Thursday

A bit odd today. First a quick long trade, then a quick short trade. 


Only counting the short one and that made 31 pips. The other made 15, but I don't count that.

Round and round,

up and down we go... 

Target: 20 pips
Achieved: Yes (31 pips)

Wednesday

Wednesday was payday... yay. Well, not so much in pips as in my regular job. And when I receive the check I know why I want another income. 
Still, running away isn't as good a motivator as running towards something. 


Well, I got 35 pips in a quick  trade. Some announcement was made at the necessary time, and the trade was boosted. 

If only every trade was like this... 

Target: 20 pips

Achieved: Yes (35 pips)

A little action

A little action today. One trade was closed out due to a counter signal. 

Well, the one in the image came through, although I had to cut it short since the market was closing.

Target: 20 pips

Achieved: No (16 pips)

Sometimes...

... my brain isn't functioning as it should.

I reported a loss the other day. What I did miss was the 'counter-signal', giving me a trade in the other direction. That trade would easily have been a winner with more than what I lost.

Sense moral(?): Don't trade and watch TV.

Thursday

Got a quick clean trade of 20 pips this evening. 

Target: 20 pips
Achieved: Yes (20)

Here it was

The first loss for the year. 
A small one, but still a loss. Looked like it was going in the right direction a while, but then decided to follow the trend. 
Betting that the trend should change seems always harder than betting on the trend to continue. 

Pretty close to a win, 

but then the market continued upwards.

Target: 20 pips
Achieved: No (-15 pips)

One more notch

Today was a very good day, even though it was just 23 pips. 
Why was that good? 
Well, mostly because it was done in 15 minutes. Of course, I like trading so I don't mind extended periods of times of trading, but I like it when it jumps up to a win very quickly. 
Could have stayed in and made at least another 30 pips or so, but that would have meant waiting for an hour or two, and I didn't feel like it.

 Going with the flow,

following the trend.

Target: 20 pips

Achieved: 23 pips

Martin Luther King

What does he have to do with trading? 


Probably nothing, but it is Martin Luther King day in the US, and so, the S&P500 that I trade is closed today. 
Darn holidays...


Back tomorrow, I hope. 

Trending Friday

It seems like the market I trade trends about 50% of the time. 
Now, this is normally not a bad thing. I just wish I could predict the trend - when it starts, and when it is about to end. 
Well, the brilliant Nick is working on this, and we'll see what he comes up with. 


Have a nice weekend! 

Finally - Wed 11th

Well, after a long wait, it was finally time for a trade. 
It won, and it gave me 20 pips. 

Target: 20 pips
Achieved!

Sigh...

I didn't really get any trades today either. S&P500 is stalling, I suppose. Thinking about moving up or down... 


Here are the last few days in a Candlestick chart.

I also got ready to install my new picture program, so I can write in the charts. 

Has been annoying not being able to do that.

Monday 9th

A typical 'ranging' day. 


No trends in any direction. No trades for me. 
Of course, there could have been trades, by reading the candlesticks and watching the S&R's, but that is not how I roll. At least not yet.

Holiday

Looked at the charts a few days ago, but they aren't acting normally. I blame the holidays. 


I assume they'll be back to normal on monday. Won't risk my hard earned cash before that.