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Forum: Trading Journals March 11th, 2017, 05:01 PM
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Posted By lax99
In an effort to maintain my accountability to...

In an effort to maintain my accountability to myself and my trading I've decided to share some of my stats from recent trades. They've been in a few different products, though mainly ES and CL, and I...
Forum: Trading Journals August 23rd, 2016, 07:15 PM
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Posted By lax99
I've done very little trading in the past two...

I've done very little trading in the past two days because my final year of college started up on Monday. It's going to be a doozy, and I fully expect to have pretty much zero time to trade or keep...
Forum: Trading Journals August 21st, 2016, 09:45 PM
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Posted By lax99
Over the weekend I took a look at what I did...

Over the weekend I took a look at what I did right and wrong. I came to two conclusions.

1) I did poorly by trading a quiet market.

2) I did well by switching products and trading an active...
Forum: Trading Journals August 19th, 2016, 02:12 AM
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Posted By lax99
I did a bit of soul-searching after the Tuesday...

I did a bit of soul-searching after the Tuesday trade that walloped me. I've realized that my methods really need some volatility. Markets which double top and triple bottom and go nowhere for hours...
Forum: Trading Journals August 17th, 2016, 09:59 PM
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Posted By lax99
Trades for Wed 8/17/2016: I took the morning...

Trades for Wed 8/17/2016:

I took the morning off after a poor showing yesterday. As it turns out, my fades would likely have worked well in the AM session. I am overall glad that I took the break...
Forum: Trading Journals August 17th, 2016, 03:13 PM
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Posted By lax99
I didn't have the time to update last night, so...

I didn't have the time to update last night, so here goes.

Tuesday's trading was all kinds of sloppy and awful. I ended up down significantly because I refused to see the rotations that were...
Forum: Trading Journals August 15th, 2016, 09:01 PM
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Posted By lax99
I've considered dabbling in crude recently. It...

I've considered dabbling in crude recently. It seems that what volatility existed in ES simply picked up its bags and walked over to CL.

CL Theses:

MP/VP-- Since the 8/10 lows were put in, the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 15th, 2016, 08:14 PM
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Posted By lax99
Monday 8/15 Trades: 1. Long 87, exit 86.50 ...

Monday 8/15 Trades:

1. Long 87, exit 86.50
- I had the direction right. I f****** bottom-ticked myself this time. I was even thinking "If the market gets close to the opening price, I should add...
Forum: Trading Journals August 15th, 2016, 02:34 AM
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Posted By lax99
Second Week of August's Trades: Overall, my...

Second Week of August's Trades:

Overall, my execution was not great. My big issue in quiet range trade was stopping myself out. There were a few occasions in which I had the perfect idea, but I...
Forum: Trading Journals August 12th, 2016, 12:52 AM
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Posted By lax99
Thursday's Trades: 1. Short 77.75, exited...

Thursday's Trades:

1. Short 77.75, exited 77.25.
- The only issue I have with this trade is that I didn't make it sooner. I woke up late today (moving to new place, pretty exhausted overall) and...
Forum: Trading Journals August 10th, 2016, 09:19 PM
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Posted By lax99
Thursday's Trades: 1. Long 74 & 75, exited...

Thursday's Trades:

1. Long 74 & 75, exited at 74.50.
- My reasoning was solid on the entry. I should have pressed the gas a little bit harder though.
- I was AFK when 70s printed. My thesis was...
Forum: Trading Journals August 9th, 2016, 08:46 PM
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Posted By lax99
Tuesday's Trades 8/9/2016: I exited my...

Tuesday's Trades 8/9/2016:

I exited my overnight long for a handful of ticks. My basis was 74.50 and today's high was 83.50. I exited based on some things that I saw online; a few people talking...
Forum: Trading Journals August 9th, 2016, 12:48 AM
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Posted By lax99
Thank you for taking the time to comment! I...

Thank you for taking the time to comment!

I agree on the outlier standpoint. I've been looking over tiger's old posts about skewing your results with large, profitable outliers. It seems that many...
Forum: Trading Journals August 8th, 2016, 06:28 PM
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Posted By lax99
Monday's Trades: 1: Long 77.50, 76.50,...

Monday's Trades:

1: Long 77.50, 76.50, 76.25, stopped at 73.75.
- I'm glad I wrote this trade down. My "averaging in" is awful, and my basis hardly improved by like 50 cents as I "averaged in"....
Forum: Trading Journals August 7th, 2016, 11:29 PM
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Posted By lax99
Here's my performance for this month so far. The...

Here's my performance for this month so far. The commissions bit is off (as is my Total Net Profit, then) because I just introduced it midweek.
...
Forum: Trading Journals August 7th, 2016, 06:05 PM
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Posted By lax99
For Monday 8/8/2016: The market pushed...

For Monday 8/8/2016:

The market pushed significantly higher on the back of good NFP data. NFP missed, but the surprise was to the upside (255k actual vs 180k expected) and the market took off from...
Forum: Trading Journals August 6th, 2016, 02:18 PM
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Posted By lax99
Friday's Trades 8/5/2016 Trade 1: Long 74 &...

Friday's Trades 8/5/2016

Trade 1: Long 74 & 74.50, exited 76.
- This was the trade that I wanted to take almost to a T. I could have executed slightly closer to VWAP but I am happy with the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 4th, 2016, 06:12 PM
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Posted By lax99
Thursday Trades: 1) Long 4 from 60.50...

Thursday Trades:

1) Long 4 from 60.50 average, scaled 2 @ 63.50 (HOD!) and 2 scratched at b/e.
- Great little trade on a VWAP bounce. My only issue is that my execution was poor. Instead of...
Forum: Trading Journals August 4th, 2016, 01:34 AM
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Posted By lax99
Today's trades: 1: Short 54.50 & 53 on VWAP...

Today's trades:

1: Short 54.50 & 53 on VWAP retest, stopped out 54.50
- I would make the same trade again. The one thing that I would change is that I would have scaled out on the first strong...
Forum: Trading Journals August 3rd, 2016, 12:10 AM
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Posted By lax99
I had two trades today which were both losers. I...

I had two trades today which were both losers. I tried buying the market twice at 47. I stopped myself out the first time for a 1.5 point loss and the second time for a 2.75 point loss. In hindsight...
Forum: Trading Journals August 1st, 2016, 11:52 PM
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Posted By lax99
Today's volume profile was b-shaped. Most of...

Today's volume profile was b-shaped. Most of today's volume was traded in the range 2160-2165. Traditional profiling suggests that today was a "long liquidation" day; this certainly fits with the...
Forum: Trading Journals August 1st, 2016, 11:00 PM
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Posted By lax99
Monday Trades: Trade 1: Long 64.50, 67.25,...

Monday Trades:

Trade 1: Long 64.50, 67.25, exit 71 & 70.50.
- I was surprised by the selloff on the opening bell. I stayed away for about the first half hour to let the market tell me where it...
Forum: Trading Journals July 31st, 2016, 07:36 PM
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Posted By lax99
It's a new month! My last month ended on a red...

It's a new month! My last month ended on a red note because of poor trading during the beginning of the month. I was scatterbrained and executing awfully. I will change that for good this month. I...
Forum: Trading Journals July 29th, 2016, 12:12 AM
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Posted By lax99
Calafrius and Inletcap, thank you both for...

Calafrius and Inletcap, thank you both for participating in my journal! I really do appreciate the comments, even if I address them hours later :)

For Tomorrow:

BOJ BS tonight at 11 PM my time....
Forum: Trading Journals July 28th, 2016, 05:23 PM
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Posted By lax99
My overnight long got stopped out at breakeven...

My overnight long got stopped out at breakeven which is unfortunate because I hit about ten handles of MFE before giving it all up. Next time I should establish attainable targets for my runners...
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