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IB Customer Support is a struggle sometimes... I'm being generous. I suppose they may not know what a .tlg file is, but might have understood "TradeLog" file... Again... I'm being generous

Hey Guillaume, Log into your IB account Click Reports / Tax Docs Under Third-Party Downloads click on TradeLog Then simply select the date you want and download the TLG file

Thanks Justin

Hi, Wayne! No, I didn't use any scripts. I did everything manually using Abiel's chatlogs. If you ever create or find a script that does it, please share it, would be very helpful in order to create the spreadsheet for 2020.

Hey Wayne, not sure if you're just looking for an easy way to see the watchlists, but @JasonH has done a bang up job of posting them here: If you're actually looking for the script, I'm sorry I can't help there! It is a very cool script that FFClm created!

Hi All, My name is Ranajit, i am from Richmond, Virgina. I am a casual swing trader. Recently i lost my job due to the pandemic and now i am more serious on trading. I am trying to build my alternative career on trading probably on day trading. Anyone trying to meet up (for now virtually) i am here. Want to learn from any of the excellent people. I am just 3 days in the chat room and i am feeling great. Thanks Ranajit C

Hi BBTers, just wanted to share my COVID boredom scalps on $CHGG today, both long and short. I used the 1 and 5 minute to trade off for targets and entries, watching the ticks of the 1 minute very closely, and I shorted every pop back to the MAs. This example shows that when a stock is in play with good order flow, and trending, it is possible. I did not get stopped out, not even once, and I took 7 scalps. I did add more on one trade but adding more is something I don't often do yet on the regular. The patterns were just 'mini' ABCD flags. Scalps have modest targets and and I will experiment if this is possible to do on the regular, but you need to be super fast and stop out quick if your get it wrong. It seems you can short strong stocks and long weak stocks as long as the order flow was there with a trend. Could just be a fluke as I don't often scalp this much and just have extra time to trade because of COVID.

Day 81 - May 5, 2020 30 Tickets 4 Symbol Green Day Watchlist: RVOL at open W - 1500% CHHH - 2400% NCLH - 800% Trades NCLH (1) - Short - Technical Breakout (Premarket, -1 Not in Playbook) Knew this wasn’t in my playbook, and was chasing the drop - but had some bad news so I took it short 1/2 size into the breakout from previous level. Held an stepped me out at 20MA. Good: Followed rules on taking half size in pre-market. NCLH (2) - Short - Failed Pop (-1 Not in Playbook) Similar idea to previous short, but this time it broke through previous level, bounced and failed to reclaim that support, turning into resistance. Dropped and I covered some quick as realized it am a little extended and chasing. Took the rest off as it broke through that level. Good: Tight risk management CHGG (1) - Long - Asymmetrical Triangle CHGG strong gap and go play, earnings were solid and decent short float - potential runner. Took it as it broke through asymmetrical triangle / wedge with increasing volume, thinking we could see a continuation rally and potential squeeze. Partialed into previous level, planned Good: Using volume as validation, and overall strong Improvement: Need to work on partialing - once again gave missed out on a big runner, adjusting to quick and not sticking to plan. NCLH (3) - Short - Descending triangle Was short biased on this on terrible news, and provided a perfect setup - descending triangle, off yesterdays low and MA's pushing down. Ended up working nicely but didn’t follow my partialing plan, first partial was ok as I got in front of the bid at 12, but then panicked and didn’t want it to move against me…there was absolutely 0 reason to exit here. Good: Lots of validation here - Daily level, A+ Setup, strong catalyst, volume, breaking Point of Control. Improvement: Really need to follow my exit plan, or wait for an exit signal - there was non here. AAL - Short - Descending triangle Consolidated under VWAP with a strong level at 9.79/9.8 getting hid over and over again with size, but bid kept holding. Bounces were getting weaker and weaker so I took it short as it looked like we approached apex (Half size as it is mid day - my stats mid day aren't good. ) Stop above VWAP in case it squeezed to take stops out like it has in the past. Was thinking we could break and test LOD. Good: Good job noticing the bid getting tested over and over at that 9.8 level. Improvement: Need to have a better rule for this, as I am taking half size on some and full on others…ended up with a nice move on conviction. UAL - Short - Descending Triangle Same setup as AAL, took it short (half size, mid day play) as it looked like it approached APEX. Super tight consolidation with paper thin stops, thinking we could see it break through to LOD. Stopped out once, then tried it again (half size) as I felt like it was a shake out. Stopped out again. Consolidated and did nothing for over an hour and then boom…..patience pays, but I didn’t have any. Good: Tight risk in the end will save me.. although I took it a little tight here, I am fine with that. Improvement: Could have entered as it broke down, I saw it but was gun shy as I took a couple of losses already. Note: When it consolidates this long, a big move is bound to happen, especially as it break on large volume. Look at the 50MA on the 5 min - reject to the penny….yellow box shows opportunity. NCLH (4) - Short - Technical Breakdown (-1 Not in Playbook) Wasn’t a great setup, but noticed NCLH selling off into the daily level of 11.18/20 ish, got In front of the big bid at 11.20 as it was getting hit with velocity and offers were piling up. Thinking we would retest LOD. Broke down but held 11.15 and bounced back up to stop me out. Good: Took half size as its not in my playbook, I like this. CHGG (2) - VWAP Break and Go (Scalp) Took CHGG short as volume coming in on selling side, and SPY getting hit hard as well. Partialed quick as we were in the last 30 minutes of the day and then cut the rest at break even. Good: Decent scalp, this is what I should be doing in last 30 minutes as we could see quick reversals. Today's Review Happy with todays performance. Focus is on process, and although there are still MANY things I need to improve on, I like the way I traded today. Think I need to be a little more selective on the setups I take, but there was no FOMO today, and no Adjusting What I did well: Look for validation, patient for the most part, great risk management, half size in Premarket as planned, and tried half size in mid day as my stats show that’s not a great time for me. What I need to improve on: Not taking profits so quickly, have confidence in my plays and wait for 2R / exit signal to take the first partial. Daily Report Card 1.Playbook Setups Only (ABCD, VWAP Break N Go, Triangles looking to add 1-2 more) = 5/8 2. Placing trades with defined risk, and profit targets (No adjusting) = 8/8 NO MORE ADJUSTING UNTIL A PARTIAL IS TAKEN

BYND First 5Min ORB attempt was too early, I didn't wait for the pullback. I make this mistake often, I get FOMO if there isn't a pullback. Second entry was late, this was because I knew my first entry was bad, so I wasn't mentally prepared to enter when the VWAP was tested, I had also just gotten stopped out and didn't want to enter again so fast, But it would have been the correct thing to do, right after it broke the prior wick. CCL Ok trade, it could have bounced off of PCL, but L2 was stacked heavily on the bid side. MSFT Tried to play bounce backup into close after big sell off.

I started my live CMEG trading somewhere around Feb 10th this year. I started with 5k, well I have lost over 80% of my account. I am doing so many different things wrong, that it is difficult to even know where to begin to fix my issues. There are many things I should have done differently, but here I am. The only thing I can do now is make major adjustments and move forward knowing that my account will be completely gone if I continue trading the way I have been. April was horrible, 6 green days and 15 red days. My red days are almost always my max loss. It's like I have this mental problem when I am down, I continue to trade until I get locked out. Once I get down $20, in the back of my mind I know I'm going to keep firing from the hip until I reach that $60 loss for the day. So what are some possible solutions for this? 1. Change my hard stop loss to $20 per day 2.Make a new rule of 2 losing trades in a row STOP for the day. I also have found it extremely difficult to switch back to sim when I'm trading poorly. It's actually more than difficult, I have not been able to switch back at all. I find myself afraid to switch to sim because I don't want a green day to be in sim, I so desperately want to get my equity curve headed back up. Possible solutions? Stop focusing on my equity curve and just concentrate on the current possible trade, is it a setup or not? Stop gambling. It's not just myself I feel I have been letting down, it's Andrew, Brian, Carlos, Norm, Thor, Aiman, Peter, Mike B, and the rest of the community that has tried helping me here, in chat, and on Twitter. My trading is not yet representative of what you teach us to do. I apologize. I am once again committing to my journal here, journaling in Chartlog is great, but it doesn't have the accountability aspect that goes along with posting here in the forum. I am going to work on a detailed business plan. The good thing is, I am in this for the long haul. The steep and painful learning curve is worth it in the end. All of you successful traders in this community are proof of that. The difference between the traders that make it and the ones that don't is persistence right?

Looks like you got out at the perfect time. Why didn't you exit at 2R? What happened at 3R that made you think that it was finally time to get out? I'm guessing you saw that last bullish candle dip its toe over that green level and start to go down and that's when you exited? Then the candle appears to have gone up a bit more after your exit and then finally closed above your exit. Great trade btw!

As many of you know, DAS Trader has released a very important learning tool, especially for those who cannot trade in real time during market hours. The new tool "replays" the price action of any stock, so traders can now practice their chart reading skills anytime that’s convenient. Like in real time, you can use your hotkeys, levels, and other indicators to improve your trading performance. If you would like to know more, watch these videos on our YouTube channel here. How much does it cost? This add-on feature costs $15 per month, but is included free of charge to all BBT traders who purchase their DEMO simulator from the BBT website ($300 for a three month simulator account). This is another great benefit of membership with BBT: the simulator is now $100 per month with the three month package versus the regular $165 per month ($150+$15). If you are already a BBT sim user you can download latest DAS Sim (production) with market Replay or beta version 5.4.6.0 here. If you have questions about this feature please read this forum post. For traders who already have a live account, this feature is only available to customers of Interactive Brokers (IBCO) and, as explained above, costs $15 per month. If you are already using DAS for your IB account, please go to the DAS Trader website and select the Add-on Fundamental Data/Market Replay Level 1 package for it here. Unfortunately, this feature is not currently available for other broker dealers (such as CMEG, CenterPoint, Speedtrader, etc.). Also, Level 2 replay is not yet ready, but we have requested this additional feature from DAS Trader. We hope they implement this feature as soon as possible, since we know reading Level 2 can provide great trading and scalping opportunities for active traders. If you try the new replay tool and enjoy it, please feel welcome to send DAS Trader a thank-you note or give them a shout out on social media. They have been a great technology provider for active traders for decades, and we look forward to using their future innovations to further benefit our trading performance.

Reasons Behind Archiving Pre-Market Data At work, if I am not actively engaged on a call, I am either watching the stocks or reading about trading. I am almost finished reading "One Good Trade" by Mike Bellafiore. Admittedly, reading this book is a major contributor to the idea. He stresses the importance of trading the stocks that are in play, reading the tape, reviewing your trades, practicing trading, keeping a journal, building on your strengths as a trader, and building your trading "quiver" (or as his second book calls it, "Playbook"). I haven't got into the second book yet, but I am sure once I get started, it will give me more reasons to back my reasoning. Primarily, this idea revolves around the DAS Trader Replay Feature. The first step to progress begins with archiving the pre-market data. Starting with a trade idea, we can build a foundation to grow our trading business. Stocks in Play Many of us watch the pre-market show to get trade ideas from veterans. It is also where we can suggest stocks that we may think are important, which we are either agreed with and those stocks are discussed, or disagreed with then explain why. By archiving the stocks that the moderators are watching gives us a higher chance of trading stocks in play. In the Replay Feature, using the stocks archived, we can go right into the program with an idea without pure bias on the outcome. My idea for using the Replay Feature is to go into the trading day blind for the DAY I choose. I don't want to know how it actually went, and let that steer my practice trading. Don't let my bias (a.k.a. ego) keep me from making good trades. Reading the Tape The tape is the time and sales of the stock. It can also be the Level II. Mike Bellafiore says it is the most important tool to master for a trader. He even says that he does not need a chart when he trades, all he needs is the tape to see where the price action is leading the stock. He has had years to study his craft. His prop firm also has recording devices for his traders that they can go over after the close. Personally, I do not have access to recording my own trading, and I imagine I am not the only one. The Replay Feature brings that skill development in reach. Taking note of my trades, which I generally gauge on the charts, I can go back to when I traded, and watch the tape to see if there are patterns to learn from. Practice Trading As soon as I heard that DAS was working on the Replay Feature, I thought about the additional time I would get practicing. Andrew says that this is not a get rich scheme in both of his books I have read. Mike Bellafiore goes further to say that if you are not willing to put in the time to sharpen your trading skills, then you should not be trading. It boils down to the fact that if I am not willing to put the time in for my future as a trader, then I will likely be giving my money away. In Andrew's books, he mentions a cost for education. In this line of work, if your education is costing you money, then it should be progressive. If education is costing you time, it should saving your money. I intend to dedicate a significant amount of time toward my education, even if it is only practicing on a simulation or the Replay Feature. Reviewing Your Trades My biggest hurdle is recognizing a pattern, creating a trade idea, and following through with the plan. After practicing our trades, we have the ability to rewind, and look for the patterns we thought we saw. Go further by looking at how the larger market was behaving, and see if there were patterns in the bigger picture that correlate with the move. Andrew and Brian have said that sectors like to move together. We can develop the ability to recognize these patterns by studying our trades. Keep a Journal Every book, webinar, and pro trader I have read, attended, or listened to strongly suggest this. What is the point of reviewing if we are not taking notes. My aim is to become a consistently profitable trader as a business for myself. Why half-ass my future? The best part is I can journal as I go. Pause the replay and jot why I chose to bid or short at a level, what I saw in the price action, what patterns I saw that made me pull the trigger, or hold off. All of this stems from the trade ideas from the pre-market show. Build on your Strengths Or as Mike Bellafiore says, build your "Playbook." Gaining more experience on the Replay Feature will foster my strengths if I focus on them. Harder patterns to recognize can be sidelined. Determine which setups work best for me. Repeated trades under these setups will start to become like a reflex. This will allow me to leave my comfort zone to experiment with those benched patterns. I realize that this only focuses on the open, and we are leaving out opportunities from the midday and close. There are also issues with the feature that requires the levels to be go in ready. Apparently the data will not show previous history before the feature began, so having levels in the main forum will benefit those who use it. After time, this may not be needed, but since we go far back on certain stocks just to find levels, it will be something that should be included. I do not know if I will have enough time to host these forums and keep up with the information for midday and close, without hindering my own trading pursuit. Andrew considers (evident on the volume) the open as the most important time to trade. Since I will really only have time to mess with this after work or on the weekends, I want to focus on the high volume time frames of the day. If I can build on the open, and use the Replay Feature to experiment with the midday and close, I believe I will be on my way to becoming consistently profitable. If it can work for one person, it can work for others. Thanks for reading. If anyone would like to discuss this, I look forward to reading your thoughts. I joined this community in the pursuit to become a better trader. With discussion and exchanging ideas, we can make our way to this goal.

So if you see a large order on the bid side of the L2 right at the bid that is filling but the price doesn't drop then that is the held bid and a bullish sign, but if a large bid is on the L2 some distance from the bids then it is the bearish sign?