Trading Diary to the End of 2013

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Visaria, Nov 18, 2013.

  1. NoDoji

    NoDoji

    As an intraday scalper, I just exited at .23. If that little dip was a real bear trap, price would've run solidly through 94.27 to test the range high.
     
    #71     Nov 20, 2013
  2. Visaria

    Visaria

    intraday: shorted at 94.08 cl
     
    #72     Nov 20, 2013
  3. EON Kid

    EON Kid

    I hope thats a scalp, 2pm EOD rally very likely
     
    #73     Nov 20, 2013
  4. Visaria

    Visaria

    :D


    out of the intraday at 9366

    out of the 9401 at 9386

    overall breakeven
     
    #74     Nov 20, 2013
  5. NoDoji

    NoDoji

    I don't know, Vis, seems like you're a natural born day trader :D
     
    #75     Nov 20, 2013
  6. Visaria

    Visaria

    U know, i was thinking something similar! We may have discussed this before, something on the lines of less stress day trading etc, but are the rewards really there compared to position trading?

    One of the problems with day trading is less movement. I note cl average daily range has dropped lately, must be at multi month lows.
     
    #76     Nov 20, 2013
  7. JohnBob

    JohnBob

    Although the range for the last 2+ months has dropped, each of January, February and March were tighter.
     
    #77     Nov 20, 2013
  8. Visaria

    Visaria

    long cl 9377
     
    #78     Nov 21, 2013
  9. Visaria

    Visaria

    also went long dec nikkei overnight at 15325
     
    #79     Nov 21, 2013
  10. It shouldn't make that much of a difference if you are using some kind of volatility measure to size your positions. If you use something like X ATR's as your stop size it allows you to size up or down accordingly.

    Markets move from expansion to contraction. If your looking for a powerful move one way or the other you should be excited about contracting ranges.
     
    #80     Nov 21, 2013