Hey, im just learning journal.....

Boy I got it bad, i just can't leave it alone...hour after hour after hour just looking at charts and threads. I go to work and think about it all day, as soon as i get home i check the charts, the worst is when friday close comes and im counting the hours till sunday evening open..........what is going on..!
At this moment in time ive been consistent with demo account and it has certainly been beneficial but it just lacked something so 3 months ago i opened a small account and what a totally different world, now i get the fear and doubt that comes with using your own money and my real learning began.

The purpose of this jounal is to try and bring some structure to my trading to slow it down and stop over trading and to keep a note of the little things that i find and seem to work for me.

Good Luck! I'm in the same boat as you. Today started out good but I ignored rules and traded when I shouldn't have and lost a few bones. I too was bit by the trader bug.

I'm going to start a log of my own.

Hey Eddie, thankyou my friend and good luck to the both of us i appreciate it. I feel im in the right place to learn, lets see how it goes

This is what works for me so far just general breakout patterns, I dont know the name of it but I like this pattern or slight variations of it.
It appears everywhere and on all time frames generally the higher the time frame the larger the move, I also look to get back in a trade if it retests the break or if it pulls back and price action tells me shes good to go again.

You have to be quick on the minute though I tend to get between 10-30 pip as it can turn back quick and form as a pin bar on higher time frames. I do like these due to stops can be tight but requotes can be a problem, but this shows that these can appear in many places.

sorry i could not fit all chatrs to 1 post

audjpy

Wow 2 years... How has the market treated you ?

eu/us sept 139 trades
-3528.6 pip
+4359.8 pip
trades 1-30 day & touch trading
trades 31-139 M5 trading

hmmmm.....im not great with numbers but finding it hard trying to make a small account grow on the daily whilst hoping looseing trades that run away will hit my levels and turn predictably ends in dissaster.....so I reverted to my one constant M5.
I know my setups and small risk with good profit return,, add to that a level of patience and control and who knows one day I may be able to give up the day job and concentrate on my passion for trading........but then again I have said that before

Nu/Us

Wondering if anyone could let me know reasons for chart differences as is the same chart with same price as far as I can tell yet my trend line falls in different locations when using a line chart...not by a bit but drastically!!

Brokers charts are Interbank and also Alpari....

Thanks.

Gbp/Cad M5

M5 Rocks !!!!.........Did like the location.... proud to have held it as never been able to before and that was some sexy little stop..

Gbp/Usd 4hr

Nice 4hr bar with a trend line break............

Eu/Usd

Shit !!....starting to think one day I may actually be able to do this !

Made some nice trades recently and account is growing well and peaking nicely, lot size increased again..... lets hope it lasts......but "GOD I LOVE THIS GAME"

eu/nzd

Watching.......... Moving average compress with BUOB daily close, testing weekly trend line...... looking for trend line test/break