Archive for February 8th, 2008

What happened? Where is it going wrong?

What happened? Where is it going wrong?

I was annoyed with my performance today... my first trade was a good trade i felt but I had felt some fear and moved the stop too close.. it was at an obvious level where stop runners would push it to... 132500... not very clever. My initial stop was at 132450 which didn't get hit and would have yield the profit that I had targetted. In addition, I also placed a trade to short the Dow Jones at 121650.. this was a perfectly good entry and I would have managed to grab some profit or move my sto

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What the f**k am I doing? S&P emini trading

What the f**k am I doing? S&P emini trading

Well, back to it. I place my first trade, a long at 132700 with an initial stop at 132450 and a target of 132975. As it moved up a little, I then moved my stop to 132500. It promptly hit my stop and then went upwards to hit my target!! To compound it, I got itchy fingers and went short at 132475 and took a 11 price hit. So, going back live not looking good.. already reach my 20 price loss limit in a matter of minutes. I really don't know what is wrong with me... in the simulator, I woul

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Keeping a trading log

Keeping a trading log

The nice thing about having a blog is that I can put my thoughts in directly after a trading session. As I was having some problems with it over the last couple of days, I wasn't able to remember what my thought process was on the 6th. I enclose the chart on the 6th. I had made a series on trades and ended up abou 20 prices which was great! However, I don't remember the mechanics of why I place the trades. I was also out last night so didn't trade. My trading mentor is happy for me to go back

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