09 Jul 09072019 Tuesday — Trade Plan & Journal
09072019 Tuesday — Trade Plan & Journal
Terminology (partially made up by yours truly)
- PA = Price Action
- BO = Break Out
- BD = Break Down
- CAR = Confirm As Resistance
- CAS = Confirm As Support
- UKC = Upper Keltner Channel
- LKC = Lower Keltner Channel
- TV = Tick Volume
- WPP = Weekly Pivot Point
- DPP = Daily Pivot Point
- DR = Daily Resistance (pivot)
- DS = Daily Support (pivot)
- WR = Weekly Resistance (pivot)
- WS = Weekly Support (pivot)
- HL = Higher Low
- HH = Higher High
- LH = Lower High
- LL = Lower Low
- SD = Standard Deviation
- VWAP = Volume Weighted Average Price
- AS = Asian Session
- LS = London Session (EU)
- NY = New York Session (US)
- R/R = Risk to Reward
- M2M = Move to Move
- T2H = Trade to Hold
- DT = DownTrend
- UT = UpTrend
- LTF = Lower Time Frame
- TTF = Trading Time Frame
- HTF = Higher Time Frame
- Hypo = HYPOthetical
Health review
5 positive 1 negative | Mon | Tue |
- | 8/7 | 9/7 |
Time bed yesterday | 0:36 | 0:48 |
woke up | 8:18 | 9:11 |
Hours sleep | 7:42 | 8:23 |
According to Fitbit | 6:38 | 7:08 |
Awake | 1:04 | 1:15 |
Times awake | 39x | 31x |
REM | 0:36 | 0:47 |
Light | 4:49 | 4:51 |
Deep | 1:13 | 1:30 |
Sleep well? | 4 | 4 |
Sleep Aid? | no | no |
Alcohol yesterday? | 0 | 3 beers |
Wore Fitbit? | yes | yes |
Performed Daily Tasks? | yes | yes |
Performed Health Tasks? | no | no |
Exercise yesterday? | no | no |
Coffees yesterday | 2 | 2 |
Intermittent fasting | no | no |
Water L | 2 | 2 |
Vitamins | no | no |
Cigarettes | 3 | 3 |
- Weekly goal
- Follow health plan
- Failed yesterday by sleeping too late and having 3 beers
- Follow health plan
- How do you feel? Have you recently had a break of daily routine (like a trip)? Did you have 2 (or more) nights of insufficient sleep?
- I feel that I slept long enough and good to go
- How would you rate it (1–5)? 1/2 = don’t trade 3= quarter position 4= half position 5= full position
- 5
Market Prep
Intraday Fundamentals
- API report
- Coming out today
- EIA report
- Coming out tomorrow
Intraday Technical Analysis
- HTF
- Define context
- Where were the overnight highs and lows and PVA?
- High 58.489
- PVAH 57.906
- PPOC 57.613
- PVAL 57.435
- Low 57.342
- Where is the LIS?
- PPOC Area
- What didn’t happen?
- No HTF50MABO in line with potential HHTF roll over
- Dialling in on opportunities
- Is there a shift in value/excess migration? What is the current market condition? Are we trending, balancing/range bound? Where are we in the trend range axis?
- Balancing on HHTF, HTF still above 200
- Is there a shift in value/excess migration? What is the current market condition? Are we trending, balancing/range bound? Where are we in the trend range axis?
- Where were the overnight highs and lows and PVA?
- Define context
- TTF
- What trade locations among this structure would l like to get involved in that will offer me the best R/R opportunities?
- TTF200MACAR
- What has the Asian Session printed?
- Small PA LTF R
- What trade locations among this structure would l like to get involved in that will offer me the best R/R opportunities?
Trade Idea
- Hypo 1 Short
- HTF50MACAR/TTF200MACAR
- Entry around 57.55
- Targets 57.30, 57.15, extended 57.05, 56.50
- Hypo 2 Long
- HTFLKCCAS
- Entry around 57.25
- Targets 57.60
- Hypo 3 Long
- TTF200MABO
- Entry around 57.70
- Targets 58.05, 58.20
My goals for the day (Daily Report Card)
- Define winning
- Only focus on A/A+ setups and work on consistency in taking them. To have a better sample size I will need to go through a few cycles before I can think of the next level. Do this for the next month at least. It would be 3 months by then and I can analyze my trading and reassess if need be.
Reading the Tape
- What is printing?
- 16:05
- PA a much faster than usual
- Spread 48
- 16:35
- HTF AD going on below 50MA, market has made some fake moves, TTF R AD in process
- 17:05
- Shot to HTFUKC, PA still fast,
- 17:35
- Momentum died off, return to TTF UKC possible re-entry KC
- 18:05
- Continuation to the move bounce off TTF UKC as part of HHTF50MABO / HTFUKCBO attempt
- 18:35
- Run into resistance at HTFUKC, TTF retracement cross down 1.0 SD momentum dying off
- 19:05
- Retracement back to TTF UKC possible influx of bulls coming but no signs of that yet
- 16:05
Trades taken
P/L ticks | Trade | Entry Errors | Exit Errors | Type Trade | Sizing | Reason to cover | Problem | Proposed solution | |
-13.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | TTF R LKC BD | 1 | SO | - | - | |
6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | TTF R 50MACAR | 1 | scratched | - | - | |
-5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | TTF R 50MACAR | 2 | scratched | - | - | |
5.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | TTF U TC @ UKC | 4/5 | TP | TP @ HTF UKC | - | |
1.9 | 1/5 | scratched | no continuation to move after TP | - |
Daily Report Card
Trade Idea
- Hypo 1 Short
- HTF50MACAR/TTF200MACAR
- Entry around 57.55
- Targets 57.30, 57.15, extended 57.05, 56.50
- Hypo 2 Long
- HTFLKCCAS
- Entry around 57.25
- Targets 57.60
- Hypo 3 Long
- TTF200MABO
- Entry around 57.70
- Targets 58.05
Date: | 7/9/2019 | Weekly Goal | Execute A+ (TTF TC) / A setups (TTF NT) | |||
Combined Score | 96 | |||||
Process Report Card (10 each) | Performance Report Card (10 each) | |||||
8 | Session PECS | 90% | 9 | Real-time analysis | ||
9 | Hypos | 1/1 | 10 | Setups Identified (inc. TEST) | ||
10 | Market Prep | 1/1 | 10 | Setups taken | ||
10 | Daily review | 0/1 | 10 | Erroneous Entries | ||
10 | Progress tow. weekly goal | 0/1 | 10 | Erroneous Exits | ||
47 | Total | 49 | ||||
- Weekly Goal
- Only focus on A/A+ setups and work on consistency in taking them. To have a better sample size I will need to go through a few cycles before I can think of the next level. Do this for the next month at least. It would be 3 months by then and I can analyze my trading and reassess if need be.
- Review
- In the beginning of the session I was slightly more short-biased but after seeing the narrative pushing long I quickly changed gears. Did well here.
- How accurate was my assessment of market context?
- Hypo 3 — 90%
- Did well here
- Real-time analysis — 90%
- Beginning of the session I was short-biased but quickly changed gears. Also, implemented a time mark after which I am allowed to trade. Before this time I should have a really good reason for putting on risk unless I have true clarity in narrative.
- Hypo 3 — 90%
- How well did I manage my physical, emotional and cognitive states?
- P: Did OK here. Last few days feel a bit under the weather it seems but not too bad
- E: Did great here
- CS: Even though feeling a bit less sharp today I did well here. Kept reading the narrative and let it lead.
- Positive(s)
- Learned more about market context and went with the flow of the market.
- Switched gears when bias changed plus added size
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