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Forum: Trading Journals

September 25th, 2018, 03:41 PM

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Posted By zmaj

TST Day 1 on Trading Campaign # 11

# 10 / Monday, i was floored by a technical error from TopStep.
Trading Campaign # 11, Day 1 today, late start, very low volume at this hour.
Set up Trade 10min chart, to be continued Wednesday
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Forum: Trading Journals

September 21st, 2018, 12:27 PM

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Posted By zmaj

TST Day 6 / Attempt # 9 floored!

My opinion killed me again. It confirmed my insanity!
I'm giving all of my ticks away pretty much always in the same way, trading my opinion.
And the market is giving me ticks most of the time only...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 20th, 2018, 10:39 AM

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Posted By zmaj

TST DAy 5

Idiot start trading style, lol!
I start my day idiot style, i play my opinion multi contract style, get my ass handed to me properly.
And then i play the game of catch up observing the set up...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 19th, 2018, 10:28 AM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 4

Started the day with "Opinion Trades" the account reflected my opinions nicely in red.
Recovered to break even thanks to the set up trades. Didn't take the last set up trade cause of my opinion...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 18th, 2018, 11:31 AM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 3

November contract shift on CL. I had a a couple of nice set ups, fast moves. But not enough time this morning.
journey continues tomorrow

Forum: Trading Journals

September 17th, 2018, 05:35 PM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 2

A day filled with very nice set up trades and the other "my opinion" trades.
The set up trades did well. My opinion trades predictably didn't!
I was going to take the last set up trade that was...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 15th, 2018, 12:45 PM

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Posted By zmaj

TST Round 9 Day 1

I burned through round 8 by again attempting to bend the market to my will and not executing the trading set ups.
Round 9 is in place now, i do feel stupid writing anything more about this except to...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 15th, 2018, 12:37 PM

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Posted By zmaj

very good question

According to my handwritten trading journal. I have no self-discipline to follow through with my trading plan.
I give money to the market almost exclusively because i steer away from it. It's a...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 12th, 2018, 11:47 AM

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Posted By zmaj

DAY 7

Chopped a bit today. I had too many trades already with not enough patience to follow through :pcguru:
Break even day.

Forum: Trading Journals

September 11th, 2018, 12:05 PM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 6

And here i thought that i was doing better for a second, lol!!
How silly of me. I was late on the set ups and that helped create a FOMO mode for the rest of the morning.

76 lots in play all...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 10th, 2018, 09:13 AM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 5 CL Open 9am

CL Open 9am trades, 2 attempts. I managed the risk alright. Done with day 5 before i start going overboard again.

Forum: Trading Journals

September 10th, 2018, 08:08 AM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 5 CL

Stupidity took over on day 1, i talked about the fight club, flushed the winnings of +25. I am playing a catch up now till account is back to 50K

Price Divergence Sell set up on the CL 10min...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 3rd, 2018, 08:05 AM

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Posted By zmaj

Day 1 Trade 1 ES

Price Divergence Sell set up on the ES 30min chart, 2 lots, manageable Stop Loss.
Exited the 2nd contract manually on the candle closing without a follow through.

edit:
Two more attempts,...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 3rd, 2018, 01:24 AM

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Posted By zmaj

50K TopStep Phase 1

To Be or not to Be funded by Top Step, what uncle Sam Beckett said:
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

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