Chronicle of a Death Foretold ?

Discussion in 'Journals' started by jjrvat, Mar 5, 2007.

  1. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 2 2007 Eur Session: (Live Futures)

    10:22 GMT +1

    Trade 1

    1. 10:22 (133.93). Price below 36 SMA? (yes) short (yes)

    2. M2 RSI overbought? (no)
    M2 confirmations (yes)
    Daily pivot hit?: (no)


    Status: Short at 133.93
    jjrvat
     
    #231     Apr 2, 2007
  2. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 2 2007 European Session: (Live Futures)

    10: 43 GMT +1

    Trade 1 Summary

    Entry
    1. 10: 22 Short (133.93). Price below 36 SMA? (yes) short (yes)

    2. M2 RSI overbought? (no)
    M2 confirmations (yes)
    Daily pivot hit?: (no)

    Exit
    10:43 (133.89)
    Reason: Hit Pivot point support. 4 pips profit


    jjrvat
     
    #232     Apr 2, 2007
  3. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 2 2007 Eur Session: (Live Futures)

    11:12 GMT +1

    Trade 1

    1. 11:12 (133.91). Price below 36 SMA? (yes) short (yes)

    2. M2 RSI overbought? (no)
    M2 confirmations (no)
    Daily pivot hit?: (no)

    Comments: Price broke M10 36 SMA for the 7th time in the last 3 hours = Trendless
    Status: Step aside until direction is clear

    jjrvat
     
    #233     Apr 2, 2007
  4. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 2 2007 Eur Session: (Live Futures)

    12:08 GMT +1

    Trade 2

    1. 12:08 (133.92). Price below 36 SMA? (yes) short (yes)

    2. M2 RSI overbought? (no)
    M2 confirmations (no)
    Daily pivot hit?: (no)

    Comments: Horrible morning for trading

    Status: Step aside until USD ISM Manufacturing Index

    jjrvat
     
    #234     Apr 2, 2007
  5. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 2 2007 US Session: (Live Futures)
    19:20 Gmt + 1

    Closing Day.

    Summary
    Poor market conditions and average trading

    1 trade.

    Rating: Average
    Trades: 1
    Winners: 1 (4 pips)

    Direction Forecast for long or shorts: 5/10

    9:30 – 10:30 Shorts. Not really
    10:30 - 13:00 Step aside. OK
    16:30 - 19:00 : Step aside. Wrong (Long)

    Entries: 6/10.
    First Trade. Average.

    Ok. Considering the awful trendless market of the Morning European session but still not good timing

    Exits: 8/10

    Exiting at the pivot point was the best option. The market tried for 20 mins to break it but it couldnt.

    jjrvat
     
    #235     Apr 2, 2007
  6. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 3 2007 European Session: (Live Futures)

    9: 34 GMT +1

    Trade 1 Summary

    1. Price above 36 SMA? (yes) long (yes)

    2. M2 RSI oversold? (no)
    M2 confirmations (no)
    Daily pivot hit?: (no)

    Stauts: Waiting for setup to go long


    jjrvat
     
    #236     Apr 3, 2007
  7. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 3 2007 European Session: (Live Futures)

    10: 00 GMT +1

    Trade 1 Summary

    1. Price above 36 SMA? (yes) long (yes)

    2. M2 RSI oversold? (yes)
    M2 confirmations (yes)
    Daily pivot hit?: (yes)

    Stauts: Long at 134.09

    jjrvat
     
    #237     Apr 3, 2007
  8. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 3 2007 European Session: (Live Futures)

    10: 00 GMT +1

    Trade 1 Summary

    Entry
    1. 9: 56 Short (134.09). Price above 36 SMA? (yes) long (yes)

    2. M2 RSI oversold? (yes)
    M2 confirmations (yes)
    Daily pivot hit?: (yes)

    Exit
    9:59 (133.03)
    Reason: Stop hit. Loss (6 pips)

    jjrvat
     
    #238     Apr 3, 2007
  9. jjrvat

    jjrvat

    Today April 2 2007 US Session: (Live Futures)
    17:45 Gmt + 1

    Closing Day.
    Annoyed

    Summary

    1 trade.

    Rating: BAD
    Trades: 1
    L: 1 (6 pips)

    Direction Forecast for long or shorts: 1/10

    9:30 – 12:30 Long. NO
    12:30 - 16:00 Step aside. Wrong
    16:30 - 19:00 : Long . NO

    Entries: 2/10.
    First Trade. Perfect entry but to the wrong side. Wrong Direction

    Exits: 3/10

    Didn't move stop was OK but not checking 5WMA cross with 8 WMA as an early signal was a mistake.

    Comments:
    1. I think I'm not going to achieve my goal. I'm still with profits but my system is not consistent... however my daily trading rating after almost 5 weeks has gone "consistenly" from very good to bad ...

    2. I'll need to go back to the basics of my system. Too many "tweaks" (changes) and charts variations have make me lose the confidence.
    3. I'm getting tired of trading like this. It's not economic and time efficient.

    4. I'm going to take a break for a day to decide if a continue or not with this...

    jjrvat
     
    #239     Apr 3, 2007