Well, I did screw up. Got tired and thought about shutting down but took a couple more trades. finished -4 ticks instead of +15. Then I shut down. Got in late today missed a few moves. Traded well until I just kept going. Were the last two valid trades ? Probably context was not the best; borderline at best. Not as pleased as I was yesterday. Going to rest up and do it properly tomorrow. Trading at home tomorrow. Got some 'real' work to do and trying to get out of here early PnL for the week so far.
Hey Jas... just wanted to say thanks for sharing these stats. I find it interesting and encouraging to see that you can have just as many losing trades as winning trades (I count 17 red vs. 15 black... of course some are losses for just a penny though), but the net result is still that you're up 142 ticks. Really great stats and thanks for sharing.
There were red flags yesterday (yeah I hate people who say "I told you so" as well) ================ Today is done - let's set it aside..., and get our shit wired tight for tomorrow Two days remaining..., then we get a long weekend Let's end this bitch a positive note ===================== Never is perfection our goal Always..., Always...., Always -> patience..., discipline..., routine Get some rest J RN
Hi KP, Just posting them for the "PA doesn't work/post a live call/show us your PnL/oh, that's photo shopped' crowd. Although they're probably not hanging out here. Here's last 2 weeks from this computer. Only traded NQ. I still haven't looked at my mini blow up a few weeks back but will post that and my home PnL's soon just for consistency. I run around 45% win rate. I'd like to get that higher through more patience. I also need to review if exiting for the small loss and reentering is paying off. Lots of things to review and not enough time. I should be getting at least 55% based on some of the stats I have.
People who are dimwits and just want to hassle you do it to get a rise out of you, most would love to be able to do what you have accomplished in few years. Trading tough enough without live calls. Instead of getting 1-2 tick losses, have you been able to determine how long it takes 90% of your trades to get to ten ticks? That might be a good amount to move protective stops to lock in 2-3 ticks. In CL it seems longest you stay in winning trades is 3.5 minutes? And trades stayed in after are losers? Which is about same and same of CL/ES trading for me and why I came up with changing targets to get plus one tick after so much time or lock in ticks after so much time. Figure if you can change one trade each day from loser to winner in CL can make losing percentages go down. Yea, getting up late messes with me all the time.
I am one better, been several times on a Saturday in front of screen rebooting thinking if laptops have some virus and not getting data. Crazy trading today, swing lengths-once they go 4 points over in ES and 7 in NQ, lengths meaningless and markets are not into controlled price patterns I prefer to trade, cut back size, and be patient for best signals. Trying to stay with smaller bar breakouts. Lots of slippage.
I agree with you. In the past I'd see price go beyond my target and then start moving targets on other trades. Not doing that anymore.