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Forum: Trading Journals January 31st, 2016, 03:18 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
Hey Blash - thanks for the link. Very interesting...

Hey Blash - thanks for the link. Very interesting TED talk. Appreciate your comments.
Forum: Trading Journals January 29th, 2016, 08:53 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
thanks mrgufx! appreciate the encouragement.

thanks mrgufx! appreciate the encouragement.
Forum: Trading Journals January 29th, 2016, 04:18 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
After blowing up my third account, here I am...

After blowing up my third account, here I am again to do it better. About a year and a half since I've started now.

Some realizations I've come to:
I do great in downturns, terrible in upturns,...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2015, 10:12 AM
Replies: 37
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Posted By jackbravo
Yes, you are right. I was falling into the...

Yes, you are right. I was falling into the classic rookie mistakes of wanting too much too fast. I'm sure I'll make more! My timeframe has recently changed away from a day to couple-three days to a...
Forum: Trading Journals April 10th, 2015, 06:42 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
No disrespect felt. Thank you for your comments. ...

No disrespect felt. Thank you for your comments.
You're right, I definitely do need much better risk control.
However, I strongly believe the use of stops is not it. If you follow the SPOO thread...
Forum: Trading Journals April 9th, 2015, 09:55 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
Not sure about fundamentals, but I'm SAST...

Not sure about fundamentals, but I'm SAST (short-a-shit-ton) ES/NQ for the following reasons:

1. It seems that price action has been signaling distribution for the past few weeks.
2. Vix appears...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2015, 10:38 PM
Replies: 37
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Posted By jackbravo
Holy smokes! A 0.5% maximum drawdown a day would...

Holy smokes! A 0.5% maximum drawdown a day would put me at trading 2 ES contracts (which, really, would be trading the full contract and negating the leverage). But that is a major weakness I have,...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2015, 08:46 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,438
Posted By jackbravo
Thank you for your reply. That's the thing,...

Thank you for your reply.

That's the thing, I no longer play the game with stops. I've realized after reading the SPOO thread on this site, and my experience after reading many trading books which...
Forum: Trading Journals April 5th, 2015, 04:32 AM
Replies: 37
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Posted By jackbravo
that's difficult to quantify. The risk is based...

that's difficult to quantify. The risk is based on a stop loss target, which I have around 10 points, or 500$/contract. Yet the margin required to initiate the position is around 5000$/contract. 15K...
Forum: Trading Journals April 3rd, 2015, 09:02 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
annnnd....once again, correct read on the market,...

annnnd....once again, correct read on the market, too chickenshit to stick with the read in advance of an event. literally got out of the best position possible 7 minutes before....cost me about 15K...
Forum: Trading Journals March 31st, 2015, 03:45 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,438
Posted By jackbravo
Looking at the overall map, it seems the market...

Looking at the overall map, it seems the market has been ranging since about October. The range has been pretty wide, about 150pts ES, but I'm not sure what to make of it. Is this a market top range...
Forum: Trading Journals March 25th, 2015, 04:58 PM
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Posted By jackbravo
What a day today. It's never as successful as I...

What a day today. It's never as successful as I imagine it would have been in retrospect. I just have too much of an itchy trigger finger. Out of 110 points on the NQ today, I got about 40, and all I...
Forum: Trading Journals March 19th, 2015, 08:10 AM
Replies: 37
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Posted By jackbravo
I'm trading 1 lot/~10K in my IRA account, which I...

I'm trading 1 lot/~10K in my IRA account, which I figured is a reasonable ratio. But maybe that ratio is still too much.

Really I should have been flat yesterday after taking a bit of profit,...
Forum: Trading Journals March 18th, 2015, 06:22 PM
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Posted By jackbravo
When I got in at 63, I was looking to the 70s....

When I got in at 63, I was looking to the 70s. When the heat started though, especially after two fails right at 70, I started to rethink my hypothethis, and thought maybe I read the market wrong....
Forum: Trading Journals March 18th, 2015, 04:20 PM
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Posted By jackbravo
It strikes me that I'm too much of a coward to be...

It strikes me that I'm too much of a coward to be a really great trader. I think that I can be a scalper, but to really be a trader....I'm not sure I have the cohones for it. Today being a...
Forum: Trading Journals February 25th, 2015, 08:16 AM
Replies: 37
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Posted By jackbravo
I have no specific bias towards the market at the...

I have no specific bias towards the market at the moment. There's too many moving parts for me to put together in a clear picture. However, given volatility is low, price is at extremes, there's a...
Forum: Trading Journals February 17th, 2015, 11:45 AM
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Posted By jackbravo
No offense taken at all. I appreciate all advice....

No offense taken at all. I appreciate all advice. I actually have those MAs (5, 21, 50 ema; 50, 125, 200 ma) on my longer term charts. I've getting killed I think because I'm trading too short of a...
Forum: Trading Journals February 12th, 2015, 05:50 AM
Replies: 37
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Posted By jackbravo
I guess I should get more than one screen. :)

I guess I should get more than one screen. :)
Forum: Trading Journals February 12th, 2015, 05:50 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,438
Posted By jackbravo
yea, I definitely need more organization. I...

yea, I definitely need more organization. I haven't traded the ES for a while now due to account drawdown. So I'm just exercising my thought process. Thanks for your suggestions.
Forum: Trading Journals February 9th, 2015, 06:12 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,438
Posted By jackbravo
Looks like today puts us back in the trading...

Looks like today puts us back in the trading range. The main questions I have been asking myself:

Is there any impetus to buy equities right now?

Yes
Bonds are currently high risk, low yield. ...
Forum: Trading Journals February 5th, 2015, 05:07 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,438
Posted By jackbravo
Some thoughts

In thinking about the market, I would like to develop a fundamental view that I use to trade the price action. From reading the ES thread, I know that I'm far away from really understanding all the...
Forum: Trading Journals February 2nd, 2015, 10:30 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,438
Posted By jackbravo
Learning the Everything: 2015

Well, it's 2015, and I'm still trading, and have lost yet even more money about 17.5K down so far. Here is my last journal...
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