20180214
Long 1 NQ 6538.5, +8.5
Short 2 RTY 1489.5, 1489.5, +1.0, +4.0
Short 1 RTY 1499.3, -0.0
Short 1 RTY 1505.8, +3.0
Total NQ +8.5
Total RTY +8.0
Tues Feb 13 Trade Signal Summary
20180213
Short 1 NQ 6505.0, -4.0
Long 2 RTY 1482.2, 1482.1, -0.5, +2.5
Long 1 RTY 1480.6, +1.8
Short 2 NQ 6530.0, 6532.75, +2.0, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1485.5, 1486.4, -0.0, -0.0
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +3.8
Short 1 NQ 6505.0, -4.0
Long 2 RTY 1482.2, 1482.1, -0.5, +2.5
Long 1 RTY 1480.6, +1.8
Short 2 NQ 6530.0, 6532.75, +2.0, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1485.5, 1486.4, -0.0, -0.0
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +3.8
Mon Feb 12 Trade Signals & Journal
20180212
Short 1 YM 24519, +40
Long 1 NQ 6498.5, -6.0
Long 2 NQ 6493.25, 6493.25, -3.0, -3.0
Long 3 NQ 6486.75, 6486.75, +5.0, -3.0, -3.0
Long 2 RTY 1474.6, 1474.6, +4.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1474.5, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6472.5, 6472.5, -3.0, -3.0
Long 3 NQ 6466.0, 6466.0, 6466.0, -3.0, -3.0, -.30
Long 3 NQ 6450.25, 6450.25, 6450.25, -3.0, -3.0, -3.0
Long 4 RTY 1464.8, 1464.8, 1464.8, 1464.8, , +3.0, +3.0, +3.0, +3.0,
Long 3 NQ 6446.5, 6446.5, 6446.5, +10.0, +10.0, -0.75
Long 1 YM 24280, -17
Long 1 NQ 6432.5, -3.0
Long 2 NQ 6431.0, 6431.0, +15.0, +17.0
Long 2 YM 24279, 24279, +30, +30
Total YM +83
Total NQ +11.25
Total RTY +18.0
Last weeks action, though volatile, was nonetheless characterized with true signals. By that I mean, once a reversal action was in, the move stayed until resistance was hit in the opposite direction. Then you could either dump all units because even to the initial resistance was a big move, or you could partial out your position and risk the balance with a break-even stop loss. Today, on the way down, the action in the much desired NQ was stutter-step. That is, bounces off resistance at key Serial Sequent fractals went only far enough to give you false encouragement, then whip=lashed you into a stop-out in further trend extension. Was down my daily loss limit in NQ while up my daily goal in the RTY, so early going was just treading water. The key to getting back in after stop out is always the same. "Is the Trade Entry Technical Event Concept still intact?" (This model must include the Frame-of-Day criteria, as well as the Sequent fractal, of course). If yes, I re enter, if not, I wait until the next model asserts itself in further trend action. If the model is still intact, but price has extended the stretch, then consider the Martingale betting routine of re-entering with larger size than you got stopped out on.
Interestingly, Martingale works better in futures trading than on the gaming tables, where, for instance, a roulette wheel repeating the color red X times, still retains the same odds of 50/50, regardless of how big X actually is. There, it's just that it becomes unusual to extend X past some typical extension. But the stock futures market and a feature the roulette wheel does not have. It has ELASTICITY. That is, the players and their pursuit of entries and stop-outs put price extension into zones of exhaustion, and if the X on the roulette wheel could be affected by the number of players who bet against it as it continues to extend. On the table, of course, there is no such relationship between the number of players betting the likelihood of a change of color and the Pill's eventually land on the color wheel. But in the market, there IS such a relationship. Therefore, the Martingale scheme, which some say does increase your chances at Roulette and Black Jack, is truly meaningful in the markets.
Short 1 YM 24519, +40
Long 1 NQ 6498.5, -6.0
Long 2 NQ 6493.25, 6493.25, -3.0, -3.0
Long 3 NQ 6486.75, 6486.75, +5.0, -3.0, -3.0
Long 2 RTY 1474.6, 1474.6, +4.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1474.5, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6472.5, 6472.5, -3.0, -3.0
Long 3 NQ 6466.0, 6466.0, 6466.0, -3.0, -3.0, -.30
Long 3 NQ 6450.25, 6450.25, 6450.25, -3.0, -3.0, -3.0
Long 4 RTY 1464.8, 1464.8, 1464.8, 1464.8, , +3.0, +3.0, +3.0, +3.0,
Long 3 NQ 6446.5, 6446.5, 6446.5, +10.0, +10.0, -0.75
Long 1 YM 24280, -17
Long 1 NQ 6432.5, -3.0
Long 2 NQ 6431.0, 6431.0, +15.0, +17.0
Long 2 YM 24279, 24279, +30, +30
Total YM +83
Total NQ +11.25
Total RTY +18.0
Last weeks action, though volatile, was nonetheless characterized with true signals. By that I mean, once a reversal action was in, the move stayed until resistance was hit in the opposite direction. Then you could either dump all units because even to the initial resistance was a big move, or you could partial out your position and risk the balance with a break-even stop loss. Today, on the way down, the action in the much desired NQ was stutter-step. That is, bounces off resistance at key Serial Sequent fractals went only far enough to give you false encouragement, then whip=lashed you into a stop-out in further trend extension. Was down my daily loss limit in NQ while up my daily goal in the RTY, so early going was just treading water. The key to getting back in after stop out is always the same. "Is the Trade Entry Technical Event Concept still intact?" (This model must include the Frame-of-Day criteria, as well as the Sequent fractal, of course). If yes, I re enter, if not, I wait until the next model asserts itself in further trend action. If the model is still intact, but price has extended the stretch, then consider the Martingale betting routine of re-entering with larger size than you got stopped out on.
Interestingly, Martingale works better in futures trading than on the gaming tables, where, for instance, a roulette wheel repeating the color red X times, still retains the same odds of 50/50, regardless of how big X actually is. There, it's just that it becomes unusual to extend X past some typical extension. But the stock futures market and a feature the roulette wheel does not have. It has ELASTICITY. That is, the players and their pursuit of entries and stop-outs put price extension into zones of exhaustion, and if the X on the roulette wheel could be affected by the number of players who bet against it as it continues to extend. On the table, of course, there is no such relationship between the number of players betting the likelihood of a change of color and the Pill's eventually land on the color wheel. But in the market, there IS such a relationship. Therefore, the Martingale scheme, which some say does increase your chances at Roulette and Black Jack, is truly meaningful in the markets.
Fri Feb 9 Trade Signals & Journal
20180209
Short 1 RTY 1475.7.0, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1478.0, 1478.0, 1478.0, +2.0, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 RTY 1477.7, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1479.9, +3.0
Long 1 NQ 6369.25, +10.0
Long RTY 1460.4, 1459.8, +0.3, -1.5
Long 1 NQ 6365.0, -6.0
Long 1 RTY 1457.3, -1.5
Long 2 NQ 6288.25, 6288.25, +10.0, +48.75
Long 3 RTY 1455.1, 1455.1, 1455.1, +2.0, +2.0, +7.0
Total NQ +62.75
Total RTY +16.1
Volatility is like a rubber band. The question is, when do you know that it's about to snap back? Our Trade Plan requires a combination of disparate technical event concepts to arrive simultaneously at the right edge of the video screen. ...but that doesn't always predict the extent of the exhaustion spike. When extending to such extremes, as did the post TrendCheck plummet, you must rely on the Trade Model still being intact before using a Martingale betting srategy of increasing size into extremes. Otherwise, you just add to the losses of your earlier stop-outs. Today was nearly ideal for that, as the plummet took place in an environment of increased volatility, but in so doing, set the stage for a powerful bounce-back. Thus the better than average profits. Stay alert. Stick to your plan. Plan for contingencies in market behavior.
Short 1 RTY 1475.7.0, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1478.0, 1478.0, 1478.0, +2.0, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 RTY 1477.7, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1479.9, +3.0
Long 1 NQ 6369.25, +10.0
Long RTY 1460.4, 1459.8, +0.3, -1.5
Long 1 NQ 6365.0, -6.0
Long 1 RTY 1457.3, -1.5
Long 2 NQ 6288.25, 6288.25, +10.0, +48.75
Long 3 RTY 1455.1, 1455.1, 1455.1, +2.0, +2.0, +7.0
Total NQ +62.75
Total RTY +16.1
Volatility is like a rubber band. The question is, when do you know that it's about to snap back? Our Trade Plan requires a combination of disparate technical event concepts to arrive simultaneously at the right edge of the video screen. ...but that doesn't always predict the extent of the exhaustion spike. When extending to such extremes, as did the post TrendCheck plummet, you must rely on the Trade Model still being intact before using a Martingale betting srategy of increasing size into extremes. Otherwise, you just add to the losses of your earlier stop-outs. Today was nearly ideal for that, as the plummet took place in an environment of increased volatility, but in so doing, set the stage for a powerful bounce-back. Thus the better than average profits. Stay alert. Stick to your plan. Plan for contingencies in market behavior.
Thurs Feb 8 Trade Signal Summary
20180208
Short 1 NQ 6505.75, +10.0
Long 1 NQ 6548.25, +10.0
Long 1 RTY 1500.1, -0.7
Long 1 RTY 1498.2, +2.0
Total NQ +20.0
Total RTY +1.4
Short 1 NQ 6505.75, +10.0
Long 1 NQ 6548.25, +10.0
Long 1 RTY 1500.1, -0.7
Long 1 RTY 1498.2, +2.0
Total NQ +20.0
Total RTY +1.4
Wed Feb 7 Trade Signal Summary
20180207
Short 1 YM 24955, +30
Long 1 NQ 6632.0, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 6681.0, 6684.0, -0.0, +10.0
Short 1 NQ 6684.5, -2.0
Short 1 YM 25109, +60
Long 1 NQ 6655.0, -1.0
Long 1 YM 24981, +60
Total YM +150
Total NQ +6.5
Short 1 YM 24955, +30
Long 1 NQ 6632.0, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 6681.0, 6684.0, -0.0, +10.0
Short 1 NQ 6684.5, -2.0
Short 1 YM 25109, +60
Long 1 NQ 6655.0, -1.0
Long 1 YM 24981, +60
Total YM +150
Total NQ +6.5
Tues Feb 6 Trades and Journal
20180206
Short 1 NQ 6540.0, +26.0
Short 1 NQ 6584.0, +20.0
Short 1 RTY 1499.0, -0.2
Total NQ +46.0
Total RTY -0.2
The test of a methodology is it's behavior in both nornal markets and volatile, in both markets ingested with news, and on those days when even a minor economic report fails to appear on the report docket. Today, volatility was extreme. The Dow mini took 100 pt bounces in the early going like they were mere ticks. The NQ sported 100 pt moves like the weather was a calm Spring day. But Serial Sequent, the TTI Momentum Indicator and the Pivot Exhaustion Grid aligned into trade entry models like they would on any other day with less than 1/10th the volatility.....only you had to remember to pull your targets quickly, because the resulting swings were a lava flow of opportunity. ....and I left 4 times my daily goal on the table just getting out too soon....to just sit on my hands in the bleachers and watch the game unfold... Have a Trade Plan consisting of robust models that work in any market climate. Stick to the plan. And my mentor was fond of saying, "Position yourself to be surprised."
Short 1 NQ 6540.0, +26.0
Short 1 NQ 6584.0, +20.0
Short 1 RTY 1499.0, -0.2
Total NQ +46.0
Total RTY -0.2
The test of a methodology is it's behavior in both nornal markets and volatile, in both markets ingested with news, and on those days when even a minor economic report fails to appear on the report docket. Today, volatility was extreme. The Dow mini took 100 pt bounces in the early going like they were mere ticks. The NQ sported 100 pt moves like the weather was a calm Spring day. But Serial Sequent, the TTI Momentum Indicator and the Pivot Exhaustion Grid aligned into trade entry models like they would on any other day with less than 1/10th the volatility.....only you had to remember to pull your targets quickly, because the resulting swings were a lava flow of opportunity. ....and I left 4 times my daily goal on the table just getting out too soon....to just sit on my hands in the bleachers and watch the game unfold... Have a Trade Plan consisting of robust models that work in any market climate. Stick to the plan. And my mentor was fond of saying, "Position yourself to be surprised."
Mon Feb 5 Trade Signal Summary
20180205
Long 1 NQ 6710.0, +10.0
Short 1 NQ 6729.0, -2.0
Short 1 NQ 6729.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6743.75, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1540.1, 1540.6, -1.4, -0.2
Short 2 RTY 1542.2, 1542.2, -1.4, -1.4
Short 8 RTY 1544.0, 1544.0, 1544.0, 1544.0, 1544.5, 1544.5, 1544.7, 1544.7, -1.4, -1.4, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, -1.5, -1.5
Short 2 YM 25383, 25383, -7, -7
Short 1 NQ 6790. -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6793.0, 6793.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 3 NQ 6799.0, 6799.0, 6799.0, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1548.0, 1548.0, +3.0, +4.0
Short 2 NQ 6810.0, 6810.0, +5.0, +20.0
Total YM -14
Total NQ +31.0
Total RTY +0.8
Long 1 NQ 6710.0, +10.0
Short 1 NQ 6729.0, -2.0
Short 1 NQ 6729.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6743.75, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1540.1, 1540.6, -1.4, -0.2
Short 2 RTY 1542.2, 1542.2, -1.4, -1.4
Short 8 RTY 1544.0, 1544.0, 1544.0, 1544.0, 1544.5, 1544.5, 1544.7, 1544.7, -1.4, -1.4, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, -1.5, -1.5
Short 2 YM 25383, 25383, -7, -7
Short 1 NQ 6790. -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6793.0, 6793.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 3 NQ 6799.0, 6799.0, 6799.0, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1548.0, 1548.0, +3.0, +4.0
Short 2 NQ 6810.0, 6810.0, +5.0, +20.0
Total YM -14
Total NQ +31.0
Total RTY +0.8
Fri Feb 2 Trade Signals and Journal
Trade Summary
20180202
Long 1 NQ 6871.0, +10.0
Long 2 RTY 1566.7, 1566.7, +1.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6851.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6845.5, 6845.5, +5.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1566.3, 1556.6, +0.2, -0.7
Short 1 NQ 6849.75, +12.0
Long 1 NQ 6824.75, -2.5
Long 1 NQ 6808.75, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6809.5, +10.0
Short 1 NQ 6835.75, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 6838.25, +5.0
Short 1 RTY 1565.7, +2.2
Total NQ +33.5
Total RTY +4.7
Volatility is your friend. ...if you are trained in handling poisonous snakes, that is. Stick your plan. The Technical Event Concepts for entering in a dull market are exactly the same as entering in a hot one. Only the wave action is much more likely to stop you out in the fast stuff. Reduce your size. Have all four major contracts out in front of you. Go where the signals are true and the leadership is consistent. This week, that's been all in the NQ. ...and that's a bit unusual, as the NQ can be a ton of irrational exuberance--in both directions. Go where the models fit your trade plan. Trade the plan not your prejudice.
20180202
Long 1 NQ 6871.0, +10.0
Long 2 RTY 1566.7, 1566.7, +1.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6851.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6845.5, 6845.5, +5.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1566.3, 1556.6, +0.2, -0.7
Short 1 NQ 6849.75, +12.0
Long 1 NQ 6824.75, -2.5
Long 1 NQ 6808.75, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6809.5, +10.0
Short 1 NQ 6835.75, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 6838.25, +5.0
Short 1 RTY 1565.7, +2.2
Total NQ +33.5
Total RTY +4.7
Volatility is your friend. ...if you are trained in handling poisonous snakes, that is. Stick your plan. The Technical Event Concepts for entering in a dull market are exactly the same as entering in a hot one. Only the wave action is much more likely to stop you out in the fast stuff. Reduce your size. Have all four major contracts out in front of you. Go where the signals are true and the leadership is consistent. This week, that's been all in the NQ. ...and that's a bit unusual, as the NQ can be a ton of irrational exuberance--in both directions. Go where the models fit your trade plan. Trade the plan not your prejudice.
Thurs Feb 1 Trade Signal Summary
20180201
Short 2 RTY 1571.5, 1571.5, +1.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6926.75, -2.25
Long 2 NQ 6925.5, 6925.75, +3, +15
Short 2 RTY 1573.0, 1573.0, 1574.0, 1574.0, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 6 RTY 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, +1.5, +1.5, +1.5, +1.5, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6953.25, 6953.25, +2.0, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1575.4, 1574.5, +1.0, +1.0
Long 1 NQ 6950.0, -2.25
Long 2 NQ 6944.0, 6944.0, +2.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY 1572.6, +1.0
Total NQ +20.5
Total RTY +10.0
Short 2 RTY 1571.5, 1571.5, +1.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6926.75, -2.25
Long 2 NQ 6925.5, 6925.75, +3, +15
Short 2 RTY 1573.0, 1573.0, 1574.0, 1574.0, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 6 RTY 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, 1574.7, +1.5, +1.5, +1.5, +1.5, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6953.25, 6953.25, +2.0, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1575.4, 1574.5, +1.0, +1.0
Long 1 NQ 6950.0, -2.25
Long 2 NQ 6944.0, 6944.0, +2.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY 1572.6, +1.0
Total NQ +20.5
Total RTY +10.0
Wed Jan 31 Trade Signal Summary
20180131
Long 1 YM 26262, -7
Long 1 RTY 1590.6, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1589.8, -0.4, -0.7
Long 2 NQ 6981.5, 6981.5, +5.0, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6974.0, -2.25
Long 1 NQ 6972.25, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6970.75, 6970.75, +5.0, +8.0
Short 2 NQ 6985.0, 6985.75, +5.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6983.0, +3.0
Long 1 NQ 6983.0, +5.0
Total YM -7
Total NQ +35.75
Total RTY -2.5
Long 1 YM 26262, -7
Long 1 RTY 1590.6, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1589.8, -0.4, -0.7
Long 2 NQ 6981.5, 6981.5, +5.0, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6974.0, -2.25
Long 1 NQ 6972.25, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6970.75, 6970.75, +5.0, +8.0
Short 2 NQ 6985.0, 6985.75, +5.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6983.0, +3.0
Long 1 NQ 6983.0, +5.0
Total YM -7
Total NQ +35.75
Total RTY -2.5
Tues Jan 30 Trade Signal Summary
20180130
Long 3 RTY 1588.9, 1587.9, 1587.9, -0.0, +1.0, -1.4
Long 1 YM 26175, -10
Long 2 NQ 6926.75, 2675.5, -2.5, -2.5
Long 4 RTY 1585.5, 1585.5, 1585.5, 1584.5, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4, -1.0
Long 3 RTY 1584.4, 1584.4, 1584.4, +3.5, +3.5, +3.5
Long 3 NQ 6923.0, 6923.0, 6923.0, +6.0, +5.0, +3.0
Long 2 NQ 6917.75, 6917.75, +5.0, -1.0
Long 2 NQ 6914.0, 6914.0, +3.0, -3.0
Short 2 NQ 6933.0, 6933.0, +2.0, -3.0
Short 1 NQ 6960.5, +6.0
Total YM -10
Total NQ +18.0
Total RTY +4.9
Long 3 RTY 1588.9, 1587.9, 1587.9, -0.0, +1.0, -1.4
Long 1 YM 26175, -10
Long 2 NQ 6926.75, 2675.5, -2.5, -2.5
Long 4 RTY 1585.5, 1585.5, 1585.5, 1584.5, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4, -1.0
Long 3 RTY 1584.4, 1584.4, 1584.4, +3.5, +3.5, +3.5
Long 3 NQ 6923.0, 6923.0, 6923.0, +6.0, +5.0, +3.0
Long 2 NQ 6917.75, 6917.75, +5.0, -1.0
Long 2 NQ 6914.0, 6914.0, +3.0, -3.0
Short 2 NQ 6933.0, 6933.0, +2.0, -3.0
Short 1 NQ 6960.5, +6.0
Total YM -10
Total NQ +18.0
Total RTY +4.9
Mon Jan 29 Trade Signal Summary
20180129
Short 1 RTY 1606.2, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1609.7, 1609.7, 1609.5, 1609.4, +1.0, +2.0, +1.5, -0.0
Long 1 RTY 1607.5, -1.4
Long 1 NQ 7002.75, +3.0
Long 3 YM 26524, 26519, 26515, -0, +10, +30
Short 1 RTY 1610.7, +2.4
Long 2 RTY 1608.5, 1608.2, -1.5, -1.5
Long 3 RTY 1693.7, 1693.7, 1693.7, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6992.5, 6992.5, -2.25, -2.25
Long 4 RTY 1601.8, 1601.8, 1601.8, 1601.8, +2.0, +2.0, +3.0, +2.5
Long 3 NQ 6903.75, 6903.75, 6903.75, +5.0, +5.0, +10.0
Total YM +40
Total NQ +18.5
Total RTY +6.3
Short 1 RTY 1606.2, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1609.7, 1609.7, 1609.5, 1609.4, +1.0, +2.0, +1.5, -0.0
Long 1 RTY 1607.5, -1.4
Long 1 NQ 7002.75, +3.0
Long 3 YM 26524, 26519, 26515, -0, +10, +30
Short 1 RTY 1610.7, +2.4
Long 2 RTY 1608.5, 1608.2, -1.5, -1.5
Long 3 RTY 1693.7, 1693.7, 1693.7, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6992.5, 6992.5, -2.25, -2.25
Long 4 RTY 1601.8, 1601.8, 1601.8, 1601.8, +2.0, +2.0, +3.0, +2.5
Long 3 NQ 6903.75, 6903.75, 6903.75, +5.0, +5.0, +10.0
Total YM +40
Total NQ +18.5
Total RTY +6.3
Fri Jan 26 Trade Signal Summary
20180126
Long 1 RTY 1600.6, -0.0
Short 1 YM 26450, -0
Short 1 NQ 6967.5, 6967.5, +3.0, -3.0
Short 3 RTY 1606.7, 1606.7, 1606.6 +1.7, +3.2, +1.0
Short 1 NQ 6970.0, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6957.5, +5.0
Total YM -0
Total NQ +10.0
Total RTY +5.9
Long 1 RTY 1600.6, -0.0
Short 1 YM 26450, -0
Short 1 NQ 6967.5, 6967.5, +3.0, -3.0
Short 3 RTY 1606.7, 1606.7, 1606.6 +1.7, +3.2, +1.0
Short 1 NQ 6970.0, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6957.5, +5.0
Total YM -0
Total NQ +10.0
Total RTY +5.9
Thur Jan 25 Trade Signal Summary
20180125
Long 1 RTY 1604.6, -1.4
Long 2 RTY 1602.9, 1602.9, +1.2, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1602.6, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6945.0, -2.25
Long 2 RTY 1601.6, 1601.6, -1.5, -1.5
Long 2 YM 26249, 26249, +35, +35
Short 1 NQ 6934.25, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6939.75, 6939.75, +8.0, +13.0
Short 2 YM 26313, 26313, +25, +25
Total YM +120
Total NQ +16.75
Total RTY -1.9
Long 1 RTY 1604.6, -1.4
Long 2 RTY 1602.9, 1602.9, +1.2, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1602.6, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6945.0, -2.25
Long 2 RTY 1601.6, 1601.6, -1.5, -1.5
Long 2 YM 26249, 26249, +35, +35
Short 1 NQ 6934.25, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6939.75, 6939.75, +8.0, +13.0
Short 2 YM 26313, 26313, +25, +25
Total YM +120
Total NQ +16.75
Total RTY -1.9
Wed Jan 24 Trade Signal Summary
20180124
Short 2 NQ 6984.5, 6984.5, +2.0, +7.0
Short 2 RTY 1616.3, 1616.3, +1.0, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1612.7, 1612.3, +2.0, +1.0
Total NQ +9.0
Total RTY +6.0
Short 2 NQ 6984.5, 6984.5, +2.0, +7.0
Short 2 RTY 1616.3, 1616.3, +1.0, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1612.7, 1612.3, +2.0, +1.0
Total NQ +9.0
Total RTY +6.0
Tues Jan 23 Trade Signal Summary
20180123
Short 2 NQ 6966.0, 6966.0, +2.0, -2.5
Short 2 RTY 1604.2, 1604.2, +1.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6970.0, -1.5
Short 1 RTY 1604.1, +1.0
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +4.0
Short 2 NQ 6966.0, 6966.0, +2.0, -2.5
Short 2 RTY 1604.2, 1604.2, +1.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6970.0, -1.5
Short 1 RTY 1604.1, +1.0
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +4.0
Mon Jan 22 Trade Signal Summary
20180122
Short 2 RTY 1598.7, 1598.9, +2.0, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1598.3, +1.5
Short 1 RTY 1602.5, +1.5
Total RTY +6.0
Short 2 RTY 1598.7, 1598.9, +2.0, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1598.3, +1.5
Short 1 RTY 1602.5, +1.5
Total RTY +6.0
Fri Jan 19 Trade Signal Summary
20180119
Short 1 NQ 6847.0, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1582.3, 1582.3, +1.1, +1.5
Long 1 NQ 6831.75, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6831.5, +3.0
Short 1 RTY 1582.0, -0.6
Short 2 RTY 1585.9, 1585.9, +0.7, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1588.9, 1588.9, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 RTY 1592.0, 1592.0, 1591.8, 15918, +1.4, +1.4, +1.8, +1.8
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY +5.6
Short 1 NQ 6847.0, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1582.3, 1582.3, +1.1, +1.5
Long 1 NQ 6831.75, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6831.5, +3.0
Short 1 RTY 1582.0, -0.6
Short 2 RTY 1585.9, 1585.9, +0.7, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1588.9, 1588.9, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 RTY 1592.0, 1592.0, 1591.8, 15918, +1.4, +1.4, +1.8, +1.8
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY +5.6
Thurs Jan 18 Trade Signal Summary
Trade Summary
20180118
Long 1 RTY 1585.3, -1.4
Long 2 RTY 1583.0, 1583.0, -1.5, -1.5
Long 4 RTY 1581.8, 1582.2, +2.0, +2.0, +1.0, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1585.5, +1.6
Long 1 RTY 1581.6, +1.5
Long 1 NQ 6797.75, +7.0
Short 2 RTY 1583.5, 1583.5, +0.7, +2.0
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +5.9
20180118
Long 1 RTY 1585.3, -1.4
Long 2 RTY 1583.0, 1583.0, -1.5, -1.5
Long 4 RTY 1581.8, 1582.2, +2.0, +2.0, +1.0, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1585.5, +1.6
Long 1 RTY 1581.6, +1.5
Long 1 NQ 6797.75, +7.0
Short 2 RTY 1583.5, 1583.5, +0.7, +2.0
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +5.9
Wed Jan 17 Trade Signal Summary
20180117
Long 1 NQ 6760.0, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6754.5, -0.0
Short 1 RTY 1579.7, +2.5
Short 1 NQ 6771.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6774.75, 6774.75, +2.0, -1.0
Long 1 NQ 6776.75, -0.0
Total NQ +4.0
Total RTY +2.5
Long 1 NQ 6760.0, +5.0
Long 1 NQ 6754.5, -0.0
Short 1 RTY 1579.7, +2.5
Short 1 NQ 6771.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6774.75, 6774.75, +2.0, -1.0
Long 1 NQ 6776.75, -0.0
Total NQ +4.0
Total RTY +2.5
Tues Jan 16 Trade Signal Summary
20180116
Short 3 NQ 6839.0, 6841.0, 6841.25, -0.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 YM 26039, 26039, +10, -10
Short 2 RTY 1603.00, 1603, -0.7, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6830.25, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6828.0, 6826.0, +6.0, +4.0
Short 4 RTY 1606.5, 1606.5, 1606.7, 16.07.0, +1.5, +1.5, +1.6, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6825.75, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6817.5, 6817.5, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 YM 25923, 25923, 25923, -7, -7, -7
Long 2 RTY 1598.4, 1598.4, +1.0, -1.0
Long 1 NQ 6796.25, +9.0
Total YM -21
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +5.2
Short 3 NQ 6839.0, 6841.0, 6841.25, -0.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 YM 26039, 26039, +10, -10
Short 2 RTY 1603.00, 1603, -0.7, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6830.25, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6828.0, 6826.0, +6.0, +4.0
Short 4 RTY 1606.5, 1606.5, 1606.7, 16.07.0, +1.5, +1.5, +1.6, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6825.75, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6817.5, 6817.5, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 YM 25923, 25923, 25923, -7, -7, -7
Long 2 RTY 1598.4, 1598.4, +1.0, -1.0
Long 1 NQ 6796.25, +9.0
Total YM -21
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +5.2
Fri Dec 12 Trade Signal Summary
20180112
Short 2 NQ 6726.0, 6726.0, +2.0, +5.0
Short 1 RTY 1581.5, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6732.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6737.0, -2.0
Short 1 NQ 6740.5, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6752.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6753.25, 6753.25, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1597.0, 1597.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6759.0, +6.0
Short 1 RTY 1598.4, +2.0
Total NQ +12.0
Total RTY +4.0
Short 2 NQ 6726.0, 6726.0, +2.0, +5.0
Short 1 RTY 1581.5, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6732.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6737.0, -2.0
Short 1 NQ 6740.5, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6752.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6753.25, 6753.25, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1597.0, 1597.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6759.0, +6.0
Short 1 RTY 1598.4, +2.0
Total NQ +12.0
Total RTY +4.0
Thur Jan 11 Trade Signal Summary
20180111
Short 4 RTY 1568.7, 1568.7, 1569.1, 1569.1, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1571.9, 1571.9, 1571.9, 1571.5, 1571.5, 1571.5, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7, -1.4,-1.4,-1.4,
Short 3 NQ 6693.75, 6693.75, 6693.75, +5.0, +5.0, +5.0,
Short 5 RTY 1573.2, 1573.2, 1573.1, 1573.1, 1573.1, , +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0
Long 3 NQ 6682.5, 6681.75, 6680.5, -0.0, +3.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6681.5, 6681.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 2 NQ 6683.5, 6683.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1577.8, 1577.8, 1577.7, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5,
Short 3 NQ 6686.5, 6686.5, 6686.5, +2.0, +4.0, +4.0
Short 5 RTY 1581.3, 1581.3, 1581.3, 1581.3, 1581.3, -1.1, -1.1, -1.1, -1.1, -1.1,
Short 5 RTY 1582.6, 1582.6, 1582.6, 1582.6, 1582.6, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0,
Short 1 NQ 6692.5, +3.0
Total NQ +18.5
Total RTY -7.3
Short 4 RTY 1568.7, 1568.7, 1569.1, 1569.1, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1571.9, 1571.9, 1571.9, 1571.5, 1571.5, 1571.5, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7, -1.4,-1.4,-1.4,
Short 3 NQ 6693.75, 6693.75, 6693.75, +5.0, +5.0, +5.0,
Short 5 RTY 1573.2, 1573.2, 1573.1, 1573.1, 1573.1, , +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0
Long 3 NQ 6682.5, 6681.75, 6680.5, -0.0, +3.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6681.5, 6681.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 2 NQ 6683.5, 6683.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1577.8, 1577.8, 1577.7, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5,
Short 3 NQ 6686.5, 6686.5, 6686.5, +2.0, +4.0, +4.0
Short 5 RTY 1581.3, 1581.3, 1581.3, 1581.3, 1581.3, -1.1, -1.1, -1.1, -1.1, -1.1,
Short 5 RTY 1582.6, 1582.6, 1582.6, 1582.6, 1582.6, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0,
Short 1 NQ 6692.5, +3.0
Total NQ +18.5
Total RTY -7.3
Tues Jan 9 Trade Signal Summary
20180109
Long 2 RTY 1563.9, +1.5, +2.0
Short 2 YM 25334, +7, 30
Short 2 RTY 1566.3, +1.4, -0.2
Total YM +37
Total RTY +4.7
Long 2 RTY 1563.9, +1.5, +2.0
Short 2 YM 25334, +7, 30
Short 2 RTY 1566.3, +1.4, -0.2
Total YM +37
Total RTY +4.7
Mon Jan 8 Trade Signal Summary
20180108
Short 1 RTY 1552.2, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6670.25, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1553.2, 1553.2, +1.5, +1.7
Short 1 NQ 6679.75, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1555.5, 1555.5, +1.5, +2.0
Total NQ -0.5
Total RTY +8.7
Short 1 RTY 1552.2, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6670.25, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1553.2, 1553.2, +1.5, +1.7
Short 1 NQ 6679.75, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1555.5, 1555.5, +1.5, +2.0
Total NQ -0.5
Total RTY +8.7
Fri Jan 5 Trade Signal Summary
20180105
Short 1 NQ 6527.25, +7.0
Short 1 RTY 1559.2, -0.5
Short 1 NQ 6528.25, -0.75
Short 3 RTY 1560.1, 1560.6, 1560.5, -0.0, +0.7, +1.5
Total NQ +6.25
Total RTY +1.7
Short 1 NQ 6527.25, +7.0
Short 1 RTY 1559.2, -0.5
Short 1 NQ 6528.25, -0.75
Short 3 RTY 1560.1, 1560.6, 1560.5, -0.0, +0.7, +1.5
Total NQ +6.25
Total RTY +1.7
Thurs Jan 4 2018 Trade Signal Summary
20180104
Long 1 NQ 6592.0, -1.0
Long 1 RTY 1558.3, -0.5
Short 1 RTY 1557.5, -0.6
Short 1 NQ 6504.0, +7.0
Long 1 RTY 1555.8, +1.5
Short 1 NQ 6504.75, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6509.0, -2.0
Short 2 YM 25076, 25076, +10, +31
Total YM +41
Total NQ +4.0
Total RTY +0.6
Long 1 NQ 6592.0, -1.0
Long 1 RTY 1558.3, -0.5
Short 1 RTY 1557.5, -0.6
Short 1 NQ 6504.0, +7.0
Long 1 RTY 1555.8, +1.5
Short 1 NQ 6504.75, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6509.0, -2.0
Short 2 YM 25076, 25076, +10, +31
Total YM +41
Total NQ +4.0
Total RTY +0.6
Wed Jan 3 Trade Summary
20180103
Short 2 RTY 1554.0, 1554.1, +1.5, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1550.8, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1552.2, +1.3
Short 1 RTY 1553.4, -1.5
Short 2 RTY 1554.6, 1554.6, +0.6, -0.4
Long 1 RT 1552.2, -.6
Long 2 NQ 6559.5, 6558.5, +4.0, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1557.2, +1.1
Total NQ 6.0
Total RTY 6.0
Short 2 RTY 1554.0, 1554.1, +1.5, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1550.8, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1552.2, +1.3
Short 1 RTY 1553.4, -1.5
Short 2 RTY 1554.6, 1554.6, +0.6, -0.4
Long 1 RT 1552.2, -.6
Long 2 NQ 6559.5, 6558.5, +4.0, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1557.2, +1.1
Total NQ 6.0
Total RTY 6.0
Tues Jan 2 2018 Trade Summary & Jounal
Trade Summary
20180102
Short 2 RTY 1543.5, +1.0, -0.1
Short 2 NQ 6468.5, 6469.5, -3.0, -3.0
Short 2 RTY 1543.7, 1544.6, -1.5, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1545.9, 1545.9, 1545.9, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5,
Short 6 RTY 1547.8, 1547.8, 1548.8, 1548.8, 1548.8, 1549.0, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5,
Short 2 NQ 6486.0, 6486.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6496.5, 6496.5, +3.0, +4.0
Short 6 RTY 1552.1, 1552.1,1552.1, 1552.2, 1552.2, 1552.2, +1.4, +1.4, +1.4, +4.0, +4.0, +4.0
Total NQ +1.0
Total RTY +0.6
The Martingale Betting System cannot be applied in random fashion in futures trading as merely a way to recover losses. It can only be applied when a valid Trade Entry Model has become even more likely to succeed when the elements of True Trend Momentum and successive price points in the Exhaustion Grid have been achieved. By the time both of those have added back to the Serial Sequent fractal signal, as was the case today in both the NQ and RTY, a series of losses might have already accrued. At such times, it's tough to take another trade--and taking that trade with twice the number of contracts than the earlier losing positions even harder. Make sure your Trade Plan of Entry Models is based on Technical Event Concepts that have long history of validation. Otherwise, such a betting plan as that of the Martingale System will simply bury you against any profits your plan may succeed in accruing later in the week. ...and all the best to you in the coming New Year...
20180102
Short 2 RTY 1543.5, +1.0, -0.1
Short 2 NQ 6468.5, 6469.5, -3.0, -3.0
Short 2 RTY 1543.7, 1544.6, -1.5, -1.5
Short 3 RTY 1545.9, 1545.9, 1545.9, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5,
Short 6 RTY 1547.8, 1547.8, 1548.8, 1548.8, 1548.8, 1549.0, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5,
Short 2 NQ 6486.0, 6486.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6496.5, 6496.5, +3.0, +4.0
Short 6 RTY 1552.1, 1552.1,1552.1, 1552.2, 1552.2, 1552.2, +1.4, +1.4, +1.4, +4.0, +4.0, +4.0
Total NQ +1.0
Total RTY +0.6
The Martingale Betting System cannot be applied in random fashion in futures trading as merely a way to recover losses. It can only be applied when a valid Trade Entry Model has become even more likely to succeed when the elements of True Trend Momentum and successive price points in the Exhaustion Grid have been achieved. By the time both of those have added back to the Serial Sequent fractal signal, as was the case today in both the NQ and RTY, a series of losses might have already accrued. At such times, it's tough to take another trade--and taking that trade with twice the number of contracts than the earlier losing positions even harder. Make sure your Trade Plan of Entry Models is based on Technical Event Concepts that have long history of validation. Otherwise, such a betting plan as that of the Martingale System will simply bury you against any profits your plan may succeed in accruing later in the week. ...and all the best to you in the coming New Year...
Wed Dec 20 Trade Signal Summary
20171220
Long 2 NQ 6479.0, 6479.0, -3.0, -1.5
Long 2 RTY 1540.6, 1540.6, +2.0, +4.0
Total NQ -4.5
Total RTY +6.0
Long 2 NQ 6479.0, 6479.0, -3.0, -1.5
Long 2 RTY 1540.6, 1540.6, +2.0, +4.0
Total NQ -4.5
Total RTY +6.0
Tues Dec 19 Trade Signal Summary
20171219
Long 1 YM 24811, -7
Long 2 NQ 6509.0, 6509.0, +2.0, -2.25
Long 3 RTY 1552.2, 1551.7, 1551.7, -0.0, +1.0, +1.0
Short 1 YM 24796, +34
Total YM +27
Total NQ -0.25
Total RTY +2.0
Long 1 YM 24811, -7
Long 2 NQ 6509.0, 6509.0, +2.0, -2.25
Long 3 RTY 1552.2, 1551.7, 1551.7, -0.0, +1.0, +1.0
Short 1 YM 24796, +34
Total YM +27
Total NQ -0.25
Total RTY +2.0
Mon Dec 18 Trade Summary
20171218
Short 1 NQ 6526.25, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6523.25, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1556.7, 1556.4, +0.7, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6530.5, 6532.5, +2.0, +5.0
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +2.7
Short 1 NQ 6526.25, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6523.25, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1556.7, 1556.4, +0.7, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6530.5, 6532.5, +2.0, +5.0
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +2.7
Fri Dec 15 Trade Signal Summary & Journal
20171215
Short 1 NQ 6430.0 +4.0
Short 1 RTY 1518.9, -1.4
Short 2 RTY 1521.1, 1521.1, -0.7, -0.7\
Short 2 RTY 1524.1, 1524.1, -1.4, -1.4
Short 4 RTY 1526.1, 1526.1, 1526.1, 1526.1, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6433.0, 6433.0, -1.0, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 6435.0, -0.75
Short 2 NQ 6440.0, 6441.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 3 NQ 6444.0, 6444.0, 6444.0, +4.0, +4.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6453.5, -0.25
Short 2 NQ 6458.5, 6460.0, -3.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6461.5, 6461.5, -0.5, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 6463.0, 6464.75, -3.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6474.25, 6473.75, -1.5, +1.0
Total NQ +0.5
Total RTY +5.2
You get what you deserve in the market place. It rewards good trading behavior, and punishes the bad. And it teaches you what good trading behavior is--all along the way of your personal market history observations--if only you will listen to it. One good reason for giving back those early 10 pts in NQ profits: I traded yesterday afternoon, outside the trade room, as I was in front of the screen trying work on some other projects. ...and I could do no wrong, it seemed. Made 7 bills on two clear short signals, and it apparently went right to my head. Because today, after recovering from some small early losses, I hit both RTY and NQ for some decent gains. ....and thought I could again do no wrong. Dumb. Took too many trades, traded outside my first frame parameters, and fought the obvious Persistent Trend Day Up model in NQ til I had blown the whole 10 pt NQ profit. This is a gambler's psychology, not a trader's. A Trader quits when goals and time period has arrived. A gambler doesn't quit until he's lost everything he's made....and more so. Learn to trade according to a strict Trade Plan that covers not only your Technical Event Concepts, but also your Behavior Governors. One without the other won't get you very far.
Short 1 NQ 6430.0 +4.0
Short 1 RTY 1518.9, -1.4
Short 2 RTY 1521.1, 1521.1, -0.7, -0.7\
Short 2 RTY 1524.1, 1524.1, -1.4, -1.4
Short 4 RTY 1526.1, 1526.1, 1526.1, 1526.1, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6433.0, 6433.0, -1.0, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 6435.0, -0.75
Short 2 NQ 6440.0, 6441.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 3 NQ 6444.0, 6444.0, 6444.0, +4.0, +4.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6453.5, -0.25
Short 2 NQ 6458.5, 6460.0, -3.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6461.5, 6461.5, -0.5, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 6463.0, 6464.75, -3.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6474.25, 6473.75, -1.5, +1.0
Total NQ +0.5
Total RTY +5.2
You get what you deserve in the market place. It rewards good trading behavior, and punishes the bad. And it teaches you what good trading behavior is--all along the way of your personal market history observations--if only you will listen to it. One good reason for giving back those early 10 pts in NQ profits: I traded yesterday afternoon, outside the trade room, as I was in front of the screen trying work on some other projects. ...and I could do no wrong, it seemed. Made 7 bills on two clear short signals, and it apparently went right to my head. Because today, after recovering from some small early losses, I hit both RTY and NQ for some decent gains. ....and thought I could again do no wrong. Dumb. Took too many trades, traded outside my first frame parameters, and fought the obvious Persistent Trend Day Up model in NQ til I had blown the whole 10 pt NQ profit. This is a gambler's psychology, not a trader's. A Trader quits when goals and time period has arrived. A gambler doesn't quit until he's lost everything he's made....and more so. Learn to trade according to a strict Trade Plan that covers not only your Technical Event Concepts, but also your Behavior Governors. One without the other won't get you very far.
Thur Dec 14 Trade Signal Summary
20171214
Long 2 RTY 1526.2, 1526.2, +1.5, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1530.4, 1530.5, +1.5, -0.3
Long 1 RTY 1527.6, -0.2
Long 2 RTY 1527.2, 1527.1, -0.5, -0.5
Short 1 RTY 1527.7, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1528.7, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1529.5, -0.5
Short 1 NQ 6441.0, +3.0
Long 2 RTY 1525.9, 1525.5, -1.5, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6434.25, 7464.25, -3.0, -3.0
Long 2 NQ 6427.5, 6427.5, +3.0, +6
Long 2 YM 24612, 24612, +1, +1
Long 1 RTY 1521.3, +4.0
Total YM +2
Total NQ +6.0
Total RTY +4.4
Long 2 RTY 1526.2, 1526.2, +1.5, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1530.4, 1530.5, +1.5, -0.3
Long 1 RTY 1527.6, -0.2
Long 2 RTY 1527.2, 1527.1, -0.5, -0.5
Short 1 RTY 1527.7, +1.0
Short 1 RTY 1528.7, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1529.5, -0.5
Short 1 NQ 6441.0, +3.0
Long 2 RTY 1525.9, 1525.5, -1.5, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6434.25, 7464.25, -3.0, -3.0
Long 2 NQ 6427.5, 6427.5, +3.0, +6
Long 2 YM 24612, 24612, +1, +1
Long 1 RTY 1521.3, +4.0
Total YM +2
Total NQ +6.0
Total RTY +4.4
Tues Dec 12 Trade Signal Summary
20171212
Short 1 NQ 6402.5, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6404.75, 6404.75, +2.0, -2.0
Short 1 RTY 1528.7, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6402.5, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6398.75, +4.0
Long 3 RTY 1525.4, 1525.4, 1525.6, +1.0, -0.0, -0.2
Short 1 NQ 6414.75, +7.0
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY -0.1
Short 1 NQ 6402.5, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6404.75, 6404.75, +2.0, -2.0
Short 1 RTY 1528.7, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6402.5, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6398.75, +4.0
Long 3 RTY 1525.4, 1525.4, 1525.6, +1.0, -0.0, -0.2
Short 1 NQ 6414.75, +7.0
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY -0.1
Mon Dec 11 Trade Signal Summary
20171211
Short 1 RTY 1529.2, +2.9
Short 1 RTY 1528.0, -0.1
Long 3 RTY 1524.0, 1523.0, 1523.5, -0.0, +2.0, +1.0
Short 1 NQ 6387.25, +3.0
Total NQ +3.0
Total RTY +5.8
Short 1 RTY 1529.2, +2.9
Short 1 RTY 1528.0, -0.1
Long 3 RTY 1524.0, 1523.0, 1523.5, -0.0, +2.0, +1.0
Short 1 NQ 6387.25, +3.0
Total NQ +3.0
Total RTY +5.8
Fri Dec 8 Trade Signal Summary
20171208
Short 2 YM 24269, 24270, -7, -7
Long 2 RTY 1525.0, 1524.8, +3.0, +0.7
Short 1 YM 24287, -7
Long 1 RTY 1525.3, -0.5
Long 1 YM 24263, -7
Short 1 RTY 1525.9, +0.2
Short 1 RTY 1526.9, -1.4
Short 1 RTY 1528.9, +2.0
Total YM -28
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +4.0
Short 2 YM 24269, 24270, -7, -7
Long 2 RTY 1525.0, 1524.8, +3.0, +0.7
Short 1 YM 24287, -7
Long 1 RTY 1525.3, -0.5
Long 1 YM 24263, -7
Short 1 RTY 1525.9, +0.2
Short 1 RTY 1526.9, -1.4
Short 1 RTY 1528.9, +2.0
Total YM -28
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +4.0
Thur Dec 7 Trade Signal Summary
20171207
Short 2 RTY 1512.5, 1512.9, -0.8, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1516.2, 1516.2, -1.5, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1518.4, 1518.4, 1518.4, 1518.4, +2.0, +2.0, +2.6, +1.9
Short 1 RTY 1520.1, -1.4
Short 3 RTY 11521.5, 1521.5, 1521.5, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6323.5, 6323.5, +2.0, -3.0
Short 2 RTY 1523.3, 1523.3, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6329.75, 6329.75, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6330.0, +4.0
Short 2 RTY 1523.3, 1523.3, +0.7, -0.2
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY -0.9
Short 2 RTY 1512.5, 1512.9, -0.8, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1516.2, 1516.2, -1.5, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1518.4, 1518.4, 1518.4, 1518.4, +2.0, +2.0, +2.6, +1.9
Short 1 RTY 1520.1, -1.4
Short 3 RTY 11521.5, 1521.5, 1521.5, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6323.5, 6323.5, +2.0, -3.0
Short 2 RTY 1523.3, 1523.3, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6329.75, 6329.75, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6330.0, +4.0
Short 2 RTY 1523.3, 1523.3, +0.7, -0.2
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY -0.9
Wed Dec 6 Trade Signal Summary
20171206
Short 1 RTY 1515.5, -0.8
Short 1 RTY 1518.7, -0.4
Short 1 NQ 6282.75, +10.0
Long 1 RTY 1517.0, -1.4
Long 2 RTY 1515.0, 1515.2, -1.4, -1.4
Long 3 RTY 1513.7, 1513.7, 1513,7, +1.4, +1.4, +1.1
Short 1 RTY 1517.4, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6280.75, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 7271.75, 6271.75, +5.0, +10.0
Long 1 RTY, 1512.3, +1.8
Long 2 RTY, 1511.3, 1510.3, -0.0, +2.0
Total NQ +23.0
Total RTY +4.3
Short 1 RTY 1515.5, -0.8
Short 1 RTY 1518.7, -0.4
Short 1 NQ 6282.75, +10.0
Long 1 RTY 1517.0, -1.4
Long 2 RTY 1515.0, 1515.2, -1.4, -1.4
Long 3 RTY 1513.7, 1513.7, 1513,7, +1.4, +1.4, +1.1
Short 1 RTY 1517.4, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6280.75, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 7271.75, 6271.75, +5.0, +10.0
Long 1 RTY, 1512.3, +1.8
Long 2 RTY, 1511.3, 1510.3, -0.0, +2.0
Total NQ +23.0
Total RTY +4.3
Tues Dec 5 Trade Signal Summary
20171205
Short 1 RTY 1534.3, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6302.5, +6.0
Short 1 NQ 6304.25, -2.0
Long 2 YM 24252, 24244, -0, +40
Short 2 RTY 1533.2, 1533.2, -1.4, -1.4
Short 3 RTY 1534.3, 1534.3, 1534.3, +1.0, +2.0, +3.0
Total YM +40
Total NQ +4.0
Total RTY +5.2
Short 1 RTY 1534.3, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6302.5, +6.0
Short 1 NQ 6304.25, -2.0
Long 2 YM 24252, 24244, -0, +40
Short 2 RTY 1533.2, 1533.2, -1.4, -1.4
Short 3 RTY 1534.3, 1534.3, 1534.3, +1.0, +2.0, +3.0
Total YM +40
Total NQ +4.0
Total RTY +5.2
Mon Dec 4 Trade Signal Summery
20171204
Short 2 RTY 1556.8, 1556.8, +1.4, -0.3
Short 1 YM 24454, -8
Short 1 YM 24455, -9
Long 1 NQ 6360.0, -0.5
Short 1 YM 24486, -7
Long 2 NQ 6341.0, 6339.5, -4.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1553.4, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1553.5, -0.8
Long 1 NQ 6309.75, +10.0
Short 1 RTY 1550.8, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1547.0, +3.0
Total YM -24
Total NQ +9.5
Total RTY +8.3
Short 2 RTY 1556.8, 1556.8, +1.4, -0.3
Short 1 YM 24454, -8
Short 1 YM 24455, -9
Long 1 NQ 6360.0, -0.5
Short 1 YM 24486, -7
Long 2 NQ 6341.0, 6339.5, -4.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1553.4, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1553.5, -0.8
Long 1 NQ 6309.75, +10.0
Short 1 RTY 1550.8, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1547.0, +3.0
Total YM -24
Total NQ +9.5
Total RTY +8.3
Fri Dec 1 Trade Signal Summary
20171201
Short 1 NQ 6353.5, +10.0
Short 2 RT 1342.1, 1342.1, +1.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6333.0, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6330.0, +3.0, +10.0
Long 1 RTY 1538.9, -0.7
Long 1 RTY 1538.5, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1540.5, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6361.0, -0.0
Long 1 NQ 6355.25, -2.0
Total NQ +21.0
Total RTY +0.9
Short 1 NQ 6353.5, +10.0
Short 2 RT 1342.1, 1342.1, +1.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6333.0, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6330.0, +3.0, +10.0
Long 1 RTY 1538.9, -0.7
Long 1 RTY 1538.5, -0.7
Short 1 RTY 1540.5, -0.7
Long 1 NQ 6361.0, -0.0
Long 1 NQ 6355.25, -2.0
Total NQ +21.0
Total RTY +0.9
Thur Nov 30 Trade Signal Summary
20171130
Short 1 RTY 1550.4, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1549.0, +0.1
Long 1 RTY 1547.6, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1547.3, -0.1
Short 1 YM 24078, -7
Short 1 YM 24084, 24086, +20, +12
Short 1 NQ 6349.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6352.0, +4.0
Total YM +25
Total NQ +6.0
Total RTY +4.0
Short 1 RTY 1550.4, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1549.0, +0.1
Long 1 RTY 1547.6, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1547.3, -0.1
Short 1 YM 24078, -7
Short 1 YM 24084, 24086, +20, +12
Short 1 NQ 6349.0, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6352.0, +4.0
Total YM +25
Total NQ +6.0
Total RTY +4.0
Wed Nov 29 Trade Signal Summary
20171129
Long 1 NQ 6485.5, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6483.0, 6483.0, +4.0, -0.0
Short 2 YM 23924, 23924, -7, -7
Short 2 NQ 6486.25, 6486.5, +5.0, +10.0
Long 1 NQ 6446.0, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6444.25, -2.0
Long 2 RTY 1543.5, 1543.5, +0.8, -0.8
Long 2 RTY 1542.7, 1542.7, +0.7, +3.5
Total NQ +13.0
Total RTY +4.2
Long 1 NQ 6485.5, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6483.0, 6483.0, +4.0, -0.0
Short 2 YM 23924, 23924, -7, -7
Short 2 NQ 6486.25, 6486.5, +5.0, +10.0
Long 1 NQ 6446.0, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6444.25, -2.0
Long 2 RTY 1543.5, 1543.5, +0.8, -0.8
Long 2 RTY 1542.7, 1542.7, +0.7, +3.5
Total NQ +13.0
Total RTY +4.2
Tues Nov 28 Trade Signal Summary
20171128
Long 1 NQ 6417.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY 1515.4, +2.4
Short 1 NQ 6416.75, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6419.0, 6420.25, -0.0, +4.0
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +2.4
Long 1 NQ 6417.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY 1515.4, +2.4
Short 1 NQ 6416.75, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6419.0, 6420.25, -0.0, +4.0
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +2.4
Mon Nov 27 Trade Signal Summary
Trade Summary
20171127
Short 2 YM 23531, 23531, -7, -7
Short 2 NQ 6414.0, 6413.25, -2.5, -3.0
Short 4 RTY 1523.6, 1523.6, 1524.2, 1524.2, +1.0, +1.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 YM 23588, 23583, -7, -0
Short 1 NQ 6419.25, -2.0
Short 2 YM 23588, 23588, -7, -7
Long 1 NQ 6419.75, -1.0
Short 2 YM 23610, 23610, +11, +11
Long 2 NQ 6202.75, 6303.0, -1.5, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6298.75, 6298.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 RTY 1515.3, 1515.3, +1.0, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6396.75, 6396.75, +5.0, +5.0
Short 2 NQ 6307.75, 6307.25, +2.0, +2.0
Total YM -13
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +7.0
20171127
Short 2 YM 23531, 23531, -7, -7
Short 2 NQ 6414.0, 6413.25, -2.5, -3.0
Short 4 RTY 1523.6, 1523.6, 1524.2, 1524.2, +1.0, +1.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 YM 23588, 23583, -7, -0
Short 1 NQ 6419.25, -2.0
Short 2 YM 23588, 23588, -7, -7
Long 1 NQ 6419.75, -1.0
Short 2 YM 23610, 23610, +11, +11
Long 2 NQ 6202.75, 6303.0, -1.5, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6298.75, 6298.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 RTY 1515.3, 1515.3, +1.0, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6396.75, 6396.75, +5.0, +5.0
Short 2 NQ 6307.75, 6307.25, +2.0, +2.0
Total YM -13
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +7.0
Wed Nov 22 Trade Call Summary
20171122
Short 1 NQ 6380.0, -0.0
Long 2 RTY 1523.0, 1523.0, +1.0, +1.0
Long 2 RTY 1521.9, 1521.8, +0.8, -0.0
Long 3 RTY 1520.5, 1521.0, 1520.6, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0
Long 6 RTY 1520.2, 1520.2, 1519.7, 1519.7, 1519.2, 1519.2, -1.4, -1.4, +1.0, +1.0, +1.5, +1.5
Total NQ -0.0
Total RTY +5.0
....and a Happy Thanksgiving to all
Short 1 NQ 6380.0, -0.0
Long 2 RTY 1523.0, 1523.0, +1.0, +1.0
Long 2 RTY 1521.9, 1521.8, +0.8, -0.0
Long 3 RTY 1520.5, 1521.0, 1520.6, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0
Long 6 RTY 1520.2, 1520.2, 1519.7, 1519.7, 1519.2, 1519.2, -1.4, -1.4, +1.0, +1.0, +1.5, +1.5
Total NQ -0.0
Total RTY +5.0
....and a Happy Thanksgiving to all
Tues Nov 21 Trade Signal Summary
20171121
Short 2 YM 23533, 23533, -7, -7
Short 2 NQ 6367.75, 6367.75, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6370.0, 6370.0, +2.0, -0.25
Short 2 YM 23547, 23547, +10, +20
Short 2 RTY 1514.9, 1514.9, +0.7, -1.0
Short 2 RTY 1516.4, 1516.4, 1517.5, 1517.5, -1.8, -1.8, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6378.25, 6378.25, 6379.5, 6379.25, +2.0, -2.0, +4.0, +1.0
Short 2 RTY 1420.1, 1420.1, 1420.1, 1420.1, 1421.0, 1421.0, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6382.0, 6382.0, +2.0, +5.0
Long 2 RTY 1416.6, 1416.6, -0.5, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1415.9, 1415.9, -0.3, -0.3
Total YM +16
Total NQ +17.75
Total RTY -4.3
Short 2 YM 23533, 23533, -7, -7
Short 2 NQ 6367.75, 6367.75, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6370.0, 6370.0, +2.0, -0.25
Short 2 YM 23547, 23547, +10, +20
Short 2 RTY 1514.9, 1514.9, +0.7, -1.0
Short 2 RTY 1516.4, 1516.4, 1517.5, 1517.5, -1.8, -1.8, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6378.25, 6378.25, 6379.5, 6379.25, +2.0, -2.0, +4.0, +1.0
Short 2 RTY 1420.1, 1420.1, 1420.1, 1420.1, 1421.0, 1421.0, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0, -0.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6382.0, 6382.0, +2.0, +5.0
Long 2 RTY 1416.6, 1416.6, -0.5, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1415.9, 1415.9, -0.3, -0.3
Total YM +16
Total NQ +17.75
Total RTY -4.3
Mon Nov 20 Trade Signal Summary
20171120
Long 2 NQ 6317.5, 6317.5, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 YM 23402, -6
Short 2 NQ 6321.75, 6322.5, +5.0, +6.0
Short 1 RTY 1495.7, -0.4
Short 2 RTY 1496.7, 1496.7, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 YM 23414, 23414, +7, -1
Total YM -0
Total NQ +16.0
Total RTY -0.4
Long 2 NQ 6317.5, 6317.5, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 YM 23402, -6
Short 2 NQ 6321.75, 6322.5, +5.0, +6.0
Short 1 RTY 1495.7, -0.4
Short 2 RTY 1496.7, 1496.7, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 YM 23414, 23414, +7, -1
Total YM -0
Total NQ +16.0
Total RTY -0.4
Fri Nov 17 Trade Signal Summary
20171117
Short 2 RTY 1485.2, 1485.0, +1.0, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1485.5, -0.4
Long 1 NQ 6332.25, +4.5
Long 1 NQ 6332.75, +5.5
Total NQ +10.0
Total RTY +2.6
Short 2 RTY 1485.2, 1485.0, +1.0, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1485.5, -0.4
Long 1 NQ 6332.25, +4.5
Long 1 NQ 6332.75, +5.5
Total NQ +10.0
Total RTY +2.6
Thurs Trade Summary and Journal
20171116
Short 2 NQ 6311.75, 631175, +2.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6310.5, -2.0
Short 3 RTY 1478.3, 1478.3, 1478.3, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6315.5, 6315.5, -2.0, -3.0
Short 4 RTY 1479.9, 1479.9, 1479.9, 1479.9, +1.2, +1.2,
Short 2 NQ 6317.75, 6317.75, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6317.75, 6318.50 , 6319.25, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 4 RTY 1481.4, 1481.4, 1481.4, +1.0, +1.0, -0.4, -0.4
Short 2 RTY 1482.5, 1482.5, 1482.7, 1482.7, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7,
Short 2 NQ 6330.5, 6330.5 -3.0, -3.0
Short 4 RTY 1486.4, 1486.4, 1486.5, 1486.5, +1.0, +1.0, +2.4, +2.4, -0.3, -0.3
Short 2 NQ 6334.75, 6334.50, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6336.0, 6336.0, -1.5, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1486.5, 1486.5, 1486.9, 1486.9, -1.4, -1.4, -0.5, -0.5
Total NQ -19.0
Total RTY -1.0
The most common of the 3 possible Day Models is Test-n-Reject. It occurs on some 80% of all trading days, and therefore increases the odds of success to positions if the Trader fades the 1st trend direction of the day. The 2nd Day Model is Persistent Trend Day. It starts off in one direction and goes....and goes....and goes. Sometimes it doesn't even give you the 1st Chance Texaco setup to gas up and get in sync with. On those days, breakouts pay the way to profits. But catching onto its presence within the early action of the 1st frame is not always an easy thing to I.D. But those most adept at flipping one's rally hat around and going with those breakouts are rewarding handsomely. The game is to partial out the position to pay for the potential break-out failure, and ride the 2nd with a trading stop or reasonable 2nd unit mechanical target. ..wait for a pause and the correctly Fractal Inflection Count, and do it all over again. Although that strategy is in my Trade Plan, I was just mentally unable to flip my hat around, and so achieved a days loss limits trying to find a significant turn. Be flexible and prepared for the surprising outcome. How do I know this is true? Because today, one of the members I was trading beside in the chat room, a student, with basically the same Trade Plan as mine, kept to his plan and took those Inflection Breakout signals that I was apparently unfit for emotionally to take myself. The consequence was that he ended up with the same numerical figure in profits for the day that I had in losses. What good is a plan if you don't trade it?
Your Trade Plan should include both the best models to fade the action as well to participate in action break-out. Especially in a bull market where a succession of lows have been taken out and popular opinion sees those broken lows as indicative of a budding bear. They are not. Broken lows are simply WorkDone, and position the market to rise on the back of shorts and long re-entries after stop-outs.
Short 2 NQ 6311.75, 631175, +2.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6310.5, -2.0
Short 3 RTY 1478.3, 1478.3, 1478.3, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 2 NQ 6315.5, 6315.5, -2.0, -3.0
Short 4 RTY 1479.9, 1479.9, 1479.9, 1479.9, +1.2, +1.2,
Short 2 NQ 6317.75, 6317.75, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6317.75, 6318.50 , 6319.25, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 4 RTY 1481.4, 1481.4, 1481.4, +1.0, +1.0, -0.4, -0.4
Short 2 RTY 1482.5, 1482.5, 1482.7, 1482.7, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7,
Short 2 NQ 6330.5, 6330.5 -3.0, -3.0
Short 4 RTY 1486.4, 1486.4, 1486.5, 1486.5, +1.0, +1.0, +2.4, +2.4, -0.3, -0.3
Short 2 NQ 6334.75, 6334.50, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6336.0, 6336.0, -1.5, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1486.5, 1486.5, 1486.9, 1486.9, -1.4, -1.4, -0.5, -0.5
Total NQ -19.0
Total RTY -1.0
The most common of the 3 possible Day Models is Test-n-Reject. It occurs on some 80% of all trading days, and therefore increases the odds of success to positions if the Trader fades the 1st trend direction of the day. The 2nd Day Model is Persistent Trend Day. It starts off in one direction and goes....and goes....and goes. Sometimes it doesn't even give you the 1st Chance Texaco setup to gas up and get in sync with. On those days, breakouts pay the way to profits. But catching onto its presence within the early action of the 1st frame is not always an easy thing to I.D. But those most adept at flipping one's rally hat around and going with those breakouts are rewarding handsomely. The game is to partial out the position to pay for the potential break-out failure, and ride the 2nd with a trading stop or reasonable 2nd unit mechanical target. ..wait for a pause and the correctly Fractal Inflection Count, and do it all over again. Although that strategy is in my Trade Plan, I was just mentally unable to flip my hat around, and so achieved a days loss limits trying to find a significant turn. Be flexible and prepared for the surprising outcome. How do I know this is true? Because today, one of the members I was trading beside in the chat room, a student, with basically the same Trade Plan as mine, kept to his plan and took those Inflection Breakout signals that I was apparently unfit for emotionally to take myself. The consequence was that he ended up with the same numerical figure in profits for the day that I had in losses. What good is a plan if you don't trade it?
Your Trade Plan should include both the best models to fade the action as well to participate in action break-out. Especially in a bull market where a succession of lows have been taken out and popular opinion sees those broken lows as indicative of a budding bear. They are not. Broken lows are simply WorkDone, and position the market to rise on the back of shorts and long re-entries after stop-outs.
Wed Nov 15 Trade Signal Summary
20171115
Long 2 YM 23222, 23222, -10, -10
Long 2 NQ 6232.75, 6232.75, +5.0, +8.0
Short 3 RTY 1458.5, 1459.3, 1459.6, -1.4, +2.0, +2.4
Short 1 NQ 6252.25, -2.5
Short 2 RTY 1463.8, 1463.8, +1.0, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6361.75, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1466.0, 1466.0, +0.8, +0.8
Short 1 RTY 1466.0, -0.1
Short 2 RTY 1466.1, 1466.1, +0.7, +1.0
Total YM -20
Total NQ +12.5
Total RTY +10.2
Long 2 YM 23222, 23222, -10, -10
Long 2 NQ 6232.75, 6232.75, +5.0, +8.0
Short 3 RTY 1458.5, 1459.3, 1459.6, -1.4, +2.0, +2.4
Short 1 NQ 6252.25, -2.5
Short 2 RTY 1463.8, 1463.8, +1.0, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6361.75, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1466.0, 1466.0, +0.8, +0.8
Short 1 RTY 1466.0, -0.1
Short 2 RTY 1466.1, 1466.1, +0.7, +1.0
Total YM -20
Total NQ +12.5
Total RTY +10.2
Tues Nov 14 Trade Signal Summary
20171114
Short 2 RTY 1469.0, 1468.8, -0.7, +0.7
Short 1 NQ 6291.5, -0.5
Short 3 RTY 1473.0, 1472.9, 1472.8, +1.0, +1.0, +1.6
Long 2 RTY 1471.2, 1471.4, +0.7, -0.8
Long 2 NQ 6275.75. 6275.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 YM 23255, 23255, -11, -11
Long 3 YM 23249, 23249, 23249, -7, -7, -7
Long 2 RTY 1469.7, 1469.7, +1.0, +2.1
Short 1 NQ 6287.75, +7.0
Short 1 NQ 6293.25, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6294.5, 6294.5, +3.0, +3.0
Total YM -43
Total NQ +2.5
Total RTY +6.6
Short 2 RTY 1469.0, 1468.8, -0.7, +0.7
Short 1 NQ 6291.5, -0.5
Short 3 RTY 1473.0, 1472.9, 1472.8, +1.0, +1.0, +1.6
Long 2 RTY 1471.2, 1471.4, +0.7, -0.8
Long 2 NQ 6275.75. 6275.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 YM 23255, 23255, -11, -11
Long 3 YM 23249, 23249, 23249, -7, -7, -7
Long 2 RTY 1469.7, 1469.7, +1.0, +2.1
Short 1 NQ 6287.75, +7.0
Short 1 NQ 6293.25, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6294.5, 6294.5, +3.0, +3.0
Total YM -43
Total NQ +2.5
Total RTY +6.6
Mon Nov 13 Trade Signal Summary
20171113
Short 1 NQ 6395.25, -2.5
Short 3 NQ 6399.25, 8399.25, 6399.25, +2.0, +5.0, +5.0
Short 2 NQ 6302.5, 6304.0, -3.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1471.1, 1471.1, +1.0, +3.0
Total NQ +4.5
Total RTY +4.0
Short 1 NQ 6395.25, -2.5
Short 3 NQ 6399.25, 8399.25, 6399.25, +2.0, +5.0, +5.0
Short 2 NQ 6302.5, 6304.0, -3.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1471.1, 1471.1, +1.0, +3.0
Total NQ +4.5
Total RTY +4.0
Fri Nov 10 Trade Signal Summary
20171110
Long 2 YM 23369, 23369, +10, +15
Short 1 RTY 1479.3, +1.8
Long 1 NQ 6285.0, +5.0
Total YM +25
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +1.8
Long 2 YM 23369, 23369, +10, +15
Short 1 RTY 1479.3, +1.8
Long 1 NQ 6285.0, +5.0
Total YM +25
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +1.8
Thurs Nov 9 Trade Signal Summary
20171109
Short 2 RTY 1471.0, 1471.0, +1.0, +1.0
Long 2 RTY 1469.4, 1469.4, +1.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1468.6, 1468.6, +1.0, -1.6
Long 2 NQ 6273.5, 6273.5, +2.0, +10.0
Short 2 YM 23466, 23466, +22, +20
Short 1 RTY 1476.3, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6296.0, -2.0
Total YM +42
Total NQ +10.0
Total RTY +3.4
Short 2 RTY 1471.0, 1471.0, +1.0, +1.0
Long 2 RTY 1469.4, 1469.4, +1.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1468.6, 1468.6, +1.0, -1.6
Long 2 NQ 6273.5, 6273.5, +2.0, +10.0
Short 2 YM 23466, 23466, +22, +20
Short 1 RTY 1476.3, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6296.0, -2.0
Total YM +42
Total NQ +10.0
Total RTY +3.4
Wed Nov 8 Trade Signal Summary
20171108
Short 1 RTY 1471.9, -0.1
Short 2 RTY 1473.2, 1473.3, 0.7, -0.6
Short 2 NQ 6315.0, 6315.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6317.0, 6316.75, -1.0, -1.0
Short 3 NQ 6319.0, 6320.0, 6320.5, -2.0, -1.0, -1.5
Short 2 NQ 6320.75, 6320.75, +5.0, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1469.0, -0.2
Total NQ -2.5
Total RTY -1.6
Short 1 RTY 1471.9, -0.1
Short 2 RTY 1473.2, 1473.3, 0.7, -0.6
Short 2 NQ 6315.0, 6315.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6317.0, 6316.75, -1.0, -1.0
Short 3 NQ 6319.0, 6320.0, 6320.5, -2.0, -1.0, -1.5
Short 2 NQ 6320.75, 6320.75, +5.0, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1469.0, -0.2
Total NQ -2.5
Total RTY -1.6
Tues Nov 7 Trade Signal Summary
20171107
Short 2 RTY 1496.9, 1496.9, +1.0, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1490.3, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1487.2, 1487.3, +1.0, +1.5
Long 2 RTY 1486.4, 1486.0, -1.0, +1.0
Total RTY +8.5
Short 2 RTY 1496.9, 1496.9, +1.0, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1490.3, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1487.2, 1487.3, +1.0, +1.5
Long 2 RTY 1486.4, 1486.0, -1.0, +1.0
Total RTY +8.5
Mon Nov 6 Trade Signal Summary
20171106
Short 1 RTY 1496.5, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1496.7, -1.4
Short 3 RTY 1498.3, 1498.3, 1498.3, +1.2, +1.0, +2.0\
Short 1 RTY 1501.0, -0.1
Long 1 RTY 1493.1, +2.0
Total RTY +6.7
Short 1 RTY 1496.5, +2.0
Short 1 RTY 1496.7, -1.4
Short 3 RTY 1498.3, 1498.3, 1498.3, +1.2, +1.0, +2.0\
Short 1 RTY 1501.0, -0.1
Long 1 RTY 1493.1, +2.0
Total RTY +6.7
Fri Nov 3 Trade Signal Summary
20171103
Long 1 NQ 6240.0, +7.0
Long 2 RTY 1489.9, 1489.9, +0.7, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6251.25, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6252.0, +6.5
Total NQ +13.5
Total RTY +3.7
Long 1 NQ 6240.0, +7.0
Long 2 RTY 1489.9, 1489.9, +0.7, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 6251.25, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6252.0, +6.5
Total NQ +13.5
Total RTY +3.7
Thurs Nov 2 Trade Signal Summary & Journal
20171102
Short 3 RTY 1493.3, 1493.0, 1493.8, 1493.8, +0.7, -0.0, +1.0, +2.0
Long 2 NQ 6225.0, 62.25.0, -3.0, -3.0
Long 3 NQ 6223.75, 6223.75, 6223.75, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 4 YM 23295, 23295, 23296, 23296, +17, +17, +4.0, +40
Short 3 RTY 1497.0, 1498.3, 1497.8, -0.0, +1.0, +2.6
Total YM +115
Total NQ -12.0
Total RTY +7.3
Is of interest to note that certain financial and political announcements are perceived by traders as news worthy and are taken with some apprehension, even if a calm eye eventually prevails. And yet the market unravels and regathers along the same rules it is governed by otherwise, albeit a far more exaggerated fashion. That's what trading futures is all about. It's market inefficiencies we make profits on. And Karl Marx remains proven wrong at the most casual of market examinations, just as Adam Smith's observations are proven right on any day you chose to look. And just so does the market remain in its eternal paradox. We have both much to learn from price (contrary to Marx), and yet it remains governed as if by the invisible finger of Providence (to the lasting impression of Smith). We call the 'invisible force' behind price fluctuation Serial Sequent Fractal Method, the quantum physics of price movement.
Short 3 RTY 1493.3, 1493.0, 1493.8, 1493.8, +0.7, -0.0, +1.0, +2.0
Long 2 NQ 6225.0, 62.25.0, -3.0, -3.0
Long 3 NQ 6223.75, 6223.75, 6223.75, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 4 YM 23295, 23295, 23296, 23296, +17, +17, +4.0, +40
Short 3 RTY 1497.0, 1498.3, 1497.8, -0.0, +1.0, +2.6
Total YM +115
Total NQ -12.0
Total RTY +7.3
Is of interest to note that certain financial and political announcements are perceived by traders as news worthy and are taken with some apprehension, even if a calm eye eventually prevails. And yet the market unravels and regathers along the same rules it is governed by otherwise, albeit a far more exaggerated fashion. That's what trading futures is all about. It's market inefficiencies we make profits on. And Karl Marx remains proven wrong at the most casual of market examinations, just as Adam Smith's observations are proven right on any day you chose to look. And just so does the market remain in its eternal paradox. We have both much to learn from price (contrary to Marx), and yet it remains governed as if by the invisible finger of Providence (to the lasting impression of Smith). We call the 'invisible force' behind price fluctuation Serial Sequent Fractal Method, the quantum physics of price movement.
Wed Nov 1 Trade Signal Summary
20171101
Long 1 NQ 6267.75, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1511.1, 1510.9, -0.0, -1.4
Short 1 NQ 6274.0, +10.0
Short 2 RTY 1511.9, 1511.9, +1.0, -1.0
Short 2 RTY 1512.4, 1512.4, +1.0, +2.4
Total NQ +13.0
Total RTY +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6267.75, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1511.1, 1510.9, -0.0, -1.4
Short 1 NQ 6274.0, +10.0
Short 2 RTY 1511.9, 1511.9, +1.0, -1.0
Short 2 RTY 1512.4, 1512.4, +1.0, +2.4
Total NQ +13.0
Total RTY +2.0
Tues Oct 31 Trade Signal Summary
20171031
Long 2 RTY 1496.8, 1496.8, +1.0, +2.4
Short 2 RTY 1499.3, 1500.0, -0.0, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1494.9, -0.3
Short 1 NQ 6239.25, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 6240.0, -1.0
Short 1 RTY 1499.4, +1.2
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +6.3
Long 2 RTY 1496.8, 1496.8, +1.0, +2.4
Short 2 RTY 1499.3, 1500.0, -0.0, +2.0
Long 1 RTY 1494.9, -0.3
Short 1 NQ 6239.25, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 6240.0, -1.0
Short 1 RTY 1499.4, +1.2
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +6.3
Mon Oct 30, Trade Signal Summary & Journal
20171030
Long 3 RTY 1501.1, 1501.4, 1501.5, +1.0, -1.0, -0.7
Short 3 NQ 6230.5, 6230.5, 6231.75, -3.0, -3.0, -3.0
Short 3 NQ 6233.75, 6233.75, 6233.25, +3.0, +3.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1498.6, 1498.6, +1.0, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1503.3, 1503.3 +1.0, +2.1
Short 1 RTY 1503.5, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 6250.5, 6250.5, +5.0, +6.0
Long 2 RTY 1501.8, 1501.4, -0.2, -0.7
Long 2 NQ 6233.5, 6233.5, +2.0, -2.0
Long 3 RTY 1495.9, 1495.9, 1496.1, +1.0, -1.0, -0.7
Long 2 NQ 6218.75, 6218.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 4 NQ 6217.5, 6217.5, 6217.5, 6217.5, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 RTY 1493.9, 1493.9, +1.0, -0.9
Long 4 NQ 6218.25, 6218.25, 6218.25, 6218.25, +4.0, +4.0, +7.0, +7.0
Long 3 RTY 1492.6, 1492.6, 1492.5, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +7.4
Like the 5th game of the World Series last night, I trades too many innings. The true underlying trend often is arrives in the first frame as a disguise. Today, that the disguise was more prominent in the NQ. And with that Mars launch by NQ to another set of new bull market highs came a clear short entry model, right at the top. However, the TF, which has played a good deal of catch-up to NQ's exuberance was fairly consistent in its bear leadership. These two have played a lot of vice-a-versus lately, and it definitely can complicate a set of entry signals where those entry signals depend on breadth. Which breadth do you use ...? Stay with your Plan. Entry signals will sort themselves out along with the trend, and even when that trend remains disguised by faux leadership, the combination of a target accurate Pivot / Exhaustion Grid, momentum, and the amazing fractal algorithm we call Serial Sequent can deliver pieces of the market despite the obscurity of the true underlying trend.
Long 3 RTY 1501.1, 1501.4, 1501.5, +1.0, -1.0, -0.7
Short 3 NQ 6230.5, 6230.5, 6231.75, -3.0, -3.0, -3.0
Short 3 NQ 6233.75, 6233.75, 6233.25, +3.0, +3.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1498.6, 1498.6, +1.0, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1503.3, 1503.3 +1.0, +2.1
Short 1 RTY 1503.5, -0.5
Short 2 NQ 6250.5, 6250.5, +5.0, +6.0
Long 2 RTY 1501.8, 1501.4, -0.2, -0.7
Long 2 NQ 6233.5, 6233.5, +2.0, -2.0
Long 3 RTY 1495.9, 1495.9, 1496.1, +1.0, -1.0, -0.7
Long 2 NQ 6218.75, 6218.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 4 NQ 6217.5, 6217.5, 6217.5, 6217.5, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 RTY 1493.9, 1493.9, +1.0, -0.9
Long 4 NQ 6218.25, 6218.25, 6218.25, 6218.25, +4.0, +4.0, +7.0, +7.0
Long 3 RTY 1492.6, 1492.6, 1492.5, +1.0, +1.0, +1.0
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +7.4
Like the 5th game of the World Series last night, I trades too many innings. The true underlying trend often is arrives in the first frame as a disguise. Today, that the disguise was more prominent in the NQ. And with that Mars launch by NQ to another set of new bull market highs came a clear short entry model, right at the top. However, the TF, which has played a good deal of catch-up to NQ's exuberance was fairly consistent in its bear leadership. These two have played a lot of vice-a-versus lately, and it definitely can complicate a set of entry signals where those entry signals depend on breadth. Which breadth do you use ...? Stay with your Plan. Entry signals will sort themselves out along with the trend, and even when that trend remains disguised by faux leadership, the combination of a target accurate Pivot / Exhaustion Grid, momentum, and the amazing fractal algorithm we call Serial Sequent can deliver pieces of the market despite the obscurity of the true underlying trend.
Fri Oct 27 Trade Signal Summary and Journal
20171027
Short 4 RTY 1497.1, 1491.1, 1497.1, 1497.1, +0.7, +0.7, -0.8, -0.8
Short 2 NQ 6164.5, 6164.5, +2.0, -3.0
Short 3 NQ 6166.0, 6166.0, 6166.0, +3.0, +2.0, -5.25
Short 4 RTY 1500.4, 1500.4, 1500.4, 1500.4, +1.0, +1.0, +1.9, +3.0
Short 2 NQ 6171.5, 6171.5, 2.25, -2.25
Short 2 NQ 6180.0, 6180.0, +5.0, +10.0
Total NQ +9.25
Total RTY +6.7
You enter trades on a working assumption that the Trade Entry Models you use work more often than they fail, not because you believe you know which way the market is headed. It's a subtle but critical difference. You manage those entries on the part of that assumption that acknowledges those entry models can't work all the time. Thus, you partial out to pay for the risk of the trade, and them herd cats when/if the remainder of the position goes into profits. The only thinking involved in trading is in the process of learning and compiling one's Trade Entry Models. And that is done with the cool eye of retrospective chart and indicator study--never in real time market action. Once such a trade plan is in place, you take the trades prescribed in your plan whether you 'like' them or not. Anything you don't like about the trade as it takes shape at the right edge of your video screen should be part of the Model itself, and resides there as a filter all the time. Otherwise, any apprehensions should be ignored. The Trader is a machine. The Analyst is the thinker. Put him away after the Opening Bell. He has no place in the activity of real time execution.
Short 4 RTY 1497.1, 1491.1, 1497.1, 1497.1, +0.7, +0.7, -0.8, -0.8
Short 2 NQ 6164.5, 6164.5, +2.0, -3.0
Short 3 NQ 6166.0, 6166.0, 6166.0, +3.0, +2.0, -5.25
Short 4 RTY 1500.4, 1500.4, 1500.4, 1500.4, +1.0, +1.0, +1.9, +3.0
Short 2 NQ 6171.5, 6171.5, 2.25, -2.25
Short 2 NQ 6180.0, 6180.0, +5.0, +10.0
Total NQ +9.25
Total RTY +6.7
You enter trades on a working assumption that the Trade Entry Models you use work more often than they fail, not because you believe you know which way the market is headed. It's a subtle but critical difference. You manage those entries on the part of that assumption that acknowledges those entry models can't work all the time. Thus, you partial out to pay for the risk of the trade, and them herd cats when/if the remainder of the position goes into profits. The only thinking involved in trading is in the process of learning and compiling one's Trade Entry Models. And that is done with the cool eye of retrospective chart and indicator study--never in real time market action. Once such a trade plan is in place, you take the trades prescribed in your plan whether you 'like' them or not. Anything you don't like about the trade as it takes shape at the right edge of your video screen should be part of the Model itself, and resides there as a filter all the time. Otherwise, any apprehensions should be ignored. The Trader is a machine. The Analyst is the thinker. Put him away after the Opening Bell. He has no place in the activity of real time execution.
Thurs Oct 26 Trade Signals and Journal
20171026
Long 1 NQ 6054.5, +4.0
Long 2 NQ 6052.25, 6052.25, -2.0, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6043.0, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 6040.5, 6040.5, 6040.5, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 4 NQ 6037.5, 6037.5, 6037.5, 6037.5, +5.0, +5.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1498.8, 1498.8, +1.3, -1.0
Short 3 NQ 6048.75, 6048.75, 6049.25, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6053.0, 6053.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 3 RTY 1499.4, 1499.4, 1499.4, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 3 NQ 6060.5, 6060.5, 6060.5, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 4 RTY 1502.1, 1502.1, 1502.1, 1502.1, +1.0, +1.0, -0.1, -0.1
Short 2 NQ 6064.75, 6064.75, 6063.5, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6066.0, 6066.0, +5.0, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1502.9, 1502.9, +1.0, +1.6
Total NQ +2.0
Total RTY +0.5
Sometimes volatility can be a bit overwhelming, and today's two-sided action induced me to enter shorts on the way back up too soon, having not found the signals to buy at the first frame lows. A final set of sell signals were clear and afforded decent short swings from the highs, but I was already too negative on the day to do anything but play catch-up to losses....and with too many trades and commissions, didn't quite even do that. Keep calm during moments of surprise price bursts. Regard the structure, the exhaustion grid and the momentum and just stay in the game. Cool head prevail, even if they don't always profit...
Long 1 NQ 6054.5, +4.0
Long 2 NQ 6052.25, 6052.25, -2.0, -2.0
Long 1 NQ 6043.0, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 6040.5, 6040.5, 6040.5, -2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Long 4 NQ 6037.5, 6037.5, 6037.5, 6037.5, +5.0, +5.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1498.8, 1498.8, +1.3, -1.0
Short 3 NQ 6048.75, 6048.75, 6049.25, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6053.0, 6053.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 3 RTY 1499.4, 1499.4, 1499.4, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 3 NQ 6060.5, 6060.5, 6060.5, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 4 RTY 1502.1, 1502.1, 1502.1, 1502.1, +1.0, +1.0, -0.1, -0.1
Short 2 NQ 6064.75, 6064.75, 6063.5, +2.0, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6066.0, 6066.0, +5.0, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1502.9, 1502.9, +1.0, +1.6
Total NQ +2.0
Total RTY +0.5
Sometimes volatility can be a bit overwhelming, and today's two-sided action induced me to enter shorts on the way back up too soon, having not found the signals to buy at the first frame lows. A final set of sell signals were clear and afforded decent short swings from the highs, but I was already too negative on the day to do anything but play catch-up to losses....and with too many trades and commissions, didn't quite even do that. Keep calm during moments of surprise price bursts. Regard the structure, the exhaustion grid and the momentum and just stay in the game. Cool head prevail, even if they don't always profit...
Wed Oct 25 Trade Signal Summary
20171025
Short 2 RTY 1499.4, 1499.3, +1.0, +1.0
Long 1 NQ 6074.25, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6072.0, 6072.00, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1498.6, 1499.0, +1.0, +0.2
Long 2 YM 23338, 23338, -0, -0
Long 3 RTY 1493.9, 1493.5, 1493.7, +0.5, +2.0, +1.0
Total NQ -6.0
Total RTY +6.7
Short 2 RTY 1499.4, 1499.3, +1.0, +1.0
Long 1 NQ 6074.25, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6072.0, 6072.00, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1498.6, 1499.0, +1.0, +0.2
Long 2 YM 23338, 23338, -0, -0
Long 3 RTY 1493.9, 1493.5, 1493.7, +0.5, +2.0, +1.0
Total NQ -6.0
Total RTY +6.7
Tues Oct 24 Trade Signal Summary
20171024
Long 1 NQ 6064.25, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6060.5, 6060.5, +2.5, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 6059.0, 6059.0, 6059.0, +4.0, +5.0, +6.0
Long 1 NQ 6060.75, +7.0
Short 1 NQ 6069.75, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6074.0, 6074.0, +2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1507.1, 1507.1, +1.0, +1.0
Short 3 NQ 6076.75, 6076.25, 6077.75, -0.0, -0.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6082.25, 6092.25, +2.0, +3.0
Total NQ +25.5
Total RTY +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6064.25, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6060.5, 6060.5, +2.5, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 6059.0, 6059.0, 6059.0, +4.0, +5.0, +6.0
Long 1 NQ 6060.75, +7.0
Short 1 NQ 6069.75, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6074.0, 6074.0, +2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1507.1, 1507.1, +1.0, +1.0
Short 3 NQ 6076.75, 6076.25, 6077.75, -0.0, -0.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6082.25, 6092.25, +2.0, +3.0
Total NQ +25.5
Total RTY +2.0
Fri Oct 20 Trade Signal Summary
20171020
Short 2 NQ 6115.75, 6116.25, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6117.5, 6117.5, -0.75, -0.75
Short 2 YM 23188, 23188, +10, +10
Short 1 RTY 1511.4, -0.7
Short 2 NQ 6121.5, 6121.5, -0.0, -0.0
Long 1 NQ 6111.25, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6105.00, +3.0
Total YM +20
Total NQ -0.5
Total RTY -0.7
Short 2 NQ 6115.75, 6116.25, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6117.5, 6117.5, -0.75, -0.75
Short 2 YM 23188, 23188, +10, +10
Short 1 RTY 1511.4, -0.7
Short 2 NQ 6121.5, 6121.5, -0.0, -0.0
Long 1 NQ 6111.25, +2.0
Long 1 NQ 6105.00, +3.0
Total YM +20
Total NQ -0.5
Total RTY -0.7
Thurs Oct 19 Trade Signal Summary
T20171019
Long 2 RTY 1495.1, 1494.4, +1.0, -1.0
Long 1 RTY 1492.5, +3.3
Short 2 RTY 1507.5, 1507.5, +0.7, +1.3
Total RTY +5.3
Long 2 RTY 1495.1, 1494.4, +1.0, -1.0
Long 1 RTY 1492.5, +3.3
Short 2 RTY 1507.5, 1507.5, +0.7, +1.3
Total RTY +5.3
Wed Oct 18 Trade Signal Summary
20171018
Short 1 NQ 6126.25, -0.25
Long 2 NQ 6119.5, 6119.5, +2.0, +3.0
Long 2 NQ 6112.25, 6112.25, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6109.75, 9109.75, +4.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1502.3, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6118.25, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6123.25, 6123.25, +2.0, +3.0
Total NQ +11.75
Total RTY +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6126.25, -0.25
Long 2 NQ 6119.5, 6119.5, +2.0, +3.0
Long 2 NQ 6112.25, 6112.25, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6109.75, 9109.75, +4.0, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1502.3, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6118.25, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6123.25, 6123.25, +2.0, +3.0
Total NQ +11.75
Total RTY +2.0
Tues Oct 17 Trade Signal Summary
20171017
Short 1 NQ 6112.75, +2.75
Short 2 NQ 6117.00, 6116.5, +2.0, +2.0
Long 2 NQ 6107.00, 6107.00, +2.0, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1504.7, -0.1
Long 1 NQ 6106.5, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1501.3, +2.0
Total NQ +15.75
Total RTY +1.9
Short 1 NQ 6112.75, +2.75
Short 2 NQ 6117.00, 6116.5, +2.0, +2.0
Long 2 NQ 6107.00, 6107.00, +2.0, +3.0
Long 1 RTY 1504.7, -0.1
Long 1 NQ 6106.5, +4.0
Long 1 RTY 1501.3, +2.0
Total NQ +15.75
Total RTY +1.9
Mon Oct 16 Trade Signals and Journal
20171016
Long 2 RTY 1506.5, 1506.6, +0.7, +0.7
Short 2 RTY 1507.8, 1508.7, -1.4, -1.6
Short 3 NQ 6115.5, 6117.0, 6116.25, -0.5, +2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1512.4, 1512.4, -1.5, -1.5
Long 2 RTY 1509.8, 1509.8, 1508.5, 1508.5, -1.7, -1.7, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6104.25, 6104.25, +3.0, +5.0
Long 4 RTY 1507.1, 1507.1, 1507.2, 1507.2, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1507.7, 1507.7, +0.7, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1504.4, 1504.2, +1.0, +1.0
Total NQ +7.5
Total RTY -8.9
If the first trend of the day tends to be false, as the statistics of the ratio of Test-n-Reject days to Persistent Trend Days suggests, then fading the first trend of the day in favor of the 2nd has the greater chance of success as a trade entry strategy. But sometimes that turn is not easy to find, even when the concept proves out to be correct, as it certainly did today. What this often leaves you with is the feeling of strong internal pressure to capitalize on the remainder of the 1st Frame's opportunities as they appear. And if you miss the fading opportunities of the 1st trend, that pressure to participate will often show up as trade entry signals to fade new price extremes in the 2nd trend direction of the day, which will be far less likely to succeed, as it becomes the trend trend of the day. Resisting the call to take those trades can be a difficult thing. You've missed the early trades, and now you face missing the whole morning without participating... and you have a whole room of students watching you.... Today I did just that, and I was duly punished for my ego by a series of losing trades in the mini Russell. It was only a set of rules to limit losses that kept me from digging myself in deeper. Resist the Song of the Sirens. Sometimes it's better just to sit on your hands, even when faced with an audience that expects good things from you....
Long 2 RTY 1506.5, 1506.6, +0.7, +0.7
Short 2 RTY 1507.8, 1508.7, -1.4, -1.6
Short 3 NQ 6115.5, 6117.0, 6116.25, -0.5, +2.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1512.4, 1512.4, -1.5, -1.5
Long 2 RTY 1509.8, 1509.8, 1508.5, 1508.5, -1.7, -1.7, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 6104.25, 6104.25, +3.0, +5.0
Long 4 RTY 1507.1, 1507.1, 1507.2, 1507.2, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1507.7, 1507.7, +0.7, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1504.4, 1504.2, +1.0, +1.0
Total NQ +7.5
Total RTY -8.9
If the first trend of the day tends to be false, as the statistics of the ratio of Test-n-Reject days to Persistent Trend Days suggests, then fading the first trend of the day in favor of the 2nd has the greater chance of success as a trade entry strategy. But sometimes that turn is not easy to find, even when the concept proves out to be correct, as it certainly did today. What this often leaves you with is the feeling of strong internal pressure to capitalize on the remainder of the 1st Frame's opportunities as they appear. And if you miss the fading opportunities of the 1st trend, that pressure to participate will often show up as trade entry signals to fade new price extremes in the 2nd trend direction of the day, which will be far less likely to succeed, as it becomes the trend trend of the day. Resisting the call to take those trades can be a difficult thing. You've missed the early trades, and now you face missing the whole morning without participating... and you have a whole room of students watching you.... Today I did just that, and I was duly punished for my ego by a series of losing trades in the mini Russell. It was only a set of rules to limit losses that kept me from digging myself in deeper. Resist the Song of the Sirens. Sometimes it's better just to sit on your hands, even when faced with an audience that expects good things from you....
Fri Oct 13 Trade Signal Summary
20171013
Short 1 RTY 1505.1, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6096.0, -0.5
Short 1 NQ 6096.75, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1506.5, 1506.3, +1.0, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 1698.5, +3.5
Short 1 RTY 1507.6, -1.0
Short 1 RTY 1509.0, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1509.9, 1509.9, -0.8, -0.8
Short 2 NQ 6102.25, 6102.25, +2.0, +4.0
Long 2 NQ 6097.5, 6097.5, -2.5, -2.5
Long 2 YM 22904, 22804, +10, +10
Total YM +20
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY -1.3
Short 1 RTY 1505.1, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6096.0, -0.5
Short 1 NQ 6096.75, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1506.5, 1506.3, +1.0, -1.0
Short 1 NQ 1698.5, +3.5
Short 1 RTY 1507.6, -1.0
Short 1 RTY 1509.0, -0.7
Short 2 RTY 1509.9, 1509.9, -0.8, -0.8
Short 2 NQ 6102.25, 6102.25, +2.0, +4.0
Long 2 NQ 6097.5, 6097.5, -2.5, -2.5
Long 2 YM 22904, 22804, +10, +10
Total YM +20
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY -1.3
Thurs Oct 12 Trade Signal Summary
20171012
Long 2 RTY 1501.7, 1507.7, +1.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6085.0, 6085.0, -1.0, -1.0
Short 2 RTY 1510.0, 1510.0, +0.7, +1.7
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +5.4
Long 2 RTY 1501.7, 1507.7, +1.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 6085.0, 6085.0, -1.0, -1.0
Short 2 RTY 1510.0, 1510.0, +0.7, +1.7
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY +5.4
Wed Oct 11 Trade Signal Summary
20171011
Long 1 NQ 6058.75, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6057.0, 6057.0, +3.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6068.0, -1.0
Short 2 YM 22786, 22786, -2, -2
Long 3 RTY 1508.5, 1508.5, 1508.3, +1.5, +2.2, +1.0
Short 1 NQ 6074.5, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1511.8, 1511.8, +0.7, +1.0
Total YM -4
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY +6.3
Long 1 NQ 6058.75, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 6057.0, 6057.0, +3.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 6068.0, -1.0
Short 2 YM 22786, 22786, -2, -2
Long 3 RTY 1508.5, 1508.5, 1508.3, +1.5, +2.2, +1.0
Short 1 NQ 6074.5, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1511.8, 1511.8, +0.7, +1.0
Total YM -4
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY +6.3
Tues Oct 10 Trade Summary
20171010
Long 2 NQ 6070.5, 6070.75, +3.0, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1508.7, 1508.7, +0.7, +1.3
Long 2 NQ 6058.25, 6059.0, +2.0, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1510.0, 1510.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6064.25, 6064.75, +5.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6066.0, -0.0
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +2.0
Long 2 NQ 6070.5, 6070.75, +3.0, +2.0
Long 2 RTY 1508.7, 1508.7, +0.7, +1.3
Long 2 NQ 6058.25, 6059.0, +2.0, +3.0
Short 2 RTY 1510.0, 1510.0, -0.0, -0.0
Short 2 NQ 6064.25, 6064.75, +5.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6066.0, -0.0
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +2.0
Mon Oct 9 Trade Summary
20171009
Long 2 RTY 1514.4, 1514.4, +1.0, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6074.75, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6067.25, 6067.25, +2.0, +3.0
Short 4 RTY 1507.7, 1507.7, 1507.7, 1507.7, -0.2, -0.2, -0.2, -0.2
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY -0.2
Long 2 RTY 1514.4, 1514.4, +1.0, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6074.75, -0.0
Long 2 NQ 6067.25, 6067.25, +2.0, +3.0
Short 4 RTY 1507.7, 1507.7, 1507.7, 1507.7, -0.2, -0.2, -0.2, -0.2
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY -0.2
Fri Oct 6 Trade Summary
20171006
Long 2 RTY 1508.9, 1508.9, +1.0, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1513.5, 1513.7, -0.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6060.0, +5.0
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +5.0
Long 2 RTY 1508.9, 1508.9, +1.0, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1513.5, 1513.7, -0.0, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 6060.0, +5.0
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +5.0
Thurs Oct 5 Trade Summary
20171005
Short 2 RTY 1511.9, 1512.2, -1.0, +0.7
Short 2 RTY 1513.0, 1313.1, +2.0, +2.8
Short 2 NQ 6030.0, 6030.0, +2.0, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1512.4, 1512.4, +0.7, +0.6
Short 1 RTY 1513.2, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1513.4, 1513.3, +0.5, -0.7
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +5.6
Short 2 RTY 1511.9, 1512.2, -1.0, +0.7
Short 2 RTY 1513.0, 1313.1, +2.0, +2.8
Short 2 NQ 6030.0, 6030.0, +2.0, +5.0
Short 2 RTY 1512.4, 1512.4, +0.7, +0.6
Short 1 RTY 1513.2, -0.0
Short 2 RTY 1513.4, 1513.3, +0.5, -0.7
Total NQ +7.0
Total RTY +5.6
Wed Oct 4 Trade Summary
20171004
Short 2 NQ 5995.25, 5995.25, +2.0, +3.0
Long 2 RT 1512.3, 1512.3, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 5980.75, 5980.75, +3.0, +6.0
Long 4 RT 1510.3, 1510.3, 1510.5, 1510.5, +0.7, +0.7, -0.7, -0.7
Long 4 RT 1509.9, 1509.9, 1509.9, 1509.9, +1.0, ,+1.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 5989.0, 5989.0, +2.0, -0.0
Short 2 RT 1512.7, 1512.7, +0.7, -0.5
Total NQ +16.0
Total RT +3.4
Short 2 NQ 5995.25, 5995.25, +2.0, +3.0
Long 2 RT 1512.3, 1512.3, -1.4, -1.4
Long 2 NQ 5980.75, 5980.75, +3.0, +6.0
Long 4 RT 1510.3, 1510.3, 1510.5, 1510.5, +0.7, +0.7, -0.7, -0.7
Long 4 RT 1509.9, 1509.9, 1509.9, 1509.9, +1.0, ,+1.0, +2.0, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 5989.0, 5989.0, +2.0, -0.0
Short 2 RT 1512.7, 1512.7, +0.7, -0.5
Total NQ +16.0
Total RT +3.4
Mon Oct 2 Trade Summary
20171002
Long 2 RTY 1492.5, 1492.2, +1.0, +1.5
Short 1 RTY 1492.2, -0.2
Short 1 RTY 1494.6, -0.0
Short 4 RTY 1497.9, 1497.9, 1497.9, 1497.9, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 2 NQ 6002.75, 6002.75, +2.0, +3.0
Short 4 RTY 1501.1, 1501.1, 1501.1, 1501.1, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 1 NQ 6004.25, -2.0
Short 6 RTY 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +1.7, +1.7
Short 2 NQ 6009, 6009.0, +2.0, -0.0
Long 2 RTY 1499.4, 1499.4, -1.0, -1.0
Long 3 NQ 5999.5, 5999.5, 5998.75, +2.0, +2.0, +3.0
Long 3 NQ 5999.0, 5999.25, 5997.75, +2.0, +2.0, +6.0
Long 4 RTY 1496.3, 1496.3, 1496.1, 1496.1, +0.8, +0.8, +1.1, +1.1
Long 2 NQ 5976.75, 5976.75, +2.0, -0.0
Total NQ +24.0
Total RTY +3.9
Long 2 RTY 1492.5, 1492.2, +1.0, +1.5
Short 1 RTY 1492.2, -0.2
Short 1 RTY 1494.6, -0.0
Short 4 RTY 1497.9, 1497.9, 1497.9, 1497.9, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5, -1.5
Short 2 NQ 6002.75, 6002.75, +2.0, +3.0
Short 4 RTY 1501.1, 1501.1, 1501.1, 1501.1, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4, -1.4
Short 1 NQ 6004.25, -2.0
Short 6 RTY 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, 1502.3, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +2.0, +1.7, +1.7
Short 2 NQ 6009, 6009.0, +2.0, -0.0
Long 2 RTY 1499.4, 1499.4, -1.0, -1.0
Long 3 NQ 5999.5, 5999.5, 5998.75, +2.0, +2.0, +3.0
Long 3 NQ 5999.0, 5999.25, 5997.75, +2.0, +2.0, +6.0
Long 4 RTY 1496.3, 1496.3, 1496.1, 1496.1, +0.8, +0.8, +1.1, +1.1
Long 2 NQ 5976.75, 5976.75, +2.0, -0.0
Total NQ +24.0
Total RTY +3.9
Fri Sep 29 Trade Summary
20170929
Short 2 RTY 1492.5, 1492.4, +0.5, -0.6
Short 1 RTY 1490.2, -0.2
Short 3 RTY 1493.3, 1493.3, 1393.7, +0.7, +1.0, -0.5
Short 1 RTY 1493.7, +1.2
Total RTY +2.1
Short 2 RTY 1492.5, 1492.4, +0.5, -0.6
Short 1 RTY 1490.2, -0.2
Short 3 RTY 1493.3, 1493.3, 1393.7, +0.7, +1.0, -0.5
Short 1 RTY 1493.7, +1.2
Total RTY +2.1
Thurs Sep 28 Trade Summary
20170928
Short 1 RTY 1483.2, +1.0
Long 2 RTY 1482.3, 1482.2, +0.8, +1.0
Long 1 RTY 1480.9, +2.0
Total RTY +4.8
Short 1 RTY 1483.2, +1.0
Long 2 RTY 1482.3, 1482.2, +0.8, +1.0
Long 1 RTY 1480.9, +2.0
Total RTY +4.8
Wed Sep 27 Trade Summary
20170927
Long 1 NQ 5926.5, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1466.7, 1466.7, 1467.1, 1467.0, -0.0, -0.0, +1.1, +1.0
Short 2 RTY 1467.9, 1467.9, +1.0, +1.5
Long 2 RTY 1464.8, 1464.5, -0.9, -0.5
Long 4 RTY 1462.5, 1462.5, 1462.6, 1462.7, +0.7, +0.7, +1.6, +2.0
Total NQ -1.5
Total RTY +8.2
Long 1 NQ 5926.5, -1.5
Short 4 RTY 1466.7, 1466.7, 1467.1, 1467.0, -0.0, -0.0, +1.1, +1.0
Short 2 RTY 1467.9, 1467.9, +1.0, +1.5
Long 2 RTY 1464.8, 1464.5, -0.9, -0.5
Long 4 RTY 1462.5, 1462.5, 1462.6, 1462.7, +0.7, +0.7, +1.6, +2.0
Total NQ -1.5
Total RTY +8.2
Tues Sep 26 Trade Summary
20170926
Short 2 NQ 5904.75, 5905.25, +4.0, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1457.2, 1457.2, +0.7, -1.0
Long 1 RTY 1455.6, +2.2
Long 1 NQ 5876.75, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 5874.25, 5874.25, 5873.75, -1.0, +4.0, +2.0
Long 2 NQ 5867.0, 5868.0, +5.0, +3.0,
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +1.9
Short 2 NQ 5904.75, 5905.25, +4.0, +2.0
Short 2 RTY 1457.2, 1457.2, +0.7, -1.0
Long 1 RTY 1455.6, +2.2
Long 1 NQ 5876.75, -2.0
Long 3 NQ 5874.25, 5874.25, 5873.75, -1.0, +4.0, +2.0
Long 2 NQ 5867.0, 5868.0, +5.0, +3.0,
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +1.9
Mon Sep 25 Trade Summary
20170925
Long 3 RTY 1451.3, 1450.3, 1450.3, -0.0, +0.7, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 5886.5, 5887.5, -3.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1455.7, 1455.7, +0.7, +1.4
Long 2 NQ 5904.75, 5904.75, -2.0, -2.0
Short 1 NQ 5902.25, +8.0
Long 2 NQ 5868.75, 5868.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 5865.5, 5865.5, -0.0, -0.0
Long 1 NQ 5866.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 5862.5, 5862.5, +5.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1449.6, 1449.6, -1.0, -1.0
Long 2 NQ 5855.75, 5855.75, +4.0, +4.0
Long 2 RTY 1447.5, 1447.5, -1.4, -1.4
Long 1 NQ 5857.75, +6.0
Long 4 RTY 1446.2, 1446.2, 1445.4, 1445.4, -0.0, -0.0, +0.7, +3.0
Total NQ +11.0
Total RTY +4.1
Long 3 RTY 1451.3, 1450.3, 1450.3, -0.0, +0.7, +2.0
Short 2 NQ 5886.5, 5887.5, -3.0, -2.0
Short 2 RTY 1455.7, 1455.7, +0.7, +1.4
Long 2 NQ 5904.75, 5904.75, -2.0, -2.0
Short 1 NQ 5902.25, +8.0
Long 2 NQ 5868.75, 5868.75, -2.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 5865.5, 5865.5, -0.0, -0.0
Long 1 NQ 5866.0, -2.0
Long 2 NQ 5862.5, 5862.5, +5.0, -1.0
Long 2 RTY 1449.6, 1449.6, -1.0, -1.0
Long 2 NQ 5855.75, 5855.75, +4.0, +4.0
Long 2 RTY 1447.5, 1447.5, -1.4, -1.4
Long 1 NQ 5857.75, +6.0
Long 4 RTY 1446.2, 1446.2, 1445.4, 1445.4, -0.0, -0.0, +0.7, +3.0
Total NQ +11.0
Total RTY +4.1
Fri Sep 22 Trade Summary
20170922
Short 2 RTY 1446.3, 1446.3, +0.9, -0.3
Short 1 NQ 5838.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY 1443.3, +1.1
Short 1 RTY 1447.2, -0.4
Short 2 RTY 1448.7, 1448.7, 1449.6, 1449.6, -1.4, -1.4, -1.7, -1.7
Long 2 NQ 5923.0, 5923.0, -0.0, -0.0
Long 2 RTY 1448.3, 1448.3, +0.7, +2.0
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY -2.2
Short 2 RTY 1446.3, 1446.3, +0.9, -0.3
Short 1 NQ 5838.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY 1443.3, +1.1
Short 1 RTY 1447.2, -0.4
Short 2 RTY 1448.7, 1448.7, 1449.6, 1449.6, -1.4, -1.4, -1.7, -1.7
Long 2 NQ 5923.0, 5923.0, -0.0, -0.0
Long 2 RTY 1448.3, 1448.3, +0.7, +2.0
Total NQ -2.0
Total RTY -2.2
Thurs Sep 21 Trades & Journal
20170921
Short 2 NQ 5962.5, 5962.5, +2.0, +10.0
Short 2 RTY 1445.6, 1445.6, +0.7, +2.5
Long 1 NQ 5946.75, +5.0
Long 2 RTY 1442.2, 1442.2, +1.5, +3.0
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +7.7
In futures trading, volatility can be your best friend. But first, you must have the models that allow you to see where the best opportunities will appear--in advance of their arrival. Because if you are not already there at those particular junctures of structure, price and momentum with the buy-stop or sell-stop orders to fill them, they are impossible to chase. But if filled at those junctures, you'll be exiting your trade at their default dollar targets when other traders are just thinking about getting in. Stay focused.
Short 2 NQ 5962.5, 5962.5, +2.0, +10.0
Short 2 RTY 1445.6, 1445.6, +0.7, +2.5
Long 1 NQ 5946.75, +5.0
Long 2 RTY 1442.2, 1442.2, +1.5, +3.0
Total NQ +17.0
Total RTY +7.7
In futures trading, volatility can be your best friend. But first, you must have the models that allow you to see where the best opportunities will appear--in advance of their arrival. Because if you are not already there at those particular junctures of structure, price and momentum with the buy-stop or sell-stop orders to fill them, they are impossible to chase. But if filled at those junctures, you'll be exiting your trade at their default dollar targets when other traders are just thinking about getting in. Stay focused.
Wed Sep 20 Trade Summary
20170920
Long 2 NQ 5988.0, 5988.5, -1.0, -1.5
Short 2 RTY 1441.9, 1441.9, -0.4, -0.4
Short 2 NQ 5988.75, 5966.75, +1.5, -0.5
Short 2 RTY, 1443.1, 1443.4, -0.5, -0.7
Long 2 RTY, 1442.2, 1442.3, +1.3, +2.2
Long 1 NQ 5972.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY, 1443.0, +1.0
Short 1 RTY, 1444.4, -0.1
Total NQ -3.5
Total RTY +2.4
Long 2 NQ 5988.0, 5988.5, -1.0, -1.5
Short 2 RTY 1441.9, 1441.9, -0.4, -0.4
Short 2 NQ 5988.75, 5966.75, +1.5, -0.5
Short 2 RTY, 1443.1, 1443.4, -0.5, -0.7
Long 2 RTY, 1442.2, 1442.3, +1.3, +2.2
Long 1 NQ 5972.0, -2.0
Long 1 RTY, 1443.0, +1.0
Short 1 RTY, 1444.4, -0.1
Total NQ -3.5
Total RTY +2.4
Tues Sep 19 Trade Summary
20170919
Short 1 NQ 5983.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 5985.5, +1.0
Short 2 NQ 5985.5, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 5993.25, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 5992.75, +2.0
Total NQ +15.0
Short 1 NQ 5983.0, +5.0
Short 1 NQ 5985.5, +1.0
Short 2 NQ 5985.5, +2.0, +3.0
Short 1 NQ 5993.25, +2.0
Short 1 NQ 5992.75, +2.0
Total NQ +15.0
Mon Sep 18 Trade Summary
20170918
Short 6 RTY 1437.0, 1437.0, 1437.3, 1437.3, 1437.6, 1437.6, +0.5, +0.5, -1.4, -1.4, -1.0, -1.0
Short 2 NQ 6014.24, 6014.25, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6016.75, 6016.75, +4.0, +5.0
Short 3 RTY 1439.8, 1439.8, 1440.1, 1441.0, 1441.0, +1.4, -0.3, -1.6, -0.0, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6016.25, +2.0
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY-4.3
Short 6 RTY 1437.0, 1437.0, 1437.3, 1437.3, 1437.6, 1437.6, +0.5, +0.5, -1.4, -1.4, -1.0, -1.0
Short 2 NQ 6014.24, 6014.25, -2.0, -2.0
Short 2 NQ 6016.75, 6016.75, +4.0, +5.0
Short 3 RTY 1439.8, 1439.8, 1440.1, 1441.0, 1441.0, +1.4, -0.3, -1.6, -0.0, -0.0
Short 1 NQ 6016.25, +2.0
Total NQ +8.0
Total RTY-4.3
Fri Sep 15 Trades and Journal
20170915
Long 2 RTY 1422.7, 1422.7, +0.7, +1.0
Short 2 RTY 1423.7, 1423.8, +0.7, +0.7
Short 2 RTY 1425.8, 1425.5, +1.0, +0.7
Total RTY +4.8
The market tends to 'train' you into doing just the wrong thing at the wrong time. Take the NQ today. Having been trained by recent action that the NQ had lost its bull luster, I ignored both the buy signals at the bottom, and the excellent breakout signals higher up, at the Sequent Inflection levels, well in advance of the vertical explosion. In fact, it was further training to avoid the NQ by virtue of just how much time it sat at inflection level before exploding that further seduced me into thinking the sidelines in the NQ were the right place to be. Ha! ...and so I was left scalping the mini Russell while the subsequent NQ fireworks dropped my jaw. As Heraclitus reminds us, "Expect the unexpected."
Long 2 RTY 1422.7, 1422.7, +0.7, +1.0
Short 2 RTY 1423.7, 1423.8, +0.7, +0.7
Short 2 RTY 1425.8, 1425.5, +1.0, +0.7
Total RTY +4.8
The market tends to 'train' you into doing just the wrong thing at the wrong time. Take the NQ today. Having been trained by recent action that the NQ had lost its bull luster, I ignored both the buy signals at the bottom, and the excellent breakout signals higher up, at the Sequent Inflection levels, well in advance of the vertical explosion. In fact, it was further training to avoid the NQ by virtue of just how much time it sat at inflection level before exploding that further seduced me into thinking the sidelines in the NQ were the right place to be. Ha! ...and so I was left scalping the mini Russell while the subsequent NQ fireworks dropped my jaw. As Heraclitus reminds us, "Expect the unexpected."
Thurs Sep 14 Trade Summary
20170914
Short 1 NQ 5974.75, +3.0
Long 2 RTY 1421.4, 1421.5, +2.0, +1.0
Short 2 NQ 5986.0, 5986.0, +2.0, -0.0
Short 4 RTY 1425.1, 1425.3, 1426.0, 1425.7, -1.1, -1.0, -0.3, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1426.8, 1426.7, -0.0, +1.1
Short 2 RTY 1426.6, 1427.0, -0.3, +0.7
Short 2 NQ 5995.5, 5995.0, +2.0, -2.0
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +1.6
Short 1 NQ 5974.75, +3.0
Long 2 RTY 1421.4, 1421.5, +2.0, +1.0
Short 2 NQ 5986.0, 5986.0, +2.0, -0.0
Short 4 RTY 1425.1, 1425.3, 1426.0, 1425.7, -1.1, -1.0, -0.3, -0.5
Short 2 RTY 1426.8, 1426.7, -0.0, +1.1
Short 2 RTY 1426.6, 1427.0, -0.3, +0.7
Short 2 NQ 5995.5, 5995.0, +2.0, -2.0
Total NQ +5.0
Total RTY +1.6
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