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I think it's safe to say that there will be a lot of various "ah ha" moments as to when it all came together but for me personally, it was recognizing that I'm not very good at momentum trading, and when I changed my course and started focusing on trend trading. I know that, psychologically, I have a very difficult time exiting positions (winners or losers) so I had to develop a strategy that MATCHED that personality. With that in mind, it was going back, reviewing both my winners and losers, studying the charts, and putting everything together that I had learned up to that point together. I think it's very easy as a day trader to become very focused on one key element of trading (strategies, chart patterns, level2/tape, volume, support and resistance, etc) but it's once you put it all together that it all starts to make sense and things start to turn around.

September 24, 2019. Reset Sample Set - $AMD and $NVDA (1 stop, 1 Partial, 1 Goal) Crazy day for me trading. Took $AMD short for a 5 minute ORBD on a good setup. It rejected 30.35 once and I figured it would test it at least one more time. I had made the decision that if it tested one more time and didn’t break that I would get out. Well it never tested and pulled back to my stop at 30.59, so I exited. I started looking for some 15 minute ORBD but nothing was there, so I switched my display and started cycling through the stocks. I came upon $QCOM and just did not have enough time to get into the trade before it broke the 5 minute and 15 minute setup, which was my entry. I ended watching this stock just keep making new lows. I eventually was able to get another setup on $AMD and took an entry on it, but it ended up being in Sim. Figures. I came back in the afternoon and took a long on $NVDA with a good setup and found a good entry point. I hit the hotkey and my fill was terrible. Almost .16 cents higher than I planned. I kept with my plan and at the 1R level I bought more shares instead of selling. I eventually got out of the trade when the $SPY made a new 5 minute low. Then came the president’s tweet and the market went crazy. I am glad I was not in any trades at that time. I than began cycling through the stocks thinking I was not going to get a setup. I found one on $AMD and took it short. I got a 1R and 2R partial. I just couldn’t quite get it to the profit target as the market sold off into the close. If the $SPY had dumped I probably could of made it to 29.30. If I didn’t have the hotkey error on $NVDA would have been up for the day instead basically breakeven. I would have made my goal if the $AMD trade was live. I am not sure if this is over trading or not. What a day. Sample Set Results, S P G 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

24 September 2019 SNAP SNAP was forming a ascending wedge at VWAP. Once it broke this wedge I took it look. My stoploss on this setup was a new 5 minute low. It formed a 15 minute hammer, which is a bullish sign. WYNN After the first 5 minutes WYNN had formed a ascending wedge. When it roke out the wedge and the 5 minute opening range I entered a long position. It did pop up, but not enough to hit my profit target. It stopped me out below VWAP. NFLX I saw Netflix was on a bearish harmonious chart. The first enter was not too great. It hadn’t formed a clear wedge with a flat bottom. I was having fomo that it would drop without me. 3 minutes later it made a better triangle pattern and add to my position. It did break the wedge, but then got bought back up and stopped me out. I’ve had 3 losers in a row, which led to hit my max loss. I quit trading for the rest of the day.

Hello, I'm Matt Bernstein. I've been working as a U.S. Immigration Attorney for over 20 years and am looking to transition out of the practice of law. The only experience I have with equities is with long term investing, so day trading is a new and exciting challenge for me. I have clients involved in equities trading and learning about their trading philosophy and methodology has made me fascinated with price movement and mass (and individual) psychology. I'm also very interested at this stage in my life in being in a career that is not quite as all consuming in terms of my time (and sleep) as the legal profession. While I understand that trading has it's own stressors, I do believe that my fast paced, detailed oriented job and dealing with life and death issues for my clients has helped to prepare me for that. I have my own practice, that allows me some flexibility. I'm committing three hours every morning (except for the occasional work conflict) for the next three months to six months to learning and paper trading using the the DAS simulator to see how things go. My goal is to be making live trades with smaller positions within six months, and to slowly "scale out of my position" with my law practice over a three year period if I'm making a regular profit. At this point, I've finally gotten my DAS set up (more or less) and hope to start making some paper trades this week. Wish me luck!

Thursday September 12th, 2019 Sleep: 7 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade first trade was in $BHGE trying to catch a 5min ORBD early. (3/4). got in on the new 2min low risking the HOTD after closing below the VWAP on the 2min chart. it ended up pressing back up through the MAs and all the way to my stop. happy with this trade though I wasn't thrilled with the rejection of the LOPM in the first five minutes, i waited for an entry and sized appropriately. GOOD: got out at my stop, good setup, short below VWAP at VWAP, had all MAs above RFI: could have waited for the break of the 5min body MOOD: good CONSISTENT: yes last trade was a wedge trade to the long side of $BHGE (3/4). the stock was really strong getting through all the MAs and breaking the HOTD. waited for the HOTD break and a pullback to get in. i didn't wait long enough on the pullback but i think the entry was ok. profit target was 22.08 (3R) i was hoping for pop over the $22 level. it missed me by a penny and then made a 2min doji and i bailed at 2R out of fear. No need to though, it was so strong. Look at these huge orders after i got out. these are divided by 100: that's $3M in buying at 10:12. i'm torn on my exit because it rejected over $22 really quick but i was still seeing a ton of green on the T&S. my nerves ended up winning over and i got all out at 2R. it got close but never went back to my entry as of the time of writing this. GOOD: good trade, made it to my profit target RFI: spooked out of a 3R trade MOOD: feels good to have a trade so as planned. it's been a while CONSISTENT: no, should have held to my plan What i did good today: took good setup trades with reasons for entering What i did bad today: gave up an R on a profitable trade. What can i do better tomorrow: hold my winners

I was getting burnt while taking the conventional ORBs at the open. It affected my pshychology when my first trade of the morning fails, even when I think the setup was perfect. For e.g, A beautiful strong 1min open candle on $TIGR below, with no wicks, I went Long and got stopped out. If my first trade fails then it becomes a catchup to overcome the losses and then achieve the daily goal, and my pshychology gets messedup. I found some ways to narrow the ORB setup down to a level which offers high accuracy and would like to share this strategy "Pullback ORB with Breakout Entry"|. I have tried this out for the last couple of months and it has worked very well so far. The reason for this setup: I wanted a high accuracy setup at the open. I don't like overtrading, I prefer one and done, if possible. I am time constrained during the day. I can trade only at the open for 30-40 mins. And I am not good at Trading reversals. About the setup: This Pullback ORB-Breakout Entry works very well with @WilliamH Harmonious Charts. Step 1: At the premarket, find a Harmonious setup, where the price action is above (or below) all the MAs on multiple timeframes 1, 2, 5, 15, 30, 60min and Daily (most of them, if not all). I prefer when the Harmonious chart is also ATH/ATL (All time High or Alltime Low) Step 2. Pullback candle: At the open, Watch the 1min chart for the first 2 mins. Check if the 2nd candle is a Pullback Candle. Then it is an Alert. E.g Below. Step 3: Breakout Entry: Wait for the 3rd candle to break the previous 2 candles high (only bodies, no wicks) and take an entry. E.g Below. Step 4. Profit Targets: This is usually high RR setups, some times as high as 3-4 RR and a good candidate for riding till close. Step 5. This pattern/Setup works as good when it occurs on 2min or 5min timeframes too. If step 2 doesn't occur on 1 min chart, switch to 2min chart and watch for the pullback candle on 2nd 2min candle. Continue Steps 2-4. If it doesn't occur on 2 min, switch to 5min chart and continue steps 2-4. P.S: Harmonious charts - Sometimes you may find higher timeframes as Harmonious and smaller timeframes not harmonious, Wait for the open to see if the price action becomes Harmonious on these smaller timeframes too. Contrary to other setups, this setup works well when it appears on smaller timeframes. Eventhough it may appear on 15 or 30 mins, the setup may not provide high RRs. These are not rare setups, they occur almost everyday on common stocks like $FB, $AMD, $MU, $UBER, $TSLA etc., At the open, I watch 6-7 stocks for this setup and switch from 1min to 2min and then to 5min. Please let me know if there are any questions.

25.Sep.19 Red day. -2r. Watchlist: $ROKU, $NKE, $BABA, $MO and $BA. Trade 1&2: $BA. $BA had positive news in the morning, and stock moved up just before the open. Daily had gapped up breaking consolidation. At the open it formed 3c setup on 2min. I took it long, but got stopped out during the dump. Price bounced off 383.16 daily level. I took long again and AON exit at 2R. (first entry was in SIM by mistake). Good Trade. Trade 3 &4 : $NKE. $NKE was top of my watchlist today, it traded beautifully at the premarket with volume. I was very long biased, chart was harmonious with ATH, my favorite setup. But at the open got chopped up badly. It remained choppy until noon, after which some news came in. Trade 5: $NKE. Took reversal trade on my A setup, which worked out beautifully. It was V-reversal to VWAP at 200MA on 5min . I didn't think the move would be stronger, I got out at 2r, price moved to 3r. Best trade of the day. Trade 6: $SNAP. Took VWAP pullback short setup , as the price dumped at the pen, pulled back to VWAP created a shooting star, as it couldn't close above VWAP. I took it short, but got stopped out. Today it failed. Even the pullback candle (white) to VWAP had low volume, but still din't work out. Trade 7: $CGC. Another reversal trade, but failed. I had 15min shooting star and on 30min 50MA was swooping down, took short below 50MA, tight stop. Got stopped out. This is one of the setups I trade 50/200MA bounce with reversal candle. Good: Traded only setups, except for $NKE where I tried to trade the choppy price action. Some of my highly accurate setups are failing, today in $NKE, yesterday in $SNAP. Hope it changes in October. Improvement: Bit of overtrading, but only setups. Need to drop everything but A+ setups.

25/9/19 so i went live with IB thinking i could trade without being affected by the PDT rule as im in the UK, i was wrong. so im in the process of changing brokers. overtraded a bit in the morning today as i know i do but its just in sim so its okay. 8 trades: 2 winners (pendant plays) 2 winners that turned into losers bacause i added (ABCD/pendant, wedge breakup/ VWAP hold) 4 losers ( ORB, VWAP play, wedge breakup, VWAP false breakout) Trade 1: took an ORB on NKE but stopped out, got back in when it looked like it was getting some direction but stopped out again. Trade 3: this was a triangle play. these never work in the morning after selling off im gonna put them on my ban list before half 10. Trade 4: this wwas a VWAP false breakout, actually a decent set up with a retest but didnt work out. Trade 5: took a brake and came back. saw a really nice pendant form so went short at the break for a nice trade with 2.5:1 Trade 6: saw another pendant, got the first entry wrong but it worked out the second time for a good trade with 2:1 Trade 7: first entry was a big ABCD on the 5. second was an add when it broke out of a pendant, unfortunately my size was just too big and i stopped out before it went up again. need to not add so heavy. Trade 8: first entry was a wedge breakup got a partial at VWAP, then when it retested VWAP and rejected i added. but then it broke VWAP and went down so stopped out.

9-25-19 Woke at 7:40 with 5 hours sleep. Was thinking yesterday that I may not trade today because I was quite tired but now that I have woke up I feel pretty good..... SSS and a coffee.... PAT: Do not chase or even trade ROKU before 10:00...... Think about my trend trades when I am in them, I am mismanaging them. I do tend to take some off in times where it was a clear signal to add on.... I will not trade in the first 5min.... Mute the chat for the first 15min as it gives me a bit of anxiety and I believe leads me to less than Ideal trades..... Only use new Hot Buttons in my Trend Trades.... PreMarket Morning Routine: Read a bit in the Playbook...... Little stretching and exercise.... had some breakfast..... I only have SIM for another 3 weeks so I will continue to try the early morning which mostly does not work out..... If this was live I will do all my early morning in SIM and maybe switch to my Real acct. when I am finding my Trends.... PDD First...... PB#1 ... 10min ORB with ABCD on 1min ...... Stopped out at C.... the second short trade was a mistake, I had Kyles Hot Button with hard stop.... when I went to soft exit the trade the hard stop hit first so I accidentally shorted it and got out right away.... second.... PB#1... 10min ORB with ABCD on 2min..... Took a partial of 50% then all out just below BE..... third..... PB#2...... VWAP as a target.... took prifit below VWAP and when it hit the 50ma on the 5min and all out on price action change.... +4.18 AMD MU Both were PB#3.... Trends to the 9ma either on the 1 or 2min, ect........ I was not paying attention to the SPY and they both were pretty much mirrors.... both hit my hard stops while I was in here in the journal.... -174.76 DUST was a goofball mistake with my finger resting on the trigger.... LOL SPaz attack.... -10.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will make this is my break of SIM and Live account for my information.... but as I have been doing I will still use my P&L for all trades since I do not have a way to separate them yet....... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MPC PB#3..... Trending the 9ema on the 1min without a new low on 5 or 15min...... went in 2/3 share size as the ABCD on the 1min was not very clear and added to full size at confirmation... partial out 50%, 25%, 25% and all out wt new low on 5min and a Reason2Exit..... +120.00 MO PB#3 ..... Trending the 9ema with pull backs to the 20ema on the 2min, nice clean trending on the 9ema on the 5min, Clear confirmation of this on the 15, 30, and 60min time frames, Harmonious and no new 15min highs..... I did not even realize until now that when I thought I was covering a partial I actually flipped the position on the third green triangle and then added to the short (I thought) about 3 minutes later (at least I did get back to the correct position)..... I took several partials locking in profits because when I did add I went in for large share sizing as I had the setup that I was waiting for and did not want to let it turn into a big looser. I guess this would be reducing risk here..... I was in the Chat and typing in the comments when I missed a nice new add at 1241, I did not want to chase it though.... the two partials after that turned out to be just pull backs on the 15 and 30min..... A hammer has formed on the 15 and 30min charts along with a new 15min high...... waited for a clear Reason2Exit here...... +284.52 Cons: Still need to work on Trade Management.... Could have added in at 1241 but was distracted and a little scared of my P&L..... need to keep my fingers off the trigger when I am not ready to trade..... Pros: I found Kyles Hot Buttons are working great for me now that it does not auto set a hard stop..... When I found my A+ setups I took them with full share size and was a bit more aggressive with them..... Favorite Trade: MO PB#3 Notes: I will continue to trade in the first hour in a SIM of SIM mode but as of now I when I go Live I will stay in SIM for the first hour or so. I have been Red for the first part of the day and either bring it back to Green or less Red later in the day for the last couple weeks..... R = 50.00: +210.04

Wednesday 9/25/2019 I had a well-being score of 6/10 this morning. I took 1 live trade this morning with AAPL and 2 SIM trades with NKE and BABA So AAPL and BABA were on my market open watchlist with MU, ROKU and NKE on my 5min ORB watchlist. First time since I went live I did not give AMD a chart. I had a long bias on both AAPL and BABA. AAPL already made a nice hammer in the PM (on the daily chart) and BABA was bouncing from the big drops recently. As usual the volume arrives on BABA on the 2nd minute, so my attention at the open was on AAPL. Volume arrived quickly and AAPL made a nice hammer and I went long when it broke the HOPM. My target was the 219.82 and my stop at 218.50 which is also the bottom of the candle. It popped so fast that my first partial profit was correct at the 219.30 daily level. I took another at 219.50 and then I noticed I am at 2R so I took another partial. But I am supposed to take a large partial at 2R and instead I took a small partial because I really thought it was goung to reach my target. The price dropped quickly and I S/O near B/E. Too bad I took only small partials. I assume I only made about +1R. I really didn’t want to risk another flat day so I switched to SIM and took 2 winning SIM trades. Especially a big winner on BABA. I added the charts below. A 1min ORBU on NKE A 2min ORBU on BABA Score card (live trades). AAPL 93% What I did good today: Took good setups and got good entries. What I am grateful from today? It’s good to play it safe and walk away green. What do I need to improve on: To take a big partial profit at 2R. Especially for the scalp-like trades.

$SNAP and me are not friends it never trades well for me.

24.Sep.19 Red day. -2r. Watchlist: $ROKU, $PDD, $SNAP, $ENPH and $BB. I really liked $BB for the rising devil setup, but it didn't happen today. Trade1: $SNAP had gapped up and was bullish. Took ORB at the open after a strong bull candle. I am using Kyle's hotkey now and made a mistake, went short instead of long. Got out imm. Went long on the pullback again. Price spiked 20c (which is a lot in $SNAP). I actually had a Range order for 2R, but the price din't reach my target and dumped. I noted the 1min shooting star, but held on to get stopped out. Just saw the recap from Andrew, he took long at the exact same position as me, but partialed at HOD, unlike me. Trade 2: $PDD had gapped down. It opened strong, but dumped after hitting 20MA on daily. I took VWAP pullbackshort, but the stock moved very slow with low volume and not much action on L2. I got out as per my rule, that if the price doesn't move in my direction quickly at the open I get out. Good: I have started using @KyleK29 hotkeys and really like them. A big shoutout to him. I managed my trades well today. Improvement: I had my 2R range order on $SNAP, but the price din't get there. I thought about partialing once at HOD, din't do it. Stayed in the trade even after seeing the shooting star on 1min.

Tuesday 9/23/2019 I had a well-being score of 6/10 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,and ROKU on my 5min ORB watchlist. I liked the daily chart on BABA. Not sure which way it was going to move, but thought it would move. And I liked the PM chart on AAPL and was long bias. BABA again did not get volume at the open. AAPL got volume but gave a red first 1min candle. Even though I saw SPY dropping I was too long bias to take the trade. Then the 2nd 1min candle engulfed the first in seconds, then pulled back and I went long with a good fill. My target was the 221.51 daily level and my stop was the bottom of the previous candle. The price quickly popped and I got a first partial with small shares. Then price quickly retraced. Since I took a partial I moved my stop up to VWAP and a PM level. I was stopped out by a penny or two for >-0.5R loss, so it does not give me the right to take 3 trades today (one of my rules so I don’t take the 3rd trade as a revenge trade). When I was stopped out the volume for BABA arrived and I was waiting for a setup (pull back). While I was waiting AAPL setup again and I went long. Five seconds later BABA setup perfectly. But I have a two trade limit, so I watched BABA drop like a rock and never look back. Would have been a huge stress-less trade. Instead I entered a very stressful trade. The 221.51 target was now too close for AAPL, so I chose the very strong 22.39 level. My stop was LOTD. Which gave an R/R>4. The price retraced and touched my stop twice while I was watching BABA really move without me. Also SPY was dropping and I was really losing faith in the trade. So when the price reached back up to my entry I took a few shares off. Then it popped a few cents and I sold more. Essentially I sold half my shares at B/E to reduce my risk. Then the price moved up to the 221.51 level where I took two partials. Then retraced to stop me out by a couple of cents again. Then it went higher and actually reached my target. That’s OK I didn’t have too many shares left. What hurt is the first S/O and selling half my shares at B/E. I don’t look at my P/L until the EOM but I instinctively look at each trade and estimate the P/L. Today looks like I am flat. Just like my trading for the last 8 months. No mood for any SIM trades. I was nervous I was going to FOMO trade and I had to turn off my platform early. Yep another day that represents the month I have been having. Where I saw the two stocks I am focusing on, both fly big today and I wasn’t on board. Score card (live trades). AAPL AAPL 88% 87% What I did good today: Well again I recognized and took good setups. What I am grateful from today? Walked away before I FOMO traded. What do I need to improve on: At the end of the month I will evaluate my S/O strategy after taking one partial profit. Last month I really didn’t have enough data to determine a strategy. Hopefully at the end of this month I will. What I am doing now is not working.

24 Sep 2019 I came online rather late today (10:30pm) as I am running some errands. Saw NFLX and all charts (except 15 min) stay below WWAP. Wanted to go SHORT at the arrow indicated in 1 and 2 min chart but in the end only got filled below 50MA. A bad entry (yucks) and managed to take some profit for this trade. One green trade and taking rest now.

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Hi all, My name is Zack, I've been a member of BBT (since June of 2018 - a little over a year) and have been slowly trying to integrate myself more and more into the community. As I'm going to the NYC meetup today, figured this is as good of a time as any to post here! I'm 32 and live in San Francisco. I studying music & business in college (B.S. in Music Industry from USC) and worked in the industry for several years. Eventually got fed up with the egos and lack of innovation and switched into tech. Worked in sales and consulting there for a while (first for startups, then for major brands, then for myself) and discovered, well, I don't enjoy being at the whim of clients and it's not how I want to live my life. I had been investing in stocks from a longer term perspective and got really interested in the markets. Eventually I found Andrew's book on Amazon, and it legitimately changed my life forever! I traded live at first, and made some money, then lost a lot of money. I wasn't ready. I switched into SIM for about 3 months, then went back live. I've grown my size and now been trading for a living for over 6 months. I've posted a few video recaps to the BBT channel sporadically but would like to get more involved. I'm basically on the BBT chat every day, watching the pre-market show and trading the open (provided I can get up on time), and often into mid-day. I've been reading everything I can - without trying to overload my brain - and a turning point for me was learning about trading psychology and understanding that a calm mind and patience leads to consistent green days. I am actively looking for more ways to get involved with retail traders (for one, to learn more, and two, because trading from home can be isolating at times -- I was surprised to find I do miss the office environment after enough time!). Also in reading through these posts, I realized I never have taken time to join the lifetime member sessions and I am looking forward to doing more of that! Thanks all and I look forward to meeting more of you! - Zack

Tuesday September 10th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: good ready to trade. First trade was a wedge on CTRP (2/4). as soon as i got in, i realized i chase it and then i got out before my stop. also didn't have a profit target that made sense. GOOD: got out before stop RFI: chased the entry MOOD: ok CONSISTENT: yes it held all those levels and looked like it was going higher so i got in long again. realized i made the same mistake and got out around my stop (0/4). GOOD: got out RFI: don't take the same trade again unless it gives a clear signal MOOD: angry for taking the same trade again. CONSISTENT: got out at stop i was pretty frustrated with myself, looking at pretty much 2R loss 10 minutes in to the trading day, wishing i was in SIM and not live. looked down at my trade log and noticed i was in sim! forgot i switched my montage over to sim yesterday. it became clear that this was turning in to a descending wedge in CTRP (3/4) so i got in on the short side risking a new 2min high. bought 75% at about 2R, which was a mistake, i meant to buy 25%. then another piece at 3R, one bad buy seconds before another down move. got all out at the moving averages on the daily. GOOD: setup, R/R, risk level RFI: selling MOOD: good CONSISTENT: yes. What i did good today: took a nice short when i saw the long wasn't working What i did bad today: still FOMO trying breakouts that aren't working What can i do better tomorrow: take better setups.

Hey BBT Nation! My name is Blake, and I'm from southern Alberta, Canada. I am a small business owner and have always been thinking of something more engaging to do with both my time and capital. I started slowly learning about investing and then came across day trading. I have been reading books, watching YouTube videos, podcasts, etc., and just familiarizing myself with trading. I've also done some spelunking around other communities until I found Bear Bull Traders in March of this year. I have been watching the Pre-Market show religiously since then (shout out to @Norm and @Carlos M. for making it as informative as it is entertaining haha) While also just devouring all the great content on the BBT YouTube channel by everyone. Really great stuff! At the same time, reading both of Andrew's books. I love all the moderators here (I don't want to leave anyone out, you guys all rock seriously!) Everyone part of the community seems really friendly and supportive. Good vibes here. So as of September 1st, 2019, very happy to be a member of the BBT Community! Looking forward to continuing this enjoyable journey with you all! Kudos.

Hi Lukas! Welcome to our community! Thank you for sharing your story, it's good that you could make it out at break even! It's always smart to start trading in simulator, you don't have to blow up multiple accounts during your learning curve journey, just practice everything in sim, and once you're ready, switch to live and follow the rules you made for yourself while trading sim! I really hope this community will be a huge help for you getting a step ahead at your trading!

09.Jul.19 Here is an example of this setup from 9.Jul.19. I took a Live trade on this. Because there was a Resistence at the top, Price didn't move a lot. That is why I prefer William's Harmonious charts with ATH/ATL (doesn't happen often though).