Rule of 10 Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by jagmot, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. Not in absolute terms...I was going to poach your results for the purposes of setting up a risk/money management method..the only thing I might ask is if you can separate your "hard 10 " results from the "reaction trades"...

    The reason I used the absolute high in this case is because I completely missed the short trade, therefore my results would be scewed anyway.

    One of the coincidences I have seen so far is how the "trade" consistently (this month) advances/decreases by approximately 2 points...I am not an advocate of averaging down, but it seems to me there could be an "opportunity" here as we are working with a 3:1 ratio.
     
    #331     Aug 20, 2008
  2. volente_00

    volente_00

    My nose was wrong, that smell was my short getting smoked.


    66 to 76
     
    #332     Aug 20, 2008
  3. volente_00

    volente_00


    It is not about the stop, it is about the target. Since you are using a larger fixed target and not trailing, your win rate and points gain will increase if you tweak the r to r. Even at 1 to 1 you will get the same point gain, but you win rate will increase about 30%. Your homework is to find the correct r to r between 3 to1 and 1 to 1 and your profit will greatly increase along with the win rate.
     
    #333     Aug 20, 2008
  4. jagmot

    jagmot

    Correct, total trades.
    so far we've had 7 winners and 8 losers. better than i expected.
     
    #334     Aug 20, 2008
  5. jagmot

    jagmot

    I'm going to let the individual trader figure out what works for them best.

    My trade setup and journal is really just a framework to get started not the holy grail by any means.
     
    #335     Aug 20, 2008
  6. jagmot

    jagmot

    Waiting for the next trading setup.

    Currently we have a long waiting at 1266.75 or a short at 1278.75. Can we make it 3 wins in a row?
     
    #336     Aug 20, 2008
  7. Pekelo

    Pekelo

    I agree, 76 should have been a short entry...
     
    #337     Aug 20, 2008
  8. jagmot

    jagmot

    Just got our long fill. Stop 1263.75
     
    #338     Aug 20, 2008
  9. gwac

    gwac

    nice work and great journal,

    looks like that is going to be a nice fill...


     
    #339     Aug 20, 2008
  10. Looks like it's working fairly well. And I think it's worth saying that as you attempt to "manage the trade", you may well cut off some of those 10 point winners as well. Law of unintended consequences.

    OldTrader
     
    #340     Aug 20, 2008