[Mavrik00]

sorry guys...here you go!

Hope it helps!

[firewalker]

Originally Posted by Mavrik00 »

sorry guys...here you go!

Hope it helps!

I would make sure there's more room for "notes":
- did you follow your plan?
- was the trade correctly entered/exited, if not why not?
- what was I thinking at the time of the entry?
- was my decision to take the trade based on anything else other than my plan?

I've found it interesting to see what I thought during or prior to entering a trade, as opposed to what you think afterwards.

[humdesggg]

Could u let us know whether newbie traders are welcome. If so, would u please share details on how to join the group. thanks so much.

Originally Posted by ramora »

I created a Google Group that is private.

Each evening I create my 'pre-market' plan for the next day and email it to the private group. At the end of the day I create a summary of the day's actions along with important screen shots and email it to the same Group.

Each day has one thread on the Group and usually several posts, the pre-brief, post-market summary, and other comments.

The group is sorted by the date title and I can read it from any browser.

I also upload pdf files of articles and notes that I may want to reference while traveling.

Take a look at Google, Documents both text editor and Spreadsheets, and consider using Google Groups (make sure you mark it private by invite only) for your Journal.

Good Trading!

[Bam-Bam]

A little late to this party. Better late than never, right?

I like custom forms. I have bunches of forms and tracking spreadsheets for whatever I was trying to focus on when I made them.

Since Mavrik was good enough to share his worksheet, I'll follow suit. Now, I usually charge big time for this stuff (at least a six-pack or two), but today only it's free (and forever more, I guess, now that it's posted in a public forum).

For me, it's a good way to get my head around current market conditions. The first section is for analysis of up to three different markets.

Trades are a different ball of wax, so they get their own forms. I have a separate Daily Ledger and also a Detailed Trade Record form to use for tracking trades.

What I like about Mavrik's format is that he incorporates intraday market checkups. One thing that might improve it would be to extend the columns over a little more to include trend direction and ranging or trending status. That would help me stay out of the way of false breakouts/breakdowns during slow periods.

If you have any specific questions, just ask.


Always willing to pick a fight with a big trend,

Bam
Bam
Bam - Bam

[MadMarketScientist]

Curious if anyone has tried:

stocktickr.com

There is a free trial though it's limited on features and the monthly fee is more than just a few bucks. It does seem to have a decent selection of broker connections including Lightspeed, think or swim, interactive brokers, TD Ameritrade, eTrade, etc...and journaling without having to enter your trades due to the direct connection.

Any thoughts? Always felt a cloud-based solution would be best and one that makes the data entry part a non-issue - I think that keeps many away from keeping a journal - the work involved on the bookkeeping.

[charto911]

How do I join the google group? Also what market do you traditionally trade? With my scalping style this may bot be a huge benefit but any extra incite is always worth a shot.

[MadMarketScientist]

I believe what's being referred to is just making sure you have a Google account -with that you have access to everything including Google Docs, Groups, Gmail, Calendar, etc... pretty cool stuff.

[doramider7]

Thanjs for sharing. It's great