Monday, November 30, 2009

November Trading Summary

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RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER Contracts: 123 Net $P/L: -2075 Wins: 52 Losses: 54 Win%: 49 Avg$Win: 67 Avg$Loss: -103
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Pissed

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2:15pm CST - Having regrets is not good but this one is going to stay with me for at least the rest of the day. I think I'm entitled... ...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Killed by Crude

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2:40pm CST - OK, I didn't expect this to be easy and today was far from it. I was up $125 or so before crude killed me. I need to chan...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Euros, Beans, and Crude -Oh My!

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2:55pm CST - It felt like Lions and Tigers and Bears after trading Dogs (ES) for so long. I've watched these markets in the recent past...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

More than ES

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3:10pm CST - Volume wasn't as bad today as I thought it might be but but unless you caught the initial pop up, there was nothing but a s...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Low Thrills

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2:50pm CST - Nice break this week but had to attempt to climb back on the horse today. I nearly shorted yesterday a few minutes after the o...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Friday the 13th

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3:15pm CST - I escaped Friday the 13th bad luck with a final winner that got me back to breakeven on the day. The tape had so many dead zon...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Par day

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3:50pm CST - Some winners, some losers. And for those that asked, I'll try to post more charts but no promises. RESULTS FOR DAY Contra...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Veterans Day

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2:50pm CST - A 12 pt. ES range on Veterans Day isn't too bad but it got choppy after the first 1.5 hrs. Got 2 signals today which both ...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Pre-holiday chop

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3:10pm CST - Lots of chop today with only one winner. But I followed the plan of the day and took every trade signal. The 2 afternoon trad...
Monday, November 9, 2009

Up Monday

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2:50pm CST - Nice slow motion move up today but with zero good pullbacks! At least I caught the early breakout. RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts:...
Friday, November 6, 2009

Quit while I'm behind

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11:00am CST - My Friday luck continues. 3 of the losers stopped out to within a tick and reversed to go my way without me to hit my targets...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Slow day

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3:00pm CST - Slow day with many trades that went nowhere. RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 6 Net $P/L: 84 Wins: 5 Losses: 1 Win%: 83 Avg$Win: 32 ...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

FOMC Day

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3:00pm CST - 2 trades after the FOMC non-news. Coulda, woulda, shoulda held the second one into the close for 10+ points... RESULTS FOR DAY...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Donkey

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No trades today.... Thanks to those who have commented or emailed with offers of help. I appreciate it but the main issue I've had late...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Pathetic

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3:15pm CST - Pathetic describes my trading to open this month. Obviously I need to make some changes (how many times have I said that befor...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

ES October Trading Summary

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RESULTS FOR OCTOBER Contracts: 400 Net $P/L: -4087 Wins: 75 Losses: 70 Win%: 52 Avg$Win: 100 Avg$Loss: -165

Poor End

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2:45pm CDT - I executed my plan perfectly today taking every signal until I hit my loss limit at 1:30. The ES swings were crazy today and v...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

No Sim

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2:50pm CDT - 1 long and 1 short today - much easier than yesterday's hectic trading pace where I made 24 trades with zero results! Some...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Slow Speed Selloff

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3:15pm CDT - Down $250 after first 2 trades on the day and churned the rest of the day. Back at it tomorrow! RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 4...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

More Broker Hell

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3:10pm CDT - Open ECry had no charts/quotes/DOM for awhile this morning (more than an hour). I tried my best to trade off my eSignal charts...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Monday Moves

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3:00pm CDT - A couple nice moves today in the market made for some good trades. I was pretty good at sitting on my hands in the chop. RESUL...
Friday, October 23, 2009

Friday

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3:10pm CDT - Some good trades early on that I should have held longer, then gave all the gains back in the midday chop, then got it back on ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

6 in a row

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3:00pm CDT - A good morning with 1-2 point scalps. Missed the afternoon spike. Morning winners on chart below (6 in a row!) - but then I h...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Free Fall

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3:15pm CDT - Up $160 at one point, down $160 later on, then back to breakeven on the day. So it goes - a day with a big up move with no ret...
Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Down Tues.

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3:15pm CDT - Some bad entries and overtrading were mostly to blame today for a small down day. I'm feeling out a new methodology so so...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Outside Day

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2:15pm CDT - 1 nice trade for a few points and a couple trades for a couple ticks that I got out of too early and could have had a point or ...
Friday, October 16, 2009

Friday

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3:00pm CDT - Just one short trade from this morning. Still taking it easy. RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 1 Net $P/L: 109 Wins: 1 Losses: 0 Wi...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Comments

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2:45pm CDT - Thanks all who follow along and for most of the comments in Tuesday's post . I read everything that comes in and take it a...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Equity Curve

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3:20pm CDT - OK, this month is officially depressing so far. Today I traded TF for a change after reviewing lots of charts last night. My ...
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