Sorry for the delay guys! I am pleased to announce the winners for October! I hope to see everyone again soon for the next Journal Challenge.

Journal Challenge October 2023 results:

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Total participants: 14

Rules considered by the system:

• Owner of the journal must submit their journal link in the main event thread
• Only posts made during the event will be considered, regardless of the date the journal was created
• Winners are determined by the number of Thanks Received on eligible posts
• In the event of a tie, the timestamp of the journal submission link will be the tiebreaker (so submit early!)
• Site Moderators and Site Sponsors are ineligible
• You are only eligible to win a prize in this event if you have not won any futures io prize during the last three events

Ranked 1st, @KOTN received 37 thanks from 28 posts in October in their thread:

King Of The Nasdaq Been away for awhile,refining my strategy and nailing down what market to trade and how I want to manage risk excited to start this journal for my own professional development as a full-time Day trader.

Ranked 2nd, @SylBlade received 31 thanks from 14 posts in October in their thread:

NQ Scalper: Focus On the Process. Time to put my thoughts down on (internet) paper and have a place to put daily thoughts. Firstly I'll go through my current goals, then a brief summary of my trading career, then I'll give a basic overview of my strategy. Goals: …

Ranked 3rd, @Kaimu received 24 thanks from 15 posts in October in their thread:

Nasdaq Alchemist: Turning Trades into Gold (1k Daily Goal) Welcome to 'Nasdaq Alchemist: My Personal Trading Journal (1k Daily Goal).' This journal is a private window into my journey as a Nasdaq trader, where each entry represents a chapter in my pursuit of a daily goal of $1,000 in profit. Within …

Ranked 4th, @canadianpotato received 20 thanks from 7 posts in October in their thread:

canadianpotato's trading journal (apex) Hello everyone, I have been trading on and off since about August 2021. I have previously traded options, but switched over to futures and became much more focused around November 2022. Switching has been the best decision I've made, things have …

Ranked 5th, @Lordvladislav received 14 thanks from 5 posts in October in their thread:

Bulls, Bears, & Beyond Tools & Trading Platform to trade: TWS Broker: IBKR Financial Instrument: MES (for now) Journal: Tradezella + Paper Notebook Charting: TradingView About me Hello everyone! I was inspired to do this by GFIs1 and HumbleTrader …

Ranked 6th, @nlgallow received 14 thanks from 34 posts in October in their thread:

My Trading Journal. MES I've been a member since 2016 I think. Which means I probably started trading a year or so before that. (I know I could afford to trade the ES, whenever that was) I've used multiple platforms, traded multiple products (never crypto or forex), …

Ranked 7th, @mwf2220 received 12 thanks from 7 posts in October in their thread:

Searching for an Edge with Wyckoff, OF, & VP I've recently had an epiphany about trading - I suck at it. I understand most of the concepts (even if I need lots more experience), but my execution is terrible, and my mental game is weak. I've been at it for 1.5 years now; have invested just …

Ranked 8th, @Fade received 12 thanks from 56 posts in October in their thread:

Cattywampus Ramblings with Extra Cheese Right off the bat, I'd like to say that I'm not currently a profitable trader. Also, absolutely NONE of what I write should be considered as financial advice! I'm just sharing my thoughts! Wasn't sure if I needed to include a statement …

Ranked 9th, @agalindoc received 10 thanks from 20 posts in October in their thread:

Manual grid system for NinjaTrader I started trading Forex over 20 years ago, then I met a trader who taught me an Emini futures trading method and i switched. The method is very successful, but then the markets became faster, wilder and manual trading was very difficult and now it works …

Ranked 10th, @devtycoon received 9 thanks from 7 posts in October in their thread:

202310 Trade Journal This is the beginning of the October 2023 trade journal.

Ranked 11th, @Liquidity Taker received 7 thanks from 7 posts in October in their thread:

The long journey I started trading back in 2009, seems like forever ago but in trading years thats very little. I have blown up at least 3 accounts maybe 4, mostly making newbie mistakes averaging losers, no stops, taking profits too quick. Some of those bad habits are …

Ranked 12th, @jlabtrades received 5 thanks from 4 posts in October in their thread:

jlabtrades apex prop firm and personal trading journal Starting a journal here on my day trading. I normally trade SPY and SPX options (usually 0dte), along side ES, MES, NQ, and MNQ. I'll keep this journal to just my futures adventures. I have a few sim prop accounts with Apex trading solely in …

Ranked 13th, @vinnieray received 2 thanks from 3 posts in October in their thread:

Trading Journal MTF Kelts and Fibs Start of my Trading Journal.

Ranked 14th, @tradesarus received 0 thanks from 2 posts in October in their thread:

Out-of-this-World October 2023 Trading Journal Hi, I will be trading and posting my trades using Ninjatrader 8 with customized trading indicators developed by TY Futures Trading Academy namely: 1. TY-SA. 2. HTF SkyLand. 3. PAPlines Entry and exit will be based on 1. The price movements to HTF …

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Thank you to everyone who participated!

Mike