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Forum: Trading Journals

July 24th, 2015, 06:15 PM

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Posted By isla

Hi. I still trade with the DOM but focusing on 6E...

Hi. I still trade with the DOM but focusing on 6E in European morning and ZN when America opens.

I changed my approach from trading DOM setups only to using auction theory/market profile...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 25th, 2014, 05:23 AM

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Brett Steenbarger

"One of the great disappointments I encounter when I read writings on the topic of trading psychology is that they invariably touch upon the same themes: discipline, controlling emotions, etc. ...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 24th, 2014, 03:27 AM

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Posted By isla

Combine report

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=157913

Forum: Trading Journals

September 23rd, 2014, 12:35 PM

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Posted By isla

Day20

Last day of the Combine. Reduced my size planning to try a bigger picture trade but nothing came around.

Trades:
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=157776

Trade1: volume cluster...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 22nd, 2014, 12:43 PM

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Posted By isla

Day19

After today's session I decided I will not continue trading my breakout setup. It seems that particularly its management depends too much on behavior of algos, as I was looking for either immediate...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 19th, 2014, 01:16 PM

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Posted By isla

Day18

Choppy day. Not many clean moves, every breakout was followed by a pullback into prior range. Couldn't find a good entry after my last trade:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=157307

Forum: Trading Journals

September 19th, 2014, 08:45 AM

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Posted By isla

Thank you Profiler

Found a very interesting journal here on futures.io (formerly BMT) today. Profiler shared his journey of learning to use auction theory principles after scalping FESX successfully for many years. For...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 18th, 2014, 12:31 PM

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Posted By isla

Day17

One trade today. Good selling momentum, but hesitated a bit initially as thickness of volumes in the DOM wasn't clear.

Got an optimistic SIM fill on my target (only a couple of hundred lots...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 17th, 2014, 11:29 AM

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Posted By isla

Day16

A bit of an emotional day. Could be expected with FOMC tonight. Another mouse gone. Good thing I had a spare one this time. Learning from mistakes:sarcastic:

Realistically, there was one tricky...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 17th, 2014, 06:45 AM

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Posted By isla

Hi Pete! Yeah, there definitely was buying...

Hi Pete!

Yeah, there definitely was buying absorption with cumulative delta moving down quite a bit. I guess that's why the push up was so strong. Many traders who were selling that range needed...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 16th, 2014, 12:56 PM

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Posted By isla

Day15

Trades today:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=156723

Trade1: front-running a breakout. We formed a range between 1977.50 and high of the day, with high volume (poc) in the...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 15th, 2014, 12:46 PM

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Posted By isla

Day14

Close, but not close enough. Was bidding for 4t on the first trade and for 6t on the second but ES only moved 3t (on first attempt; some aggressive buying so scratched) and 5t respectively.
...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 11th, 2014, 07:59 AM

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Posted By isla

Hello jamesico, Thanks for your post. What...

Hello jamesico,

Thanks for your post. What was the reason for the trade? Do you actually use some algorithm for entries?

Forum: Trading Journals

September 5th, 2014, 11:59 AM

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Posted By isla

Day13

Not much today:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=155194

Management: around 6k contracts traded at 1990 so I scaled out first part; we popped up a couple of ticks and I thought...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 5th, 2014, 03:20 AM

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Posted By isla

analazying results

Yesterday I looked through my Combine trades so far and thought some adjustments are necessary. Like with many other things in trading, losses/mistakes/problems can actually create an opportunity for...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 4th, 2014, 12:34 PM

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Posted By isla

Day12

Seems like some new ideas don't stand the test of time:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=155025

Forum: Trading Journals

September 3rd, 2014, 12:44 PM

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Posted By isla

Day11

I may have missed the very first breakout of the day. Range was tiny at that point and even though my setup was there I didn't pay much attention to the market.

Apart from that, don't think I...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 2nd, 2014, 01:07 PM

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Posted By isla

Day10

Trades today:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154700

First three trades were attempts to play the range.

Last trade was a bit messy. Was too early with entry and then...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 2nd, 2014, 09:43 AM

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Posted By isla

another good one from Steenbarger

I thought this post will be a good reminder that we actually need to know what we are doing in order to be profitable long-term. Ups and downs in results, mood or focus, although play a big role...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 29th, 2014, 01:11 PM

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Posted By isla

Hi kronie, Thanks for your advice! I'm...

Hi kronie,

Thanks for your advice!

I'm not sure I said anything about being stopped out too often though. I did have this problem before, but much less so now. I do use a chart all the time,...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 29th, 2014, 12:03 PM

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Posted By isla

Day9

I didn't trade ES last summer. So far it's been a useful learning experience. I've been trying to pick only relatively active days, but sometimes there is no way to tell when volumes just leave the...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 28th, 2014, 12:00 PM

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Posted By isla

Day8

I understand people who go on holidays in July-August:sarcastic:

Was hunting a breakout, but no follow-through:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=154372

Here is the original...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 27th, 2014, 11:33 AM

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Posted By isla

Day7

The day started off with decent volume and participation, but turned into another slow-grinder. Unfortunately I got into two trades in the first half an hour and didn't have a chance to make anything...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 26th, 2014, 08:56 AM

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Posted By isla

Trading develops the best in us

A great post by Dr Brett Steenbarger:

"...As Angela Duckworth's research attests, sheer grit--the ability to persevere under adverse conditions--is a central element of success across career...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 22nd, 2014, 12:00 PM

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Posted By isla

Day6

Trades today:

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=153952

Trade1: 1 point pullback after selling momentum at the open. Was aiming for 4t but didn't get a fill and then my OCOs got...

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