20150108
Short 2 ES 2041.75, 2041.75, 2043.25, -0.0, -3.0, -1.5
Short 1 NQ 4203.75, -1.25
Short 2 TF 1183.9, 1183.3, -0.3, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 4204.0. -1.25, -1.25
Long 1 TF 1184.7, -0.7
Long 1 TF 1186.2, +1.3
Short 2 TF 1187.8, 1187.9, -0.8, +0.7
Short 2 YM 17751, 17751, +7, -7
Short 3 TF 1187.5, 1187.9, 1188.3, -0.7, -1.0, -0.7
Short 3 TF 1189.5, 1189.0, 1189.0, +1.0, -0.7, -0.7
Short 3 TF 1188.8, 1189.4, 1188.8, +1.2, +0.7, +0.5
Long 2 TF 1187.2, 1187.0, +1.0, +0.7
Total ES -4.5
Total YM -0.0
Total NQ -3.75
Total TF +1.5
Persistent Trend Days are the most challenging to trade. And an opening gap-n-go leaves the shorts covering quickly to truncate the early pullback buy-opps. On such days I suffer from lack of patience to get something on the books, mentally pushing the market where it doesn't intend to go rather than just observing coolly what it is saying it is. By that time the 1st Chance Texaco model arrived, I was making up for earlier losses, and couldn't wait to book enough profit to breathe at the near break-even point for me on the day. Thus a frustrating day. Stay cool. Consider what's in front of you without jaundiced eye. It is what it is, whatever it is. Be into what it is and not what you want it to be.
