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Forum: Trading Journals

February 11th, 2010, 12:18 PM

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Hi, Sunnyrain. I use Qlink from ESignal. ...

Hi, Sunnyrain.

I use Qlink from ESignal.

Cheers... Hap

Forum: Trading Journals

January 30th, 2010, 09:41 AM

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Well, I haven't posted here in a while, but the...

Well, I haven't posted here in a while, but the latest action in the SP market compels me to. It's been a pretty good couple weeks in here with this downside action. Shorting pops/rallies has been...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 12th, 2009, 03:39 PM

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Trade no. 1: ORB Shorted the breakout of the...

Trade no. 1: ORB
Shorted the breakout of the opening 5-min bar in ES today at 9325. Was filled at 6:38 (PST). Initial stop placed at 9575. Covered � the position at 9175 at 6:40. Taken out of...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 4th, 2009, 06:34 PM

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I’ve been at this long enough to know not to...

I’ve been at this long enough to know not to trade much on FOMC days. Thusly, I had only one trade today and sat out the entire morning and did other stuff around the house and gym, etc.
Shorted...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 31st, 2009, 11:57 AM

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Four for four again today. Sometimes I’m...

Four for four again today. Sometimes I’m wondering whether I’m pressing my luck. Well, out of town on business on Monday so maybe THAT’S the day I’d have a loser LOL. I think making this journal...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 30th, 2009, 08:13 PM

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Had a decent day today. I, too, was out before...

Had a decent day today. I, too, was out before all the fun stuff -- well, got a little one in before the close -- I'll post the journal later, but here's a couple interesting screen shots of my...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 29th, 2009, 04:44 PM

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Took two trades today, a long and a short. Quite...

Took two trades today, a long and a short. Quite the trend day in the opposite direction today!!
Trade no. 1 got me long at 6:59 a.m. (PST) at ES 4775. I was watching that opening “gap trade”...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 28th, 2009, 04:28 PM

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Trade no. 2 today, 11-28-09: Well, came back...

Trade no. 2 today, 11-28-09:

Well, came back from the gym. Don't ALWAYS trade again, but today was almost irresistable. Talk about a "trend day." 2nd trade almost a repeat of the 1st trade this...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 28th, 2009, 11:26 AM

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Jeez... talk about pulling teeth (in daytrading...

Jeez... talk about pulling teeth (in daytrading terms)... signal took about 15 minutes to be fruitful -- I'm used to seconds, not minutes LOL.

Anyhow, shorted the low of that semi Barb Wire...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 26th, 2009, 10:09 AM

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Once again, the stochastics (upturn this time)...

Once again, the stochastics (upturn this time) comes through again on the 5-min chart in the lower left, plus the spreadsheet long signal on the 2-min at cell AI179 at the 8:44 timeframe. Long at...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 26th, 2009, 09:40 AM

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Getting some more good info from Brooks' Price...

Getting some more good info from Brooks' Price Action book over the weekend. Placed a sell stop a tick below the low of the "inverted hammer" at 8:05 on the 5-minute chart (4 bars to the left of the...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 24th, 2009, 12:24 AM

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Another great trade today with the signal on the...

Another great trade today with the signal on the 4-min at K182 @ 1:44 pm and the 5-min at about the same time at BA184, both at a price of 1077 short on the ES for a gain of about 3 ES points with...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 23rd, 2009, 09:37 AM

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Posted By Hapster

Hapster's journal

Figured I�d start a journal to keep myself more accountable. I created the trading spreadsheet you see in this image. Have been working with it for several months now off and on. I don�t trade...

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