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My Yellow Brick Road -by bd92154
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STOPS have to be worked on.
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GAP UP OPEN TOO.
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I know I was making them... Wonder where they went.
Well here is one for yesterday.
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Thanks again for having this area for us.
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Have bad memory chip in computer now Ordered new ones though Bit distracting, plus had planned to leave early today.
Car needs air in tires... Away I go.
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Bought close to top... Out when appeared push not forthcoming soon. (Okay more truthfully push had already occurred.)
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Glad that you have a stop for empty messages. Got distracted by daughter and clicked submit before I was done. Great programming on the site.
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USB and Laptop For displays.
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Tomorrow is St. Pats Day.
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Also after packing up everything realized even had I traded I was set to SIM not CASH... UGG. I don't know which is worse. Well just too many demons to deal with today to add trading into the mix.
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Settling out with computer today and was not super confident in the market. Well confident in the market, but more for doing the unexpected than for actually following signals. Top Dog Trading X cross setup was good one. Didn't use as many times as should.
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Settling out with computer today and was not super confident in the market. Well confident in the market, but more for doing the unexpected than for actually following signals. Top Dog Trading X cross setup was good one. Didn't use as many times as should.
Hey Bill, this is a very well done journal, amazingly meticulous. I think if spent that much time evaluating my head space, I'd probably implode. Admirable work.
Cheers,
Michael
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Realizing biggest challenge again KIDS... Have to get my life back in balance.
Spreadsheet says 4/7 but is actually 4/6 I forgot to fix auto date and don't have time now.
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Didn't trade... Not enough sleep... Was up late faxing in forms for retirement pay.
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Deer in Headlights day.
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Have been having issues so decided to go back to square one for a bit.
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Was not NTD due to FOMC . It was due to Windows UPDATE changing my Machine ID code with NT7 yet again Well Following my rules I did not trade as don't trade when machine not 100%
End of day
SP_Pit************* Opening Range = 2039.70 DELTA ES
Sp_Pit******** 2039.20 0.50
SP_Pit Day High - 2057.50 2057.75
Day Low - 2031.00 26.50 2030.75
Settle - 2041.60 2041.5
That said created new workspace with indicators to use when this happens next time while waiting for TDT to turn back on my indicator permissions.
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as today was total NTD.... Win Update victim here. Specifically Win 10 Pro... My Win Home edition on laptop no problems.
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Still having issues, but getting there very slowly.
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I need to find out why and do.
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I'm actually trading, but nightmare with having my car demolished is keeping me out of the game. Long story. Be back when I can.
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So tired and still not recovered.
Well sat at desk most of day and did not trade.
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Getting screwed over via a car crash that you were not even in is a lot like going through a divorce. I find that my tolerance level for court, cars , bureaucracy, etc. is less each year and event that I have to deal with. All in all lost probably close to 10K after the smoke clears, but ended up having to buy my Honda Fit at the worst time of the year at equally bad pricing.
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Sorry to hear about the car . Life is full of lessons. As long as you keep learning, you are doing good.
Sent from my phone
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Oh well all sorts of learning experiences this month. Well good thing they are still trading June. Today was basically a scratch day. Getting back into things slowly but surely. Thanks again @big_mike Great place to keep a running trading blog/journal.
Today I'm also loading the news story from when my car got totaled. Mine was the white Plymouth Grand Voyager. Had plenty more life left in that car. To be taken out after only 18 years of use.
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Yesterday I didn't know it but there was a cold coming on. Oh well Trading sick is not for me.
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Decided that okay to have issues with the month that I have had I can see why I'm off my game and how things are and when they are out of hand.
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Have to stop thinking about the DARN CAR ... I get so sidetracked when I do.
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Sometimes dropping too fast as was case with second trade.
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CASH CLOSED EARLY/ SIM HELD TILL STOP HIT... Learning.
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Just may check it out.
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Flying out to Seattle later today. Probably could have traded today. Just did not have enough situational awareness for me to trade today.
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One thing that has helped my discipline in planning trades has been using an OCO , Order Cancel Order bracket, tied to my entry order. Hard stops definitely seem to be magents to get hit if too close to the action, started with 1 point and now using 2+ which definitely helps reduce some frustration, have to shoot for bigger profit targets though when doing this.
Tried showing this attached. Here I can enter the initial order which triggers protective stop and profit target when filled, all at once.
I like how you have Pivot points shown. Camarilla pivot points seem to come up sometimes as well. Here is a similar chart with some of these for reference.
I don't get a chance to trade much during the day, after hours has a much slower pace until Europe opens. I have been considering it a training ground for a while. If anything teaches some patience as usually not much going on and have to wait for a set-up you like.
Good luck.
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I was astounded to see what you wrote in your August 4th journal there, about the "Open after my death" letter, with account and password information. I felt the same way, and wrote the same type of letter a couple months ago! No lie! It is good to see that some of us are cognizant of the hypothetical getting run over by the proverbial bus the next day. :-)
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Took Monday and Tuesday off....
And here is how Guru's looks so smart... Anyone can draw lines on a chart, We are all smart after the fact and can tell you just about anything about what we did. Me, well in time maybe I'll get to a status where I'm someone to listen to about trading. Time will tell. DRYS trade hurt in more ways than one. Lost over 100K in single stupid, I repeat STUPID Trade... Okay back to ES here is one of my charts marked up from today....
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Twice stop entries hit for limit stop entry long below market. Did not fill... Cancelled order after 90secs.
Had intended to follow up more on this chart throughout the day. Maybe tomorrow, as tomorrow is another day. NDFS
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Yes it is summer time in the city....
All the ....
Got to go car is packed.... Later all
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