here is a gif chart for adding contracts as the first debriefing. Add when 40 more points are showing on the capital of the account. Do it during the day ANY time was have a 40 point surplus in completed trade capital. this activates earned profits and will show how the equity curve looks for successful trading. It is not linear but a power siesries. We will switch to semi log graphing later when order of magnitude becomes the vogue. I do not want to add only when each contract has earned 40 points. Add when each 40 points is earned in a trade cycle. This is not to optimize the logged trades. The trades happened as logged and they are what they are. Being messy is a goal so information is better tansferred. Day 1 and day 2 are done so debrief to keep the contracts level known as you fill in the next days of the ten days.. You have the sheets in your folder, We would too. if copied. If you are working in parallel do the debriefing for your results and we can get a ditribution of results.
You have my assurance the drill and the debrief will be completed by the end of the weekend. I will do as much as I can tonight, and, as I only work for a few hours early tomorrow morning, I should have most of the day to complete the work with time to spare. Hopefully, there will be time to introduce volatility and pace. The brain was hibernating, the alarm beeping faintly and unobtrusively in the background. The old alarm was thrown out, and a new one put in it's place. It was bigger, louder and brighter. The brain was still in deep REM sleep, but, every so often, lashed out an unconscious limb and struck the snooze button. Except the alarm kept getting louder and brighter, and the button had to be pressed more frequently. Momentarily the brain blinks. Back to sleep. And BLINK. Back to - BLINK! The awakening, though slow and lumberous, is now inexorable. I know I need to try harder. Much harder. I won't let you down.
please put up day 1 and day 2 debriefing so we all can get on the same modus should I have to refine you gif chart.
On day 2 you had a trending day. Enter at open and exit near close. you show a 9 point profit (seems small). You completED one cycle. At the end of the day you look at profits. You divide the cycle profits by 40. You add that number of contracts at the end of the day, ADD a column for Action direction on the GIF. This lets the reader see the reversals. Leave your first try up. The last entry on day 1 is something I do not understand. Put up a correction.
Liz's birthday--- we are leaving for day. Fix the debrief so you can complete contracts in subsequent days as you finiish days 1 through 10. This will give channel foundation. Day 1 got you to 3 contracts. The extra trades got you on the "right" side of the market. BUT doing annotations and log can keep you on right side with fewer trades. Correct day 2 contracts. start day 3 with correct number.
Corrected debrief. Have a great day! <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2143891>