The price action facebook journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by amitman, Nov 26, 2013.

  1. cmb

    cmb Guest

    Hey come on, lets see a chart! man -13 is not bad for a sh*t day...u are human not an Algo! :D
     
    #91     Jan 8, 2014
  2. Redneck

    Redneck

    This is precisely what you do not want to do


    Never shy away.... doing so could begin a penchant of avoidance

    Post it and learn.. also learn to embrace em...

    And realize... in the beginning..., losers have ability to teach much

    Besides, its trading - we all have losses

    pfffttt

    RN
     
    #92     Jan 8, 2014
  3. amitman

    amitman

    Real of course...
     
    #93     Jan 8, 2014
  4. amitman

    amitman

    I guess you're right and a chart might be in place

    I'm ashamed because I think that I made at least 4 "never-do-this-if-you-want-to-be-a-good-trader" mistakes.

    Trade 1 - small winner, Great setup and a very early exit for no reason (mistake #1)

    Trade 2 - Enter by mistake and didn't got out immdieatly bbecause i thought the trade can still go my way (grave mistake #2)

    Trade 3 - Actually a good trade.

    Trade 4 - Bad setup inside a trading range with no real movement (mistake #3), and then moved my stop (what the f%^&k?? mistake #4)

    Trade 5 - not a bad trade at all

    After you'll laugh on me for a while (i surly deserve it) I'd be happy to hear any advices of what helps you to not do these kind of mistakes.


    Morning (trades 1,2 and 3)
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    Afternoon (trades 4&5)
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    #94     Jan 8, 2014
  5. Consider a 20 minute, nevertheless, the focus on only one time frame is important. great work!
     
    #95     Jan 8, 2014
  6. Of course, how obvious
     
    #96     Jan 8, 2014
  7. potential trade setup on the 20 min, with 7x risk

    Stop at 59
    Entry 58.35
    Target 53.63

    Trail stops at two swing highs back.

    1st stop is break even

    either target or stop will get hit.
     
    #97     Jan 8, 2014
  8. Redneck

    Redneck


    First off AM

    Any further demeaning/ defacing/ derogatory bullshit comments about a losing trade(s) – I’m out of this thread

    Serves no purpose


    Neither will it serve a purpose for me to tell you what you woulda / coulda/ shoulda


    I can hindsight both trades till the cows come home – and so can every other dumbass

    But to what end - NONE


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    So

    In detail for each (iow step by step) - Please outline what you were thinking/ seeing when you entered each (trade 2 & 4)

    More importantly, what was it that kept you in each for an extended period

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    You fuck up - perfectly fine to admit that - but then it time to move on - figure out why - then fix it


    RN
     
    #98     Jan 8, 2014
  9. amitman

    amitman

    ha?!
     
    #99     Jan 9, 2014
  10. amitman

    amitman

    RN, if I'll ever be a real trader, it will be a lot thanks to you and you ungiving seriouseness.

    Trade 2 - Thought I have an entry signal (1 tick above a reversal bar) at .16, entred and filled at .14. about 10 second later I realized the trade was by mistake, but as i saw that prive is stalling near the .06 area, I didn't exit and though that if price goes above .11 I'll call it a valid trade (which did happen), i set a stop at .04 and got filled at .02 .

    Trade 4 - I saw the range forming between .95 and .72 for almost 2 hours, though to try and enter before the range break and get a break, and also was really anxious to make a trade. Problem was that I entred in this specific candel after the support was already holding, which wasn't good, I did enter anyway, thinking it might still go down. Set the stop to .85, but then removed it, hoping that price might still come my way (and genrally didn't want to lose this trade...), I moved my stop twice when the second time was to the top part of the rance (.96), you know what happned next...
     
    #100     Jan 9, 2014