These chart sets represent individual trades for the dates noted and usually include
1) Entry + rationals 2) Results and often 3) What occurred afterward
MACD is for TREND...stochastic tells you WHEN
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The markets seem explosively volatile as of late
I'm testing a different entry system...mostly Buy-Stops
The chart examples will be marked as practice or test trades and described as follows:
(+p long entry) (-p short entry) (Stop in points)(Target potential) time & date taken
Test trades since 12/03/21:
A Simple method
(3 point initial stop and a 6 point initial Target) would amount to a
65-70% Win/Loss ratio and yield a positive return...
Add the possibility of being able to raise the protective
Stop and/or the Target level should increase the potential for better gains...
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12/31/21 Friday test trades
(S-0)(T+16) 08.35.29 AM on 12-31-21
12/30/21 Thursday test trades
+p (S-0)(T+8) 04.42.27 PM on 12-30-21
+p (S-8)(T+4) 04.31.35 PM on 12-30-21
+p (S-2)(T+14) 03.15.34 PM on 12-30-21
+P (S-1)(T+9) 09.54.58 AM on 12-30-21
12/29/21 Wed night test trades
+p (S-4)(T+12 08.50.00 PM on 12-29-21
+p (S-4)(T+23) 08.05.38 PM on 12-29-21
12/29/21 Wednesday test trades
+p (S-0)(T+7) 01.09.12 PM on 12-29-21
+p (S-0)(T+6) 07.48.31 AM on 12-29-21
+p (S-0)(T+9) 06.30.13 AM on 12-29-21
12/28/21 Tues night
+p (S-2)(T+15) 07.39.24 PM on 12-28-21
12/28/21 Tuesday test trades
+p (S-1)(T+6) 03.49.23 PM on 12-28-21
+p (S-0)(T+10) 03.19.29 PM on 12-28-21
12/27/21 Monday test trades
+p (S-1)(T+7) 01;35;08 on 12-27-21
+p (S-0)(T+13) 12;38;20 on 12-27-21
+p (S-3)(T+18) 08;02;17 on 12-27-21
2/26/21 Sun night test trades
+p (S-13)(T+6) 06;20;51 on 12-26-21
2/23/21 Thursday practice trades
+p (S-0)(T+25) 11;04;07 on 12-23-21
+p (S-4)(T+8) 10;35;29 on 12-23-21
+p (S-1)(T+11) 09;19;33 on 12-23-21
2/22/21 Wed night practice trades
+p (S-0)(T+14) 08;02;28 on 12-22-21
12/22/21 Wednesday practice trades
+p (S-0)(T+7) 04;21;56 on 12-22-21
+p (S-0)(T+13) 12;36;13 on 12-22-21
+p (S-0)(T+7) 07;29;36 on 12-22-21
12/21/21 Tues night practice trade
+p (S-3)(T+11) 08;53;49 on 12-21-21
+p (S-8)(T+19) 06;58;12 on 12-21-21
12/21/21 Tuesday (practice trades)
+p (S-0)(T+12) 01;06;17 on 12-21-21
+p (S-0)(T+35) 02;25;31 on 12-21-21
+p (S-3)(T+15) 10;19;47 on 12-21-21
+p (S-5)(T+29) 02;44;01 on 12-21-21
12/17/21 - Many practice trades were recorded this week:
Friday 12/17/21
Thursday night 12/16/21
Wednesday night 12/15/21
Wednesday 12/15/21
Tuesday 12/14/21
Monday 12/13/21
Sunday night 12/12/21
12/10/21 Friday
Rolled to the March '22 series contracts ... Dec '21 contract expires
next Friday 12/17/21 but is still very active.
12/02/21 Thursday
Practice Trades -- training the hands and mind
I have Gadwin's "print-screen" program installed on my machine.
It is set to capture a .jpeg or .PMG image of the window that's under the cursor. It will automatically
name all captured images and save them by date and time to a designated file of my choosing.
I use the following method to "train" my fingers and test my reaction time while also determining
what bracket order levels will work best in the current market pace conditions.
Make sure ON-CHART-TRADING is OFF before trying this...
I have Gadwin's "print-screen" program installed on my machine.
It is set to capture a .jpeg or .PMG image of the window that's under the cursor. It will automatically
name all captured images and save them by date and time to a designated file of my choosing.
I use the following method to "train" my fingers and test my reaction time while also determining
what bracket order levels will work best in the current market pace conditions.
Make sure ON-CHART-TRADING is OFF before trying this...
12/01/21 Wednesday
11/29/21 Monday
Nov 26 Friday
Nov 25 Thursday
Nov 24 Wednesday
Nov 23 Tuesday night (Wednesday's session)
Nov 24 Tuesday (no trades taken)
Nov 23 Monday night (Tuesday's session)
Nov 22 Monday
Nov 21 Sunday night (Monday's session)
Nov 17 Wednesday
Nov 15 Monday
Nov 10 Wednesday
Nov 9 Tuesday
Nov 8 Monday
Nov 4 Thursday
an occasional short trade
Nov 03 Wednesday
Nov 02 Tuesday night
Nov 02 Tuesday
Oct 29 Friday
Oct 28 Thursday night
Oct 28 Thursday
Oct 27 Wednesday night
Oct 27 Wednesday
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Oct 26 Tuesday night
Oct 26 Tuesday
Oct 25 Monday night
Oct 25 Monday
Oct 24 Sunday night
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Oct 22 Friday
Oct 21 Thursday night
Oct 21 Thursday
Oct 20 Wednesday
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| ------------------------ gain----------------------------- |
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| --------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Oversold... Overbought... |
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| ------------------------ gain----------------------------- |
Oct 18 Monday
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| Gain |
Oct 14 Thursday
Oct 11 Monday
Oct 10 Sunday night
Oct 07 Thursday
Oct 06 Wed night
Oct 05 Tuesday
Oct 04 Monday
Sept 29 Wednesday
Sept 27 Monday
Sept 23 Thursday night
Sept 16 Thursday
...tough day...2 winners out of 6...
Sept 15 Wednesday night
Sept 15 Wednesday
Sept 14 Tuesday night
Sept 14 Tuesday
Sept 13 Monday
Sept 10 Friday
Sept 09 Thursday night
Sept 09 Thursday
Sept 08 Wednesday
Sept 07 Tuesday
Sept 06 Monday night
Sept 06 Monday - Labor Day 1 PM EST close
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| ...♫ goes to show you never can tell ♫... |
Sept 05 Sunday night
Sept 03 Friday
Sept 02 Thursday night
Sept 02 Thursday
Sept 01 Wednesday night
Tough to recover from - stop for tonight
Aug 31 Tuesday night
Aug 31 Tuesday
Aug 30 Monday night
Aug 30 Monday
Aug 29 Sunday night
Aug 27 Friday
Sometimes you string winners together
Aug 26 Thursday night
Aug 26 Thursday
Aug 25 Wednesday
Aug 24 Tuesday
Aug 23 Monday
Aug 22 Sunday night
Aug 20 Friday
Aug 18 Wednesday
Aug 17 Tuesday night
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| What happened after the trade above was completed |
Aug 17 Tuesday
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| Sometimes you catch a runner ! |
Aug 16 Monday
Aug 13 Friday
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| +$213 From Demo platform on backup machine |
Aug 10 Tuesday night
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| 7:30 PM net +$43 |
Aug 3 Tuesday
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| 1:10 PM net +$53 |
Aug 2 Monday
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| 12 PM +$83 |
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| 8:07 AM -$32 |
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| 6:08 AM -$32 |
Aug 1 Sunday night
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| 7:45 PM net -$8 |
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| 7:00 PM net -$7.50 |
July 30 Friday
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| 2:00 net -$32 |
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| 2:15 +$18 |
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| 6:10 AM net $53 |
July 29 Thursday
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| 1:13 net +$8 |
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| 10:00 net +$53 |
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| 9:50 net +$53 |
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| 21:52 net -$22 |
July 28 Wednesday
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| 4:10 net $53 |
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| 4:00 net $53 |
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| 3:30 net -$32 |
July 27 Tuesday night
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| 8:35 +$23 |
7:25 -$32
July 27 Tuesday
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| 4:00 net $53 ( luck sometimes pays) |
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| 2:00 net $53...buy stop again |
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| 1:30 net $53 ...Buy Stop for the entry |
July 26 Monday
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| Good signals but they "failed" |
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| Didn't realize I was trading the micro, not the emini |
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| missed fill |
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| Sometimes the bear eats you, sometimes you eat the bear |
July 23 Friday
Net gain of $83 for the week on 14 trades in the YM E-minis and Micros.
Seems like a lotta time to spend for very little return...
BUT there's always next week...
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| Thru 4:35 net -$23 |
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| Playing the TLB Retest but was not filled |
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| Thru 12:22 net -$11 |
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Thru 11:55 net -$64 |
July 20 Wednesday
July 20 Tuesday night
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| Long wait for the BIG payoff...😊 |
The micro YM is tough to take money from.
July 20 Tuesday
2 stop outs and 1 winner for a whole $3...
The micro YM is tough to take money from.
July 19 Monday
DOW 30 tanking
Earlier in the session
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| Longer term P/A leading up to the $32 loss shown above |
July 16 Friday
July 15 Thursday night
July 15 Thursday
July 14 Wednesday night
July 14 Wednesday
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| ♫...goes to show you never can tell...♫ |
July 13 Tuesday
July 12 Monday
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| Another $50 was left on the table |
July 9 Friday
July 8 Thursday
July 6 Tuesday night for Wed's session
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| Reversal doji's while overbought |
July 6 Tuesday
July 5 Monday night
"I don't always sell short, but when I do..."
July 2 Friday
Not the greatest day's results but not a loss
July 1 Thursday
June 30 Wednesday
Trying to make something happen ...
Tuesday night
June 29 Tuesday
Monday night for Tuesday's session
June 28 Monday
Got out before loss...
June 25 Friday
Brackets - initial Target 12 points, initial Stop 5 points...
A loss of $2 vs a loss of $32 by neglecting to manage your trade.
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| Trade management - stay on top of where your Stop level is |
June 24 Thursday
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| A successful trade (above) and what happened after (below) |
June 23 Wednesday
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| The chart above is a continuation of the chart below |
June 22 Tuesday session
"In all the excitement..."
June 21 Monday session
no trades
June 20 Sunday night
3 for 4 is a good start to the week !
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| Again - not the best signals but a gain is a gain... |
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| Not the best signals perhaps but it worked |
June 18 Friday
June 17 Thursday
Went back to practicing...
Went back to practicing...
'Shoulda' been just a practice trade...
Missed a big move...it happens relatively often
June 16 Wednesday
Weak entry rational but raising the stop reduced the loss by $10
June 15 Tuesday
June 14 Monday
Two trades taken today for a net -$19.
The markets can frustrate...if you let them...
and
June 11 Friday
June 10 Thursday
June 9 Wednesday
June 8 Tuesday
Price ran up in-spite of my rationalizations...
June 7 Monday
What happened after taking the bracket gain:
1st trade attempt resulted in a break-even ... Raising your
initial stop-loss is almost as important as taking gains
June 4 Friday
June 3, Start of Friday's session
June 3, Wednesday
The E-minis offer better opportunities
for short term scalping than the MICROs
(in-and-out within minutes)
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| Including the above charts for perspective on the previous trade... |
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| Anticipating a 1-2 Punch pattern and playing the SLINGSHOT with the MACD EMAs rising |
June 2, Tuesday
June 1, Start Wed session (Tues night)
...and this seems to happens every time:
June 1, Tuesday
May 31 Monday, Memorial Day
May 28 Friday
May 27 Thursday night (Friday's session begins)
May 27 Thursday
Are the MICROs it worth the effort for such tiny gains?
Even if you trade multiple contracts you still get nailed with a $5 commission
per round turn ON EACH CONTRACT...
May 26 Wednesday night
May 26 Wednesday
Slingshots are happening this morning
May 26 Wednesday's session (Tuesday night)
May 25 Tuesday
May 24 Monday
Did not take :
May 21 Friday
May 19 Wednesday
Mid day rising wedge in a down trend:
Took a little bit out this morning
May 18 Tuesday
May 16 Sunday night
May 14 Friday
May 13 Thursday
May 12 Wednesday
The guessing game...risk $10 for possible $10 gain...sometimes you eat the bear
May 11 Tuesday
May 10 Monday
These next 3 chart sets are showing the same run
May 5 Thursday night...netting $19
May 5 Wednesday
May 3 Monday
2B on multiple time frames - sometimes you catch a runner
May 2 Sunday night
April 30 Friday
April 29 Thursday
April 25 Sunday night
April 23 Friday
April 18 Sunday night
April 15 Thursday
April 14 Wednesday
April 12, Monday
Back to back winning trades:
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April 11, Sunday night
April 9, Friday
Even if you can raise it to price B/E, commission makes it a loss...
April 8, 2021 Thursday night
April 7, 2021 Wednesday
"Blue-Line" trade entry signals
April 6 2021 Tuesday
April 5, 2021 Monday night
April 5 2021 Monday
April 4, 2021 Sunday night
April 1, 2021 Thursday
Sometimes you need to take a profit, even if it's less than you'd like...
Sometimes you don't catch a fill...
March 31, 2021 Wednesday
March 30, 2021 Tuesday night (the start of Wednesday's session)
This is the trade - the above two charts show what happened afterward...
March 29, 2021 Monday
3 trades netting $22 for Sunday thru Monday's session
March 28,2021 Sunday night
March 26, 2021 Friday
March 25, 2012 Thursday
March 23, 2012 Wednesday
March 23, 2021 Tuesday
A net $4 loss -- three trades before the major markets opened today
March 19, 2021...Friday
Mar 18 Thursday night
March 18 Thursday
March 17 Wednesday
...Reminder - pay attention to visual clues for better ENTRIES...
March 16 Tuesday
March 15 Monday
Mar 14 Sunday night
Mar 12 Friday - net $100 on 4 trades
Mar 11 Thurs night
March 11 Thursday
March 8 Monday
March 3 Wednesday
March 2 Tuesday night
March 2 Tuesday
Feb 28 Sunday night
Feb 26 Friday
New template with stochastic in the price pane
Feb 25 Thursday night
Feb 24 Wednesday night
Feb 24 Wednesday
Feb 23 Tuesday night
Feb 23 Tuesday
Feb 21 Sunday night
Feb 19 Friday
Feb 17 Wednesday
Feb 16 Tuesday night
Feb16 Tuesday
Feb 15 Monday night
Feb 15 Monday
Feb 14 Sunday night
Feb 12 Friday
Feb 11 Thursday
Feb 10 Wednesday
Feb 9 Tuesday
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| Looking for a pull back fill did not get one |
Feb 8 Monday
Feb 5 Friday
Feb 4 Thursday
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| Thurs night |
Jan 28 Thursday
Jan 27, 2021 Wednesday
Jan 25 Monday
Jan 20 Wednesday
Jan 17 Sunday night
Jan 13 Wednesday
Jan 7 Thursday
Jan 6 2021 Wednesday
Jan 4 2021 Monday
