I've had a complete meltdown, went form up 127 to down -200........ why the hell did I decide to start using stops today??? I was doing so well...
Getting extremly frustrated...... took a short position and just got stoped out at 11078.. my origional long a minute ago.... Had I ignored my...
Well that sucks, got up to +127... then I took a long trade 11078.... then market moved up some I coudl have taken my small profits i been doing,...
Well looks like my lunchtime drift down trade would have worked out nicely, woudl have doubled my profits for the day... oh well.. ;)
mymini..... Well if the market rolls over on the weeklies and we enter a serious downtrend... simply take your charts, and flip them upside...
chris, Thats a good idea, hopefully in a few weeks I can look back at this journal and see how many of my mistakes i'm still making.... If I...
mymini, Looks like you had a pretty good morning.. your gains have been incredible lately, keep up the good work and you'll become a very rich...
ugg.. already violated one of my rules... I just opened a short postion at 11103..... My thinking was, hey its going into lunch time... volume...
Made a 4 more trades in past few minutes mostly around hte 11100 area... some went for +1 or 2 pts to - 1 or 2... but through it all i edged up a...
boro, yea 30 pt stop is pretty big.. its a worst case scenario stop.. one that I cant violate. My actual stops are around 10 to 15 depending where...
trade #2 is done buy 1 Ym 11042 sold 1 ym 11045 net for day +$60 Wasnt a very good trade, I had a pretty tight stop for that one and saw...
First trade is in the books: Bought 1 YM 11033 Sold 1 Ym 11044 Net for day +$50 Off to a rather good start..... the position had...
version, Trust me i'm WELL aware of these bad habits.... its the primary reason I started this journal so that I could not hide from them, and...
Boro, Thanks for your comments today. They were very much appreciated. Ended the day at +$117... Not a day to be proud of thats for sure,...
who needs stops ;) Sold 1 YM 11049.... Net for day: +$117 Well... that was ONE interesting ride...... Broke every rule in the book and...
Trade almost green, can get out now even on the trade.. or make a small profit.. hmm decisions...
Still sitting here and "praying" that it goes back up... basically doing the WORST thing I coudl be doing.... considering If i woudl have cut my...
Yea sitll in it... thought about dumping a second ago... and started thinking.. well only has to go up a little more and I can scratch on the...
I have HORRIBLE risk management.... here I am again, holding a crappy loosing position.. entered cus I was bored, not because of a signal..........
Short 1 YM 11080 cover 1 YM 11070 Net for day +$102 Well reached my daily goal..... Will try to be extra careful with any other entries I...
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