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Forum: Trading Journals

January 28th, 2011, 12:52 AM

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Posted By rem4444

I truly have a great deal to learn

I started paper trading today with a shell of a system based on price action, ala Al Brooks. I watched the bars for a half hour or so, looked at the past day, and then started up. My rules for entry...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 26th, 2011, 01:05 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

For several years I worked in the same building as the Chicago Merc, and watched the trading many times. I enjoyed it as theater then, but now I need to go back and take a better look. Thanks for...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 26th, 2011, 12:59 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Focusing in on two books

While I look at this forum every day and also stare at my forex demo account to get accustomed to it, I've been spending the vast bulk of my time on two books: The Daily Trading Coach by Brett...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 21st, 2011, 02:23 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Learned something today

I was practicing on Oanda FXGame tonight. My goal was modest: execute market orders on EUR/USD, with stop loss, using Bollinger Bands, Candlestick charting and 30 second time frame.

My simple...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 21st, 2011, 12:57 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Thanks for the suggestion on books

Big Mike,

I bought Market Wizards and started reading it, but still don't understand the points they are making. I put it down, but I'll pick it up again.

As for Brett Steenbarger, I read a...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 21st, 2011, 12:15 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Mostly reading, some sim trading

At this point this is more of a diary than a trading journal. I've made a few sim trades, but they have all been somewhat pointless; i.e., I have not employed any rules or strategies. The value has...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 17th, 2011, 03:24 PM

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Posted By rem4444

5 steps of a trader

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it.

I've seen this in other contexts, for sports, and most recently in a Dale Carnegie course on managing people, but never in a trading context. It's a great...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 17th, 2011, 01:07 PM

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Posted By rem4444

Ignore thispost

Completed my first sim trade this morning.

I wanted to see if I at least understood and could execute the basic mechanics.

No system whatsoever. It was just to see if I could enter and...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 17th, 2011, 12:42 AM

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Posted By rem4444

First Part of My Trading Plan

I have about 5 hours of reading and thinking in today.

One of the things I wanted to get done was a start on my Trading Plan (I hope it's deserving of upper case letters. I'm not sure yet.)
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Forum: Trading Journals

January 17th, 2011, 12:27 AM

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Posted By rem4444

10,000 hours is a lot of time

I appreciate all your suggestions. Obviously you have reflected on this a great deal.

I'm familiar with The Tipping Point by Gladwell, but not Outliers. I think we've all experienced or...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 16th, 2011, 05:08 PM

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Posted By rem4444

My Trading Plan Template

I downloaded this trading plan template from futures.io (formerly BMT) downloads/educational materials. The author suggests working from start to finish, without skipping steps. I decided against...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 16th, 2011, 10:55 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Great question. I don't know the answer.

This is a thoughtful question. I haven't responded because I don't know the answer. This is not a good reason not to respond.

I believe I could argue either way, but my math knowledge is...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 16th, 2011, 01:33 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Brief Hiatus

I'm keeping this journal to keep track of my thoughts and time, so I decided to record everything, even if everything includes non-activity. Thursday and Friday were lost causes due to the flu. I...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 13th, 2011, 01:43 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Definition of Measurement

I'm reading a book called How To Measure Anything by Douglas W. Hubbard. The author asserts that we almost always can use measurement techniques--even on things generally considered "unmeasureable"...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 13th, 2011, 12:50 AM

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Posted By rem4444

The fog is starting to clear a bit

Thanks to the many kind people who offer comments and encouragement. All I'm doing in this thread is recording my notes and thoughts to myself, so I can track progress over time. This is an...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 12th, 2011, 12:42 AM

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Posted By rem4444

How much time, how to spend it.

Thanks for the encouragement! I appreciate it. Congratulations on your tenacity. I'm sure you'll do well.

Right now everything I read is helpful, even ads. Given the immense amount of time...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 11th, 2011, 11:47 PM

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Posted By rem4444

Trudge trudge

Hours on Monday: 3
Tuesday: 4

Go to work, talk with family, eat, then get down to it.

The Complete Guide to Day Trading by Markus Heitkoetteris has been helpful. "Complete" is a bit of an...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 9th, 2011, 08:38 PM

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Posted By rem4444

I'm tracking my time

Many of the posts here describe spending hours, months, years in learning and refining their craft: trading. It's obvious that this is a profession that's different from being a CPA or a lawyer or...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 8th, 2011, 11:20 AM

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Posted By rem4444

Let's start from the beginning

My goal is to have substantive content in my journal in one week.

Thus far, having spent perhaps 12 hours this past week reading stuff on this site and elsewhere, I realize the following:

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