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Forum: Trading Journals September 23rd, 2013, 12:48 PM
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Posted By futurepilot
Sep 23 Trades

Today was an excellent day....Why I followed my rules and was extemely patient...Trades took over 45 minutes to produce my targets....Very happy with my patience to let them work out.
Did not...
Forum: Trading Journals September 19th, 2013, 01:38 PM
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Posted By futurepilot
Sep 19 Trades

What I did right: took my signals initially and made some profit.
What I did wrong: Did not stop when I was up. Stopped trading my plan and the signals and started trading emotionally trying to...
Forum: Trading Journals September 18th, 2013, 01:54 PM
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Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 18 Trades

Took some time off from trading to take care of business (stuff that clutters the mind and prohibits "good" trading).
My best trades: (yes plural) In GC got a short signal when it pulled back to...
Forum: Trading Journals September 11th, 2013, 09:36 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 11 Trade

Note I titled this trade in the singular. My plan was to only trade GC today....Gold is in a downtrend (daily, 4,1 hour, 30 min) So I was looking for a short. I started building my short position...
Forum: Trading Journals September 10th, 2013, 09:15 AM
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Posted By futurepilot
Sep 10 Trades

Getting close to the end of this combine (day 19). GC and CL were both heading down. Jumped on board....sometimes a little early and rode the wave down. Scaled out of GC on first contract, and...
Forum: Trading Journals September 9th, 2013, 11:24 AM
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Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 9 Trades

Did not fair well today. was building a position for a long in CL only to be stopped at daily loss limit and then watch it move in the direction of the trade. Oil will do that to ya if you want to...
Forum: Trading Journals September 6th, 2013, 09:31 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 6 Trades

Traded both combines today. Did Very Well, Why? Because I was totally "Trading in the Zone". Strap yourself in this is long. "I'm giving you pearls here son." My primary trade in CL was a long...
Forum: Trading Journals September 5th, 2013, 11:27 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 5 Trades

Did fairly well today. Following my rules. I did not hold winners long enough and most of my trades were scalping, but made over $1400 net in both combines. Another thing I did wrong was take a...
Forum: Trading Journals September 4th, 2013, 10:58 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 4 Trades

In typical fashion, I was trading counter trend in GC and lost my shirt, kept adding to loser, rather than get on board the bearish selloff. made a decent trade in CL pre pit open, then never got on...
Forum: Trading Journals September 3rd, 2013, 09:57 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Sep 3 Trades

Expected more volume and volatility in both CL an GC, but it just wasn't there. Basically traded for scratch losing a lot and then bringing it back. Today was a day to take a trade and scale out...
Forum: Trading Journals August 29th, 2013, 09:59 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
29 Aug Trades

Started out the day good in CL going long on a pullback to support, scaled out and made some money. Tried my hand at adding to a winning trade. It didn't work out. I have yet to see how adding to...
Forum: Trading Journals August 28th, 2013, 11:39 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
aug 28 trading

Came back with a clear head today and traded by my rules....CL only. Was very volatile and presented nice moves to make a tick or two. Caught a decent runner after the EIA report, then seemed to...
Forum: Trading Journals August 28th, 2013, 11:35 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug 27 Trades

Don't know what happened, but lost yesterday's post.....lost my butt and hit loss limit. I will still trade the combine out and develop my discipline. My trades follow:crazy_pilot:
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Forum: Trading Journals August 27th, 2013, 09:30 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug 27 Trades

Broke the cardinal rule in trading the combine today.....Hit Loss limit, was not taking commissions into consideration. %#$^$ Oh well, back to the drawing board. Hit loss limit trading GC...
Forum: Trading Journals August 26th, 2013, 12:29 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug26 Trading

Got on board GC today, traded well, following my rules. Started in CL with a trade, that stopped out, but stuck to my stop and target. Next trade in CL was a winner....not as big as I would have...
Forum: Trading Journals August 23rd, 2013, 11:48 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug23 Trading

Somewhat stuck to my plan of trading CL. However, did not wait for the setup that I am used to. Jumped right in and built a position only to close it for about flat, made a couple bucks. The...
Forum: Trading Journals August 22nd, 2013, 11:43 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug22 Trades

Did it again....started taking losing trades and then "rushed to make it back". only to lose more with stops and emotional trades. Anyway, stopped trading before blowing out the account and getting...
Forum: Trading Journals August 21st, 2013, 01:23 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
aug 21 trading

Rolling along. Another decent day. Was up then pulled back in profit then got most back. Traded more successfully in CL today. I am trying to concentrate more on CL, but GC presents more trading...
Forum: Trading Journals August 20th, 2013, 12:15 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug 20 Trades

prepped for trading with a look at charts for support and resistance levels in both CL and GC. Longer timeframes ie 30,60 240 were long in GC so was only looking to take longs. They worked out well...
Forum: Trading Journals August 19th, 2013, 12:03 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug 19 Trades

Traded a lot of contracts today, mostly in Gold, but a few in CL. Never really caught any runners, but scalped my way to a successful day. More importantly, I did not hesitate to take trade setups...
Forum: Trading Journals August 16th, 2013, 11:32 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Aug 16 Trades

Choppy market in both CL or GC, but managed to catch a couple. Demonstrated the value of having risk/reward of at least 1:2. Was up at the open on Gold, then gave all plus back in...
Forum: Trading Journals August 8th, 2013, 12:17 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,170
Posted By futurepilot
Futurepilot's Topsteptrader Combine Journal

Well back to the drawing board....I feel so close. Anyway, I am starting another 10 day combine at Topsteptrader and this will be my forum thread for the duration. Wish me luck.
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