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 chipotlebop 
Pleasant Hill, CA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Tradestation
Broker: Tradestation
Trading: CL, RB, HO, YG, YI, EMD, US
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---MON ---
>>DAYTRADE:
1. GC long my own trade +350
2. ES bot short (-250)
3. YI long my own trade (-200)
>>SWING: Hold YM, S, YG

---TUE ---
>>DAYTRADE:
1. GC +500
>>SWING:
1. Long YI
2. Hold YG, YM, S

---WED ---
>>DAYTRADE:
1. GC my own trades -3000. Very disappointed in my behavior. 2 big short signals and didn’t take them. Failure to adapt with the market. Going to focus now on more bots to replace my bad behavior.
>>SWING:
1. Long RB my own entry. Got back in the bot trade.
2. Manually closed YI and YG at break even
3. Manually closed YM +900, then got back in same price
4. Long YG my own trade. +900. Daytrade but it meets the overnight rules as I bought the US close and sold during the asian session.


---THU ---
>> My own trades:
1. Long CL +1000
2. Short GC +350
>> Bot trades
1. Holding: RB, YM, S


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FEBRUARY - live trades, trading bot and my own
Profit factor 1.19 down from 1.31
Avg Profit per trade $20 down from $39
Max consecutive losses 10 up from 9
Maxx DD $5,557 up from $3,300
February behavior had more consistent periods of self control. However, a few days of falling apart ruins a trading plan. Extremely important once again.
*Recurrent emotional breakdown is lowering performance results.
*Count consecutive losses as they DO reveal my mental fitness
* Stay focused on that higher time frame.



Picture of live performance graph for 2012
2 months.

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 chipotlebop 
Pleasant Hill, CA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Tradestation
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Trading: CL, RB, HO, YG, YI, EMD, US
Posts: 252 since Jan 2010
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FRI

>> My own trades:
1. Gold bearish pennant. GC short +350 - pix

>>Bot trades
1. RB bot trade trailing stop hit. +3100 on this contract. - pix of full trade bot (not a fan of posting bot pix but my actual trades were many over 2 different contract months, so difficult to see clearly)
2. Hold YM, S over the weekend

Have a nice weekend

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Bad day. I don't know how I always stick myself trading against my trading plan.

losing day (-1,200)

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 chipotlebop 
Pleasant Hill, CA
 
Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Tradestation
Broker: Tradestation
Trading: CL, RB, HO, YG, YI, EMD, US
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---TUE ---
>> My own trades: I lost it today. I felt fear.
1. -2,000 RB - PIX shows that I was lost and became confused. Fear has a way of blinding ones brain.
2. -2,000 GC
>>Bot trades: Hold YM, S

---WED ---
>> My own trades: 0
>>Bot trades
1. Manually closed YM swing trade for a loss.
2. GC +600
3. RB long
4. Hold S

---THU ---
>> My own trades:
1. QM +500
2. YG +1,000
3. Long YG swing

>>Bot trades
1. YM long 0, out at breakeven
2. EMD long +600
3. HG long (-100)
4. Manually closed RB +2,500
5. S profit target hit. +3,700



PIX
RB: Confused trades, full of losses. Followed by a solid trade.
YG: Manual trades

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FRI

>> My own trades:
1. QM long +100 : pix
2. Hold YG swing

>>Bot trades
1. GC short +600

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Experience: Intermediate
Platform: Tradestation
Broker: Tradestation
Trading: CL, RB, HO, YG, YI, EMD, US
Posts: 252 since Jan 2010
Thanks Given: 369
Thanks Received: 331

---MON ---

>> My own trades:
1..YG stopped +200
2. QM -275
3. CL +300
4. GC +200 pix
5. RB long swing

>>Bot trades: 0

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