YM Futures trading Personal Journal

Analysis

1. 123 setup. Was up +18 and BE was moved to +10. Either price moved to quickly or I was slipped 5 ticks.

2. 123 setup and manually took profit as it ass price approached demand.

Slow day overall. There were more setups than just the one I took but they seemed weak.

Net ( 0 )

I was looking at this line to take a 123 setup but there were multiple 123 fractals within it so I did not take it. Had I taken it I would have gotten BE +2 but interesting to point out,

Good session.

2 Wins (+7.75)
Commissions (-0.50)
Net (+7.25)

Analysis

1 & 2. Both were 123 setups and both manually closed.

Note There were two setups that I missed. The first one was a no fill and the second I missed because I was distracted.

Might not be able to afford to trade today. Super volatile with lots of +15.00 point candles.

Yeah no trades today. Here is chart for reference though

This was the only setup that I considered taking but price was accumulating just below my AOI so I canceled the order. Ended up being a good thing that I canceled

How are you liking the futures market compared to spot forex?

Absolutely night and day. Its hard to even understand how much of a disadvantage you have trading spot FX until you've traded on an actual centralized exchange. After trading futures I would never consider trading spot FX ever again.

Agreed! It's been a bit of a learning curve learning a new platform, but it is a lot easier to day trade. Say what you will about MT4, but it's user friendliness is unmatched.

umm.... What just happened

Edit nvm just just had to reload charts

Slow but I'll take it.

1 Win (+3.50)
1 BE (+0.50)
Commissions (-0.50)
Net (+3.50)

Just watching the charts but NQ looking to drop. I would short line

Never got to the line and turned pretty much as soon as I posted but here is the aftermath.

No trades today. Had one opportunity but did not get filled :/

Net (0)

Hmmm. I got slipped 8 ticks on my last trade. I was at Be +2 and ended at -6 ticks. Strange. First trade was a mistake.

Net(-1.00)

Little trigger happy on the first trade and closed manually.

1 Winner (+4.75)
2 BE (+0.75)
Commissions (-0.75)
Net (+4.75)

No Trades today. Had two setups but the first one was closed because missed by 1 tick and the second was closed because it missed by a tick and huge bar. The area in the orange circle I was looking to take a 123 but the pull back was only one bar so I decided against it. Would have been a +2 regardless.

Had one really good opportunity but no fill. I also noticed that there are a lot of spots where the 123 is turning around 3.50 ticks instead of the 3.00....