Mark D.

Week 9 recap · Weekly stats o 2.2 R/R (Goal: above 3.0) [record: 2.7] o 75% (Goal: above 80%) [record: 93%] o -$40.16 (Goal: $250) [record: $49.03] · Highlights o Hit my profit target for the first time since January o Better job this week planning trades o Range orders have been really helping my impulsive exits · Ongoing things to work on o Letting losers go against me too much o Moving my stops up and getting knocked out of trades that hit my profit target. o Too many max loss days this week. Trying to keep it to one or less a week. o Only take recognized setups AND get better R/R o Don’t add to losers

Friday March 1st, 2019 Sleep: 8 hours. mood: good, ready to trade. Quiet morning First trade of the day was an ORBU in MU. saw a good R/R with VWAP to a little past the HOTD so i got in. added more on a new 1min high so i had 70 shares at an average of $42.13 i was risking the VWAP at $42 so i had to get to $42.39 for a 2:1 R/R. but i started taking partials before that and only had 25% left when it hit my initial profit target. i set a range for b/e and the PPDH and got filled at b/e after it made it's first 5min low of the day and then fell apart. my reasoning for the partials was i'm not taking profit when i get the chance so it sounded good at the time but then when i see my actual P&L compared to what it could have been with my original plan i see why i wait. i made like $4 after the $5 in commissions. had i just put in a range to sell at 3:1 or 2.5:1 i would have came out way better. also i'm taking notes on whether i should be getting all out at new 5min against, in this case it would have made sense. GOOD: patience on the trade and adding more when it went my way RFI: getting cold feet and making no money on a good trade. MOOD: always happy to not be in the red but disappointed in that trade. CONSISTENT: no, sold too early. Last trade of the day was in NTNX. it sold off all morning and made it's way over the VWAP. i figured this was probably a VWAP false breakout so i got in short on a new 5min low below the VWAP with a stop at $35.20 i'm glad i waited for a new 5min low below the VWAP but that was a 50cent stop loss so i had to make a whole dollar to get a 2:1R which i didn't like. good idea but i could have got a much better entry. i wasn't sure the trade was going to work so instead of worrying about it i set a range order and sat back and watched. i did deviate from my original plan of selling everything at 33.76 and did half at $34 and half at $33.76. once it hit the LOTD it fell off big time but i was already out of the trade. GOOD: recognized a good trade even though it's not one of my go to setups RFI: have to get better at getting in to these trades. the better the entry, the easier the trade will be. MOOD: glad to finish the week green but i could have made more money CONSISTENT: yes i think it was reasonable to partial at the whole dollar even though it wasn't my initial profit target. What i did good today: Calm rational trading. What i did bad today: butchering my winners with too small partials. What can i do better tomorrow: set your range orders and just watch to ease your anxiousness Other comments for next week: good job the last two days. still red for the week but feeling much better about my trading. I know i'm slowly getting better, it just takes a lot of time. i'd rather have days where i'm taking rational small winners than days where i'm going crazy and hitting my profit target but probably hitting max loss.

Thursday February 28th, 2019 Sleep: 7 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade. determined to take setups today and not repeat the previous two days. First trade of the day was an ORBU in BOX. it made a beautiful 2min ORBU and i liked the price action so i got in right at the body of the candle. This was a FOMO move. i don't want to be trading in the first 15minutes but i really liked the price action. the issue was my R/R. i set my stop at the $19.58 level and the 2:1 R/R would have been around $20.60 and it just couldn't pull through the HOTD. i should have got out sooner but i changed my stop to break even and got when it finally gave up the $20 level. if i would have waited for a pullback and a new 1min high, i could have been taking profit at the HOTD and not holding out hope for a nice run. GOOD: got out at breakeven, planned my exit RFI: FOMO entry with a bad R/R MOOD: fine, not happy about not planning a good R/R but handled the trade well once i was in CONSISTENT: yes. Next trade was a short in JD. it did a false breakout then started making new 5min lows trending below the MAs. i tried to get in right at a new 5min low but it fell so fast i got a bad fill and it killed my R/R so even though i hit my profit target and got out, i only made 1.3R profit. GOOD: got out at profit target RFI: need plan the R/R better MOOD: happy that the stock did what i expected CONSISTENT: yes. Next i tried and engulfing reversal in JD. i shouldn't have taken this trade because it's not one of my planned setups but i liked the 15min candle and it was really extended from the VWAP so i thought it might turn around and buy back up. i got in on a new 1min high but unfortunately it couldn't make a new 5min high and then huge selling pressure pushed it to my stop. the SPY sold off and took me out of this trade and my trade in BOX. even though it's not one of my setups, it was a good R/R with a set stop so i'm happy with this trade. GOOD: planned trade, R/R RFI: not a setup i trade. MOOD: good, but not happy about losing money CONSISTENT: yes. Then i let the trading get away from me a little bit. i got in short on another pullback because it looked really week. i was hoping to get to the PDC under $26. but once i was in the trade i'm seeing that 1. it's not a setup that i trade, it's not a setup at all. 2. it's bouncing off the 200 MA on the 15min chart and then 3. it's down so much since the open it's due for a pullback and the final thing, 4. it made a double bottom. so i flipped my position and took risked the LOTD the $27.37 level. i put in a range order and had to leave my computer. i came back to find i was right on my reasoning and got filled right at my profit target. GOOD: got out of my bad trade and got in to a good trade. RFI: shouldn't have taken the first trade. MOOD: concerned about my flipping positions but glad that i could see why i was likely wrong and fixed it CONSISTENT: not on the first one but yes on the second trade. What i did good today: Did not hold any of my losers past my stop. What i did bad today: the engulfing and no setup trades in JD were unnecessary and turned a good trading day in to an ok one. What can i do better tomorrow: Only take setups Other comments for tomorrow: Trade your setups and respect your stops are the two most critical pieces to a good day of trading.

Wednesday February 27th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours, mood: ready to trade. First trade of the day was an 2mim ORBD in WTW. i chased it a little bit. it came back up at toeh VWAP and i added more and then it squeezed and the autostop stopped me out at 1.8R. i shouldn't have chased the trade and i shouldn't have added more when i was in a loser. starting off the day on a bad foot. GOOD: set a risk level RFI: added more when i was in a losing trade. chased the entry MOOD: disappointed in myself CONSISTENT: nope. Took the same trade again in WTW but on the 5min ORBD and it did break the low but didn't go anywhere and i got squeezed yesterday so i bailed at breakeven. glad i did cause it did what i thought it was going to do and pushed much higher. GOOD: got out when the trade wasn't working RFI: this was a revenge trade. MOOD: glad i got out CONSISTENT: no on the entry, yes on the exit. Since it looked like it wasn't going to sell off, i got in on the long side but at a terrible price. right idea, bad execution. it squeezed up a good bit but not high enough on my R/R to take any profit so i held on. when it sold off again below the VWAP i bailed at b/e but I talked myself out of the trade which was dumb and a bad habit i'm trying to break. I recognized a good trade but FOMO'd the entry then talked myself out of what would have been a nice trade. GOOD: correctly identified what my trade needed to be RFI: terrible execution MOOD: angry i let this nice trade slip away CONSISTENT: no Last trade of the day was supposed to be an MA trend in MYL but i didn't wait for a pullback or a new low and it just ran immediately against me all the way to my auto stop. not at all happy with this trade. just dumb trading. GOOD: the stock was trending in the direction of my trade. RFI: did not wait for resistance or any new low to get in. MOOD: frustrated. CONSISTENT: no. Rough day again. I love trading for many reasons, one of them being the difficulty level but dang if it isn't infuriating thinking about what not to do all day and then turning around and literally doing the same dumb mistakes day in and day out over and over again. another max loss day. i'm trying to think of ways to avoid so many max loss days. for the rest of the week and all next week i'm not trading in the first 15 minutes. I appreciate the nice moves you can get from ORBs but they're just not my style and i get too caught up in the emotions of them and more often than not i'm just digging myself out of a hole after my first one or two trades are losers. What i did good today: gout out of the second ORBD in WTW when i saw it wasn't working What i did bad today: emotional trading on no setups for the last two. losing more than one R on two trades. What can i do better tomorrow: mechanical stops and not trading in the first 15 minutes Other comments for tomorrow: don't let two bad trading days in a row throw you off. relax, come back tomorrow and focus on trading planned setups.

Tuesday February 26th, 2018 Sleep: 7 hours. Mood: ready to trade. first trade of the day was an ORBD on HD. I got a good entry and put my stop above the VWAP. i talked myself out of it and got out right at resistance. GOOD: entry RFI: got cold feet and got out at resistance. MOOD: feeling dumb i bailed at a resistance level. CONSISTENT: no Once HD held the VWAP, i got in short again on a pullback. it finally broke below the $183 level but then got bought above and then it squeezed big time and i got out. GOOD: Got out at my stop loss level RFI: Little bit of a revenge trade and i could have got out earlier MOOD: ok, happy i didn't get killed on the squeeze CONSISTENT: yes Last trade of the day was in M. i broke all my rules on that sell off. got in short on that huge down move and didn't mark a stop loss. then i should have covered at least some at the PDC and PPDH but it happened so fast i missed it. then i held on for a way bigger loss than i needed to take. One of the most frustrating things is KNOWING that i need to wait for a pullback and get a good entry and then doing the exact opposite in the heat of the moment. ah frustrating. GOOD: that i still have auto risk controls for when i do dumb stuff like this trade RFI: no setup, impulse entry with no planned risk. not taking profit at levels. MOOD: frustrated i got caught up in this dumb no setup trade. CONSISTENT: no What i did good today: good discipline on the first two trades. What i did bad today: got caught up in the huge selloff in M What can i do better tomorrow: only trade your setups. don't get caught up in the mania Other comments for tomorrow: Frustrated to hit max loss the day after i hit my target. i'm feeling better about my trading (Macy's notwithstanding) but i still can't seem to get ahead i feel like one and a half steps forward and one step back like i'm treading water. New rule: Try to never rely on the auto risk controls. always get out on your own.

Monday February 25th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: good, ready early and ready to trade. First trade was an ORBU on AMD. got a great entry risking the high of the pre market to the break of HOTD and above. i sold half at the high of the day then another half at close to the $24.50 mark then held the last 25% for break even. had i got out at a new 5min low, I would have made a little bit more on the trade. GOOD: entry was good, R/R was good RFI: shouldn't have held my first sell untill the break of HOTD not at it. MOOD: happy CONSISTENT: yes. Next trade was an engulfing in AMD. I was hoping for a breakout to the HOTD again but it ended up double topping and dropped significantly. glad i got out. GOOD: got out when it didn't make the move i expected RFI: engulfing is not one of the setups i'm working on right now so i shouldn't have taken that trade. that was a little bit of a revenge trade on just getting stopped out of my AMD shares the trade before MOOD: glad i got out of the way when i did CONSISTENT: yes Last trade of the day was a MA trend in MU. once i realized AMD might just chop around all day i noticed MU was trending nicely. i got in on a pullback, i could have got a better entry but I didn't want to miss it. i set a range order and walked away. it hit my exact target but i didn't get filled. i almost bailed after that but every time i bail on a trade just because i don't like it and it hasn't hit my stop, it usually ends up at my profit target. so i moved my range up to $42.95 and left it again and that one got filled. GOOD: didn't overreact when i didn't get filled at my profit target. stuck with it and made a good trade. RFI: need to watch the market even if i have range orders in MOOD: happy that the trade ended up working CONSISTENT: yes. What i did good today: Discipline on the trades that i took. What i did bad today: Took a trade that was not one of my setups. What can i do better tomorrow: on your ORBS in your favor, give a minute or two to break the HOTD. Other comments for tomorrow: First time hitting my daily goal in over a month. keep up the good trading tomorrow.

Week 8 Recap Second week back in the simulator. Even though it was red for the week, i'm feeling more confident in my setups and the days where i'm losing it's directly related to me either 1. not taking my setups. 2. me impulsively entering a bad r/r or 3. me refusing to take a -1R loss and eventually taking a -2R or -3R. I was expecting not to still have these problems over a year in to my day trading journey but the learning curve is steep for a reason and these emotional issues don't go away easy so i'm just going to keep working on taking my setups and working on mastering my emotions. definitely still not ready to go back live after this week's performance. · Weekly stats o 2.5 R/R (Goal: above 3.0) [record: 2.7] o 53% (Goal: above 80%) [record: 93%] o -$57.45 (Goal: $250) [record: $49.03] · Highlights o Really great trading on Thursday but otherwise not a good week of trading o Reduced my DAS auto risk unrealized loss per trade from -$36 to -$24 (-3R to -2R) o Added back in my daily lock out of max loss per day of -$36 · Ongoing things to work on o Hotkey errors still present o Taking ORBS and not putting the stop above VWAP. If you can’t get a good R/R with your stop above VWAP don’t take the ORB o New 6 week goal is to keep my edgewonk tiltmeter green for 75% of my trades and eventually get to 95 - 100% o Stop taking no setup trades!

Friday February 22nd, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade. took two 2min ORBDs, the first was in KHC. it broke the premarket low and i went short right the end of the 2min body but it never made a new low and turned around and stopped me out. it was really dumb not to wait for a pullback on this. i know hindsight meand nothing in trading but had i followed my rules and taken Simon's advice and waited for a pullback, i could have had a really nice day today. GOOD: was trending on the 5min and 15min RFI: jumped in too soon, should have waited for a pullback. MOOD: fine, disappointed in starting with a loss but CONSISTENT: yes Then i turned around and did some dumb trading. switched to DBX and got in for 100 shares becuase it looked like it was going to break the LOTD. I didn't think about this trade at all and once i was in i realized it's DBX and that it can really move against you and i shouldnt have taken that big a position. i was down $20 in a second, decided to hold on to VWAP but that my auto stop was going to stop me out before then. I held on anyway and took a full day's loss in one trade. GOOD: auto stop RFI: everything, i don't think i could have done more wrong on this one MOOD: disappointed in myself CONSISTENT: NO! Over a full days max loss in 9 minutes. might be a record for me. i still haven't fully integrated taking the market seriously on every trade and i end up getting burned. back at it Monday morning. What i did good today: Respect my rules and quit trading at max loss What i did bad today: took an impulse trade in DBX without any thought What can i do better tomorrow: Position size according to your stop. plan all trades!! Other comments for next week: Remember next week what happens when you don't fully think through trades, you lose money.

thank you!

Thursday February 21st, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade. first trade was a 2min ORBD on VIPS. got a good entry but I sold on fear half at a marked level. My initial plan was to get to the even $6.00. it stalled around $6.05 then i went to get out, accidently added more (another hotkey error) and then got out of everything. it did end up hitting my profit target. GOOD: setup was good RFI: fear selling and hotkey error MOOD: good CONSISTENT: no not really. Next trade was a double bottom reversal in VIPS. i was waiting for an entry at 9:58 but then it sold off all the way back to the $6 level so i looked away at CAR and when i checked back it jumped on me. I did chase the entry but the R/R was still favorable so i hopped in and added more to make 100 shares even, i was confident in the trade. i set a stop range for $5.99 - 6.38 and walked away because i've been cutting my winners short. it ended up hitting my profit target. GOOD: setup RFI: chased the entry MOOD: good CONSISTENT: yes Last trade of the day was a double top (kind of) in CGC. it bounced off the VWAP twice and i was having a good trading day and was one decent win away from hitting my daily goal so i got in short risking the VWAP to the LOTD. i was overconfident with this trade and as soon as i got in, i noticed it wasn't trending on the 5min or the 15min and actually looked like a flag on the 5min so i bailed at a 0.5R loss. GOOD: got out when i saw the trade wasn't trending on the 5min or the 15min chart RFI: should have not taken this trade. MOOD: glad i was able to recognize my mistake and bail. CONSISTENT: yes What i did good today: took good trades, was in control or my emotions and traded with a level head What i did bad today: hotkey errors again! and overconfidence and forcing the CGC trade What can i do better tomorrow: don't take trades to get to your profit target. Other comments for tomorrow: trade like today.

Wednesday February 20th, 2019 Sleep: 7 hours. Mood: busy didn't get in to the market until 9:45 but i didn't rush in, i marked levels and read my rules. first trade was a MA trend trade in LUV. the trade was going really well until it got close to the LOTD. then it made a doji on the 5min chart and then a hammer at 10:15 and it looked like it was going to round and go the other way so i got out on a new 5min high or at least i thought i did, i hit the wrong hot key and doubled my position then panicked and got out higher, turned a pretty decent trade in to a breakeven. GOOD: setup, good R/R RFI: not taking partials, hot key error MOOD: mad at myself for screwing up a prefectly good trade. CONSISTENT: no. After that screw up of a prefectly good day i just kept chasing the stock emotionally both directions until i hit max loss. they're not even worth journaling because they're not setups, i was just going with whichever side looked good in the moment. Just really bad trading. i've decided to add back in my DAS autostop for the day on my SIM. i took it out so i could practice trades without auto stops which sounds good in theory but what i end up doing is not taking the sim seriously enough and i'm reinforcing bad habits by just taking any trade on a whim. Could have been a good day but ended up max loss. get my head back in the game for tomorrow. What i did good today: Didn't rush in to trading when i was late. My first trade was a good setup. What i did bad today: Let a hotkey mistake screw up my whole day of trading and i took a ton of emotional trades to try and make back what i "lost" What can i do better tomorrow: Always be dilligent of your hotkeys. don't let one mistake ruin the rest of your trading day. Other comments for tomorrow: focus on executing good setups.

Hi Simon, thank you for the encouragement, you're right it's a lot of mistakes and slow progress that just gets frustrating some days. i'm not quitting any time soon! I would love some help with my ORBs. I feel like i'm always taking the wrong ones and missing the great ones. any help would be appreciated. thanks again, Mark

Tuesday February 19th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: feeling like i haven't traded in a long time. first trade of the day was an ORBU in WMT. i FOMO'd the entry hard and got stopped out. i actually let it run past my stop and i was lucky to get out at it when it came back up. GOOD: got out at my stop. RFI: let my emotions get the better of me on my entry and then let it run past my stop. MOOD: disappointed in myself for rushing the trade. CONSISTENT: no did not respect my stop. Last trade of the day was in CGC. no setup, just hoping for a bounce off all the moving averages. i did not at all and i refused to sell at my stop so i took a way bigger loss than expected and hit max loss for the day. GOOD: finally got out on my own RFI: no setup and not respecting stop. bad trading MOOD: bad trading man just in a haze this morning. just feeling like garbage. CONSISTENT: not at all. I took a bunch of other trades but i don't count them towards my day since i already hit max loss and would have been locked out of my real account. i felt like i hadn't ever traded in my life before the market opened and my trades reflected that. it was not a good day. What I did good today: got out at my planned stop in WMT when given the chance What i did bad today: FOMO entries and not respecting stops. Worst trade of the day and why: CGC for refusing to take a loss and taking a much bigger one. What can i do better tomorrow: always respect your stop loss. If I don't respect my stop losses, i'll never be a successful trader. Other comments for tomorrow: just keep working on respecting stops and only taking setups. it's days like these that make me wonder if i'll ever succeed at trading. i don't know.

Week Seven Recap · Weekly stats o 2.0 R/R (Goal: above 3.0) [record: 2.7] o 85% (Goal: above 80%) [record: 93%] o $49.03 (Goal: $250) [record: $49.03] · Highlights o Green all week. o Win percentage way above average. · Ongoing things to work on o Cutting your winners short, not getting at least 2R out of your winners o Taking enough trades a day to hit daily goal. o Get out of trades on a new 5min low against your position. o Sim until I hit my profit goal five times before a red day.

Friday February 15th, 2019 Sleep: 8 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade. Only took one trade today. i was considering taking NVDA on an ORBD but it looked choppy before it broke out to the downside. The trade i did take was a double bottom on CGC. I liked the rejection of the previous and previous previous day highs. I waited for a bounce off the PDH and then got in on a new 1min high at $47.10. the initial goal was $47.90 which was 2R from my risk of $46.75. I sold a couple cents early but i don't count this against me because i don't try to nail it right on the goal and risk missing it all together. blew it on the selling though, my trading plan is 75% at the target and then 25% at the next level. i sold 50% at my target and then held my last bit through a new 5min low. and then finally bailed on a new 15min low which was below my original profit target. happy with the entry not happy with the selling. GOOD: setup, R/R, entry all great. RFI: did not sell according to my trading plan. MOOD: ok CONSISTENT: yes. What i did good today: took only trades in my trading plan. good entry What i did bad today: did not sell according to my trading plan What can i do better tomorrow: stick to the plan on selling Other comments for tomorrow: it's insane how much easier sim is compared to real trading. my sim equity curve is literally the exact opposite of my real trading curve.

Thursday February 14th, 2019 No Trades today.

Wednesday February 13th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade. first trade was an ORBD in TEVA. was thinking it was going to be an ORBU but then it lost the VWAP. took it short with a 10 cent risk at $17.10 for the daily level at $16.64. it broke the even dollar but only for a second. i got out after it bought right back up over $17 for a small loss / break even. i did not like the price action GOOD: got out before my stop when i saw the trade wasn't working RFI: i should have waited a little longer to make sure it was going to break lower. also, i could have taken this on the upside after getting out of the short. MOOD: ok. CONSISTENT: yes. Last trade of the day was a double top in ATVI. i liked the rejection of the daily level on the five minute chart at 9:50 and 9:55. took it short on a new 1min low risking the HOTD to the VWAP. i knew that 20MA on the 1min chart was going to be resistance so i was patient after my entry but i could have waited for the pullback to $45 to get in and i would have got way more shares. sold my first piece too early and the second piece right as expected. GOOD: good setup. RFI: entry could have been better. selling first piece could have been better MOOD: good CONSISTENT: yes. What i did good today: took only planned trades. What i did bad today: selling still needs work. use limit orders when you're in a winning trade. What can i do better tomorrow: maximize your winners. Other comments for tomorrow: Keep up the consistent trading.

Thanks! I love the measurements and how it's not 100% based on feelings. That's a Garmin watch? Do you recommend it? Id like to score my sleep better.

Tuesday February 12th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. mood: good, ready to trade. I only saw one ORB that met 3/4 of my criteria but i wasn't looking at the screen and missed my entry. i ended up not taking any trades in the first 30 minutes. first trade was a 1min MA trend trade in CRON. I liked the VWAP rejection on the 1min chart at 9:44 and 9:45. i wanted to get in earlier but that isn't one of my setups so i waited for it to hit the MA and took it long risking below the PDC and PPDL i was trying to break the $20 for my first sell. it ended up making a new 5min low so i bailed for pretty much break even. GOOD: waited for my setup RFI: risk was too much MOOD: good CONSISTENT: yes. i took the same trade again when the MAs got really close at 10:24. i got in at just the right moment for a new 5min high. i sold the first at the pop of the HOTD but it was a little less than what i wanted. held the last 25% for break of the PDH. I nailed the entry on that one but i'm still selling my first piece too early. it was still a good trade but it could have been great. GOOD: entry was right on time RFI: sold too early MOOD: happy CONSISTENT: yes What i did good today: stuck to my plan and only took setups What i did bad today: missed that ORB in EA and my selling still needs work What can i do better tomorrow: try to hold your winners longer Other comments for tomorrow: keep trading like this.

Monday February 11th, 2019 (SIM) Sleep: 6.5 hours. Mood: feeling good despite the lack of sleep. ready and excited to trade. I've been thinking a lot about my trading after Friday and it finally sunk in that i need to write out my specific setups in order to get in to a trade and only take those setups so i spent the weekend writing out my first pass of my qualifiers for the trades that i want to practice. the first trade i took today was an ORBU in EA. it met all of my citeria so i jumped in. my selling was not to plan, i got out only half too early and then held the last half to b/e. had i stuck to my plan this would have been a better trade. GOOD: setup met all qualifications. RFI: botched the selling. MOOD: good CONSISTENT?: yes. only took one other trade. i took a 1min MA trend trade in MA. it came up over the MA on the 1min chart but couldn't hold and fell below. i saw a good R/R per my setup so i took it. i wanted to get filled right at the new 1min low but it went down so fast i got a bad fill. sold 75% at my profit target and the rest at the next level. i stuck to my plan which i'm happy with but my first profit target really didn't make any sense. i should have shot for the daily level and then sold if it wasn't going to break that recent low. GOOD: saw a setup and took it, followed the plan. RFI: first profit target was too close. MOOD: happy the trade worked out. CONSISTENT: yes. What i did good today: traded well today. stuck to my plan and only took trades in my plan What i did bad today: did not do a good job of exiting my trades. What can i do better tomorrow: stick to the exit plan. pay better attention to potential profit targets. Other comments for tomorrow: keep practicing the trading plan.

thanks for sharing Rob. can you explain how you calculate your well being score?

Week Six Recap Weekly stats o 2.5 R/R (Goal: above 3.0) [record: 2.7] o 87% (Goal: above 80%) [record: 93%] o -$125.41 (Goal: $250) [record: $20.80] Highlights o Good ABCD trade in MU on Wednesday o Going back to sim until I’m trading consistently again. Ongoing things to work on o Only taking ORBS, ABCD, MA Trends and Double Bottom/Tops o Getting good entries on solid setups

Friday February 8th, 2019 Sleep: 7.5 hours. Mood: ready to trade first trade of the day was a long in COTY. I think that my fear of losing money is holding my trading back so i'm working on getting in and out of trades with less resistance. with that in mind, i got in long on COTY with no setup. i thought i would just get out for a couple cents loss if it didn't go my way. it did not and i got out immediately. now that i'm typing this i have no idea why i went long in the first place. i pretty much just got chopped up in COTY in the first 15minutes. taking small losses and gains but really getting nowhere. GOOD: accepted the risk RFI: no setup and gave it no room. MOOD: ok CONSISTENT: no setup Then COTY looked like it was going to do an ORBD so i got in short and took a bigger loss than i wanted GOOD: was a setup RFI: took too many shares from my risk level MOOD: ok ACCEPTED RISK: yes Went long in COTY, hoping for a pop above $9 i used the 1min MA as resistance and got in. it bounced off that 9 for about 5 minutes and i got out at b/e. GOOD: got out when i saw it wasn't going to break even dollar RFI: not really a setup MOOD: ok, glad i got out. ACCEPT RISK: yes Last trade in COTY was an engulfing 5min and i knew it had resistance at the $9. it broke down to VWAP and i got out once i saw it wasn't going to sell off GOOD: nice setup, good reason to get in the trade. RFI: i could have gave it another minute and saw that the trade probably wasn't going to work MOOD: ok ACCEPT THE RISK: yes. Tried to take an ABCD in MAT that failed immediately. glad i got out when i did but that was a dumb resistance point to trade off off and it was trending down on the 5min chart. GOOD: got out with a small loss. glad i got out because it tanked after that RFI: kept making new 5min lows and didn't show any sign of buying MOOD: good ACCEPT THE RISK: yes. that was all my trades for a max loss day in the first half hour. i did not want to be done trading so i got rid of my max loss risk control and kept on trading. thought i could get in on a downtrend in MU. got stopped out twice and then i made a buck/be on one trade. then after that trade went my way i tried to get back in on a pullback and then averaged (down) and got stopped out for a $36 dollar loss. my risk controls are there for a reason and i really blew it by bypassing them. so that's it for my live trading. i'm going back to SIM for a while until i can figure out how to consistently make money. What i did good today: decided i'm not ready for real trading and decided to go back to sim What i did bad today: virtually no setups. i need to marry my risk acceptance with patience for good setups. i will work on that in my trade What can i do better tomorrow: practice setups and only taking setups Other comments for tomorrow: it was foolish to blow up like that. but i think it was bound to happen. lost all of the $250 i gave myself to lose. paid my first round of tuition. going back to sim until i'm making consistent money.

Thursday February 7th, 2019 Sleep: 7 hours. Mood: good, ready to trade. First trade of the day was a VWAP L in FEYE. it couldn't make a new 5min low and break the LOTD, i got in on a new 5min high. it engulfed and i held on because i keep getting shaken out of my winning trades early in the day but in this case i should have just got out. took a bigger loss than i should have. GOOD: ok setup, RFI: could have got a better entry. could have limited my losses more. MOOD: frustrated every day this week my first trade has been a loser. CONSISTENT: yes, got out with 1R Next trade was a reversal in GRUB. it came up to the VWAP and made a new 5min low. i got in and got a terrible fill about 30 cents from my entry. then it just rode up on me so fast i got caught like a deer in the headlights. i was lucky to get out with only a $12 loss. the spread was way too much for me to be trading. that was a nightmare. GOOD: got in on a new 5min low RFI: dumb trade, the 15min chart was bullish, and it made a bull flag. this is the same dumb trade i always try right at that time of day that never works but i do it over, over and over again. MOOD: scared, frustrated. CONSISTENT: no this thing went way way past my stop before i got out. Last trade of the day was an engulfing Bull flag in STI. i was hoping for a new 15min high and for it to strart coming back up. The plan was to wait for it to get close to the $63.67 level and then get in long. i looked away from the computer for a minute and saw i missed my entry and it bought back up over the MA on the 1min chart so i FOMO'd my entry a little bit. then it just made new 5 and 15min lows for as long as i watched it. I was just straight up wrong about that trade. the entire trend was down and it would have been a much smarter move to get in on the short side on a new 5min low. i don't know what's wrong with me today. it was a bad day of trading. GOOD: risk level was appropriate RFI: completely wrong idea. MOOD: beat down. frustrated. CONSISTENT: yes, got out at my stop. What i did good today: quit trading. What i did bad today: garbage setups, not getting out at P/A, letting the price run past my stops. What can i do better tomorrow: you have to stop taking dumb reversals at the VWAP. Other comments for tomorrow: sucks to hit max loss and then be down for the week. need to regroup for tomorrow and finish out the week strong. i'm thinking about going back in to SIM for a while. my winning days are $10-$12 and my losing days are max loss $30 consistently and my equity curve is a 45 degree slope down. i'm going to trade live tomorrow then think about it over the weekend but i really need to work on getting back to having winning days.