I am still very reluctant to start a trading journal at FIO because English is not my first language and that involves a double job; and also because I do not feel like being judged in any way. To put it in some way, accountability is what I lack but here I am...
For me it is so easy to pass a Combine than to liquidate it. The last one was an account with Oneup of $ 3,000 that I reached in 5 trading days, which in another five days I took to $ 5,000 and that in two days I lost for not respecting stops and for marrying a trade that was going very well and returned against me. This year I managed to withdraw $ 25,000 in a funded account and then I lost it. My goal now is to re-create an account funded with Oneup and maintain it, for that I have to solve all my problems of lack of discipline and I want to do it with the help of this newspaper and through a mentor who can control these problems.
I like trading diaries where people explain what they are doing and allow others to participate, so everyone learns. That is what I am going to try.
I have been trading for more than 10 years, at the end of 2018 I did a course with John Grady and since then I operate the Treasures and little the Mini S&P. Here I will focus on the Treasures.
My chart and Rules:
On a screen I have the Depth & Sales of the 10 year Note, Bond, 5 Year Note, Super Bond and ES. In other screens I have a chart of each market with renko candles of 2 ticks, 10 and 20 EMA, Volume Profile and the Zerolag indicator that helps me determine the trend. One important thing: I am in Spain and I go with the Madrid time, which is 6 hours less. Therefore, the opening of the European markets is at 9 o'clock and the opening of the Mini S&P is at 3:30 p.m.
OneUp trading Combine.
Overall Profit Target: $ 3000
Daily minimum target: $ 250
Zn: 4 maximum contracts
ZB and UB: 2 maximum contracts
Maximum stop per trade: 4 ticks
Daily highs stop: 2 stops in a row or 3 alternate stops
Setups
First determine what type of market we are: choppy markets or trending markets and who are in control.
Choppy markets: We made range trades looking for the steps in the profile.
Trending markest: We look for entries near the EMA10
Targets: Choppy markets 4 ticks
Trending markets: First lote 4 ticks / We manage the runner moving the above/below the pivots and adding a new lot when we have exited the first one and we have a new entry.