28 Aug 28082019 Wednesday — Trade Plan & Journal
28082019 Wednesday — 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
- R = Range
- LTF = Lower Time Frame
- TTF = Trading Time Frame
- HTF = Higher Time Frame
- HHTF = Higher High Time Frame
- Hypo = HYPOthetical
- AD = Accumulation Distribution
Exit Rules
- Profit >5 ticks
- Loss <10 ticks
Reason 2 Cover
- Acceptable:
- Scratch = change in perspective of narrative and closed position usually around entry
- TP1 = Take Profit at 1st Target (usually 5–10 ticks)
- TP2 = Take Profit at 2nd Target (10–20 ticks)
- TP3 — Take Profit at 3rd Target (20+ ticks)
- SO = Stopped out
- Unacceptable
- Entry Errors
- FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out = 2 times warrants STOP TRADING
- Chasing = Chasing the market = 2 times warrants STOP TRADING
- LOC = Lack of clarity
- Exit Errors
- FOLP = Fear Of Losing Profits = 2 times warrants stop trading
- STW = Stop Too Wide = STOP TRADING
- CS = Changed Stop while trading = STOP TRADING
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Health review
- Weekly goal
- Don’t eat after 5pm
- 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 had trouble falling asleep yesterday but still slept more than 7 hours I think.
- How would you rate it (1–5)? 1/2 = don’t trade 3= quarter position 1st 12 2nd 2, 4= half position = 1st 25 2nd 5, 5= full position = 1st 50 2nd 10
- 4= half position = 1st 25 2nd 5
Market Prep
Intraday Technical Analysis
- HHTF
- What is the market narrative?
- HHTF TL1 BO that burst through 50 and stopped below 200, could still be some momentum behind the move and we might just be consolidating here
- What is the market narrative?
- HTF
- Levels
- Prev. High 55.602
- PVAH 54.321
- PPOC 53.816
- PVAL 53.714
- Prev. Low 53.604
- What is the market narrative and bias?
- HM move UKC BO 200 BO and then small PA trading sideways breaching 1.0 SD but nearing VWAP. Either we get another injection of bulls at this level or we’ll break down
- Levels
- TTF
- Does the Asian session show clues that align with market narrative?
- Small PA trading in a squeezed range no sense of direction just yet
- Does the Asian session show clues that align with market narrative?
Trade Idea
- Hypo 1 Long
- HTF U TC VWAP
- Entry around 55.40
- Targets 55.60, 55.85, 56.20, extended target 56.80
- Hypo 2 Short
- HTF U TT VWAP
- Entry around 55.25
- Targets 55.05, 54.75
- Hypo 3 Rotational
- 55.10 — 55.60
My goals for the day (Daily Report Card)
- Define winning
- I only trade in alignment with market narrative (10 points)
- Did I stay open to MGI?
- Did MGI confirm my market narrative?
- I will use appropriate sizing (10 points)
- Cut sizing in half after 2 consecutive stops
- Take a 10 minute break after 3 consecutive stops
- I only trade in alignment with market narrative (10 points)
Reading the Tape
- What is printing?
- 16:05
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Possible HTF U TC F VWAP
- What is the market narrative?
- TTF
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Currently in process of TTF50MACAS rejecting 55.40 level although no move has been made yet so smart money could be using this level to get out of their long positions by selling into dumb money looking for a continuation
- What clues are in alignment with MN?
- The AD around 50
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Bias
- Short but will need more confirmation
- Opportunity (if any)
- Do you have clarity?
- Not yet
- What setup am I going to stalk?
- Possible R‑Line CAR for Short, BO+PB for long
- Do you have clarity?
- HTF
- 16:35
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Still the same and we might break down here but need more clarity
- What is the market narrative?
- TTF
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- There is no clear R or S line to trade off of at the moment so will have to wait
- What clues are in alignment with MN?
- The fact that we haven’t traded above .55 and not under .30 shows that we are still in AD mode here and will need to wait for the market to make a move
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Bias
- Short below 55.30
- Long above 55.55
- Opportunity (if any)
- Do you have clarity?
- Not atm
- What setup am I going to stalk?
- None
- Do you have clarity?
- HTF
- 17:05
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- We had a U TC at UKC but this might have been a fake. I am waiting for signs on a continuation to this move or a BD if we can stay above TTF 1.0 SD I believe we could see a continuation. However HHTF shows we’re near 200 so might have resistance coming at this level.
- What is the market narrative?
- TTF
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- VWAP is not close to PA suggesting a reversal to mean at this moment
- PA went above 2.0 SD and is now struggling to stay over 1.5
- What clues are in alignment with MN?
- Well MN isn’t that clear atm but I believe we will roll back over and drop down from this level but will wait for more confirmation
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Bias
- Short unless VWAP and 50 follow suit and we CAS on TTF
- Opportunity (if any)
- Do you have clarity? Not entirely ATM so will need more confirmation
- What setup am I going to stalk?
- Unclear ATM
- HTF
- 17:35
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- No follow-through on move yet suggesting it was a fake and we might be having that TT after all if we can BD from VWAP
- What is the market narrative?
- TTF
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- If we CAS the VWAP we could see a continuation to the move
- What clues are in alignment with MN?
- We breached 1.0 SD so that’s a bearish sign on the short term however we are still above VWAP so will see how it fares after a testing of this level
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Bias
- Short but need more confirmation
- Opportunity (if any)
- Do you have clarity?
- Not entirely. I have seen this pattern before but can’t trade off it yet
- What setup am I going to stalk?
- Unclear ATM
- Do you have clarity?
- HTF
- 18:05
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Still the same
- What is the market narrative?
- HTF
- 18:35
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Still the same
- What is the market narrative?
- HTF
- 19:05
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Still the same
- What is the market narrative?
- HTF
- 19:35
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Testing HTF UKC possible TT or TC slightly favor the TT
- What is the market narrative?
- TTF
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- We ducked below 50 however have not broken free yet plus there was big push back at this level indicating not ready yet
- What clues are in alignment with MN?
- 2nd touch at TTF200 in lignh with 2nd touch HTF UKC would make the case for a HTF U TC so narrative unclear
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Bias
- Long above 55.55
- Short under 55.45
- Opportunity (if any)
- Do you have clarity?still need confirmation on a potential BD or TC
- What setup am I going to stalk?
- Unclear ATM
- HTF
- 20:05
- HTF
- What is the market narrative?
- Unclear. It could be a HTF U TT or U TC still waiting for the market to make a move. My ‘feeling’ still thinks U TT is more probable though.
- What is the market narrative?
- TTF
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- We tested 200 for the 2nd time and pushed back so unless we break that U TC is still in effect
- What clues are in alignment with MN?
- After the push back we stopped and made a LH on TTF with a possible 50MABD
- What should have happened in alignment with MN?
- Bias
- Short but need more confirmation
- Opportunity (if any)
- Do you have clarity?
- Need more confirmation
- What setup am I going to stalk?
- Unclear ATM
- Do you have clarity?
- HTF
- 16:05
Daily Report Card
Trade Idea
- Hypo 1 Long
- HTF U TC VWAP
- Entry around 55.40
- Targets 55.60, 55.85, 56.20, extended target 56.80
- Hypo 2 Short
- HTF U TT VWAP
- Entry around 55.25
- Targets 55.05, 54.75
- Hypo 3 Rotational
- 55.10 — 55.60
Daily Report Card | ||
Date: | 8/28/2019 | |
Weekly Goal | Align with market narrative | |
Combined Score | 73 | |
Progress towards weekly goal (20 points) | ||
10 | Point 1 | |
5 | Point 2 | |
15 | Total | |
Process Report Card (10 each) | ||
10 | Session PECS | |
8 | Hypos | |
10 | Market Prep | |
10 | Daily review | |
38 | Total | |
Performance Report Card (10 each) | ||
1/2 | 5 | Setups Identified |
1/2 | 5 | Setups taken |
1/2 | 5 | Erroneous Entries |
1/2 | 5 | Erroneous Exits |
20 | total | |
- Weekly Goal
- I only trade in alignment with market narrative (10 points)
- Did I stay open to MGI?
- I did well here
- Did MGI confirm my market narrative?
- Not really. I was looking for the move to happen at a different level and therefore it threw me off a bit so stayed out until I could get some more clarity.
- Did I stay open to MGI?
- Cut sizing in half after 2 consecutive stops and take a 10 minute break after 3 consecutive stops(10 points)
- No need. I used correct sizing. And after I broke 1 of my exit rules I stopped taking trades.
- I only trade in alignment with market narrative (10 points)
- Review
Trade Idea | Pos. | Entry Errors | Exit Errors | Type Trade | Size | Reason to cover | Error | Comments | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | HTF U TT | 25 | Scratched | Too much push back after drop looking exhausted | Chasing + STW | PA was under 1.0 SD and looked like it would continue |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HTF U TT | 25 | TP1 | Hit 1st target | - | - |
- How accurate was my assessment of market context?
- Hypo 1 — 80%
- The move happened later than I hypothesized and there was no continuation to the move so I believe that Hypo 2 will come into play after US session open
- Real-time analysis
- Did well here and stayed out of the market for the most part since I lacked confidence in market narrative. Even though Hypo 1 played out there were no setups based on my rules for me to take. Until I thought I saw signs of Hypo 2 coming into effect. I traded off that but backed off after it was a fake (for the time being)
- In hindsight I think this could be a setup for a HHTF BO move but as you can tell still lack confidence in clarity
- Did well here and stayed out of the market for the most part since I lacked confidence in market narrative. Even though Hypo 1 played out there were no setups based on my rules for me to take. Until I thought I saw signs of Hypo 2 coming into effect. I traded off that but backed off after it was a fake (for the time being)
- Hypo 1 — 80%
- How well did I manage my physical, emotional and cognitive states?
- P: Did well here
- E: Did well here
- CS: Did well here
- What’s one thing you learned today?
- If I don’t have this voice in my head screaming ‘TAKE THE DAMN TRADE’ I should stay out and play being the scientist
- Positive(s)
- Stayed out and waited for my confidence to grow in a narrative
- Had the patience to let my 2nd trade hit it’s 1st target
- Negative(s)
- First trade I took because I was chasing the market. I should have just taken my 2nd trade which was at a PB. Also, my rule was to take stops always at 10 ticks. This 1st trade went down 14 ticks and I still let it go and then it turned around and went in the money. Then when there was a lot of push back I covered it at 3.9 ticks loss. I got lucky here. This could have easily been a 16–17 tick loss since that was the level I was looking at to ‘really’ get out. I decided on the fly to disregard my stop and look at what PA was doing around this level thus disregarding my stop rule. What was good is that I stopped trading after this mistake.
- I need more practice on taking my stops since I decided to focus on scalping and not go for the big swings. I heard a podcast today with FuturesTrader71 saying that this is one of the first things he teaches new traders. Just get in and scratch a trade until they’re comfortable taking small losses so will have to grow more comfortable with it. This will be my weekly goal. Taking stops. Profit or loss.
- First trade I took because I was chasing the market. I should have just taken my 2nd trade which was at a PB. Also, my rule was to take stops always at 10 ticks. This 1st trade went down 14 ticks and I still let it go and then it turned around and went in the money. Then when there was a lot of push back I covered it at 3.9 ticks loss. I got lucky here. This could have easily been a 16–17 tick loss since that was the level I was looking at to ‘really’ get out. I decided on the fly to disregard my stop and look at what PA was doing around this level thus disregarding my stop rule. What was good is that I stopped trading after this mistake.
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