Alright fam, the Doom is back and he's up to his old tricks...
I started a journal a while back on here in a contest thread and won 3rd place (pretty sure it was 3rd).
A little background:
I started trading stocks in 2014, got pretty serious into that as the career I had at the time paid well. So naturally I was far too overconfident and wildly naive.
I am legitimately the ultimate cliche of an aspiring trader. Trying maybe one hundred different indicators and giving them a good go too. Chasing every rabbit hole and reading every blog etc. etc. Joining trade rooms and signing up for alerts or "zones" or whatever really.
In writing that out I want to reach into the past and shake my head. Anyways while my journey has been my own I don't think its terribly unique.
Present day:
I've started an apprenticeship in construction trade, this puts my time available to trade at 5-6am PST.
I've tried various methods and various instruments in the evenings but its just unsustainable to race home from work and feel as if I'm failing if I'm not spending every available second in front of the screen in the evening. That and I got married last fall to a beautiful girl that I don't deserve really, so I've just decided that 5-6am is what I have to work with.
As I mentioned I've tried my hand with various instruments, not having much success with any really. I find myself gravitating towards the thinner more "quick" ones, whether that's good or bad I'm not sure.
I have found that the volume and movement for Gold at 5-6am PST is right around where I want to be so I'm trying to set up and develop a system for that.
I'm currently working with Jigsaw in the hopes that I will develop some skill at reading order-flow and be able to be consistently profitable most days. I haven't really had much success with Jigsaw and I'm not terrible adept with it but I keep coming back to it as I think on some level trading order-flow with the heat-map (auction-vista) just has to be the most accurate way to interpret what IS happening.
Going forward:
I'm just trading sim and recording every trade session so I can review in the evening. As I said I don't really have a method/setup/style that I know for sure I want to go forward with so I'll just keep detailing what works and doesn't I suppose.
A part of me thinks I might be able to scalp plus or minus around 4 ticks (depending on volatility) with the hopes that I end up positive around a point on average within my morning hour. Is scalping Gold for ticks a fools errand? Not sure, probably though.
ANYHOW that is quite a long intro so I think I'll leave it at that. I'll try to make the journal interesting with screens and that daily video I record. I look forward to any input and advice I might receive from the Wizards here.