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Forum: Trading Journals April 13th, 2012, 08:38 AM
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Posted By ollie
Just able to make one trade today. I could...

Just able to make one trade today.

I could have stayed in trade or even reentered. Nothing wrong with 8 pips.
Forum: Trading Journals April 12th, 2012, 08:02 AM
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Posted By ollie
Today 6E

Made two trades today with ichimoku. The first price was above the cloud and closed above the kijun indicating a continuation of the trend. You can see price finding support on top of the cloud.
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Forum: Trading Journals April 1st, 2012, 01:40 PM
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Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Recap

The benefits that I realized were to be accountable for my actions. This journal was for me, however for every action there is a consequence. To expose yourself to public scrutiny can be a real...
Forum: Trading Journals March 30th, 2012, 10:50 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E

It was very choppy, trying to be patient waiting for an ichimoku signal. Finally made two trades for +15 pips.

First trade, price broke cloud on a flat spot. I was not going to take this trade...
Forum: Trading Journals March 29th, 2012, 11:19 AM
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Posted By ollie
Kijun 5M cross

Chris Capre has a strategy Called " Kijun ATR cross on a 5M chart." I understand that he is buying into strenght, I am not sure how he uses it, or even how he sets up his chart.

My take was to...
Forum: Trading Journals March 28th, 2012, 09:59 AM
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Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Continuation Trade

Nice 6E trade. Price broke cloud, I like to wait for it to pull back to either the kijun or Tenkan lines and enter when price moves past the Tenken line. I used the Tenken line as a stop placement.
Forum: Trading Journals March 27th, 2012, 01:41 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
No Trades Today

Not much going on today with ichi 5M chart. I missed a trade at 7:30 Am ET. Not much after that. This is the one thing I do not like about ichimoku. It can take forever for a set up and if you miss...
Forum: Trading Journals March 26th, 2012, 01:14 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E 4 Range

Three nice trades this morning, +30 pips. All trend continuation with agreement of ichi rules.

I did not make any trades Thursday or Friday. I was a volunteer at this years Grand Prix in St....
Forum: Trading Journals March 21st, 2012, 10:58 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E 15M

I was not going to take this trade because price was still above the komo om the 1H chart. The steep angle of the kijun and tenken lines made me think otherwise. I thought it indicated strong...
Forum: Trading Journals March 20th, 2012, 10:20 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E 3M chart

I was looking at Chris Capre's website over the weekend, he has 6 different strategies that he uses with ichimoku. One of them is called "Wx shadow 3M chart." I found two different definations of...
Forum: Trading Journals March 19th, 2012, 12:02 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E

Looking at 1H chart price is on top of cloud but between the kijun and tenkan. When price broke the komo it was in agreement with higher time frame. Entered at open of bar and stayed in trade for 20...
Forum: Trading Journals March 16th, 2012, 10:59 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E awesome

I was watching 15M chart, big spike after news. On the 5M chart had a nice pullback, I entered on the first bar that closed above Tenken.

I did not make any trades Wed. or Thurs. I have...
Forum: Trading Journals March 13th, 2012, 10:22 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6A

On the 1 H chart price under a thick cloud, price closed under the Kijun line, and the Chikou span just starting to clear the price line. With this continued bearish sentiment I looked on the 15M...
Forum: Trading Journals March 12th, 2012, 04:18 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
The 6E slow boat

Evidence of a retracement or reversal. Price broke the kijun and chikou span broke price line, clear evidence of at least a retracement. It was a very slow afternoon
Forum: Trading Journals March 9th, 2012, 09:46 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E Sell Off

There was a cross of the Tenkan and Kijun under ther cloud. I was determined to stay with this trade and use the Kijun as a stop. I based my decision on the cross under the cloud indicating another...
Forum: Trading Journals March 8th, 2012, 11:22 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6A Loss

Missed this trade on a 5 M chart, I watched it break the cloud on 10M. This was a trade I never should have taken as no other indicator supporting it.
Forum: Trading Journals March 8th, 2012, 08:23 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6e

First trade today. Continuation of trend. Is there a possible pull back or trend reversal in the works. Look at thinning of cloud and price closed below kijun line.
Forum: Trading Journals March 7th, 2012, 03:00 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
6E Chart

I did not make any trades today. I was just going over todays charts looking for ichi setups. Here are three that were on Euro.
Forum: Trading Journals March 6th, 2012, 11:50 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Today 6E tenkan and kijun cross

I usually do not trade time based bars as they tend to be choppy looking at the chart. I like using range no gap as they tend to make the chart smoother and easier for me to trade. However I was...
Forum: Trading Journals March 5th, 2012, 01:40 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Over the weekend I read many articles and looked...

Over the weekend I read many articles and looked at examples of how traders use ichimoku. If you ask 100 people what they trade and how they do it you will get 100 different answers and none of them...
Forum: Trading Journals March 2nd, 2012, 12:56 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
CL winner

My second trade. When price broke the cloud I waited for it to retrace back to trend line. Placed my order and waited for it to follow through. I feel like I am following ichimoku rules, however at...
Forum: Trading Journals March 2nd, 2012, 11:41 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Cl trade a loss

I lost 5 ticks on this trade. I do not trade oil, I thought it would offer more opportunity to take trades and practice on.

All the elements looked fine and a good set up. I was looking for it to...
Forum: Trading Journals March 2nd, 2012, 07:53 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
First trade today

Overall I felt vert good about this set up. I watched Manesh Patel's seminar again last night, and this was the same set up he used. For know I will keep the indicators in the lower panels, it gives...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2012, 04:48 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Todays Trades

Here are my two trades on 6E. The first trade I thought was a good entry. The second trade was not a good ichimoku trade as the red line was still below the blue. It did feel good to have winning...
Forum: Trading Journals March 1st, 2012, 03:23 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 7,317
Posted By ollie
Ollie's Cloud Formations

Come on admit, how many times have you looked up at the clouds and saw an elephant, a dog running or a clown face?

This is my journal on learning ichimoku. When I first started trading five...
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