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Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 11:52 PM
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Posted By iqgod
Thank You, All!

I am overwhelmed, and the lifetime license will be put to very good use!

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Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 01:04 PM
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Posted By iqgod
The trend comes to an end?

Any 6E short probably will not reach even scalping targets now because everybody who was short is short and that must mean that the only direction for 6E is now up.


Any time now.

This prattle...
Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 09:56 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Equities to skyrocket?

Keep getting shadowy hunches in dreams etc that the equities are headed for the roof like the dot com bubble.

Dilemma....


No basis, not yet.
Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 08:31 AM
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Posted By iqgod
What is my next plan of action?

The short answer is to watch out for other shorting opportunities that present low risk.

The long answer is:

I am currently trying to control myself in two ways:

1. Trying to control the...
Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 08:23 AM
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Posted By iqgod
M6E

The anticipated breakout happened, captured only a small fraction in another account:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=235145
Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 02:53 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Flat now - M6E position exited

I've exited my M6E short position for a 4 tick profit and am standing by observing further developments.

Looks like the market could go either way. Flat is better for objectivity in chop, and the...
Forum: Trading Journals June 1st, 2017, 02:04 AM
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Posted By iqgod
THANKS!!

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Gratitude and love to all - thank you for taking the time to read my journal and taking the time to vote for it...
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Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 10:13 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 23,264
Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: MINDFULNESS is the only secret there is

Being compassionate is easy - we are often kind to others who are going through hard times.

But have we stopped and noticed how harsh we are on ourselves when we fail?

When we berate ourselves...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 09:12 PM
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Posted By iqgod
Shorted!

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As this trade plays out let me humbly complete my series of posts with the aim of helping new traders on the forum.
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 09:06 PM
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Posted By iqgod
REVERSAL - Time to short the 6E has come - entering short position!

It is my belief that the 6E upmove is now completed.


Some more squeezing and I will be in when it breaks the box. The stop will be above the high of the squeeze.
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Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 12:58 PM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Love Yourself!

When the Ego rears its head, we believe that our success is in our control alone. Also, we feel personally responsible for our failures and losses. Actually both these statements have some ground in...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 09:44 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Breaking The WORST Habit: HOPIUM

POST-FAILURE

As I said in my previous post, the emotional baggage to a failure (blowout) does not occur only at the time of the failure event and then disappear into ether.

Actually the truth...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 09:04 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: BOSS, but only if you check you ego outside ...

The best way to avoid the constant blows of bigger size losses and roller coaster rides is NOT TO GET INTO SUCH SITUATIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Bigger losses start off as smaller losses, not vice...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 08:57 AM
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Posted By iqgod
My M6E Buy is looking good today

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=235053


All this upmove is a preparation for a larger downmove, however.



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Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 08:34 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Finally In Control

While we continue to focus on the events surrounding the trade’s failure, in parallel we must consider the different courses of action we could have taken and how these different actions would have...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 08:15 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Failed Trades lead to more Failed Trades unless

A thing to watch out for is that when we focus the cinemascope of our attention on the events surrounding the failure and thus start thinking about the loss is that such an activity can make...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 08:02 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Losses != Bad, Learning from Losses = Good

The emotional pain we feel actually demonstrates that it is not the weaklings who feel this way; in fact it is the contrary – those who have gone through the courage to emotionally commit to a trade,...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 07:50 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Winning is NOT the Deserved Prize

As traders we grow so used to experiencing multiple failures – but if we are really GROWING then this does not mean that failure generates a weaker emotional response but that the pain and suffering...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 07:38 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: How Our Brain Fools Us Almost ALL the Time

Our brain fools us by focusing on the salient emotional events that occurred in the trade, and makes sure we do not allocate much attention to the information that would serve as important feedback...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 07:28 AM
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Posted By iqgod
Learning and Growing for New Traders: Failed Trades and Why We Don't Learn

After reading the letter I decided to put together an 'article' series to allow traders to grow faster instead of getting stuck.

This is the first post in this journal with a view of accelerating...
Forum: Trading Journals May 31st, 2017, 02:57 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 23,264
Posted By iqgod
A Heart-Felt Letter

I have been having an interesting one-to-one with a fellow trader, and it started with this heart-rending letter that I am reproducing below, followed by some of my replies in a later post - what do...
Forum: Trading Journals May 30th, 2017, 12:17 PM
Replies: 154
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Posted By iqgod
Good Exit! because 6E trend changes to up, but for how long?

Happy to have exited well, happy to have stayed out of trouble after going long into the upmove (but not much longer):

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=234973
Forum: Trading Journals May 30th, 2017, 12:09 PM
Replies: 154
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Posted By iqgod
To that other voice

I did capture the fast and furious upmove in the 6E. The speed of the breakout did not give me time to make my bad habit of taking profit early turn up!

The 6E is now again preparing for a...
Forum: Trading Journals May 29th, 2017, 11:18 PM
Replies: 154
Views: 23,264
Posted By iqgod
Finally exited my M6E short position

I was short from 1.1260 since almost a week.

Exited the position today, since my target is reached (short of two ticks)

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=234958

To reiterate...
Forum: Trading Journals May 29th, 2017, 06:08 AM
Replies: 154
Views: 23,264
Posted By iqgod
Is 'technical analysis / method' meaningful in random markets?

Look at the chart below - doesn't it look random?



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How can one trade if everything is random?

And what, then, does 'technical...
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