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 […]
Trading Journal
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.
Dummy day trading #21 24-August-2006: mini-sized Dow: Short trade closed
This is a slow trade. Short position of mini-sized Dow was established below 10am (chicago time) candle. Due physical tiredness, I decided to close the trade with small gain. Time to catch some sleep. Postmortem will be posted tomorrow. At least, I stopped the bleeding week. [photopress:mini_dow_30_min_trade_close_1.JPG,full,centered]
Dummy day trading #20 23-August-2006: E-mini Nasdaq: Short trade closed
What a week. most likely I am going to post my first negative performance chart this weekend. Short position was established below 12 noon bar. Again, today I was stopped out with 1-R loss. I got a string of losses, though Rs are small. Ok. time to sleep. Postmortem will be posted later.
Dummy day trading #19 22-August-2006: E-mini S&P: Long trade closed
This is the second , and the last trade of the day. Long position of E-mini S&P was taken above 930am (chicago time) candle. Again, I was stopped out with 1-R loss. Jessss…3 losses in a row, guess it is time for me to look for holy grail now… (BS..). Postmortem will be posted after […]
Dummy day trading #18 22-August-2006: Mini-sized Dow: Long trade closed
Long position of mini-sized Dow was taken above 10am (chicago time) candle. And I was stopped out with 1-R loss. [photopress:mini_dow_30min_trade_close.JPG,full,centered]
