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Forum: Trading Journals February 23rd, 2015, 06:54 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
022315

Thurs Feb 19 thru Mon Feb 23: Up $1393 net.
I haven't included trade details such as interval, chart, or notes, but am planning to from tomorrow. I am trying to streamline how I capture my trade...
Forum: Trading Journals February 18th, 2015, 07:14 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
021815

Up $204 net. Wait...late day crude trade...now Down $490. Today was a very disappointing. I was focusing mainly on stocks and have simply confirmed what I knew all along - trading lower time frame...
Forum: Trading Journals February 17th, 2015, 06:52 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
021315 to 021715

For Feb 13 thru Feb 17: Down $367 net.

All PnL gross of commission/fees, all times PST
Format: Bought/Sold (B/S), #cts/shrs, Ticker, Entry Price, entry time, exit (S/B), Exit Price, PnL

1....
Forum: Trading Journals February 12th, 2015, 05:57 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
Up $470 net. Took only a few futures trades. ...

Up $470 net. Took only a few futures trades. Tried to focus more effort on stocks. I am pleased that I took no blatantly bad trades (no basis, not per plan), but I realize this generally means I...
Forum: Trading Journals February 11th, 2015, 05:17 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
021115

Up $605 net. The result is reasonable but the trading behind it was extremely sloppy. Around 10AM I ended up jumping into ES last minute without proper preparation and in a very cavalier way, enter...
Forum: Trading Journals February 10th, 2015, 11:59 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
021015

Up $507 net. Quiet day, focusing more on stocks, although no PnL to speak of. Still trading insignificant size to try to better develop a process. Still relatively unprepared. With futures, I can...
Forum: Trading Journals February 9th, 2015, 11:18 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
020915

Up $911 net. Fully focused today. Big issue is that I am getting caught up in the details and end up focusing too much on smaller opportunities, missing the big turns. CL was a good example of...
Forum: Trading Journals February 9th, 2015, 09:40 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
020515 and 020615

Combined Thursday and Friday down ($1,267). No trading Mon-Wed, refining trade plan, reviewing Jan results. Should have stayed out Thurs/Fri as well. I was still doing research and writing. The...
Forum: Trading Journals February 3rd, 2015, 12:00 AM
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Posted By rlbtrader
013015

Up $569 net. Forgot to post on Friday. Today (Monday) no trading - refining my Trade Plan and reviewing January trading. My kids had the day off from school Friday and I hadn't planned to trade...
Forum: Trading Journals January 29th, 2015, 05:24 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
Comment on supply/demand areas

This is something I spent some time reviewing after today's close I wanted to share. I got chopped up trading CL today in the range from 8:00 to 10:00 PST before catching a decent move. One of my...
Forum: Trading Journals January 29th, 2015, 04:55 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
012915

Up $996 net. I had a number of solid, planned trades but unfortunately I took just as many emotionally driven trades with no basis. Trying to scalp and swing creates real issues. When I am holding...
Forum: Trading Journals January 28th, 2015, 05:38 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
012815

Up $876 net. Results were reasonable but fewer than half of my trades were executed and managed according to plan, which is disappointing. Fortunately the bad trades were fairly contained and did...
Forum: Trading Journals January 27th, 2015, 05:16 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
012615 and 012715

For last 2 days Up $1326 net. Trading was focused on ES, CL, and NQ. CL was the net loser - 10 trades and only 1 winner, but most of the trades were scratches. That, alone, tells me there were a...
Forum: Trading Journals January 23rd, 2015, 12:45 AM
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Posted By rlbtrader
012215

Up $846 net. Looking at too many markets. Missed the big move in EC - obviously should have been focusing on that after ECB. Took big losses fading strong moves in ES and AD but recovered much of...
Forum: Trading Journals January 22nd, 2015, 04:23 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
thanks for the feedback. I will try to avoid...

thanks for the feedback. I will try to avoid abbreviations. LTF and HTF are lower time frame, higher time frame.
Forum: Trading Journals January 21st, 2015, 07:52 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
012015 and 012115

For last 2 days: down $213 net. Have been trying to actively trade stocks since earnings season is kicking into gear, but I find it only creates confusion. Looking at too many markets results in...
Forum: Trading Journals January 14th, 2015, 09:26 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
011415

Up $1105 net. Absolute result is good but because of the early wins I traded far too conservatively and missed many very clean opportunities, particularly in ES. I wasn't going allow myself to take...
Forum: Trading Journals January 13th, 2015, 08:49 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
011315

Up $900 net. The pickup in volatility mid day resulted in very sloppy trading. A big mistake I have been making almost every day is fully understanding just how far swings can extend in the current...
Forum: Trading Journals January 12th, 2015, 07:14 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
011215

Down $200 net. Looking at too many markets. My plan says to actively trade only the indexes and swing trade other markets at major levels. I have made an exception with CL around the open as I have...
Forum: Trading Journals January 11th, 2015, 12:04 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
thoughts on psychology

This likely will seem obvious to anyone who has read Mark Douglas or Denise Shull or any other mainstream trading psychologist who studies the influence our subconscious has on trading decisions. ...
Forum: Trading Journals January 9th, 2015, 08:25 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
010915

Roughly flat (up $26) net of commissions and fees. Trading was reasonable with the exception of 2 badly mismanaged trades. The first was the AD trade. I rushed to plan this ahead of the employment...
Forum: Trading Journals January 8th, 2015, 08:35 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
010815

Up $564 Net of fees. These strong trend days in the indexes should be easy to trade - PA is free from recent range, no major SR to reverse price - but I find myself too focused on looking for areas...
Forum: Trading Journals January 7th, 2015, 09:48 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
010715

Up $407 net. I am not very happy about the results b/c the market transitioned to PA that is right up my alley and I traded overly cautious due to getting spanked the last few days. That really hit...
Forum: Trading Journals January 7th, 2015, 09:27 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
Reply to Ken

Ken,
Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated! I think you are right about misguided unconscious expectations. Resulted in very sloppy risk mgt given the change in the market. The big driver of...
Forum: Trading Journals January 6th, 2015, 09:52 PM
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Posted By rlbtrader
010615

Down about ($600) net. Still struggling to manage trading in substantially higher volatility. This has me staring at developing bars rather than conducting market analysis and planning trades. ...
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