Trade 27 out +60 points


Trade played out nicely +60 points markets are very extended, so I am staying patient going into NY lunch

Trade 28


Long at a decent pullback level to Fridays level breakout stop below lows of session and target lows of the orb 30 minute

Trade 28 stopped out


Stopped -46 points

moved slightly my way but no real follow through

Trade 29


Looking for a long reversal to the upside the target is still ORB 30 min lows and stop below lows of session

Trade 29 Stopped out


Stopped out Again -31 points not seeing the market great will wait for power hour

Trade 30


Last trade of day looking for a push off of session lows for power hour, but we shall see

Trade 30 Stopped out -30 points

Fought the down trend all day and got whacked

Dow Trade Sample Data


So I completed my 30 trade sample trade set of the YM dow futures all based on a 5 Minute chart risk target and execution.

positives
1.1R was standard so on average I never really risked more than I was willing to make.
2.Hit Rate was at 53% also I consider that a net positive as I was not hyper scalping or trying to get every trade and still overall after 30 trades was able to find some confidence in trade execution and every trade had logic built behind it.
3.The biggest positive is I cemented the habit of live journaling my trades which really helped growth in real time.

Lessons:
1. Trading the Dow did not yield a profit factor above 2 after 30 trades with a total loss of 660$ over 32 trades.
2. Switching to the ES for the next 30 trade sample set starting tomorrow to see results in that market.
3. Accepting trading as data collection instead of profit and losses and finding which market my style and personality align best with.

Trade 31


Long ES 6461 Stop 6454 Target 6482

Taking long trade on ES looking for price to test yesterdays highs

Trade 31 Stopped out -7 points


Out -7 points no movement at all