The hard road to consistency

Discussion in 'Journals' started by calmeurotrader, Oct 1, 2012.

  1. stop hit
     
    #31     Oct 8, 2012
  2. P/L: -96$
    Made a really bad mistake and didn't take a trade when a proper setup was present. There was a chance to short 2985 at about 8:15GMT. I have hesitated and missed the opportunity.
     
    #32     Oct 8, 2012
  3. I don't think that 5 min is more volatile than 1hour timeframe.I would just adjust my stop and target appropriately. Unfortunately trading the bigger timeframe would produce much less opportunities during the day.
     
    #33     Oct 8, 2012
  4. no trades today
     
    #34     Oct 9, 2012
  5. BUY 148K 28645 STOP 585 TARGET 765
     
    #35     Oct 10, 2012
  6. target hit
     
    #36     Oct 10, 2012
  7. BUY 104K 2866 STOP 2851 TARGET 2911
     
    #37     Oct 10, 2012
  8. target filled at 15:26GMT
     
    #38     Oct 10, 2012
  9. how does your system determine your targets? Is it market based or money management based?
     
    #39     Oct 10, 2012
  10. I am using fixed stop and targets only. Normally it's at least 1:2 risk to reward depending on the setup
    I have tried to use targets based on the market behaviour and most of the time mismanaged the trade.
     
    #40     Oct 10, 2012