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Forum: Trading Journals May 15th, 2020, 05:29 PM
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Posted By shodson
My stocks algo had a losing day. I haven't had a...

My stocks algo had a losing day. I haven't had a good winning day on this in a while.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=299217

It's net negative for the last few weeks. That's to...
Forum: Trading Journals May 15th, 2020, 05:04 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
My NG spread is converging nicely, bringing in...

My NG spread is converging nicely, bringing in more profits as we near June contract expiration. TD Ameritrade gave me a nasty warning about not allowing traders to enter new trades on the June...
Forum: Trading Journals May 15th, 2020, 04:59 PM
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Posted By shodson
My CL spread was completely closed this AM, so I...

My CL spread was completely closed this AM, so I closed the spread for a $4.5k per contract profit.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=299215

I won't be putting on another spread...
Forum: Trading Journals May 14th, 2020, 08:00 PM
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Posted By shodson
Seasonal considerations for tomorrow, compliments...

Seasonal considerations for tomorrow, compliments of TradeMiner...

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=299146
Forum: Trading Journals May 14th, 2020, 07:59 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
The algo closed out just below break-even after...

The algo closed out just below break-even after 24 stock trades.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=299145

This is something custom I coded in C#/.NET, using the IB API. It trades...
Forum: Trading Journals May 13th, 2020, 10:17 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
...and yesterday May 12th ...

...and yesterday May 12th

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=299084
Forum: Trading Journals May 13th, 2020, 10:13 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
I'll seed this with just taking screenshots of...

I'll seed this with just taking screenshots of what I've posted in Slack the last couple of days, just to start the discussion.

Here are my trades for May 13th, 2020 (today)
...
Forum: Trading Journals May 13th, 2020, 10:10 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Hello (again)! I realized I miss...

Hello (again)!

I realized I miss journaling, and I should write it somewhere, so why not to the Elite FIO members? I could just keep a personal journal, but that would be too selfish. Plus, you...
Forum: Trading Journals January 17th, 2012, 04:53 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Book Club: The Daily Trading Coach, Dr. Steenbarger

If anybody's in SoCal/Orange County tonight we're meeting to discuss Brett Steenbarger's book The Daily Trading Coach (http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Trading-Coach-Becoming-Psychologist/dp/0470398566)...
Forum: Trading Journals November 20th, 2011, 12:28 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Update

My wife is doing great, the surgery went really well, it appears the cancer has not spread to her lymph nodes so odds of being cancer-free are very high! Now she just needs to rest and recover and...
Forum: Trading Journals November 13th, 2011, 05:33 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
wow thanks for your kind words! we are...

wow thanks for your kind words! we are religiously active Christians (Mormon) and are getting lots of spiritual and physical support from all around us. though, i just got hit with a bad case of...
Forum: Trading Journals November 12th, 2011, 11:44 PM
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Posted By shodson
Ha! Are you judging my age by my picture or...

Ha! Are you judging my age by my picture or immature trading methods? :) If by picture, that picture's about 5 yrs old and I've always had a baby face and look younger than my actual age (43) This...
Forum: Trading Journals November 8th, 2011, 02:08 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Lunch?

Our meetup is meeting for lunch in Irvine today, if anybody's nearby and hungry. We should have 7-10 people there.

Trader Lunch - Orange County Traders Association (Irvine, CA) - Meetup...
Forum: Trading Journals November 3rd, 2011, 01:02 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Moving...

I've created a new journal that will focus just on my automated trading research and journey. I may continue to post here every now and then my musings about markets or trading, and maybe post a few...
Forum: Trading Journals November 2nd, 2011, 11:52 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 - We had pretty...

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 - We had pretty good-sized up-gaps but fading up-gaps on FOMC days are particularly risky so no gap trade was taken.

My automated day-trading strategy doesn't trade...
Forum: Trading Journals November 1st, 2011, 05:16 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 - We had large gaps...

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 - We had large gaps down thanks to Europe in favorable gap zones, but the gaps were way too large to fade. The gap never did fill, though we did achieve as much as 14+...
Forum: Trading Journals November 1st, 2011, 02:16 PM
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Posted By shodson
October Review

This month I didn't do any discretionary trading, at least with real money. I just did gap and first hour trades. I decided last week to not do first hour trades anymore because my obligations with...
Forum: Trading Journals October 31st, 2011, 03:24 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Monday, October 31st, 2011 - We had large gaps...

Monday, October 31st, 2011 - We had large gaps down in unfavorable territory for gap trading so I stayed away. I avoided an 8pt loss.

NO TRADES

I spent a lot of time over the weekend getting...
Forum: Trading Journals October 29th, 2011, 01:54 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
The "short the market on an unfilled upgap" trade...

The "short the market on an unfilled upgap" trade made +2 pts. It had an MFE of +7.75 pts (21% of the previous day's range and 27% of the 5-day ATR) and an MAE of -1.00pt
...
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2011, 03:57 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Friday, October 28th, 2011 - In light of...

Friday, October 28th, 2011 - In light of yesterday's powerfull bull move, I felt the market was over-bought and was a little leary fading a down gap, especially into a Friday. The gap of the cash...
Forum: Trading Journals October 28th, 2011, 04:23 AM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Thursday, October 27th, 2011 - We had huge gaps...

Thursday, October 27th, 2011 - We had huge gaps to the upside into a favorable zone, but way beyond any sizable gap fade for me. Some MTG members took a partial gap fade for 8pts in the ES right...
Forum: Trading Journals October 26th, 2011, 04:43 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
If I fall off the list I'll go nuclear: I will...

If I fall off the list I'll go nuclear: I will upload a bunch of indicators with buy and sell arrows accompanied by cherry-picked screen shots :)
Forum: Trading Journals October 26th, 2011, 02:21 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Thanks?

Hey guys, looks like I'm in 10th place for the Thanks Contest (https://nexusfi.com/contests/thanks/id-9/), I don't know who is in 11th or how close they are so if you have found this journal useful...
Forum: Trading Journals October 26th, 2011, 10:54 AM
Replies: 770
Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 - We opened...

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011 - We opened (1238.50) with large (12.5pts) up-gaps beyond my acceptable size. Plus, the gap guides for that zone were not very strong. However, the extended target...
Forum: Trading Journals October 25th, 2011, 12:34 PM
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Views: 185,176
Posted By shodson
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 - We had a nice gap...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 - We had a nice gap down and the market just ran through my stop. It just didn't work out. Looking at the bearish pre-market action I was certainly going against the...
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