Today's results: 10:03 Short ES @ 924.50 12:02 Exit ES @ 922.50 * Reason for entry: didn't look like gap was going to fill * Reason for exit: 4 point trailing stop 14:00 Short ES @ 918.50 15:37 Exit ES @ 914.50 * Reason for entry: steadily heading lower * Reason for exit: support level Total: 6 points
Today's results: 09:45 - Long ES @ 923.50 15:20 - Exit ES @ 937.50 * Reason for entry: didn't look like gap was going to fill * Reason for exit: didn't want to take an open position home Total: 14 points
Simplicity and balls. Never in my wildest dreams would I enter a trade just before the simultaneous release of three economic reports. That's WAY outside my risk profile. Bawk! Bawk! --Db
Today's results: 09:33 - Long ES @ 950.50 10:02 - Exit ES @ 950.50 * Reason for entry: Looked strong. Runaway gap? * Reason for exit: 4 point trailing stop. 10:02 - Short ES @ 950.50 11:37 - Exit ES @ 938.50 * Reason for entry: Reversal entry. Gap fill? * Reason for exit: 4 point trailing stop. Total: 12 points Just a question for all you readers . . . am I providing any value by posting my trades?
Absolutely. You are proving that a good trading strategy does not have to be complex. A lot of people, myself included, could learn much from your example.
Today's results: 09:35 - Short ES @ 926.50 12:42 - Exit ES @ 922.50 * Reason for entry: Trending down. * Reason for exit: 4 point trailing stop. Total: 4 points
DraXon, Curiosity, do you trade off the charts you are showing, with no indicators? That is the position I would like to be in - simple. Make 'em pretty, Chris