Saturday, December 21, 2013

December 20th

CL +.04
Only took one trade due to the low volume. Should have stuck with it. I did bar by bar study for 8:30am on and would have made +190 from 8:30 to 11:00

Thursday, December 19, 2013

December 19th

CL +.11
First trade was a huge mistake. Tried to take a break out trade that clearly was not the case and after looking this trade. It should have only been a quick scalp instead of a runner situation. Also, I let the loss hit 9 ticks. Should have only been a 5 tick loss, saving me $80. All in all proud of the come back to positive numbers and getting back in a good groove for the day.

December 18th

CL +.10
Better day trading picking my spots. The $20 loss was a fat finger trade. Need to work on my DOM awareness. Should have been a perfect day....

December 17th

CL -.13
This is my first day of sim trading after my last 1:1 with Ed. Glad I took the session with him. Ed put things into perspective and I believe from here forward will be a world of difference in my trading. I need to trade what I see and forget about what I think is going to happen. Today's trading was a loss of $130 and I clearly missed the timing of what the market was giving me....