Xoraster's M2K/RTY Trading Journal

I've been lurking here for a while, & now that I'm a member... it took a while... I'm going to start posting trades on the mini RTY M2K from my SIM & Live Trades.
I've been in the market for a solid year live trading on the RTY & M2K and I'm interested in just sharing how I'm pivot/swing/trend trading for discussion.

I followed Horst who was a member here for a time before he fell off the face of the planet. I suspect he fell ill, or retired.

Nevertheless.

Kindest regards and Good Trading,

Xoraster

8 positions, doubling down on the momentum up. 5 point trades each, bailed on last two just to take the profit. hit target on 6 positions.

PF = 99. huzzah.

Xoraster

126 points
PF 6.8
25 trades
92% profitable

28 Trades
54 Contracts
228 points.
PF 96

Xoraster

PF 24
362.4 points
17 positions
92 contracts

14 positions
32.5 PF
88 points
36 contracts

The market was down so much waiting for the FED meeting notes to come out, I just took shorts when the price bounced off the 144 magenta median. It hit most of my 3 point targets, I bailed a couple times on a few taking profit, and quit at 10-10:15 am. I wasn't gonna wait around to see much more expecting very light volume until 2pm.

I dipped back in after the meeting notes came out and took a short that went a 5 point run, which could have gone a few more but figured I was satisfied.

I just want to say you Always begin the journal before the trade, and end it after the trade. Landstar Online

Ah, like post what first?
Teach me... Thx.

How can he start journaling before the deal? He does everything right.

161 Points
28 trades
88 Contracts
PF 11.8
92% profitable 21 Longs/7 Shorts

Started morning with a Connection that failed to NT. *sigh*
Reinstalled and applied Indicators.
Reconnected and was trading before 10:30am.

30 trades
80 contracts
PF 5.14
79.4 Points.

Wasn't a great day, BUT it was a GREAT fucking recovery from an obstacle that could have derailed the entire week if I hadn't searched the forum and discovered I needed to re-install NT7. So, This is a stelar performance without loosing my shit.

Hell yeah!!!

45 Trades
110 Contracts
94 points
PF 2.27
Made a bad decision and bailed.
Overcame the deficit and finished the day +.
Ended the day just taking 20 tick micro mini's 1-2 pm.

It's always a great day when I get to trade.
I love it. It IS the most challenging thing I've ever done in my entire life.

Screen Cap is of the morning, with the lousy position.
What would you have used as the signal this was a correction? (besides the 144 Kiss down.. followed by the 233 kiss, at which point I bailed.)