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- Macallik replied Apr 15, 2024
My stats above show that my average loser is -0.69R while my average winner is +1.65R. In other words, my wins are 2x as big as my losers. Looking at my equity curve, I feel like I only had one big trade, but generally, where I've improved the most ...
- Macallik replied Apr 15, 2024
Pivoted to just trading Springs for now and it's trending in the right direction so far. Here's the last 30 trades: image image image For me, what's most exciting is that my results seemed to be getting better w/ time/repetition, but it's ...
- Macallik replied Dec 22, 2023
I'm feeling more confident about the consistency in my trading (even if it is breakeven) but I would like to get more feedback on price action that I overlook. I spent a while yesterday brainstorming the best way to share trades moving forward. I ...
- Macallik replied Dec 20, 2023
image image Should be 30 trades technically but I'm ending this series of trades @ 29. Personally, I was framing things negatively for most of the last post, but me missing 2-3 winners is all that separates me from having +10R returns. I can say ...
- Macallik replied Dec 19, 2023
"God give me patience... and I mean right now" I reviewed my finances yesterday and started to feel a little impatient about my trading. Today though, I came across that quote during an audio meditations that I listened and it put things in ...
- Macallik replied Dec 7, 2023
Getting Context again After the stop out. I took a step back and analyzed the market as a whole to try to reset and listen to the market. image The market has put in some (hard fought) HHs and HLs. There's a 2BR that hasn't been taken out as a ...
- Macallik replied Dec 7, 2023
Gonna be posting trades and (context leading up to trades) for feedback. I took three trades today Context image The market is volatile & hard to read but I think that it put in a hard fought higher low since smart money entered the picture. ...
- Macallik replied Oct 25, 2023
Hindsight's 20/20 but it looks like it ran out of steam attempting to break through a prior resistance level on the 4h: image OTOH, you can see a shortening of thrust on the 1h: image
- Macallik replied Aug 30, 2023
Gamifying my backtesting a bit. So far, I've only unlocked the ability to trade the EU on the Hourly: Backtest EU on the hourly and make 15R Reward Unlocked: Trade EU on the Hourly IRL (Starting 9/5) Backtest S&P 500 on the hourly and make 10R ...
- Macallik replied Aug 2, 2023
image image image image Completed a series of 30 trades backtesting and I'm happy w/ my results. I do want to work on improving my winning % for my ego, but it's hard to complain too much when I'm up 20R after 31 trades. The plan is to start ...
- Macallik replied May 4, 2023
Anyone wanna share their views on the markets. I feel like Nasdaq is leading the S&P nowadays w/ tech (specifically semiconductors) leading the charge: image
- Macallik replied Mar 28, 2023
Two steps forward and one step back is the name of the game w/ trading. For the second time in a month, I transitioned away from trading drills and towards backtesting and was met w/ some harsh realities. The best analogy that I can think of is that ...
- Macallik replied Mar 8, 2023
Question for anyone. When is a heavy volume test bullish and when is it more likely a sign that supply is present? Attached is an example. With #28, there's above average volume but the market just pushes higher. The only other textbook VSA ...
- Macallik replied Mar 1, 2023
In my Notion trading journal, I add an entry to my Daily Report Card every Pomodoro (25 minutes). Here are the metrics that I capture: image The first 8 metrics are out of 10 altho if I have a really great showing in a metric, I might occasionally ...
- Macallik replied Jan 24, 2023
Ehhh. Too much strength still, and the S&P500 is putting in a test bar on the daily also. image Closed out my position but will keep an eye out to see if there's a lack of full follow-through tomorrow via a ND bar.
- Macallik replied Jan 18, 2023
Thanks Pranith. On another note, I took another bet on XLE. I'm like a dog with a bone but I like the price action early on. My stop is beyond the last lower high to the left: image I made an out-of-the-money bet via March $85 puts. I rarely go ...
- Macallik replied Jan 4, 2023
No new fills. My existing trades expired, but I set up new trades just now. With JPM, I am trying to enter on an upthrust. Definitely not my typical MO as I'd much rather prefer a No Demand bar, but this is the 3rd time price is testing this area ...
- Macallik replied Jan 4, 2023
Was stopped out of XOM and closed out my JPM trade prematurely. In terms of my open positions, I do wish I added to my XLE position though thanks to today's selloff: image Today, I made a purchase on CVX puts as well. Feel ...
- Macallik replied Dec 21, 2022
My XLE postion lost money again today. Still profitable overall and I've locked in 80% of the position for profit already. If XLE retests the trendline, then I'll look to add to the position, but otherwise, I'll just keep an eye on it: image XOM ...
- Macallik replied Dec 20, 2022
Marked up the S&P 500 via Laurentiu's method: (Used the Weekly chart initially for brevity, and then switched to the 2D to fit in the recent price action (too much data for the Daily chart) Strong Initial Uptrend that starts to fail image Weakness ...