Summary: Mean Reversion with a Poor Low
Account (P&L): FLAT
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Every trading day I recap my trades, including more than entries and exits. Why did I take the trade? How did I manage the trade, my emotions and cognitive function? All the good stuff as well as all the ugly of being a day trader. As always, feel free to reach out to me.
My weekly goal:
- Don’t take trades where SL placement is suboptimal. Instead, reassess for a better entry if possible. Unless there is a planned momentum trade.
Good Pre-market routines
Good Session PECS
Good Trade selection
Good Trade sizing or SL placement
Good Trade Execution & Mgmt.
Good Risk Adjusted Returns
Yes Daily review
Muppet meter (1 being best — 5 being worst): 1
Summary
- GBPNZD
- IB: Closed trading down
- C: Waiting for poor low (although not really since it was created with IB) to get taken out which would mean an extension down before any reversal. M5 has a Bull Engulf and M15 closed as an Inside Bar (not on the hour) hence expecting a continuation down towards H4-C‑D 1.86623. Then let’s see if there is some sort of reaction.
- Closed as an Inside Bar / M15 consolidation. No full bullish price pattern yet though.
- D: M15 Break down. No reversal pattern completed. More downside. LLs made exhausting ADR.
- E: Created a poor low as well as exhausting ADR earlier. M15 Bull Engulf (not on the hour) Thinking about going in but with the poor low I feel it unsafe hence I am staying out. Would need more confirmation before going long.
- Closed failing auction with a Bull Engulf but only minor engulfing
- F: Closed as consolidation through Inside Bar with longer selling wick
- G: Consolidation continued
- H: broke up from consolidation, H1 Three Inside Up
Summary
- GOLD
- IB: Traded higher with some selling coming in during B but took out H4 supply
- C: Traded higher. Hypo 2 probable.
- D: Extended above IB and closed making HHs.
- E: Inside Bar
- F: Dragonfly doji (weak failed auction)
- G: failed auction trading well within IB again.
Hypos — GBPNZD
- Which hypo played out and how did I hypothesize it playing out? How did it actually play out? What did the profile and price action show?
- Hypo 1 — Mean Reversion
- Preferred: Strong Bullish price action reversal perhaps during IB after a further retest down to H4‑C‑D 1.86623. Otherwise a failed auction after an IB extension down.
- 100%
- What happened was an extension down. Saw LTF faltering around ADR exhaustion and H4 C‑Dem levels. M15 printed a bull engulf but the profile showed a poor low. Price transitions into a M30 Bull Engulf failing auction and price moved higher.
Hypos — GOLD
- Which hypo played out and how did I hypothesize it playing out? How did it actually play out? What did the profile and price action show?
- Hypo 1 — Balancing Market / Value Rejection Failure
- PA reversal at LTF demand/supply ADR etc.
- 100%
- Price extended over IB (after IB has traveled 0.6xASR) extended, faltered, failed auction.
How accurate was my assessment of market context? Was I aligned with market context?
- I did really well today. I was stalking a possible mean reversion trade as per Hypo 1. When we extended down from IB I was waiting for some reversal pattern. There was an early M15 bull engulf but not on the hour. This happened after we had exhausted ADR right above H4 C‑dem. All the more reason to feel confident to go long. However there was a poor low on the profile and it is in my experience that it gets taken out more than not. So even though price action aligned with location I had hoped for a buying tail on the profile as well. Anything better than a poor low. Thus I hesitated. Recentered myself with the fact that it is okay to let a trade go if I am not confident about it (will save me more often than I’d ‘get lucky’ anyway). So that’s what I did. I let the trade go.
How did I feel before, during, and after the trade?
- I felt good. Excited I was stalking a potential trade. Waited to see the alignment between my hypothesis and what the market was giving me. When I lost confidence (that voice in my head has been right way more times than I’d like to admit at times) I decided to stay out. Nothing wrong with that so feeling pretty good afterwards as well.
How well did I follow my process?
- Trade selection
- After a M15 Bull Engulf (not on the hour) appeared I was stalking a pullback to newly formed c‑line which would have been my entry (if there was no poor low)
- Trade Sizing & SL placement
- SL placement and thus sizing would have been great as this particular trade reached 1.5R at the time of writing.
- Trade Execution & Mgmt
- First off. Great of me to not chase the market out of FOMO. Stick to my guns and observe. Taken notes for next time. This is part of building my confidence in my abilities to read order flow and market mechanics.
How well did I manage my physical, emotional and cognitive states?
- I did well here. Got a little excited beforehand and then felt fine not taking the trade and listen to my voice of reason/experience.
What did I learn today?
- When there is a Poor Low formed on the profile it doesn’t mean it will get taken out during the session. Although in my experience this has been the case more than it has not been. Thus even with price action aligning with a failed auction at a large imbalance location with nearby H4 demand, I decided to sit this one out. Nothing wrong with that. Live and learn for next time. Build your experience. Don’t gamble.
What’s one thing I need to do more often?
- Listen to my voice. If there is no ‘clear’ picture then there is no trade. When I say clear I don’t mean the moon and the stars have to align. Rather if the market behaves within the margins that I feel save to trade within I will take a trade. The market almost never perfectly aligns according to your plan. Just the trade of the business my friend.
What’s one thing I need to do less often?
- I did well today so nothing to point out. Even though a trade presented itself I felt more confident observing the circumstances as I hadn’t observed it quite like this before.
Under the circumstances, did I perform at my best?
- I did well here
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