couple of good trades: break of IB in the direction of the straddle; pullback from 3ma & 6ma; didn't work; market did end up going up 2nd attempt; break long off a box TBL/TBH; 5, 7 (slipped & oanda has a major execution delay problem today), 22 ...

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good morning to me: have missed one great straddle trade after another; decided to papertrade (actually on my paper & not on my subaccount) b/c i have found myself making another assumption about the market ... entry off the break of a TBH/mirror at ...

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double IB ... 7, 14, 20 ... very nice trade; all ships aligned ... (is that the expression?)

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took a break off a triple/triple bottom that didn't break until several bars later against the ADX ... it was a loss ... also, i clearly made an assumption about the direction of the market & clearly missed the break out to the long. there was also ...

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another price action box — this should give us more direction in life once the market makes up its mind. pretty interesting how it's bouncing b/w & around the 62% & 100% FE, yesterday's low, & yesterday's daily pivot point.

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what a great MTF ... had sort of given up on it after london closed, but happened to catch it at the last minute. triple top formed on 5 min; price corrected short for a bit tho; then a double top formed on the 15 min at the same break out price; ...

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another winner ... — ... but another award to oanda for how bad they suck! short off double inside bar ... stuck to the rules & took 5 & 10 off b/f moving the balance of my SL to breakeven. unfortunately, oanda failed to honor the SL ... i saw ...

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good morning NY!! — decided to give london close a try (NY pre-lunch) ... holy crap ... 1st trade of the morning & im half asleep too! double inside bar (for a short) on 5min w/ PA off all MA's; entry beyond them all (since they didn't close ...

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another trade technically w/in the rules: straddle (new); IB & TBL on 15 min; price closed below 4hr MA & below 3 & 6 MAs; ADX indicated bulls had lost all momentum ... however, i am still dealing w/ this skiddish market or maybe more truthfully, my ...

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im still pondering whether i want to trade off this last price action ... will keep it out of the mix until i see some consistency since i dont like to trade IB's as reversal patterns. the resistance level that was tested & held was what caught my ...

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ahhh, consistency ... — followed my checklist to a tee ... continuation straddle; star/pin off 12MA (on a pullback); no exhaustion (ADX rising from 25/30) ... result: 6, 6, 12 same situation however w/ the exits as i am really leary of this ...

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MTF special: DBLHC 5 min (at 75) TBH 15min (at 72); IB 30min (at 72) ... b/c of the ensuing price action & skiddishness of market in general wasn't entirely sure so exited all lots at 5-6 pips ... price ended up spiking up (think this is another ...

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price action box (i.e., TBH & TBL) ... took the break off the high & took 5-6 pips on full lots (was in a terrible location ... MA's hovering around mid-bb & 4hr MA)

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12. nice TBL off the 30 min; perfect ADX formation; PA has been so skiddish lately, i took my 5 pips, but took the balance at 2 pips; price proceeded to drop off another 20 pips ... well, it wasn't a loss!

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10. TBL/mirror; ADX confirmed; not too bad, & PA subsequently formed a DBHLC; however, i had a strong feeling price was going to bounce off the 4hr MA, which it did over & over again, until i saw the ADX break outside of the middle of the DM's ...

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9. short off a TBL/mirror; counter-straddle; ADX not exactly showing a correction was due; had to sweat this one too ... took 4 off, then DBHLC showed up, but it farted around some more so i took another 4 off & moved SL to b/e which was hit of ...

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continued list ... — 8. long off DBLHC from the 30 min that corresponded w/ the 5 min IB in a straddle play; at 5 pips, i again made the same mistake by placing another buy order ... canceled out the 5 pips i made ... due to this mistake, i ...

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busy session ... — PT (papertrade): straddle; bear territory, but weak, DBHLC (stronger of the PA signals); ADX w/ me; trailed my stop & took a small 4-5 pip loss GA (goals acct): straddle; bear territory; break of mirror pattern; has been ...

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tuesday ... — new day ... have a pretty good attitude about trading today. handled the last two losing days w/ a lot more maturity than i have shown in the past (i.e., not blowing up my account in frustration ...) w/ my checklist (2nd ...

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just been picking one bad trade after another. and all on my goals account. i cant seem to get my head right. i finally picked a great trade ... IB bouncing off all 3 MA's & above mid-bb bullish momentum in tactthings are going along smoothly; i ...

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