"I feel your pain." Trading at home requires you to be even more disciplined and more intentional. At least for me, it's too easy to let things slide. In the past, I have typically missed a lot of good trades during the holidays or vacation when I'm trading on the laptop on the kitchen table. My approach now on that is to really focus on the weekly charts going into that holiday week or vacation so I have a game plan for the week as to what I'm looking for. Sure, I may miss a few shorter duration trades that develop but I don't want to miss the big ones.
Forex update: Primarily, I trade futures and Forex. For Forex, I have been utilizing a very conservative approach this year (may be too conservative). So far, the strategy has resulted in a 3.03% YTD return. I am posting my statistics so I can compare this over time and identify any adjustments that need to be made.
Tuesday 02/12/19 + 5.0291 Starting Trade Size 200 Total Shares 14,800 Account Since 01/04/19 + 13.21% Average Trading Day +.8757 A little greedy today. There were a few times I surpassed my daily goal and didn't get out and rode the p&l red-green roller coaster. Too many shares, pretty good control on the loss side Wednesday 02/13/19 + .9350 Starting Trade Size 200 Total Shares 2000 Account Since 01/04/19 + 13.96% Average Trading Day +.8784 Better control of shares today
Thursday 02/14/19 + 1.7398 Starting Trade Size 200 Total Shares 11,600 Account Since 01/04/19 + 15.33% Average Trading Day +.9159 Over trading today and not patient. NEED TO CONTROL SHARE SIZE BETTER.
Friday 02/15/19 + .8007 Starting Trade Size 200 Total Shares 2,000 Account Since 01/04/19 + 15.97% Average Trading Day +.9111 Week-to-Date, Month-to-Date & Year-to-Date all finally green!!!!
Tuesday 02/19/19 + .5399 Starting Trade Size 200 Total Shares 9,240 Account Since 01/04/19 + 16.41% Average Trading Day +.8962
Wednesday 02/20/19 + 1.6737 Starting Trade Size 200 Total Shares 2,400 Account Since 01/04/19 + 17.94% Average Trading Day +.9367