T/A Trading Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Rashid_G., Jan 17, 2010.

  1. Not selected but spent half the day there. On deck again for selection process tomorrow. Perhaps Friday before any trading resumes.. Looks like it was an easy 25 plus point day..short at open, reverse at 37, reverse again at 56 and cover 46.. precisely what I would have done...
     
    #81     Feb 10, 2010
  2. Drug dealer pleaded at last minute so off duty.. Looks like a very nice break of TL I wish I was here to take.. watching now.. a long signal around 58 would be nice..
     
    #82     Feb 11, 2010
  3. All indexes clear breaks of Loooong declining TL's. NQ "should" run into temporary trouble at upper TL. I remember ammo's 1777 price level also. Start of new uptrend so there should be plenty ahead to allow patience to wait for proper pullback and entry even if I have to wait till tomorrow/Monday.
     
    #83     Feb 11, 2010
  4. Sim Trading this week.

    Morning Prep...

    Wedges everywhere although still an uptrend. Not the same type of advance as we had last year. Volatility on this move much higher than the last 1740 to 1790 move which should mean a breakdown as wedges also indicate. Breaking and holding 1790 will change that IF it happens. Will also watch 1767 area as make or break for this current drive. Below that, back to 1756 area then who knows.

    Game plan.. take any short signals above 1780-ish as close to 1790 as possible. take long signals as close to 1767 as possible.. take short signals under 1767..
     
    #84     Feb 15, 2010
  5. Food for thought:

    Learn and use candlesticks
    Use 20 simple moving average and never trade against it
    Learn to recognize patterns using candles......head and shoulders
    shooting stars
    hammers
     
    #85     Feb 15, 2010
  6. No time frames shorter than 5 minute
    Stop using too much information
    All oscillators lockup overbought oversold on trend days or extended runs....become worthless use the 20 trendline
     
    #86     Feb 15, 2010
  7. Individual Candlestick relationships while helpful are the least of my issues at this time. I never intentionally trade against the 20.
     
    #87     Feb 15, 2010
  8. I prefer tick/volume charts. a 3200tick is sometimes slower that a 5 mins depending on activity.. point taken.. if you can't see it on a reasonably long time-frame, it may not be worth seeing.

    I don't and haven't used oscillators is months.

    Thanks for your comments.
     
    #88     Feb 15, 2010
  9. Sim Trading strange... 1789 to 1801.. Net 12 points.. complete control of course.. Trendline since Friday unreal. YM/ES either ES doesn't make 1100 or YM gets through 10250?
     
    #89     Feb 16, 2010
  10. Busy this am.. No trades. Narrowing down to doing something.. not predicting anything.
     
    #90     Feb 17, 2010