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Forum: Trading Journals March 10th, 2011, 12:43 AM
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Posted By fctrader
Thanks for the suggestion Mike. I haven't listed...

Thanks for the suggestion Mike. I haven't listed a history here so far.

When most kids are dreaming of being a fireman, astronaut, pilot, or movie star, I am not kidding when I say that I always...
Forum: Trading Journals March 9th, 2011, 11:50 PM
Replies: 26
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Posted By fctrader
Gut-wrenching trading

Sorry for the late post today. The trades for yesterday and today's session will be posted in the morning. It's been a stressful 24 hours, so the journal took a back seat.

Choppy trading today....
Forum: Trading Journals March 8th, 2011, 09:11 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Results for Mar 7 & todays coin toss

The Results
Narrow Target/Wide Stops - Total to date: - $64.50/ ct
.
+40.80 AM
-129.20 PM
7 wins : 3 losses
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Wide Target/Narrow Stops - Total to date: -$172.00/ct
.
Forum: Trading Journals March 7th, 2011, 09:02 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Short twice today

Go Short at 9:00 CST
Go Short at 14:26 CST

AM
ES Narrow stops
Contract 1 10:4
Contract 2 15:6

YM Wide stops
Contract 1 9:23
Forum: Trading Journals March 6th, 2011, 11:06 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Day 4 Results

--4 days have gone by for my monthly journal, and it is having several effects on me that are not apparent from the topic selection of the last 4 days. Although I have so far limitted the scope of...
Forum: Trading Journals March 4th, 2011, 09:15 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Today coin toss

Go Long at 8:32 CST
Go Short at 14:07 CST

ES has a wider stop (10) in AM
YM has a wider profit target (23) in AM

ES has narrow stop (4) in PM
YM has narrow profit target (9) in PM
...
Forum: Trading Journals March 3rd, 2011, 05:04 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Day 3 Results

---Narrow Profit Targets continue to do better in the Random entry test, posting an 83% win rate so far. However, yesterday's loss was dramatic, and a few of those could easily push it into the...
Forum: Trading Journals March 3rd, 2011, 09:35 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Yesterday's results

Yesterday was a bad day for both stop methods, and demonstrated several predicatable results, especially if the market moves randomly.
The Results
(shown in attachment)

Narrow Target/Wide Stops...
Forum: Trading Journals March 3rd, 2011, 09:05 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Today coin toss

Go Long at 8:58 CST
Go Short at 14:05 CST

ES has a wider profit target (10) in AM
YM has a wider stop (23) in AM

ES has narrow profit target (4) in PM
YM has narrow stop (9) in PM
Forum: Trading Journals March 2nd, 2011, 09:09 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Today's trades

Go Short at 7:39
Go Long at 14:13

ES has a wider stop (10) in AM
YM has a wider profit target (23) in AM

ES has narrow stop (4) in PM
YM has narrow profit target (9) in PM

---A quick...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2011, 04:00 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
End of Day 1

---Well, the trades executed correctly this afternoon in NT7, so the errors from the morning were resolved. As planned, the two instruments were swapped for the afternoon trade, and as hoped, the...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2011, 11:23 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
MXASJ, Thanks for the book idea. I will take a...

MXASJ, Thanks for the book idea. I will take a look at it next time I'm at the bookstore, but the reviews on Amazon looked interesting. I'm going to take a look at the Private Banker's...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2011, 11:16 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Freak coincidences and a couple mistakes

Well, in a freak coincidence, the random time generator picked a perfect market reversal. If this happens regularly, I might have to just use random number generation as a tenet of my trading!
...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2011, 09:31 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
Today's trades

The coin flips came up as:

Go Short at 8:51
Go Long at 14:05

ES has a wider profit target (10) in AM
YM has a wider stop (23) in AM

ES has narrow profit target (4) in PM
YM has narrow...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2011, 01:10 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
The System

---The idea, then, is to provide a means for testing different Profit Targets and Stoploss orders in a totally random trade.

---Why does it need to be a random trade?

Because if I don't...
Forum: Trading Journals February 28th, 2011, 11:23 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 6,981
Posted By fctrader
A Random Walk Stopped: My Journey to find the balance between Stoploss/ProfitTarget

This journal will explore the concept of an efficient but random market, and try to ascertain what stop placement will provide for the most profit in that market.

---Of course, the obvious theory...
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