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March 21st, 2024, 03:28 PM
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Five years later... After my last post, I...
Five years later...
After my last post, I spent about four years away from trading due to familial obligations.
I've been back trading for a year and passed an evaluation for a funded account...
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December 16th, 2018, 07:24 AM
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I don't want to harsh in someone else's thread,...
I don't want to harsh in someone else's thread, so I'll post on my own thread instead.
I've been reading a lot of posts about psychology.
Now, I'm having my own fight with psychology and...
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December 1st, 2018, 01:25 PM
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It's been a long time since my last post. Here...
It's been a long time since my last post. Here are my last eight months of SIM trading.
(3) losing days in (152) trading days - but employing self-destructive trading practices.
Eight months of...
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May 1st, 2018, 07:05 AM
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Earlier, I said learning to trade is horrible...
Earlier, I said learning to trade is horrible because there simply isn't one single answer. Another reason that it's horrible to learn how to trade is that there is an endless amount of bad...
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May 1st, 2018, 05:03 AM
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FESX April 2018 Review
Title: This Green wall of win is actually a trading disaster waiting to happen.
April 2018 results (Jigsaw Performance Dashboard).
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=249179
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March 21st, 2018, 08:00 AM
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"Never Go Full Retard" - Tropic Thunder
Crap. I did it again. I doubled down into a truly epic loser trade.
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=247883
Price is clearly dropping after two initiative breakouts. The there is...
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March 20th, 2018, 12:24 PM
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9th day trading FESX. Every day positive, which...
9th day trading FESX.
Every day positive, which shows improvement.
But... This is what I'm doing:
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=247862
I can, with a decent amount of...
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March 20th, 2018, 05:01 AM
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NQ - Slowly figuring things out. Very slowly.
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NQ Swing Trade
Solid breakouts of PnF patterns.
Real-swing-trade short Nasdaq ETF's all green.
Major Trading Problems:
I made my daily nut fairly early sim-trading. Then I saw strong signals all over the...
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March 18th, 2018, 11:25 AM
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Nasdaq Swing Trade
My real swing-trading is going horribly (Nasdaq ETF's (I think I've erroneously stated NQ when in my mind I've been thinking Nasdaq)). My sim day-trading is going swell.
I think the problem is...
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March 18th, 2018, 08:38 AM
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FESX Homework for Trading on 3/19/18
I'm doing a more in-depth homework analysis because it's the weekend. Thanks in advance to those who go through it all.
Too Long, Didn't Read Summary in One Pic:
Overall trend is up (but...
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March 17th, 2018, 09:48 AM
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Red Square of Death
I had to take some time off journal'ing to take care of my parents. I've managed to start sim-trading FESX. I have a real swing trade in NQ I will update, but my focus on intraday will be on...
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March 7th, 2018, 05:02 AM
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Too much family stuff today. I just want to wrap...
Too much family stuff today. I just want to wrap up yesterday.
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=247413
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=247412...
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March 6th, 2018, 02:27 AM
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Dead cat bounce or resumption of uptrend? ...
Dead cat bounce or resumption of uptrend?
Charts:
- Volume profile char is showing that price is still searching for direction through the distribution centered at NQ'6812. Price is exploring...
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March 5th, 2018, 06:47 AM
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Weekend Analysis, Part 2. 6:30 am New York,...
Weekend Analysis, Part 2.
6:30 am New York, EST.
Charts:
- Price continues to chop through the volume profile best defined by the microcomposite from the Feb. low.
- Overnight, Smaller lot...
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March 4th, 2018, 01:42 AM
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Soul Searching and More Weekend Analysis
... Weekend Analysis Continued...
Part 1 - Alcoholics Anonymous
I've read a few of the journals on Futures.io and I think one of the important benefits is the soul searching necessary to...
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March 3rd, 2018, 01:27 AM
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End of Week 2/25/18 - 3/2/18
End of Week Update 3/25/18 - 3/2/18
15x3 PnF
- Price has retested back to several important technical landmarks.
https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=247311
15x1 PnF
- Price has...
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March 2nd, 2018, 04:00 AM
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I'm 13 hours ahead of New York market time and...
I'm 13 hours ahead of New York market time and it's really bad for my life. I think I'm going to have to switch over to something like EuroStoxx50 to get into a reasonable time zone. Or maybe just...
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March 1st, 2018, 07:39 AM
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...Continuation of previous post... ...
...Continuation of previous post...
Overnight action has been bearish.
Prices rose on small buyers without big buyers. Setting up a good sized decline.
It took me a long time to figure this...
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February 28th, 2018, 11:58 PM
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I'm kicking myself in the ass for covering....
I'm kicking myself in the ass for covering. Things I've learned:
1) Never listen to outside advice. I listened to someone else instead of following my own analysis. Poor volume internals (rising...
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February 27th, 2018, 01:19 AM
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With volume profile showing a large, balanced...
With volume profile showing a large, balanced distribution, there was bound to be a large vertical move. Unfortunately for me, I guessed that the move would be down, but instead, it was up.
I had...
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February 22nd, 2018, 06:20 AM
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Sim Trades: Still sitting on 18 contracts short...
Sim Trades: Still sitting on 18 contracts short from late January/early February.
Real Trades: Short NDX (via 2x-inverse QID).
PnF chart showing breakdown from a broadening pattern.
In this pic,...
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February 19th, 2018, 07:46 PM
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Moved back to Taiwan. Homework for trading on...
Moved back to Taiwan. Homework for trading on 2/20/18.
Chart 1: Sunday over night, Monday RTH, Monday overnight. Price is just exploring the volume node without initiative buying to push out of...
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January 30th, 2018, 08:46 PM
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NQ - Slowly figuring things out. Very slowly.
Homework (evening of 1/30/18) in preparation for 1/31/18 trading day.
-Breakdown of accelerated channel lines.
-Looking for sideways trading until FOMC meeting concludes (news event).
-Looking...
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