May 2nd 1 Minute Chart


Today was fed day I decided to just sit it out however there were some great set ups.
1 Scalp it was 1.5 points

Hopefully the volatility carries the rest of the week

APEX 1:$50,349
APEX 2:$50,281
APEX 3:$50,304
APEX 4:$50,268
APEX 5:$50,242
APEX 6:$25,278
APEX 7:$25,165
APEX 8:$50,131
APEX 9:$24,925
APEX 10:$50,081
APEX 11:$25,081
APEX 12:$50,140
APEX 13:$250,005
APEX 14:$249,878
APEX 15:$250,093
APEX 16:$250,093

Personal Account: 1,114.11

APEX 1:$50,328
APEX 2:$50,382
APEX 3:$50,386
APEX 4:$50,488
APEX 5:$50,509
APEX 6:$25,160
APEX 7:$25,292
APEX 8:$50,515
APEX 9:$25,400
APEX 10:$50,558
APEX 11:$25,515
APEX 12:$50,564
APEX 13:$250,145
APEX 14:$250,231
APEX 15:$250,344
APEX 16:$250,369

Personal Account: 1,125.82

Making some good progress on my APEX 25K Evals about 30% there trading the NQ with 20 Tick (5 Pt) stops still need to widen out my targets as I have cut alot of winners shorts as Ill show in the chart

1 Min May 5 Chart


Good trend day on Friday, I am a serial scalper so my risk reward is always 1:1 or sometimes even 1:.05

This really killed me on Friday as I didn't hold my winners however I have to trade my personality and style.

One thing I will need to accept if I trade this way is that I will need to be taking more trades.

I am ok with that, the NQ offers plenty of opportunities everyday for us scalpers.

A typical trade for me is 40 Ticks of risk for 20 Ticks Reward.
Trading Stats For the week on NQ:
Total Trades: 41
Percent Profitable: 74.87%
# Winning Trades: 31
# Losing Trades: 10
Avg Size Winner: 11 Ticks
Avg Size Loser: 19 Ticks
Avg Risk/Reward: .58
Largest Winning Trade: 32 Ticks
Largest Losing Trade: 23 Ticks
Profit Factor: 1.74
Sharpe Ratio:1.97
Sortino Ratio:1.00


So I have some strengths as a scalper my biggest confidence boost is the consistent size of my losing trades as that was a big trading demon of mine.

This week I will be working on keeping that consistency and being mindful of my winning trade size as I will hold trades a little longer.

I have found sobriety to be a pretty significant trading edge ironically, re-reading the Best loser wins, it is interesting to read how great traders process there personal lives.
Market Wizards also gave me great insight into the real work and focus and perseverance it takes to make it in the speculation game.

Warren Buffet said something at his annual share holder meeting this weekend that stuck with me.
"Sit down and write your own obituary , and then spend your life embodying and becoming those things."

I will be doing that today and I will make it a journal entry for the world to see

Decided to switch my risk reward logic so I force myself to hold my winning trades as long as I can

MY R=20 TICKS

I will keep risk at 20 Ticks but will make my Reward 200 Ticks, this will dramatically reduce my hit rate however I actually believe it will be much more profitable

Will post daily obviously

Personal Account: $938.76
APEX 1:$23,999
APEX 2:$24,019
APEX 3:$24,143
APEX 4:$24,228
APEX 5:$49,045
APEX 6:$49,079
APEX 7:$49,090
APEX 8:$49,206
APEX 9:$49,222
APEX 10:$49,227
APEX 11:$50,415
APEX 12:$249,072
APEX 13:$249,193
APEX 14:$249,478

Two accounts were blown
1 50K
1250K
All 4 of my 25K are within 200 dollars of being blown up also.
Went on tilt and put on some ridiculous size and blew one of my 250K accounts

and the other account was due to trying to have a super tight stop loss and I took 10 consecutive 2.5 point losses on 2 lot NQ trades which was a 1000 USD loss and hit a trailing drawdown after I went on tilt with max contracts to make it all back.

Its crazy how those trading demons come out when you can't admit you are wrong

Really proud of myself today.

I am 820 bucks away from passing 50K Eval with Apex however instead of taking a sub optimal trade to try and make money. I just logged out and called it a weekend

Still have plenty of work to do on my 250K Evals (3) but going to stop on a high note and take the win

Nasdaq1517 

Hello Traders, I have started various trading journals but was not consistent with my postings or the markets I trade. Its created a distorted and convoluted. As a result my trading has suffered. As a discretionary trader my edge is in accountability and consistency, and after reading The Best Loser Wins making all of my trading public from this day forward I believe that will be the sobering accountability I need to take my trading to the next level and see my weak spots by journaling them daily in this public forum. Here are My account balances. 1 Personal 14 APEX Evals. Balances: Personal Account: $511.56 APEX 1:$50,256 APEX 2:$50,188 APEX 3:$50,211 APEX 4:$50,175 APEX 5:$50,180 APEX 6:$25,185 APEX 7:$25,072 APEX 8:$50,038 APEX 9:$24,832 APEX 10:$49,988 APEX 11:$24,988 APEX 12:$50,047 APEX 13:$249,912 APEX 14:$249,785 I will update my balances end of day to keep myself honest and all my records public. I will be depositing another $500 USD into my personal account once it is updated in ninja trader I will update here. I Day Trade Nasdaq Futures utilizing 1/5/30 Minute charts. I use a 1 minute Tick Index for price divergence and strength and weakness, it allows me to refine entry and keep my risk mitigated. I have VWAP and 3 Standard deviations plotted horizontally on all my charts session/weekly/monthly. This allows me to quickly locate price and value areas. I look forward to making my trading and my consistency public

Do you have an update on this?

gabodvzla 

Do you have an update on this?

Personal Account: $511.56
APEX 1:$50,256 Blown Up
APEX 2:$50,188 Blown Up
APEX 3:$50,211 Blown Up
APEX 4:$50,175 Blown Up
APEX 5:$50,180 Blown up
APEX 6:$25,185 Blown Up
APEX 7:$25,072 Blown Up
APEX 8:$50,038 Blown Up
APEX 9:$24,832 Blown Up
APEX 10:$51,058
APEX 11:$52,181
APEX 12:$249,072
APEX 13:$249,193
APEX 14:$249,478

5 APEX Evals still active
2 50K Both green one about 800 USD from passing
3 250K are down 900