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Philosophy: I focus on day and short term trading via market profile and technical analysis. I look for optimal trade location that provide asymmetric risk to reward opportunities.
Markets: I trade Gold, Crude Oil and E-Mini S&P futures.
I'm in, officially started tonight. It is too late to come up with an introduction and the full story for today, but the important thing is that I have started the journal with my first post on nexusfi.com (formerly BMT). Amazing people hang out here and I feel at home already. Cheers!
Starting the journal for the March challenge. I will try to get the list of trades from today and post them soon, then get back with more about myself, my trading strategy, and so on, tomorrow. Surprisingly, my strategy did well today, so I am starting …
I need to start a journal and this is a good a time as any.
I need to develop discipline if I am to trade.On this forum discipline was described as doing something you don't want
to do,So true.
I read somewhere that one way to develop a new habit …
First and foremost it's about Psychology. We can learn methods, write rules, prepare a trading plan, create a great trading environment, and set oneself up for success. Since we were probably already successful in other endeavors, it's just another …
I will be trading US equities: discretionary on a 3-minute chart, but using a 30-min to identify support/resistance. I will be looking for pullbacks in trends, rejection of S/R, or break outs of S/R. I have a frustrating tendency to seek counter-trend …
What better way to kick off Leap Year Day 2012 than starting a journal here on futures.io (formerly BMT), right? I totally agree. So let's get to it ...
Mini Bio
I've been a part-time trader off and on for a few years. By design, my 'day …
Philosophy: I focus on day and short term trading via market profile and technical analysis. I look for optimal trade location that provide asymmetric risk to reward opportunities.
Markets: I trade Gold, Crude Oil and E-Mini S&P futures.
This is my first post in my new journal. In it I will attempt to document my set ups, my reasoning behind why I took the trades, along with the emotions I was feeling during the trades.
I will also attempt to post a chart daily and at least once a week, …
Over the past few months my trading focus has shifted from intraday futures trading to stock swing trading. The reason for the switch is partly because the pace of swing trading suits my personality, and partly because I've put a great deal of time …
Any good journal, if it aspires to be instructive at all, MUST start with A PLAN.
Without a plan there is no ability to monitor performance, and with one there is a guaranteed destination at the end of this journey. Without a plan there is no …
I've been putting this off because I wanted to get it perfect, but that's impossible of course. It was only guaranteeing I wouldn't start a journal at all. So here goes, a list of my trading mistakes.
Starting the journal for the March challenge. I will try to get the list of trades from today and post them soon, then get back with more about myself, my trading strategy, and so on, tomorrow. Surprisingly, my strategy did well today, so I am starting …
Surfing is often used as an analogy to trading, and most traders dream of catching the big waves. But, similar to trying to surf monster waves, if you haven't acquired the necessary skills to do so, you 'll probably wind …
I am very green at trading. I took trading instruction recently from Adam Milton. If you have had a bad experience with Adam please don't air that here. The trading courses/info thread may be a better forum for that.
Purpose:
The purpose of this trading journal is to publicly record my trading journey that both I and others may learn and grow from my mistakes, as well as, provide a form of accountability with other traders. The reason I am trading is for independence, …
This is my contest journal for the Big Mike Challenge 3 - Win $750 in prizes. I will trade live and document my month of March 2012 here, trading ETFs and eminis. NO FEAR.
I have been day trading full time for 3 years. First 2 years stocks and E-mini with little success. Finally, i found a method which suits my style and i have been day trading Crude Oil for over a year now. My trading method is based off Mark Fisher ACD …
Can someone explain why so many people lose their money day tradin if SEC requires 25k account min. Do they turn to swing trading after they can't meet minimum?
I am a supply and demand day trader. I mix in Wyckoff techniques and try to focus heavily on my psychology and emotional state. I've traded for five years and would not say that I've broken out as a consistently profitable trader. I am an expert …
This is my first time posting my thoughts and trading journal to the public. I used to keep a book and review my methods on my own. I found that there are many traders who share their thoughts and methods which has slowly helped me expand my toolbox.
Ok, we're going to start this again. Changed brokers, platforms, and even strategy. This journal will be how a journal should be. Some immediate goals for this journal are:
Discipline: Stick to the plan, do not exit prematurely, do not enter …
i am starting a thread to show that price forecasting is indeed possible once we think out of the box. attached is the price forecasting for S&P500 emini for 21 Nov 2011. I will be recording my forecast for a few markets when possible.
History: I've been trading since the end of 2008 (great time to start huh?). I started very small and for the first 3 years I would describe my style as semi-actively managed. It mostly consisted of picking solid companies with decent growth outlooks …
Joined a few weeks ago, would of started this sooner, but ended up doing some building work for my parents. This forum seems pretty friendly with some good discussion, so here we go.
Planning a few things, so this thread will be an …
Hello!
The strategy that I use is scalping. Trading instrument: future russian index RTS (. Basic tactics: following world indexes (ES, DAX), Brent oil and the Russian MICEX index (. Also use volume in the DOM. Technical indicators: MACD and moving average. …
About me
I go by Bermudan Option. The name refers to stock options that have both American style option characteristics and European style option characteristics. The country Bermuda is used to describe this type of option because from a geographical …
Well ive decided that im going to start a journal. I always feared to do it (not sure way, but I guess it has something to do with being accountable for what I do) well Im not really active in forums generally I read a lot but I usually …
Thank you for reading my journal. All opinions are welcome.
About me: I have been interested in trading for about ten years, but started to trade life few month ago. I have small working capital and a day job. Looking to trade part time with part time …
I started system trading in 2010 but I want to learn to trade by hand and eye too. So I'm going to launch headlong into it - price action will be my method and the spot Euro will be my market.
As a mechanical trader, I thought previously that discretionary …
I've decided to continue my journal here from the "upwind trading journal" in the regular journal thread. I am attempting to change a lot of my approach.
Goals:
1) improve my swing trading primarily on the ES (and eventually the CL and maybe …
Hi everyone I'm PowerBroker. I wanted to start a thread for PA trading and hopefully get some mentoring on trading PA in ES. I have been trading and learning trading for 2.5 years now. I have traded live at 2 different times and got FUBAR both times. …
Encouraged by BigMike i decided to post my daily trading results, thoughts and comments in a journal.
I currently simtrade FESX using my variation of Perry's method.
I will post my template, backtest results and some screenshots later on.
My Goal …
I'm currently trading the FESX on sim using a value based approach in an attempt to get backing from these guys: Learn to Trade, Trading Coaches, Simulated Futures Trading (
I am convinced that my lack of success so far has been down to poor discipline …
I have attached my indicators on a later post. I now use NT7 over TradeStation as it is free, and I really like chart trading as well as some of the other features. I am not LIVE again yet! Not until I can be more effective with NT7. :)
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Greetings. First I'd like to thank Mike and all the members who've made this a congenial and useful community - I've been able to get some great things from this site in the month or so I've been lurking and I look forward to more of the …
Trading one year and have a big draw down to prove it. I want small steady profits. OK, Mike, I'm journaling for accountability and want to stop changing things. Was on TF but switched to ES when TF started jumping around like a flea on a griddle. …
This is a first time journal prompted by Big Mike's March challenge. I've been trading for about a year using Al Brooks price action methods - results so far have been inconsistent, mostly due to lack of discipline in following the plan. Hoping …
I am starting my own trading journal today - I hope this posting is in the right place.
Although I am not prepared to share my systems, I will report my trades in full and share some lessons that I have learned over the past 10 years of trading. Before …
I saw an email about the journals, and thought, that really is a good idea. But then woke up in the middle of the night and could not get back to sleep till 4 - I normally wake up at 4:30-5 to begin my day. So today, no trading for me. Journal just a …
This is my first online trading journal for CL. I've kept a private journal of live and sim trades for about 6 months - all the time flailing around, changing my methods and trying to find an 'edge'. It hasn't been pretty.
I will try my best too. My journal can be found here, I will publish there my first paper-trades on Monday, March 5.
Thanks once again for the challenge!
Firstly I would like to say a big thanks to the members of this site. Fat tails, Silvester, Bloom and Big Mike for creating this space to engage with other traders. I have appreciated your help with indicators, posts and insights.
I am a struggling trader. I have been trading for 12 months. Unfortunately, I am not yet able to make a living from trading. So take anything I say in my journal with a pinch of salt. I am NOT a professional …
