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October 30th, 2021, 09:57 AM
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Losing week but Major Progress in Dicipline. ...
Losing week but Major Progress in Dicipline.
First losing week. I had 4 losing trades -25.5 points. I lost every trade I took this week. This does not feel good.
Not great trading for me but...
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October 30th, 2021, 09:55 AM
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Friday, October 29th, 2021 No Major data...
Friday, October 29th, 2021
No Major data releases
Weekly Up, Daily Up
1 trade -7.5 points.
Shorted yesterday's high. got stopped out pretty quickly. might need to be more patient. The last 2...
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October 28th, 2021, 04:24 PM
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Thursday, October 28th, 2021 News pending home...
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
News pending home sales
Weekly Up, Daily Up
1 trade -7.5 points.
Bought a challenge of yesterday's high. After I was in the trade, I realized that since we are...
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October 27th, 2021, 05:07 PM
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So true Bobwest, my prior tradimg was very...
So true Bobwest, my prior tradimg was very exciting and didn’t make money… This is slow and steady and I do prefer that.
Pretty much every book on trading psychology states that we can’t look...
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October 26th, 2021, 02:38 PM
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Is this strategy working? Today I spent quite a...
Is this strategy working? Today I spent quite a bit of time waiting for a trade and feeling frustrated that my last 3 days were losers. Certainly more of a trend environment than a range environment....
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October 26th, 2021, 02:33 PM
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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021 News New home sales...
Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
News New home sales
Weekly Up, Daily Up
1 trade -3 points.
Bought the return to the open. wasn't working about got out.
2021-10-26...
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October 25th, 2021, 04:52 PM
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westsider
Monday, October 25th, 2021 No Major Data...
Monday, October 25th, 2021
No Major Data Releases
Weekly Up, Daily Up
1 trade -7.5 points.
Shorted return to open after a large sell-off.
2021-10-25...
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October 22nd, 2021, 03:59 PM
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Week One 39 points Week Two 39 points Week...
Week One 39 points
Week Two 39 points
Week Three 21 points
Week Four 9.5 points
108.5 points in the last 4 weeks
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October 22nd, 2021, 03:54 PM
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Friday, Oct 22, 2021 No Scheduled Financial...
Friday, Oct 22, 2021
No Scheduled Financial Data Releases.
Weekly Up, Daily up. Long bias.
Sleep: 8 hrs
1 Trade today - 5.5 pts.
Been a slow grind of a week and didn't have a lot of swing...
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October 21st, 2021, 11:38 AM
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Thursday, Oct 21, 2021 News: unemployment...
Thursday, Oct 21, 2021
News: unemployment claims and philly fed gave us a slight bullish bump.
Weekly Up, Daily up and very bullish. I am expecting to challange the prior high area and...
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October 21st, 2021, 09:12 AM
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Wednesday, October 20th 2021 Slow grind. Got...
Wednesday, October 20th 2021
Slow grind. Got bored. Went to the gym. Missed a trade.
I am going to be extra careful today to not push a trade. I have not had any entries in 2 days and missed a...
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October 19th, 2021, 12:30 PM
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Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021 No Scheduled Financial...
Tuesday, Oct 19, 2021
No Scheduled Financial Data Releases.
Weekly Up, Daily turning up. Long bias.
Sleep: 8 hrs
No Trades today
17 point gap up to an interesting level for me but the...
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October 18th, 2021, 09:58 AM
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Monday, Oct 18, 2021 No Scheduled Financial...
Monday, Oct 18, 2021
No Scheduled Financial Data Releases.
Weekly Up, Daily turning up. Long bias.
Sleep: 8 hrs
1 trade today + 8 points
Went long after a retest and failure of the globex...
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October 15th, 2021, 01:04 PM
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westsider
Friday, October 15th, 2021 News: bullish...
Friday, October 15th, 2021
News: bullish retail sales today.
Another Gap and go sort of environment. Slow grind up. Not much opportunity for me.
No Trades today.
Up 21 points for the...
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October 14th, 2021, 03:42 PM
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Thursday, October 14th, 2021 News: - PPI was...
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
News: - PPI was bullish
Weekly Up, Daily turning up, 40 point gap up today, very bullish I am going to be very careful if I am short.
1 Trade BE
I shorted a...
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October 13th, 2021, 10:34 AM
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 News today FOMC...
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
News today FOMC minutes 1:00 PM
Weekly Up, Daily down, Open inside yesterday's range. Not really sure what to expect today but the energy is still down.
2 trades...
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October 12th, 2021, 12:44 PM
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westsider
White Knuckle Days Becoming overly...
White Knuckle Days
Becoming overly identified with the result of a trade is my greatest weakness.
It has caused me a lot of trouble in the past. It's generated a lot of bad habits like pull...
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October 12th, 2021, 12:16 PM
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 Jolts today, no big...
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
Jolts today, no big whup.
Weekly Up, Daily down, Open inside yesterday's range. Not really sure what to expect today, either push back up or more selling, feeling...
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October 11th, 2021, 11:23 AM
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Monday, October 11th, 2021 Bank Holiday today ...
Monday, October 11th, 2021
Bank Holiday today
Sleep: 8 hrs
Weekly Up, Daily turning up but showing solid resistance @ 4430. Open inside yesterday's range. Not anticipating a lot today because of...
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October 8th, 2021, 11:15 AM
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Week 2 ended with 7 trades for 39 point gain. ...
Week 2 ended with 7 trades for 39 point gain.
Trades This Week
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Stats So Far
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October 8th, 2021, 11:02 AM
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westsider
Friday, October 8th, 2021 7:30 Non-Farm Payroll...
Friday, October 8th, 2021
7:30 Non-Farm Payroll
Sleep: 8 hrs
Weekly Up, Daily turning up but showing solid resistance @ 4430. Open inside yesterday's range. Not anticipating a lot of momentum...
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October 7th, 2021, 04:19 PM
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westsider
Thursday, Oct 7th, 2021 No Major news today,...
Thursday, Oct 7th, 2021
No Major news today, debt agreement almost reached
Weekly Up, Daily turning up but showing solid resistance @ 4430.
Sleep 7 hours
My only entries would have been short...
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October 6th, 2021, 09:52 AM
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westsider
Wednesday, Oct 6. 2021 7:15 Non-Farm Payroll ...
Wednesday, Oct 6. 2021
7:15 Non-Farm Payroll
Weekly Up, Daily down but showing solid support @ 4270.
Simple day, got in pre-market before the news was + 10 pts and ready to go flat, the news...
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October 5th, 2021, 04:31 PM
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westsider
Tuesday Oct 5, 2021 ISM PMI Data @8:45 AM ...
Tuesday Oct 5, 2021
ISM PMI Data @8:45 AM
Weekly Up, Daily down but showing solid support @ 4270. My Bias is sideways / up.
Evergrand owes 300 billion, Those 1.6 million who have money down on an...
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October 4th, 2021, 11:35 AM
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westsider
Monday, Oct 4, 2021 No Scheduled Financial Data...
Monday, Oct 4, 2021
No Scheduled Financial Data Releases.
Weekly Up, Daily down but showing signs of heading back up. My Bias is sideways / up.
News: 1.6 million Chinese have signed up for new...
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