My TMS Trade Journal

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I made this journal so I am not blowing up the Trading Made Simple thread with pics.

first trade AUDCHF

1. bull TDI cross above MBL
2. Cross confirmed on 2nd HA
3 Price closed below/at 5 ema (yikes).
4. stochs is flat(eh).

medium strength signal but its im going to give it a whirl.

EURUSD trigger.
Love this trade.

1.TDI cross above/ on mbl.
2. cross confirmed on 1st HA candle.
3. Stochs Pointing up
4. Price closed above 5 ema.

closed AUDCHF - 15 pips. didnt like the trade compared to EURUSD trade.
Picking my battles.

USDCHF Short Entered.

1. TDI below MBL
2. Cross Confirmed Below MBL
3. Price closed below 5 EMA.
4. Stochs head down.



also still holding EURUSD Long

Still holding EURUSD Long and USDCHF Short.

Both trades look like they were going to have TDI crosses so I normally would have covered but both of them look like the TDI will bounce. Also on the 1h both just had TDI cross in the direction I am going for so leads me to believe the 4HR chart will start to pick up now.


Stochs not looking the best but well see what happens. Im ready to kick this trades ass!(this is how I believe you must feel about every trade you take. You should wake up everyday and say today im going to kill the markets.)




also big news coming out tonight for CHF/EUR/USD so could see some big moves in the london/NY sessions. lets just hope were on the right side

And I was on the wrong side of the move... for major losses. I over leveraged way to big and it blew up in my face. I need to learn that if i will EVER survive I NEED TO PROTECT CAPITAL!!!!!! I NEEED TO FOLLOW MY RULES! Secondly I messed up because I DIDNT FOLLOW TDI EXIT SIGNALS LIKE A FREAKING NOOB!!!! god its so frustrating when the biggest enemy to yourself is yourself.

x.x rookie mistake.

Have take GBPUSD short on the 1hr and USDJPY setting up on 1hr





GBPUSD Worst case:-$39
USDJPY Worst Case: -$44

If all hell breaks lose worse case

$83.00

When entering a trade I must ALWAYS focus on waht I will lose and what it will do to my account. I did not do this on these last two trades and it is costing me. From now on I will post the Pips/$risked on each trade so I know exactly what will happen if all goes to hell like it did tonight.

Thank god I was able to Be on the right side this AM when USD news came out. Shorted GBPUSD and long USDJPY made back almost 1/3 of what I lose already.

GBPUSD up 30 pips from entry.
USDJPY up 50 pips from entry.

and stops set to BE so now worst case if all hell breaks lose I make $1.40

Closed out both trades. Locking in profits and getting ready for next 4hr signal.

GBPUSD +38 pips
USDJPY + 54 pips

Going back over the two trades prior i noticed another crucial area that i need to improve upon. My candles closed @ 6 am my time and I had an alarm set to wake up a little before then and check my positions. Sadly I woke up nearly an hour late! like a dummy... any ways on both charts the candles I would have seen close if I had woken up on time actually but out reversal signals so i for sure would have closed my positions.... but i was late... even though you can do this from home it is still a BUSINESS and you need to treat it as one. example: showing up on time!

re entered USDJPY as 4hr Time frame just confirmed buy signal


1. TDI Cross is with the MBL
2. TDI and Price trend are in sync
3. Cross confirmed on close of second HA candle.
4. Stochs is bouncing off a trend line as well(not as in sync though since stochs are already around 70.
5. Also price has broken out above 98.75(was rejected around here a couple of previous times).

Attached Image (click to enlarge)

Max Risk $80 if all hell breaks lose.will look to exit if 99.00 cant hold

Have adpated a 10:1 ratio per position. I have recently been breaking that rule and it has been awful for the ole account.

Added AUDCHF long on 4hr trigger.

Price, TDI and Stochs trend all in synch
Price closed above 5 EMA
TDI cross is below the mvl x.x but it is with the 3 trends in sync.
stochs is coming from a good area.