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Forum: Trading Journals

September 8th, 2018, 07:38 AM

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Posted By John47

The trade report. It gives all the stats just...

The trade report. It gives all the stats just in a different form. Most of what my sheets do is just the same thing but separate commissions to give stats in ticks only.

I'd be happy to...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 7th, 2018, 05:47 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Thanks, Bob. The spreadsheets I make myself w/...

Thanks, Bob. The spreadsheets I make myself w/ google docs. I'm no good compared to the average 25 year old but I had to learn some basics for my businesses. All of the are pretty crude, which is...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 7th, 2018, 05:10 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Thanks for the ideas man. I do need work on...

Thanks for the ideas man. I do need work on entries....I feel like the system contributes to that easily as much if not more so than my ability. And to be honest....in the M6E slippage is REAL. ...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 7th, 2018, 04:58 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Thanks man. I've totally come to appreciate...

Thanks man. I've totally come to appreciate that the style I'm trading now has no need for a supersonic connection. I'm not trying to hit orders on the turn or anything...really just get my...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 7th, 2018, 04:56 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

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And we close out another week.

Looking back at this week my initial reaction is a lot of frustration. I have some issues with my...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 31st, 2018, 06:11 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Today we close out August. Updated numbers with...

Today we close out August. Updated numbers with updated tables, an attempt to display the metrics in a more meaningful way.

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Forum: Trading Journals

August 11th, 2018, 12:00 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

tpredictor Wow thank you for such a...

tpredictor

Wow thank you for such a knowledgeable consideration of what I have going on here and my goals. You touched on a lot that is not familiar to me so I'll have to do some learning before...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 10th, 2018, 10:56 AM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Here we are again at the close of another week. ...

Here we are again at the close of another week. I ended today a bit early....my first entry was @ 8:04am and I exited my final trade at 9:16am. I had a goal of 75 ticks for the week and I hit it...

Forum: Trading Journals

August 3rd, 2018, 06:07 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

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Here we are again closing out another week. In this week I have some things that I did well and that I would call successful, and...

Forum: Trading Journals

July 29th, 2018, 05:12 PM

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Posted By John47

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Annnnnnd we're back!

A few updates since my last update: As I've mentioned before in this journal, I own two businesses I have spent the...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 8th, 2018, 10:54 AM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

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I'm ending the trading day and therefore week a bit early today.

Here we have my June stats up through today. At this point I have to...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 1st, 2018, 04:51 PM

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Posted By John47

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Well here we are.

Comparing this month to last, there was some good and some bad. Overall there are things I'm optimistic about and...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 18th, 2018, 01:30 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

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Ok. And the books are closed for the week. There was definitely some progress made and things improved upon and also some issues that...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 12th, 2018, 11:55 AM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Agree. I've witnessed with my own eyes traders...

Agree. I've witnessed with my own eyes traders with completely and utterly different styles that are consistently profitable every day in the same product. To the tune of 5 or 6 figures each...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 12th, 2018, 11:47 AM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

I'm aware of VT's opinions on position...

I'm aware of VT's opinions on position management, and the arguments against scaling out that you outlined. They are certainly sound, but they are not for me. There are many different ways to skin...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 11th, 2018, 07:29 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Thanks for the info on convergent fellas. ...

Thanks for the info on convergent fellas.

I'm feeling like I'll probably give it a try for a month at some point, however I'm really not sure if a chatroom would work for me at all...too many...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 11th, 2018, 07:20 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

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Reviewing the week, the numbers improved and that's good but I didn't resolve certain issues I was looking to resolve so I'm going to have...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 6th, 2018, 09:12 AM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

I've visited Convergent's page and I'm...

I've visited Convergent's page and I'm interested. Can you share any of your experience?

Forum: Trading Journals

May 4th, 2018, 01:02 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

As it turns out, rumors of my death have been...

As it turns out, rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated:)

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Posting here is obviously not gotten into my routine. Posting...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 15th, 2018, 12:19 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

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Ok. This is the first week in the past two that I've been able to trade, I had a ton of relatives in town for my sisters Bridal shower so...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 1st, 2018, 01:54 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Gentlemen, I apologize for not updating the...

Gentlemen,

I apologize for not updating the past few days. This week I was only able to trade yesterday and today. Yesterday I had two losers and a winner, but was still down 6 ticks, and...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 24th, 2018, 04:26 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

I rely exclusively on price and volume to...

I rely exclusively on price and volume to identify buying/selling zones.

"Fade volatility"....Just meaning trade the range. Like....if 6E is consolidating, but it's 9:15 AM and there's an...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 23rd, 2018, 04:59 PM

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Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Mama said there'd be days like this, there'd be...

Mama said there'd be days like this, there'd be daaaays like this my mama said. Anybody else feeling that?

2 Winners, 2 losers today but I'm still down ticks because one of my rules is...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 23rd, 2018, 04:21 PM

Replies: 76

Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

Ever run into a local in Nasdaq w/ badge NUNZ?

Ever run into a local in Nasdaq w/ badge NUNZ?

Forum: Trading Journals

February 22nd, 2018, 02:38 PM

Replies: 76

Love of the Game: Former CME member starting over

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Posted By John47

One trade today, one winner +15 ticks. I...

One trade today, one winner +15 ticks.

I had an errand to run for work early in the AM, so my plan was to wake up, do my research, run my errand, then come back to begin trading at the 9:30 EST...

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