Continuing on the efforts of trying to build a habit of consistently trading on a single strategy.
Not a good day today. Ususally that happens on Mondays... I am not in sync with the market as it remains closed for two days on weekends.
Tried testing my strategy in excel so that in future this could be automated.
Learning of today: 1. Have patience........... more than 4 hours as long as your SL is not hit. 2. Have faith in your system, do not take short exits, let the market come to you.
Day 6: Had the idea of chasing the trend, however, realised that I am not yet ready for it. The SL was very far off and hence was sceptical of taking the plunge. Upon confirmation candle, did take the stand; and it turned out to be correct, got out at expected target. Learning: 1. Waiting for confirmation definitely helps 2. Do not doubt the system even in an...
Day 5 Experimented with 15 min chart to see if it can help identify the major trend for the day. Untill now I used to look at 1 hr chart to judge on major trend. Looks promising and delivers within the day. Will follow 15 min chart to see if can help me identify the trend correctly, consistently.
Day 4 of trading journal. Lizard brain made me tighten my stop loss and get out.
Recording the thought process and actions taken for analysis and improvement.
Day 2 of journaling my trading to see how I am doing, what is my thought process, recording it so that I can figure out where do I need improvement to trade better, make money consistently.
This is more like recording what I am doing everyday (right or wrong, mostly wrong I think) so that I can come back and see where I need to change, what I need to improve. I am using the Linear Regression for direction and checking extreme ends for entry/exit. I think that LRC is good for intraday trading since you get both the things on the screen. However,...