20140417
Short 2 TF 1127.6, 1127.8, -0.5, +0.5
Short 1 TF 1127.4, +1.7
Long 2 TF 1125.1, 1124.9, -0.0, -0.0
Short 1 TF 1123.8, +1.3
Long 2 YM 16305, 16301 +20, +10
Short 1 TF 1126.5, +2.0
Short 1 TF 1127.4, -0.4
Long 1 TF 1127.8, +1.2
Short 2 TF 1136.1 1134.6, +2.0, +0.5
Total YM +30
Total TF +8.3
Sometimes just leaving the default stp-loss levels in place when a position is entered too early is the only way survive a losing position. Today that saved me as I could see where I should have gotten in just moments after being filled as the position immediately went again me, but held well at a critical support level. At such junctures, just getting back to b/e is often the best strategy. In this case, I had plenty of time to pick up an additional contract at the better level and make something on the trade anyway, but I balked and opted to just back out at b/e. The pre-News YM purchase was text book today, as per plan, when the Philly Fed hit with further premium at the announcement. And today, I took 2 breakout plays and had no trouble taking them, as I have struggled to do so against trepidation so much in previous days. Neither were big winners, and both taken as mere 1-lots, but at least I was in the game. The only thing I can say that might help to explain my sudden ability to pull those triggers was that I simply forgot how much angst I feel towards them, and acted automatically as if I had never been suffering trepidation at all. Go figure. Want to wish all a Blessed Passover, Good Friday and Happy Easter....
