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Forum: Trading Journals December 1st, 2011, 09:00 PM
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Posted By dc618
Ack! OEC doesn't have a VWAP indicator.

Played some channel breakout trades this morning. I would have liked to overlay the VWAP, calculated from at least the start of the Globex session, but alas, no VWAP comes standard with OEC Trader. I...
Forum: Trading Journals November 30th, 2011, 09:36 PM
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Posted By dc618
Blue-- I'm sorry to hear about your nephew. I...

Blue-- I'm sorry to hear about your nephew. I could not even imagine how to deal with the loss of a younger family member.

The teachers at my son's school seemed to hint toward ADHD, although...
Forum: Trading Journals November 30th, 2011, 05:17 PM
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Posted By dc618
When does one admit that the method is wrong?

I've been consistent with a certain approach for years now. I thought it was working, but results didn't seem to show. I thought, "just give it more time, be consistent, it'll work out." Yesterday, I...
Forum: Trading Journals November 23rd, 2011, 08:58 AM
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Posted By dc618
Today's chart shows the Bollinger Bands on it. I...

Today's chart shows the Bollinger Bands on it. I took entries on three setups, all based on a possible reversion to the mean while inside a wedge/channel. I was hesitant around 5:00am when news was...
Forum: Trading Journals November 22nd, 2011, 09:18 AM
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Posted By dc618
In my current quest to find more than 2 trading...

In my current quest to find more than 2 trading opportunities per week, I'm continuing to look at a volume histogram as well as bollinger bands. I like looking for and trading within channels, while...
Forum: Trading Journals November 17th, 2011, 05:45 AM
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Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
I started to look at the histogram on my DOM...

I started to look at the histogram on my DOM today. Also, had a lengthy conversation with one of the futures.io (formerly BMT) members and I'm now looking at other things to give me a "big picture"...
Forum: Trading Journals November 16th, 2011, 06:30 AM
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Posted By dc618
Two trades today. The second one faked me out. ...

Two trades today. The second one faked me out. I guess it was a bull trap, and I got trapped. Overall, though, I felt I traded decently.
Forum: Trading Journals November 14th, 2011, 09:09 PM
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Posted By dc618
I didn't trade last week, and I haven't had time...

I didn't trade last week, and I haven't had time to even look at the data behind the first week of November. Here's what I'm grappling with. . . I want to find ways to go with the trend. My current...
Forum: Trading Journals October 31st, 2011, 10:14 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Month-end October performance

It was a frustrating month. The most frustrating since I started this journal. The reason? I'm still dealing with instances of total breakdown in discipline. It happened once in October, where I...
Forum: Trading Journals October 1st, 2011, 09:41 PM
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Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Month-end September performance

Here's how my September ended up. . .

9/1 - 9/2: +20 ticks
9/5 - 9/9: -66 ticks
9/12 - 9/16: +88 ticks
9/19 - 9/23: +63 ticks
9/26 - 9/30: -18 ticks

September total: +87 ticks
Forum: Trading Journals September 23rd, 2011, 03:15 PM
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Posted By dc618
I haven't posted in my journal lately, however,...

I haven't posted in my journal lately, however, I've still been actively trading. In the month of September, I have started to look at why I consistently break my trading rules. Looking through my...
Forum: Trading Journals September 6th, 2011, 04:48 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Cashish, Thanks for the book...

Cashish,

Thanks for the book recommendation. I'm a fairly frugal guy, but there are two things I'm not afraid to spend money on: 1. Healthy foods, 2. Books.

I'm in the middle of "Mastery" by...
Forum: Trading Journals August 30th, 2011, 12:23 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
These recent events do indeed show us what is...

These recent events do indeed show us what is important in life. The Washington DC area was lucky—no reports of major damage from the earthquake or hurricane. Other areas did incur some damage or...
Forum: Trading Journals August 26th, 2011, 12:07 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
I've traded well for the week. Here are the...

I've traded well for the week. Here are the markups from 8/24 and 8/25.
Forum: Trading Journals August 25th, 2011, 12:50 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
To answer a few questions about my trading...

To answer a few questions about my trading screen:

The platform is set to auto-scale, so the y-axis is dependent on the range. The decimal point thing bothered me for a while, too. But I guess...
Forum: Trading Journals August 22nd, 2011, 09:59 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
I've pondered my overtrading issue, taking the...

I've pondered my overtrading issue, taking the weekend to delve deeper into the "why" of this problem. In my analysis, my overtrading is due to a number of factors, to include a need to be "in the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 17th, 2011, 04:53 AM
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Posted By dc618
Now that I've defined my trade setups, I can take...

Now that I've defined my trade setups, I can take better advantage of my journal. Two screenshots below, one for Tuesday, August 16 (losing day), and the one for today (winning day), August 17. I'm...
Forum: Trading Journals August 15th, 2011, 09:18 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
My trade set-ups

To combat what might be overtrading, I've decided to write out some my trade entry/exit criteria. I look for two types of setups-- breakouts and reversals:


BREAKOUT TRADES
Major volume spike...
Forum: Trading Journals August 14th, 2011, 09:38 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
I looked over some of my past trades and found...

I looked over some of my past trades and found that many times I indeed re-entered the market very shortly after getting stopped out. Is this a sign of revenge trading? I have observed that the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 12th, 2011, 10:22 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Mid-month status

Over the first two weeks of August, I'm in the red:

8/1-8/4: +50 ticks
8/8-8/11: -68 ticks

30 trades, 12 winners, 18 losers


I really think I'm overtrading, because when I review older...
Forum: Trading Journals August 10th, 2011, 10:01 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Addressing another challenge

I looked over some trading statistics and I make a new realization: I'm overtrading.

I did a crude visual simulation using the last four weeks of charts and found that my system should provide...
Forum: Trading Journals August 4th, 2011, 09:32 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Cashish -- Thanks for the post! Your comments...

Cashish -- Thanks for the post! Your comments give me the sense that I might be on the right track in my trading education.

It's funny you mention the "averaging down" piece-- When I discussed...
Forum: Trading Journals August 3rd, 2011, 08:20 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
I would agree. I haven't seen a method where...

I would agree. I haven't seen a method where consistently averaging down was profitable in the long term. There might be some people who do it successfully, but those folks must be few and far...
Forum: Trading Journals August 2nd, 2011, 08:29 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
My friend's trading was undisciplined and...

My friend's trading was undisciplined and amateurish -- I had a talk with him about it this afternoon. It was more of an "intervention", and I told him that there were probably bigger problems at...
Forum: Trading Journals August 1st, 2011, 09:52 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 13,462
Posted By dc618
Today I witnessed a friend take a tremendous loss...

Today I witnessed a friend take a tremendous loss on an ES trade. It was painful for me to watch; I could only imagine how devastatingly sickening it was to him. I considered him and myself to be...
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