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Forum: Trading Journals August 25th, 2012, 04:06 PM
Replies: 36
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Posted By AttitudeTrader
Hey AJ. Been busy with other work and taking a...

Hey AJ. Been busy with other work and taking a bit of a trading hiatus to get my mind in a little better place. Hope everything is going well with you. Thanks for checking in.
Forum: Trading Journals July 20th, 2012, 08:10 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Thoughts & DOM For Friday 07/20

Took a lot of trades practicing in Live Sim. I probably won't post charts again for a while as I'm still working things out.

More importantly, from a "journaling" standpoint, I'm making some...
Forum: Trading Journals July 19th, 2012, 04:33 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOM For Thursday 07/19

https://nexusfi.com/v/zwfter.png (https://nexusfi.com/v/zwfter.png)

https://nexusfi.com/v/7t7z3g.png (https://nexusfi.com/v/7t7z3g.png)

Sim:

https://nexusfi.com/v/5vbc73.png...
Forum: Trading Journals July 18th, 2012, 05:16 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOM For Wednesday 07/18

Trades 1 & 2:

https://nexusfi.com/v/v9jfqs.png (https://nexusfi.com/v/v9jfqs.png)

Trades 3 & 4:

https://nexusfi.com/v/3hexyh.png (https://nexusfi.com/v/3hexyh.png)

Sim:
Forum: Trading Journals July 17th, 2012, 06:24 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOM For Tuesday 07/17

Again, I'm not recording these trades for stat purposes because I'm still getting a feel for what my setups are and practicing actually taking them.

https://nexusfi.com/v/bhebaf.png...
Forum: Trading Journals July 16th, 2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOM For Monday 07/16

I'm not going to record today's trades in my log/spreadsheet because I wasn't trying to have a profitable day (although I did), I was just trying to take every trade that made some sense to me (what...
Forum: Trading Journals July 14th, 2012, 11:54 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Weekly Stats

I guess false starts are always to be expected - I'll probably have more. I'm resetting my Weekly Stats numbers because of this week's significant change in the way I'm trading; the previous numbers...
Forum: Trading Journals July 13th, 2012, 04:27 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Patience Is A Virtue

I took some practice trades after finishing at my daily profit target in my morning “real” live sim trading (practice trades all indicated by cyan rectangles on 6Range chart).

I tried a couple of...
Forum: Trading Journals July 13th, 2012, 10:57 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Happy Friday the 13th!

The first hour range is in.

After the extreme sideways action overnight (grey area on the charts), I planned to be very patient in waiting for a good first setup. However, price started moving...
Forum: Trading Journals July 12th, 2012, 03:51 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
All About Price Action

For me today was all about Price Action. And watching only one market.

My charts are a little cluttered at the end of the day today, but by making notes about things I was seeing I not only...
Forum: Trading Journals July 12th, 2012, 12:09 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
I Learn The Hard Way

I guess trying things is about the only way I can learn, although sometimes it can be difficult and embarrassing. I have a high regard for so many here who are willing to show what they're doing and...
Forum: Trading Journals July 11th, 2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
A Day Like Today...

A day like today shows me where I need to make changes...

https://nexusfi.com/v/fwfuwa.png (https://nexusfi.com/v/fwfuwa.png)
Forum: Trading Journals July 10th, 2012, 05:53 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOMs For Tuesday 07/10

I haven't been comfortable with the charts I've been using lately because I haven't felt like I can see price clearly enough to be able to operate in a consistent way.

So I made significant...
Forum: Trading Journals July 9th, 2012, 04:35 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOMs For Monday 07/09

Trade #1) Short ES after pullback in downtrend. Full target reached. +3.00 pts.

Trade #2) Short NQ in downtrend and at RZ of prior downmove, but price had tested lows enough times and was finished...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2012, 03:14 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Ah!

Ah! Got it!

Alright, thanks again for turning me on to this way of looking at my performance and helping me to understand it. I appreciate it.

Have a good one.
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2012, 12:19 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Modified Weekly Stats Grid

I've modified my Weekly Stats grid to incorporate the "corrected" expectancy calculation as described by kevinkdog in the post(s) above...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2012, 11:35 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Phew!

Thanks for the clarification! I was worried that I woke up this morning a lot dumber than yesterday (which is still quite possible). ;)

I corrected the calculation in my trade log and the number...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2012, 10:51 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Expectancy

Thanks! Very interesting.

I just created a new column to calculate E as you've described and it is the same as my Avg W:L (avg wing / avg loss) figure (currently 1.01).

With the E I've been...
Forum: Trading Journals July 7th, 2012, 01:42 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Weekly Stats

I eliminated the "Points" column this week because I'm trading more than one instrument and a total points number is pretty meaningless as different instruments have different point values.
...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2012, 07:07 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOM For Thursday 07/05

Trade #1) Long ES at test of over night support. Long-term trend was up, but short-term trend was down as evidenced by ema's on my charts. Shouldn't have been buying here – low probability setup. Got...
Forum: Trading Journals July 3rd, 2012, 01:56 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts/DOM For Tuesday 07/03

Trade #1) NQ: Pullback to OS low in uptrend. Hilbert SineWave (HSW) crossing to upside on NQ 150T & ES 500T. Premature – price had a rapid sell off – out at hard stop. -2.50 pts

Trade #2) NQ:...
Forum: Trading Journals July 2nd, 2012, 06:03 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts & DOM For Monday 07/02

Long on pullback to overnight support in an uptrend. Target/profit a few ticks before next possible resistance level (minor swing high).

- D4

https://nexusfi.com/v/ak95s4.png...
Forum: Trading Journals July 1st, 2012, 11:57 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Weekly Stats

I got the layout/idea for this from Forexbird (http://forexbird.blogspot.com/) and after modifying it for my purposes, used it extensively last year.

It turned out to be extraordinarily helpful...
Forum: Trading Journals July 1st, 2012, 09:02 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Charts/DOM For Thursday 06/28

https://nexusfi.com/v/p8yqfd.jpg (https://nexusfi.com/v/p8yqfd.jpg)

On Sim:

https://nexusfi.com/v/fj74jb.jpg (https://nexusfi.com/v/fj74jb.jpg)
Forum: Trading Journals June 30th, 2012, 07:54 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 8,096
Posted By AttitudeTrader
Trading Office Pictures

I like seeing other trader's offices. bijeremiad started a thread asking for pictures of trading desks (https://nexusfi.com/traders-hideout/21330-what-do-your-trading-desks-look-like.html). I added...
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