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January 29th, 2015, 11:04 AM
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End of Session Recap
Had a good day, even though I had a lot of losing trades.
Traded 3 events: unemployment claims, market open and natural gas storage.
The first trade was an opportunistic scalp trade on GC: ...
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January 28th, 2015, 02:32 PM
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Not a good day. Three events: market open, crude oil inventory, and FOMC rate decision. That in combination with contract rollover for GC and all the ingredients for a choppy day were in place.
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January 27th, 2015, 10:22 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Early end to today as I hit my limit on losing trades per day. I'm in the process of revisiting that rule as it is based on my 'old' chart based, set and forget trading style that had very wide...
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January 26th, 2015, 10:45 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Done a bit early today, but on a positive note.
No news to trade today, so it was mostly scalping.
Pre-market GC trade: GC in an uptrend and then pulled back. Price continued to fall but...
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January 23rd, 2015, 10:06 AM
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three trades taken on two events.
Canadian core CPI and retail sales, traded with 6C. Two trades:
CAD reacted with a bipolar move too quick and small to trade and then decided to bounce to the...
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January 22nd, 2015, 12:59 PM
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January 22nd, 2015, 12:04 PM
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End of Sesson Recap
Since there isn't much pre-market stuff I do anymore (other than check to see what news is due out) I think I'll just do the recap and skip the pre-market entry. Just save some reading for those...
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January 22nd, 2015, 08:13 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Jan 22 Pre-Market
Got to bed late after a long training session. Slept well and late so I got 7 or 8 hours.
Lots of news today: unemployment rate, natural gas storage, crude oil inventory. Should be a good day.
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January 21st, 2015, 11:51 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Had 4 events today and got 3 trades off.
Canadian wholesale sales and U.S. building permits - no setups so no trades. In truth, I was also a bit late setting up to get into these trades anyway,...
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January 21st, 2015, 08:42 AM
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Jan 21 Pre-Market Analysis
News all day starting with Canadian wholesale sales and U.S. building permits at 0830, then BOC news releases at 1000 adn BOC press conference at 1115.
Didn't sleep well last night so I decided to...
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January 20th, 2015, 10:03 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session recap
short day today since I'm only trading news and events.
Two events today: Canadian manufacturing sales and the U.S. market open.
CAD manufacturing sales traded with 6C. No setups so no trades....
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January 20th, 2015, 07:57 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Jan 20 Pre-Market Analysis
Since I'm only trading the news today, no other market analysis needs to be done.
Expecting two trading opportunities today, Canadian dollar on the manufacturing news at 0830 and the e-mini Nasdaq...
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January 19th, 2015, 08:50 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session Recap
this is a late entry as I took the weekend to decompress and re-evaluate. Traded like a complete idiot on Friday.
Won't go into the details of each trade, but took 5 trades with 1 winner and 4...
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January 16th, 2015, 07:49 AM
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Jan 16 Pre-Market Prep
Calling this pre market prep instead of analysis because I'm not really doing any analysis any more, I've evolved my morning routine to focus more on the plan of the day and less on what the market...
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January 15th, 2015, 10:07 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session Recap
Took 4 trades today and was done (due to 3 loss limit) before I could trade all the news events.
Unemployment claims trade with GC but nothing happened so no trade. The equity indexes moved...
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January 15th, 2015, 07:35 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Jan 15 Pre-Market Analysis
The 5 minute chart of GC shows a strong upward trend starting at about 0430 that may have topped out. The high is at $1261.1 and the pivot low is at $1228.7.
That bullish move pretty much...
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January 14th, 2015, 11:02 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session Recap
Bad day today, performance wise. Also took two trades I had no business taking (both losers).
Three events to trade today: retail sales, market open and crude oil inventory.
retail sales,...
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January 14th, 2015, 07:28 AM
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Jan 14 Pre Market Analysis
Changing my analysis method today. The way I have been doing it was based on my old chart trading, position day trading/swing trading style which I am moving away from in favor of a shorter term...
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January 13th, 2015, 11:33 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Jan 13 Pre Market and Recap
Daily chart of GC shows a bullish trend with pivot hight at $1244.5 and low of $1204.2.
Hourly chart shows a stronger bullish trend with pivot high at 1244.5 and low at $1233.6.
15 minute chart...
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January 12th, 2015, 09:54 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session Recap
Done early, hit my 3 losing trade limit already.
No news, so the only event I could trade was the market open. The rest of the trades were based on my ability to read the order flow and/or...
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January 12th, 2015, 08:00 AM
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Jan 12 Pre Market Analysis
Daily chart of GC shows sideways movement with slight bullish tendency, new pivot high of $1231.3 and pivot low of $1204.2. The pivot range is getting smaller.
Hourly chart shows bullish trend...
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January 9th, 2015, 10:25 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session Recap
overtraded this morning already, so calling it a day. Only two events today: unemployment and market open.
Unemployment Rate, traded with GC. Great move in the market in response to the news,...
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January 9th, 2015, 07:41 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Jan 9 Pre Market Analysis
Daily chart of GC shows sideways movement with a pivot high at $1223.3 and a pivot low at $1167.3. These are unchanged from yesterday.
Hourly chart shows sideways movement with bearish pressure...
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January 8th, 2015, 10:55 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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End of Session Recap
Had 3 events to trade today.
Unemployment Claims, traded using GC. Price moved upward on the news but not a big reaction. Took a short near the top after the price failed to make a new high. ...
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January 8th, 2015, 07:50 AM
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cts001 Jan 2015 Trading Journal
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Jan 8 Pre-Market Analysis
Considering changing my pre-market analysis routine. It is based off my older chart centric position day trading days and isn't that useful for my very short time frame trading approach. I'll have...
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