8-31 trades

-25

still working for the broker.  made my mistakes for the day. Trade and learn.  Only one thing worse that getting direction right and missing the move. Whats worse is getting direction right and still ending down 

8-30 TRADES

                                                                +50

today i worked for the broker and made them proud.  I had a good read on the market all day but 9 trades of watching price go without me tells me my timing was off.  I got frustrated at times....um wait i was frustrated most of the day ;)  A couple of bad entries also warned me of emotions where not in check at times.  I missed the big runs so I was left scalping my brains out.  That trading.

NQ 8-26

+165

strong NQ price action today.  I had to good trades today but there was a flag on the play for the first one.  I had my dom in sim mode which is more like a safety switch on a gun.  You locate target, cock the gun, point and aim then pull the trigger but only to realize the safety is still on. So thats how it felt on the first trade this morning.  Of course this would never happen on a losing trade only on the winners  ;)

Making sure I dont get too caught up in the moment but I did feel this week I moved forward in my trading journey.  I'm starting to execute mores trade (sometimes too many) but i proved to myself i can trade better when I trading and not hiding under a rock.  Wednesday was a tough day and I was down at that point about $350.  Thats a big weekly loss for me but I stepped up and fought back to positive territory this week.  This is good for my confidence which has lacked for so long.  I heard something early this week that helped me push forward. A quote from the movie Rocky 6

"It  ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving  forward...how much you can take and keep moving forward.  THAT'S HOW WINNING IS DONE!!  If you know how much your worth then go get what your worth, but you have to be willing to take the hits". Rocky 6

8-25 trades

+150

3 trades.  fighting back from yesterdays battle.  only traded morning session

8-24

-190

damn 11 trades  that sets a record.  I gave it my all today fighting fighting kicking scratching clawing my way back to green.  i tried to let one run but gave up all the open equity.  i look at the OE and was up about 25 ticks and tried to hold it for he bigger target.  kept telling myself im tired of playng for breakeven.  i know where price is going... just not sure how it will get there.  anyway need some rest after todays fight ill be back tomorrow

8-23 trades

                                                     +130

up is up but in this case I messed up some exits.  Funny when your down your mind falls into a kicking scratching mode.  After a day of whipsaws the mind wires itself as if thats how it always will be. I  need to learn to fight those emotions in order to win.

8-22 TRADES

                                                                         -195
  i was off  sync a bit today

8-18 trades

                                                                       +35
 scratch day which wasn't a bad out come due to the fact that Im long all day while the market is selling off.  Not that having long set ups are bad. Its really the fact that I didnt engage in any trade with major bias which has me concerned for this session.  Well that was my first thoughts and then my other thoughts were the DOW is down 500 at the open and the NQ ES has traded down to a key level of support..  good place for a marco correction to come in? over night sellers will be covering some here? Any shorts trades just felt late.

8-17 TRADES

                                                                          + 85

read was good but timing was off some trades.  had a good short entry but the market offered  a lot more than I took.  it was a planed exit so Im good i took what I did.  I had a read that the market structure was calling for a strong sell off after failed break out this morning. This is the marco read and of course trading it on the micro is a different story.  The first trade of the day i didnt let it get to me to much. I got over it quick. Its great the kids are at school and I can yell at the screen whenever I need to and as loud as I want. ;)

8-16 trades

                                                                          +115
i had a positive p&l most of the day I pressed my skills only to give some back which led me to fight up to the final minute.  i had a few trades i couldnt get in  and they were premium entries too.  Good read on the market until news broke about Euro France drama.  I wasn't real clear on what the news meant and if it was major or not so I missed some short side trading.  Wednesday could be a light trading day.  Kids start school one has a broken arm from football practice last night which we were at the ER late last night and the other is starting to get a cold and it her first day of kindergarden.  New dishwasher comes today.

8-15 THE GRIND

                                                                                    -135
Change of pace as the markets traded slow.  Typical results for me on a day like this whipsaws and over managed trades.