Wed Dec 19 Trade Signal Summary

20181219
Short 2 RTY 1384.6, 1384.6, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6523.75, 6525.5, -3.0, -3.0
Short 1 NQ 6537.5, -2.25
Short 3 NQ 6540.25, 6540.25, 6540.25, +5.0, +5.0, -1.0
Short 2 YM 23774, 23774, -8, -8
Short 3 YM 23790, 23790, 23790, +10, -5, -5
Short 3 NQ 6558.25, 6858.25, 6858.25, -2.25, -2.25, -2.25
Short 4 NQ 6581.0, 6581.0, 6581.0, 6581.0, -3.5, -3.5, -3.5, -3.5
Short 2 YM 23890, 23891, +11, -5
Short 2 NQ 6591.75, 6591.75, +6.0, +12.0
Total YM -10
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY -2.8

Tues Dec 18 Trade Signal Summary

20181218
Short 2 RTY 1396.1, 1396.4, +1, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6538.75, -2.25
Short 1 NQ 6540.75, -2.25
Short 2 RTY 1383.0, 1382.8, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6513.0, 6512.5, +10.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1397.7, -1.5
Long 2 RTY 1397.8, 1398.0, +1.1, -0.5
Long 2 RTY 1396.0, 1396.0, +2.2, +4.0
Long 1 NQ 6524.0, -2.25
Long 2 NQ 6518.0, 6518.0, -2.25, -2.25
Long 3 NQ 6516.0, 6516.0, 6516.0, +4.0, +4.0, +20
Total NQ +30.75
Total RTY +6.5

Mon Dec 17 Trade Summary and Journal

20181217
Long 1 YM 23912, -7
Long 1 NQ 6554.0, -2.25
Long 2 NQ 6537.0, 6537.0, +7.0, +5.0
Long 2 NQ 6525, 6526.0, +9.0, +30.0
Total YM -7
Total NQ 48.75

"2nd Trends are where the surprises lay waiting....", someone once wrote. And today was indeed no exception. ...and I have often thrown some precious capital at fading them when I was unable to find the turn at as the 1st Trend of the day reversed. But today, the signals for the early lows were clear, and the volatility very obliging. With such profits in hand, there is simply so reason to struggle with a 2nd trend. ...and a student who did miss the low, waited patiently for the right pullback and caught a piece of the 2nd trend long as it popped back into place... Nothing else is more gratifying than to see your methods absorbed and practiced by someone else... and often done so even better...


Fri Dec 14 Trade Signal Summary

20181214
Short 1 RTY 1430.5, -1.4
Short 2 RTY 1432.0, 1432.0, +1.2, -0.2
Short 1 YM 24425, -10
Short 1 YM 24430, -7
Short 2 YM 24441, 24441, +20, +30
Short 2 RTY 1327.0, 1438.2, -0.0, -0.1
Short 1 NQ 6720.0, +10
Short 2 RTY 1439.4, 1440.1, +1.0, +1.5
Long 1 NQ 6703.0, -3.0
Long 2 RTY 1433.8, 1433.8, -1.5, -1.5
Long 2 NQ 6698.0, 6698.0, -2.25, -2.25
Short 1 NQ 6734.75, +5.0
Total YM +33
Total NQ +7.5
Total RTY -1.0

Thurs Dec 13 Trade Signal Summary

20181213
Short 2 RTY 1482.6, +2.0, +4.0
Short 1 NQ 6831.0, +10.0
Long 1 NQ 6803.25, +4.75
Short 1 YM 24750, +30
Total YM +30
Total NQ +14.75
Total RTY +6.0

Wed Dec 12 Trade Signal Summary

20181212
Short 1 NQ 6791.5, -2.5
Long 1 YM 24660, +20
Long 1 NQ 6781.5, -2.5
Long 2 NQ 6781.75, 6783.0, +17.25, +3.0
Long 1 YM 24600, +40
Short 2 RTY 1463.0, 1463.0, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 YM 24730, 24730, +11, -1
Short 2 RTY 1464.3, 1464.5, -0.9, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1466.5, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6809.5, +9.75
Short 2 RTY 1473.4, 1473.0, +3.0, +1.0
Total YM +70
Total NQ +25.0
Total RTY -1.1

Tues Dec 11 Trade Signal Summary

20181211
Long 1 YM 24765, -4
Long 1 YM 24751, -8
Short 1 NQ 6783.75, -2.5
Short 1 NQ 6788.0, +13..25
Long 1 YM 24677, +60
Short 1 RTY 1465.8, +2.2
Total YM +48
Total NQ +10.75
Total RTY +2.2

Mon Dec 10 Trade Signal Summary

20181210
Long 1 RTY 1448.2, -0.5
Long 1 RTY 1447.7, +3.0, +3.0
Short 1 RTY 1450.0, -0.1
Short 2 YM 24290, 24290, +30, -5
Total YM +25
Total RTY +5.4

Fri Dec 7 Trade Signal Summary

20181207
Short 1 NQ 6837.25, +9.75
Long 2 YM 24980, 24974, -10, -7
Long 2 YM 24950, 24950, -7, -7
Long 2 NQ 6780.0, 6780.0 -2.25, -2.25
Long 3 YM 24879, 24879, 24879, -10, -10, -10
Long 4 YM 24820, 24820, 24820, 24820, -1, -1., -1, -1
Long 4 YM 24708, 24709, 24708, 24708 -10, -10, -10, -10
Long 3 NQ 6749.5, 6749.5, 6749.5, +15, +20, +14.5
Total YM -105
Total NQ +54.75

Thurs Dec 6 Trade Signal Summary

20181206
Short 1 YM 24692, +42
Long 1 YM 24490, -0
Long 1 YM 24489, -7
Long 1 NQ 6672.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6668.25, -2.25, ,-2.25
Long 3 NQ 6655.25, 6655.25, 6655.25, +10.0, +11.0, +15.75
Total YM +35
Total +30.25

Wed Dec 5 No trades, away from mkt

Tues Dec 4 No trades, away from mkt

Mon Dec 3 Trade Summary and Journal

20181203
Long 1 YM 25957, -7
Long 2 NQ 7076.75, 7076.5, -3.25, +3.0
Long 2 RTY 1540.8, 1440.8, +1.0, -1.1
Long 1 YM 25885, -7
Long 1 YM 25868, +20
Short 1 NQ 7075.0, -2.25
Short 2 NQ 7077.0, +2.0, -2.25
Short 2 NQ 7081.25, 7081.25, -2.25, -2.25
Short 2 NQ 7083.0, 7083.0, -2.25, -2.25
Short 2 NQ 7087.0, 70.87.0, -2.25, -2.25
Short 3 NQ 7093.25, 7093.25, 7093.25, -0.5, -0.5, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 7095.0, 7095.0, -2.25, -2.25
Short 3 NQ 7098.0, 7098.0, 7098.0, +10, +20, +19.5
Total YM +6
Total NQ +23.0
Total RTY -0.1

An gap up opening in the Dow of some 400 points apparently left an open gap in my brain, for while I was searching the early Open Range action for a possible ORB short triggering pattern, all I could comment on the room was the initial bull 3 Bar ORB setup which was far too risking considering the HUGE affect of possible gravity. (However, it worked for 2 pts in profit, had you been quick enough to get some of it...) And while I was musing on the risk of using any ORB pattern to buy such a behemoth risk, I missed the YM ORB sell pennant, which eventually produced a +100 point profit and an easy way to participate the early decline. Wake up and smell the coffee... or better still, wake up and drink some.... You can't use your Trade Plan if it doesn't have these entry models well laid out, and you won't use your Trade Plan if you are stunned by the unusual nature of the extreme an extreme gap.

Fri Nov 30 Trade Signal Summary

20181130
Short 1 NQ 6891, +14.75
Short 2 RTY 1527.7, 1527.8, +4.0, +1.0
Total NQ +14.75
Total RTY +5.0