Plan the Trade

Lot of BE trades today. 5 BE's, one small loss and one win (same setup as Erasmus) for a +18 day.

Had one entry which slipped a couple of ticks on entry from a burst of orders then to BE in one second, without the slippage would been a +16 trade. All part of trading

Took a break from FF. I was observing a lot of hostility on this forum. Wasn't helping with my pre or post market prep, so i just bounced.

NQ's been treating me well really well as of late. I dropped the YM system i was live testing here. Changes in volatility and trump china trade rhetoric didn't pan out.

Went back to my roots. Take trades based on my overall read of the market. Nothing spectacular.

Hi All,
been lurking a bit. Have been trading futures (NQ specifically) live for about 6 weeks after a months worth of sim trading. Mostly been getting used to one or two time frames to trade and recognize setups (ABC/123's and retest/thrust bars) as it happens. Takes practice. After watching forex slowly die a quiet death for the
past 10 years I forgot how quickly these markets can move. All said, I have not blown my acct and have actually been up about 11% during this time.
A couple of charts below, one 11 tick loss (I had a 12 t stop and decided to close it manually) and a plus 11 t trade for a wash today.
good luck,
regards
goma

my trades from today. feedback always welcome and still learning (harold´s stuff).

What happened after hours bringing the drop?
5% increased tariff tweet?

no trades for me this morning. ATR out of my comfort zone still over 4 (16T) on the 30sec. Also going into the weekend, more rumors/tweets possible
to run stops. So far staying in my 10 min range, but that can change in an instant.
So I guess I will not be a trigger puller today. Incomplete home remodeling bekons.
a few charts I watch.
good luck
regards
goma
ps: let me know if there are too many charts, I'll cut them down to 1 in the future

4 trades for me today (SIM; SL:12T / TP: 12T)

+12 -12 +12 +12

Early days, but so far with the 12x12 experiment, after 20 trades, it is 50% Win and 50% Loss.

Wish you all plenty of green ticks.

Have a nice week end guys.
Cheers,
J-F

had to wait a while:

Today was a 'lets break the plan' day.. Ended with -21 and all loses were trades where I did not follow my plan and I paid for it. First major losing day since a while, good learning session. Well done to those who had a positive day.

Compared to your positive days, it will hopefully only be a little dent.

Well done for your overall results, you are doing really well.

Keep it up!!

Cheers,
J-F

Monday: holiday
Tuesday: green
Wednesday: red (but still green on the week)
Thursday: green
Friday: watched from sidelines (no trades)
Green for the week (all ES). Have a great weekend.

Another video from Harold:

Great - much thanks!

Thanks Harold... that’s a big help

Might kick off the week nyse open with an unfilled gap huh? . . .

nice start to week:

very helpful .. thanks for posting cap .. thanks for vid Harold

I expect you guys did well today?

Yup. Got 65 points in MYMM on the way down..

I was the opposite of trigger happy this morning.

Just 2 trades (SIM), one on NQ and one on YM as I liked the pattern.

+12 +12

Have a good day guys.
Cheers,
J-F