[Dinerotrader]

SIM
+$26





Didn't have much time to stay in front of the screen today.

[Dinerotrader]

SIM
+$260





Kept missing possible entries today. Still switching between different time frame charts trying to figure out what works best. Win rate still not very good.

[MadMarketScientist]

Congrats on putting it out there and posting your results. Takes guts to do since not every day is going to be pretty -- but might go a long way in helping you stick to your system with discipline. I look forward to more. Thanks for the contribution.

[brownsfan019]

Originally Posted by MadMarketScientist »

Congrats on putting it out there and posting your results. Takes guts to do since not every day is going to be pretty -- but might go a long way in helping you stick to your system with discipline. I look forward to more. Thanks for the contribution.

Steven,
I brought the idea over from ET and started this thread initially. As with many threads, it was popular at first and then just a couple posted - much like the race thread now.

The goal of the p/l thread is listed here. The biggest difference between the p/l thread and the race IMO is that there is no silly goal at the end of this thread. It's about posting for discipline and accountability.

It's nice that Dinero is posting again and I may join him again if I feel like getting back into the daily posting effort. In the meantime, it would be nice if others such as yourself and anyone else reading joins Dinero as this thread is about daily accountability and consistency; not leveraging your account to the max and swinging for the fences.

[MadMarketScientist]

brownfan - yes, sounds like a great idea -- I can see it was super popular and trailed off a bit but let's bring it back.

I will try to come in here and post on occasion as well, especially when anything interesting happens in my trading.

Here's my Thursday trading -- ended well but intraday I had a fairly large drawdown going at least compared to my normal -- I was down as you can see about 5% on the account, and what saved me was some great trading after the 11am Crude inventory report - up to that point it was rough going - I had a number of profane things to say about my trading until it all turned around.


Friday for me was a perfect day -- Dax, Crude, forex futures -- though of late this is more of an exception, I'd say over the last couple of weeks I'm below my averages though fingers crossed the last couple of days rebounding is a good sign that I might be pulling out of it.....hopefully....

[Dinerotrader]

SIM
+$114





Great movements today on oil. Didn't capture much of it but still learning. Price came up at the end of the day to that big 72.40 level I posted on JonBig's thread about and turned right around for a pretty big move. I chickened out at +25 ticks but it was a good reversal.

[MadMarketScientist]

Nice job Dinerotrader!

I had a similar result today with Crude/CL. Since late last week it has been doing great, and has pulled me back to a new equity high after a drawdown since we rolled into the July contract. Right now, knock on whatever it's back to normal. I traded Dax Futures today as well, and have a rule not to take a trade during their lunch hours in Europe.....oops, that was a great trade so I missed some profits there but I have to stick to my rules. I lamented it for a few minutes, snickered a bit then reminded myself it's part of my trade plan. These are the things that get people to derail from their plan - when it isn't perfect but I've learned the hard way to remain stubborn with my rules. They pay off in the longer term. I also put on a forex trade but it's still open and outcome undertermined....

[daedalus]

MadMarket - Just curious what kind of size you were trading with? Are these results on 2 lots getting 150 ticks a trade or on 10 lots getting 30 ticks?

Great trading BTW. Glad someone with your kind of success has taken over this place rather than some generic forum ownership conglomerate!