Short position of E-mini Nasdaq was established below 930am (chicago time) candle. It failed to achieve my 1-R gain. Stop loss was triggered with 1-R loss. Chart was distorted due to trading platform price feed down. 1) Why would you be paying attention to this futures contract ? There was a sell down with good […]
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Dummy day trading #23 05-September-2006: mini-sized Dow: Short trade closed
Well , I do not have a great start for the month. Short position of mini-sized Dow was established below 9:30am (chicago time) candle. 1-R gain was achieved and stop loss was moved to break even point, and it was triggered. Well, too bad. One trade closed with loss of commission. 1) Why would you […]
Weekly Economic Calendar: 05-September to 08-September-2006
Summer is over. Most likely we are seeing some changes in term of volume and volatility. Well, I certainly hope so! Here is the economic calendar for the coming week. Weekly Economic Calendar Date ET Release For Consensus Prior Sep 06 08:30 Productivity-Rev. Q2 1.6% 1.1% Sep 06 10:00 ISM Services Aug 55.0 54.8 Sep […]
No trade : 30-August-2006
I did not trade today. Basically, I did not see anything interesting that can fit into my trading journal Q & A. I will be away from home tomorrow to settle some personal stuffs, I guess I will end the week early and start trading after U.S Labor day.
Revamp the way of writing trading journal
I was looking for a way to write my trading journal in a short and effective fashion. I revisited Maoxian’s trading for dummies again, and I studied the way he compiled the 90+ trading for dummies lesson. I found that writing my trading journal in Q&A (Question and Answer) style is something I need to […]
Dummy day trading #22 29-August-2006: mini-sized Dow: Short trade closed
Another lousy day. Short position of mini-sized Dow was established below 10am(chicago time) candle. Dow mini did move in my favour and it was 2-ticks away from my 1-R break even point. AGAIN?!?!?! So near, yet so far…. I am especially cautious this week. After seeing position stalled for an hour and FOMC meeting is […]
