Wrong day to make a mistake with my own trade plan, as the initial bull explosion came with a clear entry signal that I simply fumbled. It was there. I wasn't. And I made that compounding mistake that having missed the entry to a trend of trying to fade it with shorts before it was done. Double down on your stupidity. The ES long trades at the initial low after the news were classic, however, and helped maintain a break-even day. But how can you be happy about a b/e when there was so much raw opportunity? The number of trades I took also reveals my desperation. All that was needed to capture a good deal of these remarkable swings were 3 setup signals. The early bull signal, the pre-news top short, and a buy signal in the ES at the early low after the news did its damage. The pre-news short would have been stp'd out just as it was taken. I wouldn't have done any differently in retrospect. The ES trade at the early low was also textbook for the Serial Sequent Method. It was missing the buy entry in the earliest bull trend that put me on the wrong side, and only added to the error by fighting it. Study your mistakes. Think about them and what you did wrong. Often, they provide the best form of education your money can buy. You paid dearly for them. Don't let them go by without detailed scrutiny, lest their lessons be lost.
Trade Summary
Short 2 TF 801.6, 802.6, -1.5, -0.6
Short 1 TF 804.3, -1.4
Short 2 TF 805.7, 805.6, +0.8, -0.3
Long 2 YM 12932 12930, +10 -8
Long 2 ES 1375.0, 1375.0, +2.0, -0.5
Long 1 ES 1375.25, +3.0
Short 2 TF 803.0, 803.0, +0.5, -0.5
Short 1 TF 805.4, -0.5
Short 2 TF 805.4, 805.3, -0.5 -0.5
Short 3 TF 807.0, 807.0, 807.1, +0.5, -0.5, -0.4
Long 1 TF 805.2, -0.3
Long 3 TF 803.9, 802.9, 802.9, -1.5, -.05, -0.5
Long 2 TF 802.0, 802.0 -0.5, -0.5
Long 2 TF 802.3, 802.3, +3.0, +3.5
Total YM +2
Total ES +4.5
Total TF -2.2
