NexusFi: Find Your Edge


Home Menu

 





BigKahunaDogs Journal


Discussion in Trading Journals

Updated
      Top Posters
    1. looks_one KahunaDog with 181 posts (141 thanks)
    2. looks_two GaryD with 10 posts (10 thanks)
    3. looks_3 Blash with 9 posts (3 thanks)
    4. looks_4 Popsicle with 4 posts (5 thanks)
      Best Posters
    1. looks_one Botts with 3 thanks per post
    2. looks_two Popsicle with 1.3 thanks per post
    3. looks_3 GaryD with 1 thanks per post
    4. looks_4 KahunaDog with 0.8 thanks per post
    1. trending_up 34,052 views
    2. thumb_up 174 thanks given
    3. group 18 followers
    1. forum 212 posts
    2. attach_file 64 attachments




 
Search this Thread

BigKahunaDogs Journal

  #161 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412

I don't consider this a very good day.
I had a hard read, multiple internal things I track were up. Oil news was coming out. Another difficult issue is many markets are at near all time highs, making trading around past levels hard.

imo I should have caught the +16 trade I had with 2 contracts, or atleast added in as there was visual confirmation buyers were about to come in.
still up on the week
net = +8

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote

Can you help answer these questions
from other members on NexusFi?
NexusFi Journal Challenge - April 2024
Feedback and Announcements
ZombieSqueeze
Platforms and Indicators
Request for MACD with option to use different MAs for fa …
NinjaTrader
My NT8 Volume Profile Split by Asian/Euro/Open
NinjaTrader
 
Best Threads (Most Thanked)
in the last 7 days on NexusFi
Retail Trading As An Industry
67 thanks
Battlestations: Show us your trading desks!
48 thanks
NexusFi site changelog and issues/problem reporting
47 thanks
GFIs1 1 DAX trade per day journal
32 thanks
What percentage per day is possible? [Poll]
31 thanks

  #162 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412

Had a bad day, multiple reasons, bad data(am cooresponding with my data and nt), bad connection, had to reboot several times. Missed some critical trades and some reasons to exit a profitable trade.

My theory going in was we dropped significantly and to look for a long from the open or 2006, my initial target was 2014, then my final target for the day was 2016.
In review I think mm like big players and a variety of other players came in and after the touch of 2012, they drove it down.
I was trying to long initially but got stopped. My stop was too tight. Took a -6 and a -3.
After they began driving it down to 2006 and the ib was broken my bias changed and I tried to short it. The ib break was a fake out, I should've recognized it and anticipated it, but I began having issues around 10 to 1130, net, data, etc.


Not a good day.
Should have stuck with my original premise.
open, target 2016.

I feel I left 8-12 ticks on my first messed up trade and about 14-20ticks on my last trade by not taking it to target letting myself get faked out by a combination of things including bad data.

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to KahunaDog for this post:
  #163 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412


Mondays and Fridays are not a good day for me in general, targets and quotas are mostly met, traders in Europe and NY often go home early making trading weird due to lack of volume and how algos and big players can push market. This works against me. I will be nimble tonight and tomorrow. I am also leery of my data reliability issue that I am working on.

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to KahunaDog for this post:
  #164 (permalink)
 
Blash's Avatar
 Blash 
Chicago, IL
Legendary Market Chamois
 
Experience: None
Platform: NT8,NT7,TWS
Broker: InteractiveBrokers, S5T, IQFeed
Trading: The one I'm creating in the present....Index Futures mini/micro, ZF
Posts: 2,311 since Nov 2011
Thanks Given: 7,341
Thanks Received: 4,518


KahunaDog View Post
Had a bad day, multiple reasons, bad data(am cooresponding with my data and nt), bad connection, had to reboot several times. Missed some critical trades and some reasons to exit a profitable trade.



My theory going in was we dropped significantly and to look for a long from the open or 2006, my initial target was 2014, then my final target for the day was 2016.

In review I think mm like big players and a variety of other players came in and after the touch of 2012, they drove it down.

I was trying to long initially but got stopped. My stop was too tight. Took a -6 and a -3.

After they began driving it down to 2006 and the ib was broken my bias changed and I tried to short it. The ib break was a fake out, I should've recognized it and anticipated it, but I began having issues around 10 to 1130, net, data, etc.





Not a good day.

Should have stuck with my original premise.

open, target 2016.



I feel I left 8-12 ticks on my first messed up trade and about 14-20ticks on my last trade by not taking it to target letting myself get faked out by a combination of things including bad data.




I think we need to be careful with the story we tell ourselves.

You had a day like every business in the world has sometimes, some headaches, you had to put out some fires, incurred some expenses, a mistake here and there. All normal stuff. The pendulum will swing back, it always does, revenue will flow into your business, problems become clear and solved. We need the gloomy rainy days just like we need the clear sunny days.

Ron


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

...My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy...
The steed of this Valley is pain; and if there be no pain this journey will never end.
Buy Low And Sell High (read left to right or right to left....lol)
Follow me on Twitter Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to Blash for this post:
  #165 (permalink)
Hickock
Escondido
 
Posts: 69 since Nov 2015
Thanks Given: 17
Thanks Received: 87


KahunaDog View Post
Mondays and Fridays are not a good day for me in general, targets and quotas are mostly met, traders in Europe and NY often go home early making trading weird due to lack of volume and how algos and big players can push market. This works against me. I will be nimble tonight and tomorrow. I am also leery of my data reliability issue that I am working on.

Also good to remember we have a date coming up to dance with Miss Yellen. Watch for the fed hawks to start popping out of the wood work to jaw bone the market down for the inevitable, no hike = blast off . set to coincide with OpEx.

They are just taking turns bending over the shorts and the longs right now trying to cause mass confusion.

Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to Hickock for this post:
  #166 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412


Blash View Post
I think we need to be careful with the story we tell ourselves.

You had a day like every business in the world has sometimes, some headaches, you had to put out some fires, incurred some expenses, a mistake here and there. All normal stuff. The pendulum will swing back, it always does, revenue will flow into your business, problems become clear and solved. We need the gloomy rainy days just like we need the clear sunny days.

Ron


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Noted.
Router and nt crashing are day to day biz issues.

The problem out of the ordinary in my opinion was my t&s data did not match. I am talking LARGE size that came through. As I was trading. It showed on another trader I was trading with, in skype. Same nt7. same settings in filters. I have the screenshots. I have multiple t&s running as well. Some of it should've been picked up. If the axe is chopping I should know.

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to KahunaDog for this post:
  #167 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412

no images

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to KahunaDog for this post:
  #168 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412

Mon
ES
Good entry, bad exit.
+1

Tues
CL
traded cL since some people were wondering if and why I don't trade oil. Took some small losses early. Worked out ok. Got out with good timing.




Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
The following 2 users say Thank You to KahunaDog for this post:
  #169 (permalink)
 
rintin2x's Avatar
 rintin2x 
salt lake utah
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Sierra Chart
Broker: CQG
Trading: ES
Posts: 542 since Jun 2016
Thanks Given: 634
Thanks Received: 542

Wow, my style would have me sold by 48.40 on that CL.
You definetely made it to work, that's great!

Reply With Quote
  #170 (permalink)
 
KahunaDog's Avatar
 KahunaDog 
Hawaii at the beach
 
Experience: Beginner
Platform: Nt8, MotiveWave, TOS
Broker: S5
Trading: ES, ZB fine alcohol and muscle cars
Posts: 549 since Apr 2013
Thanks Given: 1,168
Thanks Received: 412


I am going to slow my posts down, I don't see a real benefit for myself posting. Good luck all.

Visit my NexusFi Trade Journal Started this thread Reply With Quote
The following user says Thank You to KahunaDog for this post:





Last Updated on September 29, 2019


© 2024 NexusFi™, s.a., All Rights Reserved.
Av Ricardo J. Alfaro, Century Tower, Panama City, Panama, Ph: +507 833-9432 (Panama and Intl), +1 888-312-3001 (USA and Canada)
All information is for educational use only and is not investment advice. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading commodity futures, stocks, options and foreign exchange products. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
About Us - Contact Us - Site Rules, Acceptable Use, and Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy - Downloads - Top
no new posts