The price action facebook journal

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

  1. amitman

    amitman

    Could have been a much better day...

    Trade 1 - Good trade (exit a bit too early)

    Trade 2 - Entred too early because I missed 2 trades, then added at my stop by accident (sold instead of buy), didn't exit immdieatly because I saw we're approaching the SL, and a short entry might be coming.
    The short entry did come, but then instead of exit in the right target (.43)
    I made ant exit on .51, leaving 40$ om the table.
    When you start something in the wrong way, it hard to come back to a diciplined mindset...

    2 trades, 2 winners +57$

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    #111     Jan 15, 2014
  2. Redneck

    Redneck

    AM

    Not going to hindsight trade 4 – rather tell you what I see

    In a nut shell you entered long as price was pulling back in the form of a range

    And though the PB ultimately held – it did so with less momentum and subsequently formed the range in grey on the 5 min (over the lunch hour)

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    More detail

    Move took off up – Pink up TL

    Gained momentum – Green up TL

    Petered out and formed a top – 10:09 / 10:10 / 10:11 bars – and retested on the 10:16 bar / 10:17 bars (referencing the 1 min chart)

    Note;

    Notice the above coincides with 3 discrete 5 min bars - which also spans 2 – 15 min bars (close of 10:15 bar / 10:30 bar) (also note the 10:45 bar was inside the 10;30 bar - tighter range building for eventual B/O - which it did B/O but the momentum is less than stellar and turned in another range over lunch))

    aside;

    I believe it important to pay attention to open/ closes of 5 min & 15 min bars

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    If I had entered long, I would have exited at the break of the cyan (light blue) line on the 1 min (price stopped going up)

    Price breaching the green TL means the aforementioned momentum is waning

    eta - I think I show the entry on the wrong 5 min bar (5 min chart) - should be the next bar to the right - sorry

    RN
     
    #112     Jan 15, 2014
  3. amitman

    amitman

    Must thank RN for this day...
    Was able to exit 2 trades when I saw they're not working so was able to end up positive with only 1 winning trade. just kept saying to myself, "regrets I can live with, big losers, I can't..." :)

    Trade 1 - Long entry for potential BO. after 3 bars of hitting the resistence. exit at BE, original stop got hit later...

    Trade 2 - Marginal short entry, though we're going got a reversal after this triple top. Exit when got a long signal, and I think I should have reversed instead of just exit (almost did...), but still, kept this loss small which was good.
    Lesson learned: when you're short and getting a long entry signal, reverse, don't just exit

    Trade 3 - Good trade exactly according to plan. Altough price did ran through my target for 25 more cents.

    Overall 3 trades, 1 winner 2 losers +15$/5cps

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    Overall positive week, but not a very good one... +65$/21cps,
    staying with same number of shares for next week.
     
    #113     Jan 16, 2014
  4. Redneck

    Redneck

    Now let me see if I can grasp this

    33 1/3 % win rate…, yet ended the day profitable

    2 X more losers…, yet ended the day profitable

    100% more losers than winners…, yet ended the day profitable

    There just may be a lesson in there for anyone learning / struggling



    Yep… may just be a lesson

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    Alright AM,

    You have a method & way to manage losers

    Next week – trade your plan (win, lose, draw)

    You forged some really good metal today

    Get Some Rest & Happy Weekend Sir

    RN


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    btw; Few important lessons in AM's entire post


     
    #114     Jan 16, 2014
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  5. amitman

    amitman

    Good day, could have been better

    Trade 1 - Classic, target was supposed to be 3 cents higher but was afraid of resistence at .15

    Trade 2 - Missed the first entry becuase I though the bear before enrty bar was too strong, got a good second entry, but exit way too early after seeing the price stuck at .20. Target was .23 and was easily reached 2 minutes later.

    Missed a good trade 10 minutes later due too lost of internet

    Overall, 2 trades, 2 winners, +50$/17cps

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    Can't upload the blotter for some reason (says "not a valid img file", this is a JPG file, MODS please help...)
     
    #115     Jan 21, 2014
  6. Redneck

    Redneck




    Nuff said


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    This needs fixed permanently; what if you were in a trade and it was going against you


    RN
     
    #116     Jan 21, 2014
  7. amitman

    amitman

    Very sick,

    Tried to trade but missed two entries so decided to stop.
    Hope to get back to it tommorow.
     
    #117     Jan 22, 2014
  8. amitman

    amitman

    Still sick, bad day.
    Almost fnished it at BE but then decided to take another trade, bad choice...

    Trade 1 - Short on PB, not sure about it but mde it anyway
    Trade 2 - Revrsed on a long entry signal (a bit too late because of hesitation), good exit.
    Trade 3 - Entry on at 2 min pullback, exit accrding to plan.
    Trade 4 - Marginal trade (same as trade 2) should have definetly revrsed it when I got a very clear long entry, instead I've just exit...
    Trade 5 - Classic setup, very bd entry, god scared of price returning from the resistence...
    Trade 6 - Bad trade, DL broken and also was a classic short entry 2 minutes after my entry so the least I should have done is reverse. Didn't do it...

    Overall 6 trades 3 winners, 3 losers. -43$/14cps .
    I glad I was able to reverse my first trade, unhappy with the resst of performance. Guess I just shouldn't trade when sick...

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    Overall for this week, 2 trading days. +7$ staying with same number of shares...
     
    #118     Jan 23, 2014
  9. amitman

    amitman

    Accidently posted the blotter before the last trade,
    don't have time to fix it. Real P/L is -43$
     
    #119     Jan 23, 2014
  10. Redneck

    Redneck

    AM

    Don't know if you're still sick... or what... but if you've a position on, get flat

    Earnings this evening after the close

    just sayin

    RN
     
    #120     Jan 29, 2014