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  5. Michael Schweighardt
    i'm working on my tradebook today. i was also looking for examples. there's another post i found: building a tradebook i will post my tradebook here when i get something complete. right now, i have notes on paper.
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  10. Michael Schweighardt

    Look at this. I've been a little behind with keeping my journal updated. finally updated it today. Something JUMPED out when i took a look at the last 30 days calendar. 

    Thursday is not a good day for me to trade is what i am seeing. If i just take Thursday's off from now on until i can identify my issue. i have a separate notebook with all my notes from those specific days. i will review it today and figure out what's happening. my trading buddy said that i might have already solved my issue by just being aware of it. We'll see. i'm going to dig in and take a closer look.

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  12. William Seay
    I'm Brent in western North Carolina. I'm a day trader, IT MSP Owner/Operator, motorcycle instructor at the BMW US Rider Academy, former Network Engineer / IT Manager for Michelin/Windstream/Amazon, husband, and father of a 16 month old daughter. I have been trading since 2004. I have been day trading options and stocks seriously for 9 months using BBT books. I am here to learn and improve. My motto is freedom over money and I'm aiming to generate enough income to essentially retire by 45 years old. Looking forward to this! Thank you all!
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  18. Paul aka Aurbano started following Having hotkey issues related to scaling out and updating stop
  19. Paul aka Aurbano
    hello @bjaffry, that scripts achieve several targets in the process : Deletes all orders for the ticker. Opens a new limit order for 30% of the position @ bid-0.05 (DAY+) Opens a new market stoploss order for the position @ avg price (GTC) I'd check 3 things : Share = Post-share >> are you sure that calculation is right ? TIF ... double check if you need to make them both "DAY" or "GTC". Mouse or focus position. Check if you need to click in your chart before pressing the hotkey.
  20. Chris Shepard started following Chris Shepard Trading Journal 3-2025
  21. Chris Shepard
    Hey all, Looking forward to hearing from other CAM Pivot traders. I think posting about trades you make and the decision making at that time is an important way to improve. I am going to share my reflections on my trades here. Cheers! Here are trades from 3-18 and 3-19: https://app.tradezella.com/shared/19ee4afd https://app.tradezella.com/shared/de5f9ff4 https://app.tradezella.com/shared/f358cbf9 https://app.tradezella.com/shared/9f0d41cf https://app.tradezella.com/shared/25d37a47
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  23. TimTensity
    Hi Michael, I've seen you around the chat room. Did you ever end up finding a group/buddy. I'd be interested in joining. I'm in orange county. Really would be good to have other people checking my trades/playbooks and im happy to do the same for others.
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  25. Chris Shepard started following Thor's Pivot Plays for Trade Zella
  26. Chris Shepard
    Thank you for these! awesome stuff!!
  27. Michael Schweighardt

    🥧 (π) Day

    14-March-2025 Friday 🟥 day (SIM)

    Friday is not a regular trade day for me. Personal stuff to do every Friday.

    I just take it slow in SIM on Friday for practice and I will take a trade if I see it is A+++.

    Didn’t take any real trades today. Just fucked around. Practiced. PLTR was disappointing. I had no business trading it.

  28. Michael Schweighardt

    13-March-2025 - Thursday 🟥 day (SIM)

    Not feeling great today. Tired. Shitty sleep. Shitty mood. My wife got me all fucked up yesterday.

    SIM day. My psychology is fucked up today and my mind is not clear and not functioning at an acceptable level.

    While I’m here writing this…. I need to cut down my coffee to two cups per day, exercise every day and stop taking THC in any form.

    No Jarad today. Maybe that’s another sign to just chill today.

    In SIM. Not in the zone. Shitty trades. Took 8 trades. -$46. One trade hit by accident. Not intentional.

    Just not focused today. Need to take today off and review and reflect. 
     

    1. Michael Schweighardt

      Michael Schweighardt

      i can't even look at the market right now. i'll probably get upset and have FOMO. i'm going to veg out and just get my brain back in order and do some exercise and no more coffee today and limit my THC intake. i can control only my self and how i react. i'm writing this for me. I don't anticipate anyone actually reading this.

  29. Michael Schweighardt

    12-March-2025 - Wednesday 🟩 day (SIM)

    i'm phoning this one in today. 

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    Feeling okay today. Sleep was okay. Not great. Got to bed a little later than usual. Up on time. Feeling okay. Hydrated. Some light exercise. Ready for some trading.

    It was a good day. 15 trades! Probably over traded. Not sure. It takes me a few tries before i catch my move. I can be wrong 4 times and still break even.

    i had a great day, but a family loved one can say just one thing and change the mood for the day. 😒😞

     

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  32. heylaurenmay
    Hi friends, I am Lauren from Denver and look forward to learning more here on BBT after having started my mornings with Carlos, Peter, Andrew, Avi and Paras on the YouTube channel since December. I made some great trades during the earnings live streams with Jared, Peter and Carlos (and a great loss too, lol), and enjoyed Andrews books. As a professional in the sport horse industry with a commercial facility and a second med supply business, my time for new or social opportunities is limited. More than that, I know zero other traders in my life and do not share my daily trading practice with others due to the stigma behind intraday trading. With that, I look forward to both friendships and growth from those more profitable than myself. Cheers!
  33. vchandra11
    Hi there I am sharing my short-term swing trading plan notes. This is for discussion purposes only. Please feel free to send comments/discussions so our BBT Forum can benefit from same. From attached MSFT daily chart I observe a crossover of 20ema below 150ema. Per earlier notes and attachments this suggests to me a bearish crossover. Please note new settings of Stochastic indicator:(12,6,3,75,25), above 75% suggest overbought and below 25% suggests oversold conditions, and corresponding MACD crossover suggests short-term swing trade trend direction. Previous discussion was for short-term rallies in a long-term uptrend as generally seen for 2023 and 2024. I observe a potential downtrend for a while as suggested by 20/150 ema downward crossover, similar to 2022. What are your observations/thoughts. Also, I am looking at a 7-17 ema crossover indicator for potential swing trade set-ups as shown on attached daily MSFT chart. Please note this is not an investment advice. Please seek investment advise from your own investment advisor. The attachments and notes are for illustration and discussion purposes only on our BBT Forum.
  34. Chris started following Trading Futures from Canada - looking for tools
  35. Chris
    I've developed a study in Tradingview that mimic's Thor's TOS pivot study. Still in the testing phase, but I've been using it successfully for a couple of weeks - happy to share with you.
  36. Michael Schweighardt

    11-March-2025 - Tuesday 🟩 day

    My Physical is okay. I did some exercise yesterday. Some stretching and strength. I need to do more cardio.

    Emotional is okay today. Not good, not bad. Just fine.

    Mental is fine. Feeling okay. Nothing special. Ready to trade.

    What a day. Hit target on my first trade. I am in SIM. I have two SIM accounts. I am treating SIM 1 like it’s my real account and SIM 2 for practice and screen time.

    Comforted knowing that I could be wrong 4 time's and hit 5 to break even. Slow down. Be cautious. Reevaluate if the trade strategy is still valid even though it's only a few seconds later. Maybe I noticed something out of the corner of my eye that tells me not to take the trade anymore. Don't ignore that. Investigate that. Whatever it is. My style of trading has many opportunities and is not to be rushed. Choose another ticker. Move on to another stock if failed three times. This is a valid rule, but…. I have hit on my forth. I’d say 4 is the magic number, but stopping anytime I feel I am on ‘tilt’ is acceptable.

  37. Thomas Blasco MD

    I am a true newbie!  Just finished your introductory book and (I think) I'm ready to start the journey.  I'll keep you updated on progress.  Lots of study ahead.

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  39. Korey R. Snead
    TradeZella Shared Playbook —————Higher Range Plays—————— R6 Reversal: https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/e380eaae Trending R4 Breakout (opens under R3): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/d7c655c9 R4 Breakout (opens above R4): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/60b3846b R4 Extreme Reversal (opens inside of R3): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/37ddf6ad S3 to R3 Traverse: https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/cb5c6e55 S4 Breakout (opens below S4 against the trend): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/cbdba9ca —————Lower Range Plays—————— S6 Reversal: https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/4c469c01 Trending S4 Breakout (opens above S3): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/640402fa S4 Breakout (opens below S4): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/fa620c11 S4 Extreme Reversal (opens above S4): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/2acd9b26 R3 to S3 Traverse: https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/faa9a807 R4 Breakout (opens above R4 against the trend): https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/acf1634c —————Not a Play—————— Not a Pivot Play: https://app.tradezella.com/shared_playbook/3e2bbdc6
  40. Michael Schweighardt

    10-March-2025 - Monday 🟩 day (SIM)

    Stopped out 5 times before finally catching the move. 

    Traded AMD short. 3 Option contracts. ATR was about 5. I kept getting in too early and getting stopped out. i got annoyed and waited. Noticed it hit it's top and started to finally reverse. that's what i was waiting for and trying for. 

    i went short and i went a little heavy. i usually take one contract, i took 3. my targets were 3R, 4R, and 5R. All hit!

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    1. Michael Schweighardt

      Michael Schweighardt

      so.... i lost 5R on those first 5 tries, then i hit on that last one. the last trade had 3 targets. 3R + 4R + 5R = 12R. 

      i still was green today with 5 losers because 12R - 5R = 7R profit. 

      my money amounts are small right now. 1R = $15. 
      the point is, i can scale up. i can make 1R = $100 or whatever. as long as i know my system can get me green after 5 losers.... i will be just fine.

  41. Michael Schweighardt

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    The Composite Man is a single, highly skilled entity with a clear strategy who:

    • Accumulates stocks at low prices (buying when others are selling, often during periods of fear or capitulation).
    • Distributes stocks at high prices (selling when others are buying, often during periods of euphoria or greed).
    • Creates trends, tests supply and demand, and engineers conditions to profit from both retail traders and less-informed participants.
  42. Michael Schweighardt

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    Ending 2025 Balance with +1% per trading day: $60,160.78 ‼️

  43. peterB
    here are two soutions first second if you PM me there I have a single hotkey solution for both longs and shorts
  44. Austin D
    Hi all, I think that I was able to get Julien's script for the add short hot key to work, but I had to make some changes. I've copied the script below and put my changes in bold: CXL ALLSYMB;StopPrice = Price;Share=Price*100*Pos;Price=AvgCost;SShare=Price*100*Pos;Share=1000-Share+SShare; Price=Share/100;Share=Price;Price= StopPrice-Bid;SShare=Share / Price;DefShare=BP*0.97;Share=DefShare-SShare;DefShare=DefShare+SShare;SShare=Share;SShare=DefShare-SShare;Share=0.5*SShare;Price=Bid-0.02;TogSShare;TIF=DAY+;ROUTE=LIMIT;SELL=SEND;DefShare=10; Price=StopPrice-Bid*2;Price=Bid-Price;TriggerOrder=RT:STOP STOPTYPE:RANGE LowPrice:Price HighPrice:StopPrice ACT:BUY QTY:POS TIF:DAY+;
  45. Michael Schweighardt

    Pedagogy, most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political, and psychological development of learners.

    Pedagogy Explained (in 3 Minutes)

  46. peterB
    i will be posting a solution this week
  47. Austin D
    I was able to get Julien's hotkey for adding long to work, but I could not get the hotkey for adding short to work. Did anyone else have any luck?
  48. Michael Schweighardt

    The "Titans" of Technical Analysis

    • Charles Dow:
      • Pioneered the Dow Theory, the foundation of technical analysis.
      • Late 19th-century journalist and co-founder of Dow Jones & Company.
      • Identified primary, secondary, and minor trends; emphasized price reflecting all info.
      • Ideas from Wall Street Journal editorials, not a single book.
      • Key for spotting market direction via trend confirmation

    • Ralph Nelson Elliott:
      • Developed Elliott Wave Theory in the 1930s, focusing on market psychology.
      • Former accountant who saw repetitive wave patterns in price movements.
      • Five-wave trends, three-wave corrections, fractal in structure.
      • Complex and subjective, loved for capturing human sentiment.
      • Ideal for traders attuned to emotional market cycles

    • W.D. Gann:
      • Early 20th-century trader blending math, geometry, and mysticism.
      • Created Gann Angles and Square of Nine for price-time predictions.
      • Linked market moves to natural laws and celestial events.
      • Polarizing—some praise his precision, others find it arcane.
      • Known for time cycles and key level analysis.

    • Richard Wyckoff:
      • Early 1900s stockbroker decoding “smart money” moves.
      • Wyckoff Method tracks accumulation/distribution via price and volume.
      • Focused on market structure and institutional intent, not indicators.
      • Urged traders to think like the “composite man” behind the charts.
      • Prized for practical, tape-reading skills.

    • John Bollinger:
      • Introduced Bollinger Bands in the 1980s, a volatility-based tool.
      • Financial analyst turned trader; still active today.
      • Bands use two standard deviations around a moving average.
      • Simple, effective for breakouts and reversals.
      • Keeps relevance in modern, algo-driven markets.

    • Arthur Merrill:
      • Mid-20th-century statistician/engineer turned analyst.
      • Identified 32 chart patterns (M1-M16, W1-W16) for reversals/continuations.
      • Built on Dow’s ideas with statistical rigor; wrote Behavior of Prices on Wall Street.
      • Focused on observable, repeatable price formations.
      • Bridges charting and quantitative analysis; patterns still watched today.
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