The past two weeks have been a torrid time. I've been thinking about what went wrong, and I still am. Some things changed in my trading...
Thanks for taking the time to register and reply, Myshkin, I appreciate your encouragement. I do think scaling out is a good idea, although...
-$112 Maybe the end is near.
-$280 Miserable day. Completely lost control. The frustration of all these wasted trading days is getting to me.
+$20 1st trade short from 975, met strong support and exited too late, +2.25. 2nd trade is a mistake, shorting despite strong support, -1....
-$100 Another negative day, mostly because I tried to beat the rules by going in early. Again! First trade was too early, long near the HOD,...
A frustrating day today as I watched the opportunities come and go. Couldn't trade these few days due to various issues.
Summary of first two weeks: Total no. of trades = 13 Wins = 6, +13.25 or +2.2 per win Losses = 5, -5.25 or -1.1 per loss Breakevens = 2,...
-$137 Long near HOD, -1.25. Short near LOD, -1.25. I knew it was shaping up to be this type of day, but couldn't resist taking the trades. Both...
+$275 Stayed on the sidelines yesterday. While sitting on the bench and having to watch all the action, I wondered about an options play to let...
+$133 Started with a loss, -1, shorting near LOD. Was ready to call it a day when a long opportunity came near 877, +2.75. Then as I was...
No live trading yesterday due to connection issues. Paper traded horribly. Today is another day with the index lingering within a few points of...
+$50 No trades yesterday. Today is another range bound day in the morning. In view of that, any profit is good for me. First trade was a...
+$31 Today I got into a good mood! Perhaps this averted the losses. Anyway, managed to get 3 ticks from 1 trade today. Shorted around 884,...
This may be just another typical journal in ET. I started trading the ES with a $5000 account from the start of the year and by Feb it dropped by...
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