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December 31st, 2013, 03:14 PM
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13/31/13 Trade Report
I haven't updated this lately. Here is a random sampling of my trades as of late. Its a practice account on T4 trading platform via TsT.
Today was a slow day on crude oil chart. My attention...
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September 12th, 2013, 05:43 PM
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Combine Overview Trade Summary
Here's the trade summary of my combine from start to finish. I will be doing another one soon, so I will periodically update this thread with status reports. I prefer to update after good days and...
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September 12th, 2013, 12:24 AM
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Trade Summary 9/11/13 Day 10 of Combine
Edit: I will post my trade summary tomorrow.
On this day, Wednesday, it was my final combine day. I ended down -$965. I was actually up on the day until I decided to try for a home run trade...
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September 11th, 2013, 12:10 AM
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Trade Summary 9/10/13 Day 9 of Combine
Thanks BigMike maybe I could come up with a webinar when I get some more street cred, :becky:.
Woah, I cannot believe it is already day 9 of this combine. Today was Tuesday and let me tell you...
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September 9th, 2013, 04:05 PM
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Trade Summary 9/7/13 Day 8 of Combine
On this Monday, I traded up +$1030. I quit when I got above the $1000 mark because I wanted to get the acheivement badge for my trade profile on the TsT website.
My mentality going into today...
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September 9th, 2013, 03:53 PM
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Trade Summary 9/6/13 Day 7 of Combine
On this day 7 (Friday) of my combine I got it wrong and ended down -$995 on the day. My net P/L started down and that put my trades on the defense and I wasn't getting out at the right times because...
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September 6th, 2013, 12:28 AM
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Trade Summary 9/5/13 Day 6 of Combine
@ BigMike, I agree with you. I think you worded it correctly and I don't need to add anything to your comment. I'm looking forward to my next combine. I'm saving up for the 150k and will attempt...
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September 5th, 2013, 12:54 AM
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Trade Summary 9/4/13 Day 5 of Combine
Shoot, today I did it. I blew up my account on a foolish trade. I felt the pressure to have a highly profitable day to get my combine in range of hitting its profit target. I over-leveraged my...
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September 4th, 2013, 12:26 AM
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Wednesday Day 5 of Combine Guidance
I'm down -$228 on this combine going into day 5 of my combine. That means I need to average $750 per day roughly. I will continue to look for safe setups in the NQ. if I find a CL setup that I...
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September 4th, 2013, 12:16 AM
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Trade Summary 9/3/13 Day 4 of Combine
Today I was -$85. I got chopped up early in the morning in the NQ and did take 2 CL trades. 1 was profitable and 1 was a big stop out so I was -$160 in CL today. I couldn't afford to take those...
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September 3rd, 2013, 12:55 AM
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My combine guidance for this week.
This week, my emphasis is on getting back into profitability in my current combine. I'm -$150 roughly.
Scenario #1: I have several more profitable days, in which I would take a shot at...
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September 3rd, 2013, 12:34 AM
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Trade Summary 8/30/13
Edit: Sorry for the delay, I had travel plans and hit the rode immediately following market close on Friday. Traffic in Chicago on Friday is nuts!
Ok, so today was my 3rd day on the 10 day 50k...
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August 30th, 2013, 11:03 AM
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Trade Summary
I traded my combine for -$390. In CL, I tried to buy the peaks on long signals from my indicators in anticipation of a breakout up. The basis was CL going to have some great up moves today since...
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August 29th, 2013, 01:15 AM
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Trade Summary
Today I ended the day $-120 on my combine. I was trading crude oil only. It has been a tricky chart during the RTH session. News of Syria has made the chart uptrend during the ETH session and then...
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August 27th, 2013, 12:45 AM
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New combine begins tomorrow
I start my new combine tomorrow. I plan on sticking with crude oil. The combine is the 10 day 50k with a profit target of $3500. Ideally, I prefer to start out slow and try to get above $350 for...
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August 20th, 2013, 03:40 PM
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Trade Summary for 8/20/13
Today was a volatile day. I only felt comfortable with scalp-type trades until I had a decent cushion to let a trade ride. So that is what I did. Also, I had a meeting that took me away from...
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August 16th, 2013, 02:33 PM
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8/16 Favorite Trade
So this setup was one of my favorite setups ever. I saw that Crude Oil hit weekly R1 and possible rejection. Coincidentally, CL was also in its Daily R1. So 1 R1 rejection could possibly be 2 R1...
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August 16th, 2013, 01:57 PM
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Trade Summary 8/16/2013
I was really satisfied with how today turned out for me. I started trading just my combine account (usually do this), but when I saw an incredible setup I got a trade in with my NT account because...
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August 15th, 2013, 03:15 PM
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Favorite Trade 8/152013
So this morning when I woke up I noticed that CL already failed to reach R2, but we did get a new high of the day. This gave me a slight bearish outlook, but if I am going to go short - I need...
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August 15th, 2013, 02:52 PM
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Trade Summary 8/15/2013
Today I'm posting my summary from my remainder combine (already disqualified, so just simming it out). Typically, I trade more aggressive in 1 account. A broken daily loss limit is usually the...
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August 13th, 2013, 02:06 PM
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Favorite setups 8/13/2013
Today price failed to reach R2 during the ETH session. I wasn't awake, so when I DID wake up I had a bearish sentiment going into RTH. I did put on a trade when R1 looked like it wanted to fail on...
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August 13th, 2013, 01:37 PM
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Daily Summary 8/13/13
Held a trade overnight and it was partially stopped out but I closed the rest out when it got in the money. It hit a target I had set for a trade today. That is why my losses were so great, but...
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August 12th, 2013, 02:13 PM
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My favorite setup today
This was a 6 minute hold and the setup was on a fib fail. Price bull rushed thru the fib and then fell below the support fib. That support fib then became the resistance fib and price failed to...
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August 12th, 2013, 01:34 PM
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Just wanted to update this thread. I won't be...
Just wanted to update this thread. I won't be starting a new combine until I'm done with my current one. I blew it up sometime ago, but have some remaining days left. So while I exhaust that...
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August 9th, 2013, 02:47 PM
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Wookie 's TopStepTrader Combine Journal
Hello Everyone,
This is my first thread on BigMikeTrading.com - I have taken a lot of useful information from this site and would like to contribute if I can. Of course this is a trading...
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