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03Oct19 Red day. -3r. Watchlist: $BBBY, $PEP, $TSLA, $GPRO. My watchlist except for $PEP had gapped down, but also had high short interest. So was not sure what they would do at the open. Had $PEP and $BABA at the open. Trades 1,2,3: $BABA. I liked the small hammer and a strong 1min candle on $BABA, I took long at the breakout got stopped out below VWAP. Stock was strong enough it couldn't go back to touch 200MA and pulled back above VWAP with a hammer. I took long again, confident about the setup now, $SPY dumped on a news and I got stopped out. Later tried to scalp the SPY dump, but got out as it was too slow. Trade 4: $SNAP. My one good trade. Took ORBD after the PBBE/3C setup. Slippage was bad and got a bad fill, which means, higher stop. Thought about adding to my position at VWAP, but stock was still consolidating below VWAP. It was about to breakdown and then SPY dumped and helped. I stayed in the trade for 40mins without any partial, first time for me at the Open. Trade 4: $TSG. Another ORBD trade, After a red engulfing candle and below VWAP. Stock moved in my direction a bit then squeezed me out. Trade 5:$PEP. $PEP was choppy in the morning, but after an hour took direction to HOD. I took a reversal, but stock was strong, so flipped my position Partial at HOD and another daily level above it. This was also my One good trade. More importantly, I noticed the 2 hammers on 30mins, and took a Long. to partial at HOD. Trade 6: $SCHW. After the SPY dump in the morning all the stocks were pulling back to their positions. $SCHW was strong and created a double bottom reversal. I took Long above VWAP. I was thinking about false breakout, and still added to my position, Got stopped out. I should not have added. Good: 2 very good Trades on $SNAP and $PEP. Improvement: Looking to trade off higher timeframe 30/60 min in the afternoon. Took some trades in SIM that are coming out nicely recently that also fits my availability to trade.

3/10/19 another frustrating day today but feeling okay about it. 2 losers (ORB, wedge breakup and VWAP hold) Trade 1: stock seemed really strong, waited for a big low volume pullback but stopped out. Trade 2: so i saw a rough ascending triangle so went long close to the support line with stop below the previous low. i added above VWAP once it held, i was feeling confident about this but i had to leave to buy some tickets so i set my stop at my average entry price, and stopped out by 3 pennies but if i gave myself a 1 R buffer it wouldve worked out, its currently at 4Rs at the time of writing, but if i was watching it i wouldnt have stopped out at b/e so not too annoyed about it.

Hello Everyone! Day 2 into DAS trading and there was some good and some bad. I only took one trade today: ROKU Was waiting for a 5 min ORB but saw nothing. Finally, on the 1 min chart, I noticed ROKU making lower lows and lower highs so I went short 300 shares. Although, I didn't notice it until the 3rd candle stick. I was a little further from VWAP than I'd liked. What I should have done, is reduced my share size to at least 200 or less for better risk management. Started to scale out when I got closer to some levels. Now, I am thinking that I should have held some of my position a little longer, as techinically, I could have waited if it went lower or if I would have been stopped out at the break even. But I'm glad I got out in this scenario. The candle stick with the red circle, I was regretting not holding on longer since it went even lower. However, my cursor was hovering over the buy hotkey and I accidentally bought. Panicked and contemplated since I did not see any indicators for long trend, and sold all my shares. Here comes to bad trading. I went short again. Did not think of my risk:reward, just "felt" it was going down again. tsk tsk. Went above some moving averages, panicked again. Should have gone out but waited. Luckily it went my way and I scaled out eventually stopped out at the break even-ish. I am happy with my first trade. Not so much with my second and I really need to work on my risk management. Again, any feedback is most welcome! Have a wonderful day!

10-2-19 Woke at 7:40 with 4.5 hours sleep, feeling ok....... SSS and a coffee...... Read a bit in The Play Book.... A little exercise and stretching along with a short meditation.... PAT: Share Size......... Trade the Trade...... Correct Hot Buttons.... Notes: Need to take a second when exiting a trade to make sure I am hitting the correct Hot Button...... Here to journal not because I have two mistakes in a row but because I feel like I am jumping the gun with the second trade of TSG and LEN (these are both a lack of patience) UNFI PRE5.... (B- setup?)..... Bad Quarterly and a drop below the MAs on all Time Frames..... Took two large partials for most of my position and all out at BE...... +67.50 LEN second..... PB#3...... (C+ setup)...... This trend was not far enough in the day for my trading preference, this along with taking full share size was a big mistake...... I added in on the real bounce off the 9ema on the 2min and the forming of a hammer on the 5min. (I am not disappointed in this add only that I was in this trade already).... ended up getting stopped out as expected. I probably should have just exited once I knew I should not be in this trade.... Below for Chart -55.00 TSG first.... PB#2..... ABCD on the 5min.... VWAP PLAY.... (C setup).... even though I had these two confirmations I was trading into resistance.... a partial of 50% and all out on price action change.... +20.65 second was just an ABCD and listening to the Chat and jumping the gun.... F setup.... got stopped out like I should have..... -47.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will make this 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....... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEN first trade...... 5min ORB with ABCD... (A setup)..... also popped above VWAP, 9 and 20ema and the 50ma on the 1 and 2min..... The first add was not very smart as it was too extended, the second add was a bounce back from the 9 and 20ema on the 5min..... took most out at the first partial as the price action was changing and all out at BE..... +46.11 AMD PB#3..... (A Setup)..... Call this one trade as my range order went crazy (or it was just me possibly).......Not an A+ setup because it was hitting and going above the 20ema on the 2min but it was trending the 9ema on the 5min..... I set a range order and left for lunch to come back and find that it did not execute again at my profit target..... I did end up getting back to my target and a large partial out and all out at BE.... +69.10 second.... VWAP Play... PB#2..... (A setup)... took full share size.... Out because I heard Trump is supposed to speak and I do not want to hold onto it for the speech..... +5.00 Cons: Took a couple bad setups..... Did have my position size wrong a little.... Mad a Hot Button error... Pros: Respected my stops.... Favorite Trade: LEN first trade Notes: Had to leave in a rush and finish this journal next morning..... R = 50.00: +106.76

Thursday 10/03/2019 I had a well-being score of 6/10 this morning. I am limited to 1 live trade a day due to 3 big loss days in a row, broke a rule and a general lack of discipline. My 1 live trade this morning was with TSLA. Since I am restricted to one trade I was hoping to trade something different. Though I was hoping to trade something new, AAPL still looked good in the PM so was one of my top 2 focuses. TSLA was definitely in play. I liked GPRO but Centerpoint did not have shares to short. BBBY looked good so I kept an eye on it on a side chart. TSLA opened weak and I was watching for a pull back to VWAP. I missed it since I was looking at AAPL and BBBY at the same time since they looked about to setup as well. So I shorted TSLA on a standard 1min ORBD with the break of the candle body. My target was quite far away at the 227.89 level that is not even on the chart below. And my stop was VWAP. Not that pretty of a setup but a huge R/R so it was worth a try. I went half shares knowing TSLA can smash right through your stop and give you a -2R. Just as I entered the trade with TSLA both AAPL and BBBY both setup. But I have a one trade limit so I just had to watch them. The price quickly retraced and I was stopped out with a huge, but expected, slide. Since I went half shares I only lost -.8R. Though my target was far away, the price did drop and reach my target 20 minutes later, showing it was a good calculated risk. I quickly switched to SIM since I wanted to catch TSLA if it setup again. But instead I saw a setup on BBBY. BBBY open strong and created a mini ABCD inside the 5min candle. Essentially this was a 5min ORB that I took a little early because I thought it may pop if it goes red to green. My target was 10.24 level with 200MA-5min as my tight stop. I tried something new. I am really focusing on taking partial profits better. So I pressed a newly created button which sent a limit order at 2R to sell 50% of my shares. Since 2R is right at a level it was a really strong spot to aim for. Then I sat on my hands. I would have likely taken 4 partials on the way to my target, but with the order already in (and in SIM) I was able to wait and get my order filled. Shortly after I saw something scary in the T/S, though I do not have a recording of it so I can’t go back and check what it was. But it was enough I got all out. The price dropped then the signal disappeared and I got back in at a lower price with a slightly higher target and PDC as my stop. I waited patiently and took two heavy partials then all out at B/E. Another button I set up to place a stop at B/E. I have been getting out to early. A nice +4R winner. Besides traded something new, using some new hotkeys, I also decided yesterday to look at my P/L every day (after trading was finished). The month without it helped me get my mind a little more focused on the training not trading aspect. But, it is also counter productive. I still need to know my P/L to help evaluate my trades. And I was instinctively estimating my P/L anyway which takes longer and is a waste of time. Score card (live trades). Using the new scoring: Original New Setup 50% 25% Entry 20% 15% Partials/Exit 20% 50% Share Size 10% 10% Total 100% 100% TSLA 89% What I did good today: Traded something new. Kept to my 1 trade restriction. What I am grateful from today? I really like the 2R limit order button. What do I need to improve on: Keep trading different stocks in play. Maybe wait for the break of the wick on 1min ORBs if the end of the wick is close.

02Oct19. Greenday. +4r. Watchlist: $SFIX and $AMTD mainly. Secondary $TSG, $UNFI, $X Trade1: $X. $X had gapped down daily and was selling into the open. Volume was ok. I took short on the pullback to VWAP, right stop. Took partials and then added on the 2nd pullback to VWAP. On my next partial, got all out by mistake. Trade 2: $BABA. I took reversal $BABA on the bounce 200MA 5min. Left a range order as i had to take care of some things, but noticed the new 5min high and closed my position imm. Chickened out. Trade 3: $X. $X had gapped down and I took the ORB short. My stop was above 20MA, stock pulled up above 20MA and I got out. Stock dumped after that. Trade 4: $AAPL. T Took reversal in $AAPL at the 20MA on daily, got stopped out twice. 218 seemed to be a strong support in Bookmap, took SIM long. Got 17R. Trade 5: $TSLA. $TSLA dropped on news, I took short on the pullback and got stopped out twice. Went long above VWAP and exited at the next daily level after 1$ move 4r. Good: Emotions are generally ok, when in Trade. I am also getting good sleep last 2 days. I was able to cut down my losses small, so 2 BE trades. Improvement: Could have traded $TSLA short better by waiting for the price to break 200MA 1min. Need to explore more on the Bookmap source. 2 $AAPL reversal trades were unncessary, as the reversal level was not established yet.

Wednesday 10/02/2019 I had a well-being score of 5.5/10 this morning. I am limited to 1 live trade a day due to 3 big loss days in a row, broke a rule and a general lack of discipline. My 1 live trade this morning was with AAPL. It left me a bit spinning. Starting to feel better now. AAPL as my primary focus. BABA was also on my market open watchlist with MU and NFLX was on my 5min ORB watchlist. It was odd but I liked AAPL, MU, and BABA from the premarket and wasn’t sure which to focus on. At the last minute I chose AAPL and BABA really for no other reason then it is much easier to watch that combo than say AAPL and MU due to different prices and personalities. AAPL open with good volume and bounced of the HOPM. I decided to go long if it broke that level. Since I was a bit short bias I knew this trade would probably be a fast scalp so I did jump the gun a bit and entered the trade before a clear break. My target was 224 and stop 223. But in less than a minute it made a clean break and I took one partial. The price quickly retraced and I got stopped out. But this is where the emotional strain hit. Before I got stopped out I was thinking this looks like a really good short, so my instinct was to flip my position well before my stop. But I can’t because I am currently on a 1 trade/day restriction. So instead I held onto the position longer to a full –R. I tried to switch to SIM quickly and take it short, but it took to long and I felt like I was chasing it so I didn’t. I was already feeling low after the AAPL trade, then worse after my SIM trades. I first took two SIM trades simultaneously. One I was stopped out by 2 cents than the stock went for its run without me. The other stock I did get two partials than I was stopped out by a penny and then it went for its run without me. Then I started to overtrade (on SIM) and took 4 poor trades and got S/O on each one. Which forms more bad habits. That’s when I felt my lowest. But about an hour later is when I realized that the main reason I am forcing myself to one trade/day is punitive. If I go back to SIM, that is like a vacation to me. But I really need to feel the pain for breaking one of my rules on Monday. And today was a perfect way to solidify that. It hurt not being able to flip the position. And I will likely stay on the one trade restriction for the rest of the week. I also decided to take advantage on the remaining two days this week. Since I am on a one trade/day restriction I can do less damage. So I should be experimenting with different stocks and setups. Data I took, a few months ago, is that my win% was much better on stocks that I know well. But that was a few months ago. I may be a better trader now. So I decided to trade stocks in play that I like for the next two days. Score card (live trades). Using the new scoring: Original New Setup 50% 25% Entry 20% 15% Partials/Exit 20% 50% Share Size 10% 10% Total 100% 100% AAPL 89% What I did good today: Stayed on the 1 trade/day restriction, though FOMO was high. What I am grateful from today? That I did recover from the FOMO. Though it took a couple of hours. What do I need to improve on: Will take advantage of the trading restriction to trade stocks I usually don’t and try to learn from them.

Good to know Mark , just wondering because haven't seen your updates in a while.

01Oct19 Green Day. +5r. I couldn't spend much time on Premarket today. But the day turnedout to be good. Also, because I have not been trading regularly in Aug/Sep I have reduced my risk now. Watchlist: $X, $AAPL, $AMTD, $BABA Trade 1: $AMTD, $AMTD was selling off at the open due to $SCHW offering zero fee stock trades (Infact all online brokerage stocks dumped). I wanted to take Rising angel setup, but at the open the stock couldn't pull close to VWAP, as it was so weak. I took very small size, price didn't dump rightaway and I got out. Trade 2: $AMTD, Stock was extended and bottoming in the afternoon, I took long after the 15min candle break on the upside (level $34.86). Knew it was knife catching so MAs were exit targets. Trade 3: $AAPL, After my first trade on $AMTD, I noticed the PB-BE/3C setup on $AAPL, I took it Long, put a range order for 3r to previous daily level. $AAPL was too strong and blew thru my target with no problems. Although $AAPL moved another 1.5-2$, I don't have any regrets, I stuck to my plan and it was my OneGoodTrade. Trades 4,5: $X was very strong at the Open (due to acquisition), I took long on the pullback, got stopped out, flipped my position for short. Price struggled to drop and I got out for a small profit. Trades 6&7: $AAPL, I was looking for reversal at noon, after price bounced off 50MA on 15min. Was not so confident about it as the bounce was not clearly from 50MA (didn't touch it). I would like the stock to go thru the MA and retrace. Nevertheless, took small sharesize on these 2 trades, first one BE and second one was small winner. Good: I usually lose my first trade in the afternoon, after I come back taking care of my daughter. Today afternoon, I was patient looking for setups, went in with small size in $AAPL for reversal and got one winner. Overall I am happy about today. $AAPL orb was my best trade of the day, as I stuck to my plan. Improvement: None today, I have some from Sep month that I need to address this month.

Tuesday 10/01/2019 I had a well-being score of 6.5/10 this morning. I am limited to 1 live trade a day due to 3 big loss days in a row, broke a rule and a general lack of discipline My 1 live trade this morning was with AAPL. I learned a lot today. AAPL as my primary focus. BABA was also on my market open watchlist with MU and X was on my 5min ORB watchlist. Based on back test data MU should be my primary focus, though it can be switched with AAPL depending on PM. I really liked the PM of AAPL today (gap up 0.5% and lots of vol) and its daily chart so it became my primary focus. BABA had a nice daily chart so I also prioritized it over MU. I was long on AAPL so I was glad to see it drop at the open with lots of volume. So I waited for the reversal and hammer to be formed. Near the close of the first 1min candle a nice hammer was forming. I went long a little bit before the hammer was fully formed since it broke through the 200MA-1min. My target was the 226.08 daily level and my stop the 224.9 PM level. The R/R =4 which is too high for these 1min ORBs. But since I expected a slide on the entry and stop I used a larger 35 cent stop. This made the R/R~2.5 which I felt better about. So today was interesting. Though my nerves have been much better the past 2 months, today I was especially calm before the open. So when I started to get stressed in the middle of the trade it was wasn’t as bad as usual and I actually remember taking each partial profit and what I was thinking. This is important to analyze how to improve my trade management. AAPL had a 8R move, from my entry, in 20 minutes. From my entry to the last shares sold I caught a 3.3R move. But I had so few shares left I felt like not holding them by the end. And though I don’t look at my P/L anymore, I can estimate I, at most, made ~1.5R in the trade. So again I let the trade that could of made my month or at least my week, go with just an OK profit. The first move up was reasonably quick and I took a tiny partial (1/8). Then over the next two minutes I had my finger on the sell all button as the price jerked up and down and tested the HOTD 5 times. On the 6th time I lost faith in the trade (even though the candle created another hammer and SPY was going up) and I took a ¼ shares profit. The price moved up 2 seconds after. Yes I didn’t know that, but I made so little taking ¼ shares at a 20 cent move. I should have saved them. If I did not take that partial and took all the other partials at the same spot, this would have been a 2.2R trade. A big difference. The price then moved quickly and reached my first real partial profit target HOPM. Where I took a partial. Then the price tested that level 3 more times over the next 2.5 minutes. Now my finger has been on the sell all button for 5 minutes, ready to spring into action. So finally the price broke the HOPM. This is where you sit on your hands and watch the price move up. But after 5 minutes on edge, thinking I need to exit at any second, I took two reasonably sized partials for almost reason. The one thought I had at that moment is AAPL tends to give you about 60 cents on these 1min ORBs, so I had the feeling I should take a partial there. Taking two there was just due to nerves. The price finally reached my target, with little shares left and I partialed a little early. Then with very few shares left I sold the rest at the next daily level. Where I also sold a little early compared to that level. So 7 partials and 3 of them there was no need. But that 2nd partial was the most costly. Score card (live trades). Using the new scoring: Original New Setup 50% 25% Entry 20% 15% Partials/Exit 20% 50% Share Size 10% 10% Total 100% 100% AAPL 91% What saved my score today is at least I held on to those last few shares until the next tech level. What I did good today: Great entry. What I am grateful from today? Was especially calm before the open. What do I need to improve on: Need to be stronger not taking partial profits in between the tech levels.

10-1-19 Woke at 8:00 with 4 hours sleep (A bit of a unexpected long night). A little groggy today..... SSS and a coffee. PAT: Share Size...... Trade the Trade...... Pre Market Routine: no reading,,,, a bit of exersise, stretching and meditation Notes: After reviewing my Tradervue My trading in the first 5min have been profitable with trades in the 0-2min length and then after the 5min ORB is negative for the next hour....... Then it looks like after 1100 is where asll my bigger wins are with longer trades.... I will yet again reinsert my pre 5min trades but all of this will still be in a SIM when Live.... SNAP Pre 5min...... (No Grade) ..... took too much share size from the first one to the last add on...... stopped where I wanted to but took too much share size..... -90.00 X First.... PRE5..... (No Grade)..... ASKs on LV2 was insane so I went long and added in but it turned fast with the BIDs.... Got out on LV2 info..... looking at the charts now there was no Reason2Exit...... and also now looking at my P&L I see that I had too much share size (about double).... -92.00 See chart for X second trade Below TVIX PB#3..... (B+ setup) .... took 2/5 position which I am happy with.... I am not happy with the exit as I had no Reason2Exit..... I closed my position where I should have added in.... Even though I feel like this is a worthy trade I will put this up here as I am not sure I could pull the trigger on this Live..... +15.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I will make this 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....... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X second...... PB#1 ...... 10min ORB with an ABCD on 2min.... took full share size in two orders, the first was just a couple seconds before the 10min candle break and the second was at confirmation..... All the charts including the 30 and 60min were harmonious.... The daily had then 50ma that it was bumping on as resistance and then broke through, here is where I was looking to see if it would hold that level as a new support and if so I would or will add on / reenter..... Took 25% partials then All out on a new 15min Low and my Reason2Exit.... +216.79 MU PB#3..... (A setup).... took 2/5 position which was too small for the way I have been trading these (should have been double this)..... On my first partial I hit the sell 25% button which added to my position and brought my AVG. way up in a bad spot so I covered 50% and got me back to a small profit here... moving my stop to BE and will add in or take more small profits at key prices if given the opportunity... I missed an opportunity (was here adding to my journal instead) to add on at 1100 when it bounced off the 9ema on the 2min with confirmation...... instead I took another small partial at a key R value...... 1117 pulling back to the 9ema again, did not add here because I do not like the 2 previous 5min candles... +70.79 Cons: messed up share size a bit..... hit wrong hot buttons again...... Pros: Took two trades I really liked and I think I would trade these live if my nerves will handle it.... Favorite Trade: X second trade..... Notes: Take just a milli second to make sure I am clicking the correct orders...... R = 50.00: +121.26

30.Sep.19 Break-even day.. I had one winner on $MU at the open. And then didn't take a trade for 6 hours. FOMO got to me and took a losing trade on $THO near the close.. Details below. Watchlist: $MU, $DOVA, $GSK. The reason why I picked these stocks is below. Trade1: $MU. $MU had earnings on Friday and dropped 5 points by end of the day. I was looking for a continuation move today, especially because the stock closed within the lower 20% range of the day. Also, Stock couldn't break $42.9 on Friday, which remained low of the day. $MU opened flat today, may be slighly gapped up. But my bias was that it will drop further atleast 2 points, if it could break the low of friday ($42.9) & premarket low ($42.73). $MU was on SSR.S thruout the day. Today, we lacked volume in the market, may be due to the Jewish holiday. $MU was whippy at the open, couldn't find a direction (I found the same with $DOVA and $GSK too). Nevertheless, once it broke the $42.9 level, I went short. Due to SSR and lack of volume, my entry was $42.82 (9c lower). I wanted to add in the next pullback, but the fill was pretty similar. My first partial was $42.67 (15c lower), but I didn't like the price action, took another partial, Got out once price broke the resistence of $42.73 (premarket low) above. I usually take VWAP pullback short, but this time, I didn't feel it. Good, I didn't enter, $MU squeezed big time and trapped all the shorts. Trade 2: $THO. After my $MU trade, I switched to SIM, didn't get any setup in $GSK or $DOVA. I would have taken $GSK fallen Angel, except for the lack of volume. I was out for 2 hours. Came back and made some trades in SIM. I was feeling FOMO about not trading anymore, having not reached the daily target or max loss. I was pushing for another trade. $THO was in the scanner thruout the day and I made some SIM trades too. 15min before the market close, price hit strong resistence (VWAP, 200MA 1min, 50MA 5min). I went Short. Realized it's not dropping fast and got out. Price eventually dropped, but I could have avoided this as it was not A+ setup. Switched to SIM and it did work. I didn't use Kyle's hot key, so my sharesize was twice bigger and took out my profit. Good: $MU trade as per plan. the One Good trade (OGT) for me. $THO although I shouldn't have taken this trade, got out immediately, after realizing the mistake.. Improvement: Need to address FOMO, this results in trading not A+ setups.

Monday 9/30/2019 I had a well-being score of 6.5/10 this morning. Wow 3 really bad loss days in a row. I took 3 live trades this morning with AAPL and BABA AAPL as my primary focus. BABA was also on my market open watchlist with MU and JD was on my 5min ORB watchlist. Based on back test data MU should be my primary focus, though it can be switched with AAPL depending on PM. I really liked the PM of AAPL today so it became my primary focus and I wasn’t too happy with the SSR on MU. BABA gapped up with vol so was also on my market open focus. As BABA had no volume right away. So I was focusing on AAPL which gapped up 1% with vol in the PM and I was definitely long biased. There was a really strong level at 220.95 that was strong resistance in premarket. Once after the open this level also created resistance, so I was waiting for a break to go long. Since the previous test punched through and back by 10 cents I was waiting for a solid break before going long. It didn’t take long and I entered the trade. The fill was bad but that was predictable. My target was the 222 level and my stop was the bottom of the candle. I guessed there would be some slide and gave it a 35 cent stop which was perfect. I took a tiny partial profit (1/8) due to nerves then took another at my first real level. At first I took a small share size profit. Then I remembered my new rules and took a second one so my partialing size was correct. Then the price spiked down. My new rule is to definitely stop at B/E. I thought it was going to fly right through it so I exited a little early expecting a large slide. The slide didn’t happen and I caught the low. This immediately threw me and I honestly lost my cool. After two bad loss days I really needed a solid win and I knew by being stopped out on the penny the price was going to reach my target. Actually, the price rebound so fast I had no time to reenter the trade. And yes the price did promptly moved higher to my target. My trading headed downhill from there. It’s too bad, now that I look at it, the AAPL trade was a REALLY good trade. I nailed the setup, the share size (which was tricky) and much better than usual on the trade management. And why get upset about the exit? I am switching to an auto B/E stop out (I won’t be able to thoroughly test it until tomorrow) so this early exit will be fixed soon. So I really should have kept my cool. But I didn’t. I was definitely on the revenge rampage and saw the volume had arrived for BABA and I wanted to trade again fast. And I almost immediately got into another trade. Now the one good thing is actually this was a solid setup. So it is good that even when I start to lose it I am still taking OK setups. BABA had a powerful drop with high volume on the first candle. Then I waited for the bull back to short. I expected it to pull back to VWAP, but it found resistance at the PM level. I shorted at the bounce. Obviously I was not running on high quality focus at the time I took the share size without giving it the usual BABA slide. My target was the 168.02 level with VWAP as my stop. The price went against me immediately and I was stopped out. Though I am allowed 3 trades/day now. I am not allowed to take a third trade after a full R loss let alone the last trade was a larger than -1R loss due to incorrect share size. But I am starting to lose it and I broke my rule and took a third trade again with BABA. As I was about to get stopped out on my first BABA trade I noticed the really strong hammer being created on the 5min chart. I still have no real bias on BABA and the stock did gap up 2% in PM so long was possible. I tried to flip my position. My target was the HOTD with the PM level as my stop (yellow line on my chart below). Again I entered with the wrong share size (giving no thought to the usual BABA slide) and got a terrible fill. My is now R/R<1 and my risk is 2.5R. Thus I need to get out of the trade or at least cut my shares. This is something I have really been struggling with. I don’t seem to be able to do it. Especially on this trade which the price already started to go against me. So it looks like I was headed to a -3.5R loss for the day, which would be my first max loss day in 8 months (which I am really proud of). Which would be the end of a -7R three day losing streak as I head toward my 1 year trading live anniversary where I have to decide if I quit day trading. I was just about to really lose it when…. Then something surprising happen. I sold half my shares for a slight loss. Yes, fully exiting would be more correct, but this is a major breakthrough for me. I can’t remember when I at least partially exited out of a bad trade. I always just hold on until S/O. Which I did get stopped out shortly after. About 4 minutes later BABA was getting squeezed into a pendant. I had no directional bias so I waited for the break. It broke lower so I shorted (in SIM). And I have no doubts that I could NOT have made this trade live. Even in SIM it is amazing I was so patient. I was just getting LL and LHs. So I kept waiting and took my first partial at 4R. Then exited the rest of my shares when it looked like it will reverse. I labeled the trades 1,2,3 on the chart below since it is busier than my usual chart. Score card (live trades). AAPL BABA BABA 94% 88% 84% What I did good today: My first trade was really good. I should have just chilled after the S/O. What I am grateful from today? I was actually able to cut my shares in half after the bad fill on the third trade to reduce my risk to something acceptable. That’s a breakthrough for me. Right when I thought I may lose it. So I didn’t hit max loss. I live to trade another day. What do I need to improve on: I broke the rules on taking a 3rd trade after a full -1R+ loss. So taking a third trade is off limits until further notice. Since I had 3 bad trading loss days, I am restricting myself to one live trade a day until my discipline and emotional state gets better.

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.

Day 2 has been looking something like this. Going to a meeting and will be back later