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Updated: 8/8/2019 @ 12:44pm (PST) Finally out of the alpha stage and releasing this to the community, I've been using it with success. Because I had to do some musical chairs with memory I made a configuration utility as the script itself is very ugly. This is more of a BETA release for this, so if anyone wants to try this out in SIM and let me know if you have any issues with the configuration sheet or the hotkeys themselves. It's based on the work started by @fjmocke here: https://forums.bearbulltraders.com/topic/469-das-calculate-shares-based-on-account-risk/ . What it is: It's a hotkey command script that can be used to dynamically alter the share total based on: Available Buying Power (capital) Stop Location (Risk) % Account Risk OR Fixed Dollar Amount The script includes purchase power protection and won't send an order that you can not afford, it does this by calculating two factors: A - Shares You Can Afford B - Shares at Risk Parameter (e.g. $25,000 account equity, 1% risk = $250 risk, $250 * a stop distance of .10 = 2500 shares) min{A,B} = 0.5(A + B - | A - B | ) But, why male models? I just told you. /Zoolander reference You'd use this to calculate your share total based on what you're willing to risk. So instead of blindly throwing 500 shares at every setup, you can dynamically alter risked amount based on the per-trade setup. I use it on my StreamDeck (will also release the icon packs soon) with modifiers of 100%, 75%, 50%, and 25%. 100% is the A-Plus setups I see, those I have HIGH confidence in. Alternatively, if a stock has a large spread or is low-float, I may only use the 25% modifier key for those. Instructions for Configuration: Go to this link: V2.1: DOWNLOAD ^^ Recommend latest DAS version of 5.4.3.0. Requires DAS version 5.2.0.34 or above (current BETA branch as of 11/19/2018) for the physical stop portion to work. If you don't use the physical stop, you don't have to worry about it. NOTE: Thoroughly test in SIM to make sure it's doing what you expect it to do. Choose: Download the ZIP file and unzip to where you want. On "Setup & Instructions" configure your settings. Account Leverage (default for DAS is 4), this is the margin your broker gives you. Some off-shores give 6. It needs to match what is configured in DAS for proper calculations. Max Account Risk %. This is the maximum percent of equity you're willing to risk on every trade (default is 1%). You can always risk lower (more on that later). % of Total Buying Power. If you don't want to calculate based on the total buying power of 100%, you can set this to a lower percentage (example: 100,000 buying power with 60% here equals $60,000 maximum position size) Route. LIMIT, MARKET, SMRTL. Default is LIMIT. Order Bid/Ask Offset. This is the offset you use when you send the price for order, e.g. "Ask + 0.05" (meaning fill me up to 5 cents above ask) Time in Force. Default: Day+ Default Shares. This is the amount of shares you want to set as the DEFAULT SHARES for all trades (e.g. when you click a Symbol and it loads, this is the share total). You can see why this is here in the technical breakdown section below. Minimum Stop Buffer. This is an offset to the stop distance. If you set this to 0.05, it'll add 5 cents to the stop distance calculation (so if your stop distance is 0.05, it'll be calculated on 0.10). Switch to the "Hotkeys" tab. Choose your preferred style. % Risk of Equity (Dynamic) or Fixed Price (e.g. $150 risk). %Equity Risk: Use the drop down to select what you want the value to be % equity. NOTE: This is a modifier AFTER your account risk maximum %. So if you have 1% account risk, and set this to 50%, your effective account risk is 0.005 --> 0.5%. $ Fixed: Use the drop down to select what you want the value to be for dollar risk. Select "long" or "short" to flip the script's direction. Click the cell that contains the start of the command (E column) and Ctrl + C (copy). Paste it into DAS. It should look like a sample command below. Instructions for Usage: First, you must have "Double Click to Trade" turned on in Chart, Right-Click --> Configure --> Settings --> Double-click to trade. Double click the chart where you want to set a mental stop (it does not place a stop order, you can always put one in after). Hit your configured hotkey. Sample Scripts: LONG: DefShare=BP*0.98; Share=DefShare*0.25* Price * 0.01; Price = Ask - Price + 0.02;SShare = Share / Price; Share = DefShare - SShare; DefShare = DefShare + SShare; SShare = Share; SShare = DefShare - SShare; Share = 0.5 * SShare; TogSShare; ROUTE =LIMIT; Price = Ask + 0.05; TIF=DAY+; BUY=Send; DefShare = 500; SHORT: DefShare=BP*0.98; Share=DefShare*0.25* Price * 0.01; Price = Price - Bid + 0.02;SShare = Share / Price; Share = DefShare - SShare; DefShare = DefShare + SShare; SShare = Share; SShare = DefShare - SShare; Share = 0.5 * SShare; TogSShare; ROUTE =LIMIT; Price = Bid - 0.05; TIF=DAY+; SELL=Send; DefShare = 500; Technical Breakdown: DAS has basic scripting. Montage commands have access to very few read/write variables, basic operations, and only operators of addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. To do this calculation we need additional operators (min function, and absolute function) and more memory for storage of variables. This command gets around these limitations by using user-writeable areas of memory in the program. Since DAS is written in the C++ language (from what I can tell), it's strict on what can be done in these existing memory locations. The hotkey uses the following items (plus the usual Price -- FLOAT): (Assumptions on Datatypes) DefShare -- INT (Used as a temporary variable for storage) SShare -- Unsigned INT (Behaves like an Unsigned INT in certain situations. Used as a temporary variable for storage) Share -- INT (Used as a temporary variable for storage) With the 3 INT variables, objects are moved around in memory so that we can calculate and compare with our variable limitation (be much easier if we could assign our own). To facilitate the ABS() function, we use a trick --> When a negative value is placed into an Unsigned INT it loses it's sign (thus, it becomes a POSITIVE value in memory). A more detailed technical breakdown (step by step) is located in the Configuration spreadsheet up above. Future Enhancements: If need be, I can make a step-by-step video of this entire process. I have a version that uses an AutoHotKey macro to drop a line at the stop location, I can upload that as well if people want it. ^^ Update, I discontinued this as it was too cumbersome. You had to have two sets of hotkeys for each command. I may someday revisit it if I can build out a configuration tool for it. TLDR: It does the math for you so you can risk a known amount (% or $) based on your per-trade risk position (stop distance). And yes, I'm a bit of a tech nerd. Also, longest post .. ever. Would not read again, 0/5 stars. --- KNOWN ISSUES: %Account Risk gets smaller and smaller when subsequent open positions Reason: No Equity variable, we reverse calculate equity using Buying Power. On subsequent positions, the % (e.g. 1%) calculation will be based on the available buying power and NOT the account equity. Workaround: Precalculate the %risk and use it for the $risk versions. So 1% of $25,000 equity equals $250. SSR rejection on LONG position when scaling out; rejection message (e.g. "Short marketable limit order disable due to SSR!") if using the automatic STOP trigger. Reason: DAS calculates that the position will drop below the open stop order position and reject as this can cause the position to "flip" if it was triggered. Workaround: Have a hotkey to clear the open orders (CXL ALLSYMB), clear it, scale the position (e.g. 25%). Either replace the stop or switch to a mental stop. Alternatively, you can add "CXL ALLSYMB;" to the front of the scale-out hotkeys. You just have to be cognizant to replace the stop order. Equated position size if very small (e.g. 4 or 5 shares when expected is hundreds). Reason: Wrong side was used for the order. E.g. a long hotkey is used when trying to go short. -or- Stop Distance was calculated to be a negative value (clicked too close to current price). Workaround: Be cognizant of the hotkeys used and the stop distance clicked. Clicking too close (a really tight stop) can be very dangerous if you do it inadvertently. TriggerOrder for automatic STOP placement not being sent (no stop order placed). Reason: Montage is not set to a style that doesn't allow TriggerOrder input. Styles not compatible are: Default [DAS's, if you changed it], Basic, OCO, Option, Full Fix: Use a style that is compatible, they are: Stop Order, Detail, Trigger -- I recommended using the "Stop Order" montage style. To change this, right click the montage area around where you'd enter a price and select Style --> Your Choice. --- UPDATES: 10/17/2018 - Added v.1.1 link, you'd need to use the new version to change anything. - General cleanup of the script. Added instructions for the IB issue (discussed in this thread) - NEW FEATURE: Added a new section to the Hotkeys sheet, it will now create a set up for Dynamic Scale-In hotkey commands. You'd use these by setting a scale value (say you want an additional 50% of your current position size). The hotkey will calculate the maximum share you can afford (how much you can afford at the moment) and the scale value, choosing to take the least amount. So if your current position is 1500 shares (@ $50.00) and you want to scale in at 50% your current position, it'd check if you can afford an additional 750 shares, if you can't, it'll buy the maximum you can afford. For this example, you can't afford it (if Buying Power is 100k), so it'd buy roughly $25k worth (500 shares). - CLEANUP: Cleaned up the $Dollar Risk version and removed unnecessary steps. Don't really need to replace yours if they exist, but worth noting. 10/30/2018 - Added @Michael P's suggested fixes for Excel. Configuration tool should now work in both Sheets and Excel. - NOTICE: This was a configuration tool change, no changes were made to the hotkey scripts, so no need to change any existing hotkeys. 11/19/2018 - Shortened some of the commands so we don't hit any hotkey character limit, makes them less readable, but shorter. Couldn't get them low enough to fit the montage buttons though (although removing the portions for the buying power rejection protection would likely do it). - Added a section for SELL/COVER buttons for people who just need to create those. E.g. "Sell 25% position" or "Sell 33% position". - Added @Robert H's stop suggestion. New fields on the setup page for enabling physical stops. If enabled, it'll place a MARKET or LIMIT (settings included) trigger order to go into the market once the initial order is fulfilled, these are placed at the location you double-clicked on the chart. 11/20/2018 - Added a stop-order setting to set an additional buffer for the stop price (for those that want to include or exclude the double-clicked price). - Added conditional formatting to subdue the stop settings that aren't required if you disable sending a physical stop into the market. 12/10/2018 - Added a known issues section to this post and the spreadsheet (for when a new version goes up). 12/12/2018 - Updated known issues section to include the "Montage Style" issue for TriggerOrders. 12/13/2018 - Updated to new version 1.46. Fixed a bug in the Trigger Order script which could cause it to not be interpreted by DAS's command parser on certain user settings. - Added "modifier" extra hotkeys. See instructions next to these on how to use them. - - - Set Stop to Breakeven - Long or Short - Stop Limit or Stop Market (cancels any pending orders for SYMB) - - - Set Stop to Breakeven - Bidirectional - Stop Market (cancels any pending orders for SYMB) - - - Stop - Update Price - Long or Short - Stop Limit or Stop Market (cancels pending orders, double click chart where you want stop before firing hotkey) - - - Stop - Update Price - Bidirectional - Stop Market (cancels pending orders, double click chart where you want stop before firing hotkey) - - - Stop - Update Position - Long or Short - Stop Limit or Stop Market - Replace (requires you double-click the original stop in the Orders window) - - - Stop - Update Position - Bidirectional - Stop Market Orders Only - Replace (requires you double-click the original stop in the Orders window). 8/8/2019 - New version 2.0, download the .zip file and unzip it. - Fixed an issue with some hotkey configurations that may have caused them to be inaccurate in vary rare situations. Recommend recreating your hotkeys in this new version, just to be sure. - Added Profit Target hotkeys. - Added % Scale-In Hotkeys - Added $ Risk Scale-In Hotkeys - Added Short-SSR to Long/Short dropdown for SSR hotkeys (DAS Simulator) - Added Range Order hotkeys - Added Y-Margin Scale Increase hotkey, Y-Margin Decrease, and Y-Margin Reset - Added new sheet "Example - Equity%" and "Example - $Risk" to give a more workflow outlook on what is happening. - Included a ScaleOut worksheet to manually simulate what different scale percentages / scenarios look like (instructions will be in the video). ALSO: Video is done and rendering, I think it comes in at 45minutes with 3.4gigs (4k), so it'll need to be optimized before I upload it to YouTube. Will try to do it today and will update this when done. 9/10/2019 - New version 2.1 released. Just general clean up (UI) and bug fixes. - FIXED: Issue with the Scale-In $Risk hotkeys. - FIXED: Issue with the Stop Update Price long and short hotkeys> ^^ If you use either of those, please regenerate them and replace in your DAS to avoid issues. UPDATES: The majority of this side project is completed and besides a few requests I have in with DAS developers to optimize a few things, out of any major bugs or improved scripting features, I'd say this is about done. I'll provide any edge-case support as need, but I want to move on to other BBT-community projects. So what do I have cookin' for you guys, gals, and cat? You'll see a glimpse in the video of an early prototype (buggy! I programmed that in a few hours, so bugs are expected) of a DAS calculator side program. The newer version (need to finish the UI) will incorporate a lot more in ways of tools for you, including automatically calculating changes without a hotkey intervention. It also allows you to mass-process trade log .csv files you may have exported and compile it into Excel or .CSV for import into other programs. Configuration is drag/drop friendly, so rearranging your columns is as easy as click and holding. I'm also going to shift my attention to finishing my ORB-strategy research. Right now, my datapool encompasses 15000 news article, gaplists for 2011-2019, and 1second data for stocks in that range. It's a data store of roughly 80 gigs. The idea is to test for hidden signals we may not see that can indicate a potential direction of an ORB strategy (if no rare outside influence occurs, like a terrorist attack) by leveraging a consortium of machine learning algorithms to give us a higher probability of success for each day. Depending how the research works out, the end product would likely be a probability predictor for each day. I'll share the research results with the community and may incorporate some other tests as well. VIDEO: Ok, so I may have gone down an editing rabbit hole and that took longer than expected. The videos are up, came in quite long so I chunked it down. Sorry it's a tad scattered and not one-linear cohesive unit, but I tried to mark it up as best as possible. Part 1 - Config / Math - https://youtu.be/YrRrydwGyRY Part 2 - Setup, Quick Examples, Tips - https://youtu.be/pXLlWF7T6hw Part 3 - Sim Trade Example - https://youtu.be/SO9UhJh4dTc Bonus 1 - Scale/Price Excel Calc - https://youtu.be/KTr_iJ2p0TU Bonus Tips - https://youtu.be/sNHXFMoia7A

Hello everyone. My name is Jens. I’m 21 years old and live in the Netherlands. In July I graduated from the University of Applied Sciences as a mechanical engineer. Since two years took investing in stocks my interest and started reading about it. The last year I’ve been getting deeper into day trading. I’ve read Andrews book which got me more excited about day trading. At that time I was still in college and decided to join the bearbull traders community. I went through the education lessons and took 3 months of simulator to find out if day trading was something for me. I enjoyed this 3 months very much and wanted to get deeper into it. Unfortunately, I had to unsubscribe 7 months back from BBT because a graduation period of 6 months was coming up, what I needed to focus on. Now that I am graduated I rejoined the community as a lifetime member and want to get back into day trading. Next to my job as a mechanical engineer, working 36 hours a week I am learning to become a day trader. From Monday till Friday I am working from 7:00 AM till 3 PM. The US market opens here at 3:30 local time, so after work I have about 15 minutes to find out what de market is doing and prepare for the trading day. From July on I’ve been trading in simulator to find out trading style fits me. From now on I am planning to document my journey as a learning day trader on this forum. Hopefully you guys can learn from my journey and I can learn from your feedback. I will mainly focus on Thor’ and Aiman’s Triangle breakout strategy. Last week I’ve seen the workshop and got really excited about this strategy. At the moment I am still in simulator and will be trading exactly the same as I am going to when I am trading live. That means that I start with a max loss per trade (1R) of $20. As soon as I am consistent in simulator I will sign up with CMEG and switch to live trading. From tomorrow on I will share my trades of the day and describe my thoughts about them. All feedback these trades is welcome! My rules are - No trades in the 1st 5 minutes - Minimal R:R on a trade must be 2:1 - Always respect my stoploss - Stop trading when I’m down 3R - Stop trading when I’m at daily goal of 3R - Don’t trade low float stocks

Tuesday 9/10/2019 I had a well-being score of 6.5/10 this morning. I took 2 live trades this morning, both with AAPL. So AAPL and BABA were on my market open watchlist with MU, AMD, ROKU and F on my 5min ORB watchlist. The daily charts on both AAPL and BABA looks interesting, maybe on the verge of a break out. I watched AAPL and BABA at the open. The volume immediately arrived for AAPL and as usual not BABA so I was highly focusing on AAPL. AAPL made a strong solid white candle with volume and was threatening to go red to green. The price didn’t bounce off the PDC but hovered below it. I really liked the strong tech levels 30 cents above it that would pull the price toward it so I went long before the PDC break. My target was the 214.91 daily level and my stop the 200MA-1min. But realistically the 214.45 level was really strong and I knew it could bounce hard from it. But because it was so strong I was confident I would reach it. So the trade looks good so far but this is where I made the mistake. Today was the first day I have access to a low partial shares button (1/8 shares). I tested on SIM yesterday and today is the first day I could use it live. I guess I was too gung-ho to use it. It was good I used it on my first partial which is taken off of nerves. But my second partial (at the 214.45 level) should be heavy, at least half my shares. But I just instinctively took another 1/8. The price did bounce hard from the level and I stopped out below VWAP. Sadly for a small loss due to my small partial. The price quickly bounced on volume with an ABCD setup and the same red to green. I went long again with the same target and stop. This time I would partial heavy at the 214.45 level. I did get a small partial in but the price reversed. I then noticed SPY was really dropping so I got out when it broke VWAP for a small loss. I then took 1 SIM trade. AAPL was setting up for nice short with a reverse hammer and SPY dropping. But by the time I switched to SIM, I thought I was chasing it, which I wasn’t since it fell hard. But, BABA¸ was still setting up. The 1min chart had a really nice ABCD setup and the 5min chart had a 5min ORB setup. I first only shorted half shares since the price was still well below the 1min VWAP and may retrace to there. It did and I shorted with my other half of my shares. Then BABA fell 7R. The 1/8 partials really helped on this trade. On Friday I caught a 8R drop on BABA and only made a painful 1R. Here I made 4R on a 7R move. Much happier. Though I didn’t look at my live trade P/L I need look at my demo account so I could immediate critique my trade. That’s how I know I made 4R. Score card (live trades): AAPL AAPL 89% 93% What I did good today: Stopped out early and was correct to do so. What I am grateful from today? Took a really good SIM trade helping my confidence. What do I need to improve on: Now that the newness of the 1/8 sell/cover button is over I can use it more appropriately.

September 10th 2019 Trades of the day The first trade of the day was on $F. The first minute the market was open it made a strong bullish move. after that one minute it dropped below VWAP and the moving averages. It formed a flat bottom and on the third touch of the flat bottom I went short with a stoploss above the 9 and 20 EMA. The stock had not a high ATR so I think I shouldn't have traded it. when it came back to my entry point it squeezed and had to cover at a higher price than my original stop was. The second trade was on $ACAD. This stock had a very strong open. At some point I saw it forming a kind of a wedge and went long with a stoploss below the 9 EMA. my target was the daily level at 41.28. I had set a limit order on 41.27 and unfortunately it didn't touch it by a penny. After it came to this level it dropped significant and decided to get out at B/E. My third trade was on $ROKU. It was forming a wedge below VWAP and all the moving averages. It was downtrending on every time frame, but unfortunately it did'nt work out. Although I am still glad I took this trade. My fourth trade was on $AAPL. Not so happy with this trade. It was not froming a really clear wedge and there was alot of resistance to break through on all the time frames. It did a false VWAP breakdown so I thought it might continue to the upside. The last trade was again on $ROKU. Not the best setup, but also not too bad. It was on a downtrend on the 15 minute chart. on the 5 minute chart was not a clear trend visible. It made a small descending wedge on the 1 minute chart and took it short. It made a small drop but then quickly got bought back up and got me stopped out. I ended the day with -3R and stopped trading, because this is a rule I have. This day could have been better. Every trade was a loser, although I am not unhappy with all trades. the first trade on ROKU and the trade on ACAD were good setups. The other trades were not A+ setups for me, so not to happy with those ones. Working on taking more clear setups tomorrow.

Love this trade, thanks for sharing...

9-10-19 Woke at 7:40, 4 hours of sleep, a little groggy.... SSS, making some coffee and I will do a little exercise before I begin........ PAT: If I have a good entry for a pre 5min trade I will take it...... Trade less in the late morning..... Start readjusting my share size according to my strategy for full entries and a % depending on the strength of the setup.... Over traded the morning and here I am to take a break..... And now that I look at my P&L, I made a very bad mistake on ACAD below, loosing more than my max loss in one trade...... ACAD......... I didn't remember taking this trade, must have hit my hot button on accident. as soon as I realized it I got out but probably should have paid attention to the action as it would have been a good entry for a great Win..... -185.00 CRWD.......... PB#1......... took a few scalps with full share sizes first two were 10min ORBs third was a 30min ORB full share size and this is where I started my journal... I missed my stop loss on the drop of the 1006 candle but it was shooting back up with lots of green on the tape so instead I added another full position and this time set up hard stops which It hit at my 2r...... THE BAD was My r/r was 1/1 on the first and second and 1.5/1 on the third +786.00 CTRP........ talked myself into PB#1 but it was FOMO........... I was mad at myself for not taking the trade at the 1min ORB and took these two trades out of FOMO..... -229.00 TVIX........ one more mistake...... not in Playbook and was only taken because SPY was dumping........ Yet another mistake........ I did acknowledge this and exited it right away..... -25.00 Back after a break and to work on our other business, I also did a little stretching and meditation..... MDP from Turbo scanner..... PB#3, This was not a perfect entry and I didnt think I would get back to the 9ma anytime soon so I went long after reading the news on this... on 9-5-19 there is a class action lawsuit against them and the price gaped down from 44.00 to 41.00 and all the way down to 31.00 a All Time Low at end of day, the next two trading days showed strength and today the price action is heading back up with strength...... I took full share size with a stop at the 9ma and a target of a daily 37.49..... I was back and forth so I set a hard stop...... I came back about 1125 to find the 5min was full of indecision so I took off 50% after the 5min had a new low.... and asll out on the 5min break of the 9ma..... My realized R/R on this was 3.5/1 I believe I needed a mental break from the lack of sleep..... This is the only trade I actually felt good about..... +310.00 I really need to close down but I feel like I will miss out on knowledge...... I will force myself and come back to the forum after the day is over..... Cons: made two FOMO trades......... one mistake on the keys........ one mistake by leaving a trade without a hard stop....... and the TVIX trade without a plan or setup.......... bad r/r ratios...... Pros: Did get out of both trades that were mistakes right away......... did get back to my Scalping strategy with full share sizes........ Notes: I feel more at ease trading with full share sizes and not having to look for reentries to add on so that my Rs make sense to me.......... maybe when I feel sleepy in the AM I should do my morning research and return after another couple hours of sleep or just sleep in and get up for a later session....... Focus on better r/r and share sizes........ R = 50.00: +657.00

I like your last two MU trades and would have taken the same ones. The first trade was a nice ABCD pattern and you went long after a confirmation 1min candle with volume. Your short was good after a false VWAP break after a 40 minute down trend.

feel you on the frustration today Mike

September 9, 2019 - 1 Partial, 1 Early Stop, 1 Stop Today was an emotional roller coaster. Ended the morning session happy with a partial and an early stop, took a run around the neighborhood, and came back for the close. Got stopped out on $MU with a hotkey. I was happy with my entry, but very frustrated at how $MU acted at the end of the day. Came right to my stop, filled my order and then went on run to the long side. Just frustrating sometimes. All of my trades today I was happy with, just frustrating at the outcome of them. To make matter worse the two stocks I did not take in the afternoon moved perfectly for me. Again frustrating at the outcome, but happy with my trading. 1 Partial, 1 Early Stop, and 1 Stop w/Hotkey error. The best thing is looking at the streak of Red, I am still just down commissions with the new risk management plan I put together. Sample Set Results, S 2 3 P 5 6 P G S E E S P P E S 17 18 19 20

9-9-19 woke at 7:30 with about 5 hours of sleep.... feel OK, had an eventful weekend.... SSS and some breakfast and coffee. PAT: Playbook Trades only.... Sticky notes...... Take more normal share sizes.... Be careful early on (small share sizes first 30min.).... I am gonna do my best at keeping a more detailed journal..... UGAZ PB#1.... I took only 100 shares.... This was what I feel an A+ setup for ORB with good confirmation of ABCD on 1min (need to maybe take more size when I feel like my setup is this good)........ sold 50% at 2r (moved stop to BE) and 3r (Moved Stop to 1r) then 10% each at 4r and 5r (now stop at 3r)...... have 21 shares left..... 1012 now looking for an add for PB#3 but I need to make sure that 21.00 will hold as a support instead of resistance.... 1023 Moved stop to 4r of 20.72, if it breaks the 20ma I can expect it to go to VWAP...... Have lots of indecision candles on all time frames so I will sit and wait for a good PB#3 add if possible...... added 100 shares at 21.04 as it feels like it has found support at 21.00 moving my BE to 20.93, my new stop is just below to 20ma and a target of 21.49 (technical level I have marked)..... 1037 sold 25% at 2r keeping my stop at below the 20ma..... 1045 I have a new 5min low with a second 5min low at 1050 I have a hard stop set at 21.03 that was just hit for 1r on the remaining.... total for this trade was +36.18 (wish I would have taken proper share size from the beginning, I need to shake off this small share size and scalling in stuff I was trying last week. It is just not my style) As of 1012 I was using the 2min for the 9ma trend and keeping an eye on the 5min and 15min for new lows..... took a stab at a reversal and got quickly stopped out.... -11.00 and then again went long at 21.04 looking for 21.49 again but will partial 25 % at HOD and new 5min low for stop...... added in with strong LVL2 holding my stop at a new 5min low which it is testing right now... and stopped out.... -21.00 +4.18 DOCU PB#1..... entered on a late 15min ORB with confirm of 5 min ABCD, there was a very large order at 58.00 and full of green on T&S at the time.... it started to dump so I exited before my stop because of price action.... I feel like this is more of a C setup and I should not have taken it, I clicked on the stock to look at it and noticed the patteren right away and took the trade without too much more thought....... -25.00 I probably should have hung it up for the day after these trades but I was no where near my max loss, which should not be a goal..... but I continued....... I took a few C and B setups which was bad..... 1242 looking at DOCU ...... PB#2...... Feel very good about the DOCU setup here breaking VWAP, I think I would give this a B+ setup..... with a nice tight stop below VWAP I will see if I can get HOD with maybe a partial before 59.00..... 1304 looking a little choppy and the volume has died down..... probably should have partialed at 58.88 and may take a smaller partial depending on price action..... took 50% off hitting the 9ma twice and red running through the T&S.... may actually be an add in position but I do not like the new low on the 5min..... 1311 need to step away here and there for another business so I will set a hard stop at 58.55 which is below the 9ma on the 5min..... as I keep checking in on this I am adjusting my hard stop to follow just below the 9ma on the 5min.... My hard stop did not activate for some reason and I manually stopped at a few cents below what the stop was set for...... +125.00 Cons: I had trouble getting in for a full position like I have been doing up unto about a week ago when I started scaling in with small sizes, I need to get back to what was working for me.... I also have not been trading the first 5min when on my mental entries they have been working out..... I feel like after the first UGAZ trade with the add in I should not have reentered and moved on, I paid it too much attention.... I did over trade today which seems to be a pattern that I need to fix in the next 6 weeks if I am going live by then..... Pros: I did respect my stop losses even though my position was small..... R= 50.00 +109.68 Think I will start trading the first 5 min for a couple weeks... all my mental entries have been working out for me.....

September 9th 2019 Had some good rest on the weekend, slept good this night and felt ready to trade today. Trades My first trade was on $ACAD. It made a significant drop through VWAP and and the moving averages. then I saw it was making a flat bottom. I decided to go short on the touch of this bottom and placed my stop above the previous wicks and 9 EMA. This move happened also to be a opening range breakdown on the 15 minute chat. on the 5 minute chart was a clear downtrend visible. On the way down I partialed at the whole dollar 39 and the rest of it on levels which i had found on the daily chart. On this trade I realised a profit of 3R. The second trade was on $T It was making a descending wedge on the 1 minute chart. Not really happy with this trade because it made a strong bullish move before the descending wedge was forming. After I was in the trade it tried a couple of times to lose it, but it got bought back up immediately every time. I didn't like the price action and around 10:03 there were apearing alot of high asks on the level and managed to get out out right before the squeeze at breakeven. The third trade was on $DOCU. At the open it made a strong move up. At 58 dollars it was forming multiple tops, which led to a ascending triangle. I got in with a tight stop below the 9 EMA. unfortunately it stopped me out. About 15 minutes later was a good oppurtunity for a re-enter and then it made the move I was looking for. At that time I was already at daily goal so I didn't took that trade. My fourth and last trade of the day was on $AAPL. It made a clear descending wedge with mutiple touches on the flat bottom. I decided to go in under VWAP and the moving averages. The 9 and 20 EMA were crossing the 50 SMA which happens to be a bearish sign. It did drop to a daily level right under 215 and partialed some out. then it came back up to my entry point and got out of the trade. It was a good trading day. Made the most of my money on ACAD (almost 3R). the trade on T was a breakeven trade and the trade on made me lose about 0,5R. In the last trade I hit my daily goal of 3R and stopped trading for the day.

Monday September 9th, 2019 Sleep: 6:45. Mood, tired but ready to trade. feeling calm this morning Overall market is up again, SPY is over last weeks highs, up about half a percent. Gappers list: $MU, $ROKU, $PAYS, $ACAD, $T, $NTNX first trade was an ABCD in $MU (4/4). liked the trade but i keep trying to go long right before 10 o'clock and these trades just turn around on me consistently. i feel like i'm going crazy taking the same long trade over VWAP just for it to come back and stop me out. GOOD: everything about the trade technically was good, entry was good, reward was HOTD, got in on a pullback after a bullish 2mins. RFI: trying to go long right at 10 o'clock when it's time for them to head lower. MOOD: tired of getting stopped out. CONSISTENT: yep, saw the trade wasn't working and bailed early next trade was in $T (0/4). so what i wanted to to was get in right where i would have got in if i was paying attention. i did that but then i realized it lost the MAs and i held for almost a full R loss. also realized it's not a setup so no points (0/4) GOOD: waited for the entry i wanted RFI: not a setup. could have bailed earlier MOOD: ok CONSISTENT: yes. tried the same long trade in $MU after a big run up to the HOTD. i wanted to go short near the high because i thought it was an overreaction but i chickened out. got in on a pullback after a new 2min high on volume that also didn't work. i set a range order because i had to get up from my desk and I got stopped out immediately. GOOD: waited for the pullback RFI: another dumb long trade that didn't work MOOD: frustrated CONSISTENT: yes last trade was a frustration short trade in $MU. as soon as i put it on i realized i was just doing it out of revenge and i sized too big so i got out half and then when it wouldn't make a new 5min low i bailed the rest for a breakeven GOOD: realized i made a mistake and got out RFI: shouldn't take revenge trades. MOOD: angry at myself for taking emotional trades CONSISTENT: yes got out as planned What i did good today: managed trades to 1R or less. What i did bad today: took no setup trades, or bad setup trades 0/4 trades went as planned What can i do better tomorrow: need better more reliable setups. So i really don't want to go back to SIM but i feel like i have to. i'm just taking the same ABCDs that don't work and then just throwing my other trades away out of frustration and it's pretty much the same story every day for the last two weeks or so. I'm doing a great job managing trades, much better than i've ever done but the problem i'm having now is that basically none of my trades make it to the profit target before my stop so my plan is to go to SIM and work on my setups and i need to have two weeks in a row where i have 3R trades that work more than 34% of the time. Until then, it makes no sense trading real money if i don't have an edge to exploit.

Monday 9/09/2019 I had a well-being score of 6/10 this morning. I took 1 live trade this morning, with AAPL. So AAPL and BABA were on my market open watchlist with MU, AMD, ROKU and T on my 5min ORB watchlist. AAPL daily looks interesting, maybe on the verge of a break out. I watched AAPL and BABA at the open. The volume immediately arrived for AAPL but not BABA so I was highly focusing on AAPL. AAPL created a nice hammer and I went long the moment the candle was no longer red. I also like a hammer that the bottom is created by a major tech level like this one. The 214.91 daily level was a concern, but I Iike entering a trade, near a tech level, in the first minute. The level seems to draw the price to it. Though you must take a partial there. The 215.18 level is not a serious one. It was somewhat forced because I really needed another level. So my target was 216 and my stop was the LOTD. The price immediately went against me, but I had a reasonable size stop. Then the price headed up and I took several small partials. I was just about to take my first large partial, near 2R, but the price retraced before it got there. Though I have been thinking of a new procedure of selling/covering half my shares and letting the last bit run until B/E, it is not a rule and I didn’t even think of it. The price made a new 1min low and I exited. Later the price bounced off of VWAP, above my B/E, and rebounded and reached my target of 216. Where it found resistance. I then took 4 SIM trades. 2 winners and 2 losers. The winners were much larger. I tested the new 1/8 share partial button in SIM. Score card (live trade): AAPL 91% What I did good today: Was careful to watch volume. What I am grateful from today? Nerves a little high today, but recovered fine. What do I need to improve on: Start using the 1/8 sell/cover button where appropriate. Think seriously of partial exits and let the last bit run.

My name is Hani, living in Dubai UAE. I work in Supply Chain for 14 years. I love what i do, although I would love to have extra income. Maybe one day i can fully pivot into a full-time trader. I am glad to know that there is a course that tells trading like it is; a career that requires discipline and consistent followup. I started trading in 2017 after signing up for a 2-day course, followed by another one in the same year. The courses were good, but I wanted a course whereby i could learn to day-trade (Main point is I want to sleep with zero open trades), plus a consistent income would be nice. I may find a challenge with trading because of the timings (US Markets open at 17:30 my time), however there is at least 30 min commute back home, and i usually finish my work at around 18:00. But, I do hope that i can use a mobile app to put in my trades. Lets see! Looking forward to be part of this community!

Hello. Thanks for the intro! I just joined yesterday and im happy to see people who are on the east side of GMT! We both have our full time jobs, my work finishes at 18:00 and the market opens at 17:30! It might be a challenge for me but im glad you're working around your times! Hats off!