Recent Content by Liffey8

  1. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    2 trades today. Trade 1 (see attached chart). I bought very low, aiming for a pop at the 104.50 level. Market rallied then came back down. I...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 23, 2013 in forum: Journals

  2. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    One trade yesterday, saw a bearish triangle and went with the break, it turned and stopped me out for $920. It then sold off. Beginning to...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 22, 2013 in forum: Journals

  3. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    ok so here it is after day 8. Sorry I haven't been putting up screenshots the last 3 days, I have been working from a different PC. I've made...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 21, 2013 in forum: Journals

  4. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Hi I am already doing this
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 21, 2013 in forum: Journals

  5. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Interesting concept, I think a lot of the problems I have here derive from trading on too long a time frame and from trading overly big size. My...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 15, 2013 in forum: Journals

  6. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Trade 2 Short at 106.26 stop 106.51 target 105.76, it then did this (see cicled on attached chart). Stopped out for a 25 tick loss of $500.
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 15, 2013 in forum: Journals

  7. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    14 August Trade 1 The market was acting as if the London session support around 106.30 (an important pivot the last few days) had become...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 15, 2013 in forum: Journals

  8. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    1. you're right about this, I think I need to reduce size or trade something less volatile 2. this happens a lot of times, I'm ok with this, I...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  9. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Combine performance so far
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  10. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    When the market made a lower high around 106.70, then took out the previous low around 106.00, it was now making lower highs and lower lows. So...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  11. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Day 4 (13 August) 1 winner, 1 loser today. Initially, I was bullish, intending to buy dips. I did so (see JPEG), getting long at 106.47 with...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  12. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Day 3 (12 August) It looked to be breaking down against 106.25, so I went short at 105.22, stop 105.68, target 104.30 (back to the old lows of...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  13. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Day 2 (9 August) On this day I did 1 trade, losing $700 (35 ticks). I got taken out of the trade very quickly (a mere 13 minutes). This...
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  14. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals

  15. Liffey8 TopstepTrader Combine Journal

    End of day 1
    Post by: Liffey8, Aug 14, 2013 in forum: Journals