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Forum: Trading Journals November 3rd, 2017, 05:31 PM
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Posted By teajay
Status for October

I've spent the past couple months trading NQ exclusively using naked charts and Al Brooks price action methods... Here were the results for the month of October. I keep everything in a spreadsheet...
Forum: Trading Journals July 27th, 2017, 06:23 PM
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Posted By teajay
7-27 ES

Only one trade to write about today as I only had a bit of time to sit in front of the computer.

This will also be my last journal entry for the July competition as I am going to be away tomorrow...
Forum: Trading Journals July 26th, 2017, 08:12 PM
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Posted By teajay
7/26

No trades today - market was too tight for any entries in the morning and I just gave up on looking for the afternoon.
Forum: Trading Journals July 25th, 2017, 07:16 PM
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Posted By teajay
7-25 ES

One trade to write about today with both a scalp and swing portion to it...

Massive gap higher on the open today. Two legged correction down towards the EMA. Didn't quite reach it when the High2...
Forum: Trading Journals July 24th, 2017, 11:54 PM
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Posted By teajay
7-23 ES

Three trades today. Two losers and one breakeven.

Trade 1 (-1.25pts):
Bear channel had been established. Sell off a Low3 (was tough to count, but this is my best guess) after bouncing off top...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2017, 07:12 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
7-21

A couple trades today that resulted in a breakeven day for me and a couple bucks for IB :)

Context was a gap open lower - not a ton of reason I could see, except perhaps cooling down from a couple...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2017, 12:31 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
I'm noticing an interesting pattern in my trades...

I'm noticing an interesting pattern in my trades that is problematic. I am quick to exit winning positions as price approaches S/R levels. I'm getting burned when price cuts through them and I get...
Forum: Trading Journals July 21st, 2017, 12:08 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
7-20

Today was a real interesting day... Still only managed to get one trade in as I was mostly watching the action on my cell phone while commuting, and then I was busy for the afternoon session.
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Forum: Trading Journals July 20th, 2017, 01:24 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
7/19 ES

Only one trade to write about today. I executed my plan in the morning and got stuck on the sidelines in the afternoon.

Context I was operating under was that we were heading into an all-time high...
Forum: Trading Journals July 19th, 2017, 12:57 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
7/18

Had to take a few days off trading as my real job was a bit more demanding, including a few days on the road...

The context I had in mind was that pre-market was in a pretty good down trend and we...
Forum: Trading Journals July 11th, 2017, 11:19 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
One trade taken today, for a 2pt loss. Haven't...

One trade taken today, for a 2pt loss. Haven't had a ton of time to spend at the computer this week, so not a lot of notes to refer back to...

After a big selloff this morning it looked like we...
Forum: Trading Journals July 10th, 2017, 05:40 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
ES 7-10

No trades taken today as I only had an hour and a half first thing to sit in front of the computer, but a note for completeness...

The morning action was a little all over the place. No big gap...
Forum: Trading Journals July 8th, 2017, 06:26 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
Two losing trades from yesterday, Friday 7/7 to...

Two losing trades from yesterday, Friday 7/7 to write about today - one on the NQ and one on the ES. A shame since it was one of those days in hindsight that seem so easy (don't they all? :))
...
Forum: Trading Journals July 6th, 2017, 05:38 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
ES 7-6

Context: Really nothing to share here, I was late getting to my computer so thought I would watch the action and let the market tell me. No major releases on deck it seemed.

Trades:
Looking back...
Forum: Trading Journals July 5th, 2017, 04:09 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
NQ 7-5

Context: Based on pre-market we will gap open from Monday's RTH close. Possible action I'll be watching out for is a test of key levels around Monday's close, or a total runaway higher. Fed minutes...
Forum: Trading Journals July 3rd, 2017, 10:06 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
First entry since the contest begins! ...

First entry since the contest begins!

Context - Similar to Friday, premarket moved up but with holiday not expecting a lot of movement.

Trades:
Just one... ES was very tightly range bound...
Forum: Trading Journals June 30th, 2017, 02:55 PM
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Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
6/30 - ES

Going to try a slightly different format in anticipation of the Journal Challenge. Will include some comments on context for the day, notes about any trades taken and also include a tally of points....
Forum: Trading Journals June 28th, 2017, 12:43 AM
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Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
6-27 ES

Just one quick 2pt win for today... I would have loved to trade NQ after the ransomware news broke but I had some other obligations that kept me from my computer.

There was a fairly tight trading...
Forum: Trading Journals June 28th, 2017, 12:27 AM
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Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
6-26 ES and NQ

Two trades to write about from yesterday's session... One for ES, and the other for NQ which I've been enjoying lately due to a bit more action it seems...

NQ
While this trade was for a loss of...
Forum: Trading Journals June 22nd, 2017, 05:40 PM
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Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
6/22 - NQ

Only one trade to log for today as well...

Downward sloping channel really visible on the 15-minute charts. Looking at the 5-minute charts there was a nice symmetric triangle forming after...
Forum: Trading Journals June 20th, 2017, 04:36 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
6/20 ES

One trade to log for today, and a very textbook play at that.

https://nexusfi.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=236248

There was a symmetric triangle forming on the 5-minute charts today. Was...
Forum: Trading Journals June 20th, 2017, 12:14 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
6/19

Two trades to write about from yesterday...

The first is with ES...
After a big rally to bounce of 2450 and a slight retracement I was looking for an entry. Took the convergence of two SMAs...
Forum: Trading Journals June 16th, 2017, 10:26 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
SPY has been gapping open lower the past couple...

SPY has been gapping open lower the past couple days, so generally bullish after refusing to cross over the 245 mark recently. This morning's price action was in a downtrend that had hit a resistance...
Forum: Trading Journals June 11th, 2017, 12:36 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
Hello Choke - I want to thank you for taking the...

Hello Choke - I want to thank you for taking the time to read my journal and comment. Much appreciated, it really seems like a great community here. You point out that I may have been too hard on...
Forum: Trading Journals June 10th, 2017, 04:57 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 4,991
Posted By teajay
In this instance of “Man, I suck at trading” we...

In this instance of “Man, I suck at trading” we see how a lack of confidence can cause you to miss a good entrance, how getting married to an idea can cause problems, especially when you stop...
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