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:11 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14...

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146523

From my diary, 5th May 2014:

An excellent odds IRB setup, which reached target. (NIFTY50)
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:08 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
EURUSD well managed trade - stay in the trade

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146522

From my diary, 31 March 2014:

An IRB short text-book trade, perhaps could have shorted earlier - this is where the state of mind and...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:05 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
An IRB long

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146521

From my diary, 29th April 2014:

Developing my eye for spotting good trades.
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 09:03 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
A well executed losing trade

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146520

From my diary, 7th May 2014:

This 'long' long trade had to be sat out on my hands for a good two hours.

A double top ruined the...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 08:59 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Missed the great IRB long, then took a late trade

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146519



From my diary, 10th March 2014:

I was chicken at 08:30 inspite of the excellent quality of the IRB long.

Then pangs of being a...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 08:14 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Bob Volman textbook setup - check his page 167

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146516

From my diary, 29 April 2014

I recognized this as a setup similar to the one Bob had documented in his book at page 167.

Just had to...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 08:11 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
IRB short

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146515

From my diary, 31 March 2014.

This was a good IRB short.
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:59 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
EURUSD A nice range break short

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146514

From my diary, 11 March 2014:

A nice range break short which eventually reached its target.

Here is how it looked when I jumped in.
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:56 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
A scalper lives on the edge

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146513

From my diary, 8th May 2014:

Here is how I took the trade since I got a great setup, allowed it to ride and reach the target.

But when...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:54 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14...

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146512


From my diary, 21 Apr 2014


Missed (did not take, chickened out on...) this perfectly valid setup (IRB long).

Don't do it again...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:51 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
In a combine

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146511

My stop was above the whole mish-mash of price action so I was 'safe' but does not reflect good on me for waiting so long with a losing...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:46 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Was slightly flustered

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146510



From my diary on 5th May 2014 (in a TST combine, rolled over for third time)

First entry was great but I was timid.

Second (re)...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:43 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
In a combine, got out of harm's way when volatility exploded

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146509

I was happy enough to stop trading with a small profit when volatility exploded.

Could probably have managed to stay cool, but don't go by...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:41 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
A trade called IRB, but exited early

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146508

Shorted by intuition, followed by healthy skepticism of no-setup entry, hence exited (correctly, after the mistake of no-setup entry - this...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:37 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
A trade that I am ashamed of

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146507

From my diary 14 April 2014:

Took the trade as an IRB long from the bottom of a range after a nice double bottom had formed.

However,...
Forum: Trading Journals May 12th, 2014, 07:34 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
6E first trade after many months

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=146506


From my diary on 2nd April 2014:

A breakout short.

Hesitancy even when the range broke in a clear fashion (else would have been in...
Forum: Trading Journals November 26th, 2013, 08:05 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Trades for 25th

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=129764
Forum: Trading Journals July 9th, 2013, 01:17 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
https://nexusfi.com/v/JeymIeuExX.png ...

https://nexusfi.com/v/JeymIeuExX.png

Violated discipline twice first by entering early TWICE and by scared exit second time instead of allowing market to take out stop or target.

Now I can...
Forum: Trading Journals June 18th, 2013, 08:08 AM
Replies: 152
Views: 35,061
Posted By iqgod
Lot of catching up to do....

I was not updating my journal here but I had been recording many small things that seemed to matter at that moment.

I will be putting them here now that I am reviewing them.

I hope I (and...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 109
Page 1 of 5 123 Last »

What unexpected challenges have you encountered while trading on a "Funded Trader" platform?

View Results Discuss Poll
 

 
 


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top