GOAL: I am going to be Consistent.
Reminders:
Rely on the new tool to select and filter out the best patterns.
Dont Chase. I have been chasing. will adjust hotkey to prevent chasing.
Remember, stop, if daily stop -3R. Adjust plan, three strikes and I’m out.
New tool will help me with the higher timeframe bias determination.
Previous Day Health Check:
Sleep Quality: 56%, 4 h 8 m, Heart Rate Range: 64-79 bpm. not great.
Ate Healthy? yes, per diet plan.
Exercised Night Before? Yes. walked 6km day before.
What I Learned/Improved upon Today:
I sucessfully used the new tool.
Used it for the day trades. I will need to clearly define in my rules what does it mean to be in a stage. is it the price action, or is it the trendline in the given time frame. Today my eye leaned on the 20EMA slope and if price was above or below it to call it as a given stage. will review further below in each trade.
What did I do well today?
Today, I waited 30 minutes before taking the first trade. Let the market shake itself out and pick a potential direction. This was a new addition to my plan.Good.
I used the tool to filter out patterns. Good. This will allow me to be consistent in qualifying tickers. Its not haphazardly as i was doing before. Strict 6 pt system.
Daily Trade Summary
Daily Results: 5 Trades, 4 tickers
Win Rate: 60 %
Gross R: 1.07 R
NET R: 0.67R
Avg: Winner net: +0.65R ( had a small scratch + trade that skewed my average winner TSLA)
Avg: Loser Net: —0.64R
Sharpe Ratio: 1.01
Daily Setup Analysis
Daily Mistake Analysis
Daily Trade Summary
Trade 1: AMD
Mistake: Chased Entry.
TRADE 2: NVVE
Mistake: Chased Entry.
TRADE 3: NVDA
Mistake: None
TRADE 4 & 5: TSLA
This was a scratch trade. I wanted to go short at first, and my tool indicated that this was a A trade pattern, but at first i fat fingered the long button, and went long, i quickly realized the mistake, and then i closed the long position, and went short.
But then i felt wrong going short, because at that moment, the QQQ was going red to green, and above vwap, and above 200ema, and above 20ema. if market stays strong, going red on tsla without a catalyst is not a good idea. I quickly closed my position again, and stayed flat on TSLA. Another sign that made me skittish was the double bottom doji the 2min chart had near 335 level.
Mistake: Fat Finger, Broke Trade plan by not following through 2R AON once in the trade short.
Did I Follow my Trading Plan? (16/ 26) 61.5% Grade.
Trading Objective ( 1 / 3 correct on meeting objective)
Did I trade A and A+ patterns only? No, I fat fingered a long position on what was supposed to be a short (TSLA).
Did I modify Stop losses or PTs once set in( goal is to not modify)? Yes, i scratched out of TSLA trades.
Did I use the new tool for all tickers traded? Yes.
Time Frame ( 4/ 4 correct on time frame)
Did I avoid the first 30 minutes of the market open? Yes
Did I only trade regular session, and not trade premarket? Yes
Did I use MTFA to enter trades? Yes
Did I trade on Monday through Friday ? Yes
Asset Classes Traded (1/1 correct on asset classes)
Did i trade only equities? Yes
Stock Selection ( 3/7 correct on stock selection procedure)
Did I determine market bias in my trades? Yes, QQQ
Did I review what economic indicators were scheduled for the open? No, did not note these down.
Did I run my gap scanner in the morning? Yes
Did I determine which gaps were novice and which were professional? No
Did I rank gaps as L1,L2, L3 to the long and short side per rules? No
Did I only enter trades on Gap list, and not deviate from gap list? No
Did I avoid inside day trades? yes
Risk Managment / Accout Position Sizing (5/5 correct)
Did I risk my stipulated R in plan? Yes
Did I hit max daily draw down? No
Did I hit daily target or 2R or 4R and stop? Did not hit target.
Did I use the new tool to evaluate setups? Yes
Did I enter with predefined risk hot keys? yes
Trade Exit Rules ( 2/2 correct)
If I knowingly made a mistake, did I bail out? Yes
For the correct trades, did I hit 2R AOn or closed at end of day? Yes
Trade Analysis (2/2 correct)
Did I log my trades today in Tradersync? Yes
Did I review for mistakes ,and rule violations? Yes
Trade Management (3/3 correct)
Did i have more than 1R risk open at any time? Yes ( NVDA, NVVE and AMD were open at the same time, did not move stop to break even on one or two of them to enter the other trade). Had 3R risk open potential.
Did I cap my trades at 5 today? Yes
Did I give back more than 1R if I reached my max R profit?No, did not reach max profit target, therefore i did not give back 1R back. NVDA was nearly at 2R target, but was able to recover 1R at end of session close.