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December 1st, 2011, 09:00 PM
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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...
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November 30th, 2011, 09:36 PM
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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...
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November 30th, 2011, 05:17 PM
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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...
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November 23rd, 2011, 08:58 AM
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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...
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November 22nd, 2011, 09:18 AM
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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...
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November 17th, 2011, 05:45 AM
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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"...
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November 16th, 2011, 06:30 AM
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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.
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November 14th, 2011, 09:09 PM
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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...
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October 31st, 2011, 10:14 PM
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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...
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October 1st, 2011, 09:41 PM
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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
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September 23rd, 2011, 03:15 PM
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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...
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September 6th, 2011, 04:48 PM
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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...
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August 30th, 2011, 12:23 PM
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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...
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August 26th, 2011, 12:07 AM
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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.
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August 25th, 2011, 12:50 PM
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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...
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August 22nd, 2011, 09:59 PM
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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...
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August 17th, 2011, 04:53 AM
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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...
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August 15th, 2011, 09:18 PM
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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...
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August 14th, 2011, 09:38 AM
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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...
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August 12th, 2011, 10:22 PM
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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...
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August 10th, 2011, 10:01 PM
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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...
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August 4th, 2011, 09:32 PM
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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...
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August 3rd, 2011, 08:20 AM
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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...
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August 2nd, 2011, 08:29 PM
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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...
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August 1st, 2011, 09:52 PM
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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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