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Forum: Trading Journals

November 20th, 2013, 02:27 PM

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Posted By MeanBean

how not to trade

Today I had 2 failed trades. No video.

First trade
I entered on wrong side of market and then close out.

Second trade
I entered on side of market I originally wanted but chased price up. ...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 19th, 2013, 02:14 PM

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Bean's ES Journal Deluxe

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Posted By MeanBean

Aggressive but good trade

Another stop run. Didn't make a video so posting screen shot.

Trade method.
1. Consolidation on downward pressure, looking for stops building up below.
2. Used my standard 4 tick stop with...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 19th, 2013, 11:28 AM

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Bean's ES Journal Deluxe

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Posted By MeanBean

Trade the Trap

My favorite trade is shown in this video. This is a great trade because it requires a very small stop (4 ticks) and will have a target of 6 ticks or greater.

Setup
1. Look for rejection in...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 18th, 2013, 11:34 AM

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Bean's ES Journal Deluxe

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Posted By MeanBean

No trades today. I have found that Mondays are...

No trades today.
I have found that Mondays are not easy to trade for me. I think direction tends to not be found, if it is, until later in the day when volume starts to drop off.

No reason to...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 15th, 2013, 01:11 PM

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Posted By MeanBean

The single trade

Thoughts on trading.
When I started trading I would average around 20 trades a day. It was exciting and a rush to trade GC/CL. Now I see that this was gambling and not trading. Trading done right...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 15th, 2013, 11:17 AM

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Posted By MeanBean

easy trade

Computer restarted and lost my video. So going old school with screen shot.

trade 1
1. entered on limit order on up trend/with momentum.
2. simple scalp with 4 tick stop and 8 tick target...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 14th, 2013, 05:49 PM

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Posted By MeanBean

Video 2 trade 2

Trade number 2

why I entered
1. trading range by low sell high
2. looking for pull back to ma

why I existed
1. entered trade then hated it soon as I was in, small range means waiting long...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 14th, 2013, 05:22 PM

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Bean's ES Journal Deluxe

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Posted By MeanBean

first trade of the day. reasons I took...

first trade of the day.

reasons I took trade
1. Strong trend channel was broken and retested.
2. Good volume
3. higher highs/higher lows

Method
1. used stop order above previous high
2....

Forum: Trading Journals

November 14th, 2013, 12:39 PM

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Posted By MeanBean

My rules 1. Don't trade news. Check 2013...

My rules
1. Don't trade news. Check 2013 Economic Calendar (http://mam.econoday.com/) for news schedule, works great for me.
2. Max 3 trades per day.
3. Trade only with trend unless...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 13th, 2013, 01:48 PM

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Bean's ES Journal Deluxe

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Posted By MeanBean

Bean's ES Journal Deluxe

When I was 10 I had a journal I kept hidden under my bed, which I used to plot against my enemies. My mom found my journal by "accident", which meant a sit down with my father, a stern serous man. ...

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