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Forum: Trading Journals March 10th, 2014, 09:28 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
I haven't been idle from a trading perspective...

I haven't been idle from a trading perspective over the last month. I have been "post-it" trading - keeping a screen in the corner of my eye and jotting down entries, targets, fills, and exits on a...
Forum: Trading Journals March 10th, 2014, 09:12 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
I am going to put up this last chart without much...

I am going to put up this last chart without much commentary. I put it together, so it might as well be here.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139904
Forum: Trading Journals February 15th, 2014, 09:38 AM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Should I set profit targets? One question I was...

Should I set profit targets? One question I was interested in was to see how I would have fared with a price target – rather than holding onto my winners for an undetermined amount of time and...
Forum: Trading Journals February 14th, 2014, 11:32 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Trend environment

I also kept track of my assessment of the market when I placed my trade, whether it was trending or in a trading range (and whether my trade was in the direction of the trend or counter). Not too...
Forum: Trading Journals February 12th, 2014, 08:45 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Type of mistake. Another piece of data that I...

Type of mistake. Another piece of data that I kept track of was mistakes made during trades. I classified those mistakes into 5 buckets
1. Directional (35%), thought the market was going up/down...
Forum: Trading Journals February 7th, 2014, 08:38 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
10,000 views

Crossed 10,000 views today on the journal. Thanks for looking. 91% of the journals don't make it this far - over half of those are inactive (as was I for a while). How do you tell the difference...
Forum: Trading Journals February 7th, 2014, 07:51 AM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Trade Set Ups

Trade set ups. I collected more data this time around. Among that data was set up information. Here are the long/shorts for trades that were pullbacks, complex pullbacks, failed breakouts, tests,...
Forum: Trading Journals February 6th, 2014, 07:44 AM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Losing streaks

Losing streaks. Another thing I struggled with was controlling my losing streaks. S-I-X-T-E-E-N consecutive losses. Highest on the win side was 4. This compelled me to see what the odds of seeing...
Forum: Trading Journals February 5th, 2014, 08:11 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Not holding as long. Holding times were about...

Not holding as long. Holding times were about the same for losing trades – about 15 minutes, but scratches and winners were held for a much shorter time. In the last round winners were held for an...
Forum: Trading Journals February 3rd, 2014, 08:09 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
What went wrong

But the result was far from my prior run, where I would have expected to see net profits of about $2,338.

Slippage. One of the first differences between this run and last was slippage. This run...
Forum: Trading Journals February 1st, 2014, 02:45 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Results

So, going to dust off this journal with some trade recap and review.

First question: did I make money over 42 trading days of sim?

No.
...
Forum: Trading Journals July 9th, 2013, 08:12 AM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Day 40 on Sim, June 26, 2013

4 trades: 1 scratch, 3 losers, net -$146.

Trade 1 Got long after huge 40k volume bar pushing above EMA21. Fooled by volume. Stopped out below EMA21.

Trade 2 Went short after a pullback to...
Forum: Trading Journals July 9th, 2013, 08:00 AM
Replies: 297
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Posted By bijeremiad
Day 39 on Sim, June 25, 2013

5 trades: 1 winner, 3 scratch, 1 loser. Net $17.

Trade 1 Open higher. Price pushes above HOY. Retraces to HOY. I get long with the bobble in price. Price bounces off of key level - forming...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2013, 07:58 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Day 38 on Sim, June 24, 2013

2 Trades: 2 losers, net -$71.

Trade 1 Bearish opening below the LOY. Saw price drop below a key level and retrace. Got short. had 1 push in my favor than watched price go against my position...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2013, 02:30 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Day 37 on Sim, June 21, 2013

6 trades: 1 winner, 1 scratch, 4 losers; net $133

Violation of trading rules today. Should have shut down after 5 trades. Was riding off a big win on the open and chasing the next move. No fun...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2013, 08:53 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Day 36 on Sim, June 20, 2013

1 Trade: 1 loser, net -$89.

VERY frustrating day. I generally try to avoid blaming "the bots" that are out to get me. But today is a tough day to ignore.

Yesterday closed on HUGE volume. ...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2013, 08:37 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Equity curve after week 7

Dark line is net of commissions. Just barely squeaking by BE...

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=117912
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2013, 08:29 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Day 35 on Sim, June 19, 2013

3 Trades: 2 winners, 1 scratch. Net $123.

Trade 1 9 bullish bars in a row. I hold my nose and buy at the break of the high. I don't like it, but I can't deny strength when I see it. Price...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2013, 08:19 PM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Day 34 on Sim, June 18, 2013

Month or so has passed... Journaling and filling out trade sheets takes time. I got behind, had to reacreate some data, kept putting it off, so I didn't want to fall further behind. Stopped...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2013, 08:09 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Day 33 on Sim, May 20, 2013

Three trades: 1 winner, 2 losers; net -$86.

Trade 1 Break the high of the day on strong move up. I wait for a pullback to the EMA21 - even a little confirmation. I am long. Price plunges...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2013, 07:56 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Day 32 on Sim, May 17, 2013

Four trades, 1 scratch, 3 losers; net -$124.

Trade 1 Bullish open to the day, grinding higher. Price breaks above a key level from prior days. Wait for the pullback, get in minimal heat. ...
Forum: Trading Journals July 3rd, 2013, 01:50 AM
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Posted By bijeremiad
Day 31 on Sim, May 16, 2013

5.5 trades: 3 winners, 2.5 losers. Net -$24.

Trade 1 Test of yesterdays low. Price had been bobbling along near yesterday's low. Price approached the EMA21, I got long. Taken out quickly. ...
Forum: Trading Journals July 1st, 2013, 12:38 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Not sure I follow. The gross/net graph looks...

Not sure I follow. The gross/net graph looks like I would expect it to.

At the most recent peak (after trade 71) Gross profit is $569, net profit is $417, a difference of $152, implying at...
Forum: Trading Journals June 28th, 2013, 11:43 AM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Equity curve through day 30

Dark line is net profit, lighter line is gross (pre-comission).

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=117123
Forum: Trading Journals June 27th, 2013, 08:39 PM
Replies: 297
Views: 47,475
Posted By bijeremiad
Day 30 on Sim, May 15, 2013

3 trades: 2 winners, 1 loser. Net $333.

Losing streak is off. Hallelujah.

Trade 1 Lucky trade. Easily one of my best and it is an outlier. Set up is a standard pullback. Entered as...
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