20140730
Short 1 TF 1147.4, +1.2
Long 1 TF 1145.5, +1.2
Short 1 TF 1146.7, +1.2
Short 1 TF 1147.9, +4.0
Long 2 TF 1142.1, 1142.1, -0.5, -0.5
Long 3 TF 1141.7, 1141.7, 1142.0, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7
Short 1 ES 1967.25, +1.5
Short 2 TF 1144.8, 1144.6, +3.0, +1.5
Total ES +1.50
Total TF +9.0
Many FOMC days are dead ducks going into the news, but seems today the anticipation WAS the game, or at least is my impression as I wrap up the 1st Frame trading. Mostly stuck to plan today, but have to be grateful for catching a 2nd big down draft after losing almost all of the profits of the 1st big 4 pt short earlier on. Whatever made me try so hard to get positioned at exactly the wrong place to be long is worth some further reflection, and I need to revisit those moments in quiet mode for a few minutes to remember where my head was at that potential turn that failed... The best source of trade improvement is in your own trade history. "What were you thinking at the turn?" is a question worth repeating as an exercise each day. There's so much rich wisdom to be garnered from your decisions. Or in the words of the wise sage Heraclitus, "I searched myself."
