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Hello @esby06,

Thank you for your comments! I use the following programs:

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Today could have gone a lot better. The market was choppy and I got caught in the back and forth. One of the trades I should not have taken. I tried to jump the market and I was wrong.

My final trade of the day was the big one. It broke support at 1658 and I knew it was going to go lower. After 40 ticks it had a hard reverse and went back to my original entry. I didn't panic. I knew the day was going to be down day so I waited for it to go lower. I got out with a 30 tick gain I had originally thought of moving my stop up and letting my stop take me out but decided against it because I was down already for the day and this would get me back close to even. Soon after I exited the trade it ran down to my original target.

I was bummed that I missed out on a huge run but there will be other days. At lunch so I will post my trades later today.*

Robert

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Today could have gone a lot better. The market was choppy and I got caught in the back and forth. One of the trades I should not have taken. I tried to jump the market and I was wrong.

My final trade of the day was the big one. It broke support at 1658 and I knew it was going to go lower. After 40 ticks it had a hard reverse and went back to my original entry. I didn't panic. I knew the day was going to be down day so I waited for it to go lower. I got out with a 30 tick gain I had originally thought of moving my stop up and letting my stop take me out but decided against it because I was down already for the day and this would get me back close to even. Soon after I exited the trade it ran down to my original target.

I was bummed that I missed out on a huge run but there will be other days. At lunch so I will post my trades later today.*

Robert

GC Morning
-23 ticks

Attached are my trades for the day. Trade number 4 is trade I should not have taken. As you can see it is the largest loss. I tried to Jump the market and anticipate a breakout. It cost me big time.

Robert

What was the best thing that happened to me today:
  • I didnt panic when the trade went against me. I trusted my initial analysis of the chart that there was going to be a pull back.
  • I demonstrated that when you dont follow your rules it results in larger losses. I now have more conviction that I have to follow my entry rules. Following entry rules leads to smaller losses

What was the worst thing that happened to me today:
  • I didnt let the market stop me out on the last trade. Had I done this there would have been a chance that I could of exited near the original target. My fear of taking a loss was greater than the potential profit I could have made.



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GC Morning
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Today was a one and done day. The setup was perfect. Placed a buy stop just above the trend line and price was hit and 7 seconds later my target was hit. Didnt even have time to enjoy it. Money is great but I still enjoy the trade. Traded some SIM afterwords but nothing serious. Had a couple good trades and I missed the two other breakouts to the upside.

I started to set a overnight trade last night but chickened out. My target would have been hit.

I am getting better at recognizing setups. Its allowing me to set my buy/sell stops and if my entry gets hit then great if it does not then I was wrong and I am glad I did not enter on impulse.

I reflected on yesterday; I was worrying that I would not be able to hit my daily targets everyday.. and well, this is true. Someday's will be like yesterday with small to no gains or a loss and other days will be like today with big score. The rest of the time it will be somewhere in between. Trading is so different from having a day job. In a day job you get paid the same amount everyday that you are there. In trading this is not the case. You cannot count on having a positive day everyday. In fact there is no guarantee at all you will even make any money after a week, month, year...

Robert

What was the best thing that happened to me today:
  • followed my rules and was patient. Waited for the price to come to my entry.

What was the worst thing that happened to me today:
  • The trade went too fast!! I enjoy the hunt so this was a bit of a downer for me.





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GC Morning
+90 ticks

Today was a one and done day. The setup was perfect. Placed a buy stop just above the trend line and price was hit and 7 seconds later my target was hit.

Nice Robert - your consistency is inspiring. I'm curious how you set your targets, did you use a fixed price on this one? In general do you use fixed targets and then adjust as price action develops while in the trade? Thanks for your journalling.

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Nice Robert - your consistency is inspiring. I'm curious how you set your targets, did you use a fixed price on this one? In general do you use fixed targets and then adjust as price action develops while in the trade? Thanks for your journalling.

@Surly

Yes on the fixed targets. Although, I am still trying to figure out the best setting. Today for example a 50 tick target would have been much better but on Wednesday 10 to 15 tick target would have been best. It really comes down to market conditions. I am trying to make a best guess based on the overnight movement and set my stops and targets accordingly. Ideally if the trade today had been slower I would have moved my target higher until I was stopped out by my trailing stop.

Robert

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