Valentin

Day 49 - Mar 17, 2020 8 Tickets 1 Symbol Green Day *saving space for post - will post when I get a little free time*

Day 48 - Mar 16, 2020 6 Tickets 2 Symbols Green Day Watchlist: NCLH - Long - 1min - VWAP Bounce and Reject (Sector Strength) Initially had short bias looking for a double top, however sector caught some strength and potential bounce as SPY was pushing up. NCLH rejected off pre market high then came back into VWAP - rook ir long as a VWAP trend trade as soon as I saw RCL and CCL pop - expecting it to follow. Tight stop with target up at pre market highs levels. Went in my favor right away and took partial off on spike up (too early) and another partial into previous day close - planned, leaving 1/3 on for 11.55 previous support . Looked like it rejected off that previous day high and made a lower high - panic sold - no reason. Good: Took what the market gave me, didn’t keep my bias. Improvement: Need to let my winners ride, this is one of my main problems. Take my partial at 1 - 1.5R , take partial at T1 and then let the rest ride until reason to exit. BA - Short - 1min - VWAP Break and Go Continuation of bad news for BA, short biased waiting for a potential entry with SPY sell off as confirmation. Broke down off the open, came up and couldn’t hold VWAP. Missed the entry and noticed it on the 3rd time it touched 137.5 - potential descending triangle. Looking for short but didn’t like SPY strength. Broke through and then came back down to VWAP, bounced over, then broke and held under - took a short as it confirmed breakdown of VWAP and broke down (poor execution - didn’t fight for price). From there was just chopping up and down - didn’t like it so covered for breakeven. Good: Didn’t like action so just took it off Improvement: Was choppy, 5 min wicks could have been a sign to stay out. Todays Review Once again cutting my winners short, panicked and sold my final partial as it started to come back to my entry point - should have held. NO REASON TO EXIT = DO NOT EXIT. This is one of the main parts of my trading that is holding back my P/L curve. What I did well: Followed game plan. Good entries, with confirmation What I did poorly: Trade management and exit strategy. Need to do: Game plan - exit strategies. Mic for recording live video/audio - better review.

Day 47 - Mar 13, 2020 9 Tickets 2 Symbols Green Day Watchlist: WORK (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Technical Breakdown WORK coming off weak earnings, and SPY selling off. Took it as soon as the wall of bids at 18.9 got eaten away. Target at premarket levels and stop just above VWAP- took it off as we got into daily support level. Will see how it reacts off of it. Good: Had good convergence on entry - weak market, and Lvl2 confirmation Improvement: Poor R/R = 1 WORK (Trade #2) - Long - 1min - Double Bottom Looked like it was rounding out - watching the premarket level, held and bounced thorough - took it on the double bottom confirmation with stop just below, and target at VWAP + 19.3 previous support. All other stocks have made the rebound, thinking WORK might follow. Covered partial into 1R in case we reject, and took another partial into VWAP - held the rest for continuation VWAP trend trade. Came back up to VWAP and rejected - took it all of once we made 1 min low after rejection. Good: Nice patience on the entry and using daily level as confirmation OXY - Long - 1min - VWAP Break and Go (Also Ascending Triangle) OXY on secondary watchlist as Carl Icahn loading up on shares. Big drop on open, was waiting for potential double bottom. Came up to VWAP and made higher highs and lows, took it as VWAP trend trade with anticipation of Ascending triangle breaking. Looked like a big seller at 13.9. Consolidated back but held VWAP then spiked up - took partial off (too early) but ended up playing in my favor as I got top tick. Sellers kept stepping down on lvl2. Left the rest to ride for stop loss, adjusted my stop it confirmed lower high and looked weak going into the VWAP. Improvement: No exit strategy here, was lucky. Working on my exit plan right now. Todays Review Liked my entries, however trade management is still lacking a full exit strategy. What I did well: Followed game plan. Good entries, with confirmation What I did poorly: Exit strategy. Need to do: Game plan - exit strategies. Mic for recording live video/audio - better review.

Day 46 - Mar 12, 2020 7Tickets 2 Symbols Red Day Watchlist: Index Catalyst Big Picture SPY Coronavirus Panic SPY down 7% close to circuit breaker. Trump announces no flights from Europe to US. Gatherings continue to close - NBA suspended season, panic is growing. Stock Support Resistance ATR Notes Bias Setup Trading Plan BA 158.65 175, 180 16.64 Downgrade, Using all of its outstanding loan of 13.6 Bn - financial troubles. Could see much worse news ahead Short If spy weak, short momentum and failed pops INO 9.85, 9.4, 8.75 11, 11.5 2.28 Coronavirus vaccine play - Gates Foundation funds 5M grant for vaccines. Long CCL - Short - 1min - Technical Breakdown + VWAP Break and Go Scale in(Lvl 2 Big wall of bidders breaking) Saw a huge bid at 18, as soon as it broke I took it. Waiting for a pop to add. Market broke down right after halt and then showed strength coming up to high of day - CCL showed relative weakness, just over VWAP and broke down again. Scaled in another short, full size as it broke VWAP for a trend trade. Didn’t do much, consolidated and kept breaking down as it made a higher high. Got stopped out as it squeezed through VWAP and tested HOD. Good: Followed game plan - I am ok with this loss. Improvement: Go back to see what I missed in recording. Haven't made strict rules on trading after a halt - will look into it. NCLH - Short - 1min - VWAP Bounce and Reject Cruise lines pm secondary watchlist (all month), announced no cruises for 60 days - short biased. Broke down after market halted, then saw the other ones have some decent strength on the bounce following SPY, but NCLH was weak. Got rejected by MA on every pop, hovering under VWAP. Took it as a VWAP bounce and reject play, break of VWAP as stop with premarket low as target. Came down to 10.50 and found a large wall of bids, took half off in case it held - ate away at the large bid slowly and dropped down to my profit targe for final covert. Good: Like my entry, defined risk, MA and VWAP as resistance and chose a relative weak stock to market and industry. Improvement: Could have went larger size here, as it confirmed and kept getting rejected by MA Todays Review Wasn't going to trade as trade halt made it a bit choppy. But ended up getting in on 2 cruiseline plays. Overall I am ok with how the day went, followed my rules and stuck to my game plan. Could have avoided the first CCL trade which would have put me in the green but it is what it is. What I did well: Followed game plan. Had strong conviction on NCLH (Weak relative to industry and market, rejecting MA, Lvl 2 bid was getting eaten away, defined risk, terrible news) What I did poorly: Could have added more size on a setup that's worked for me. Need to do: Mic, Game plan for specific events (circuit breaker and halt), need to do much more research on Lvl 2 - very powerful, but I am not utilizing it effectively yet

Day 45 - Mar 11, 2020 12 Tickets 4 Symbols Red Day Watchlist Index Catalyst Big Picture SPY Coronavirus Rejecting off 288 level thish acted as support from previous support. Down 3% in pre-market. Could see continuation down to 274 level. Stock Support Resistance ATR Notes Bias Setup Trading Plan CCL 22.1, 21.5, 20.5 23.35, 24.5 2.55 Coronavirus still main concern. Potential downside Short Trade the VWAP trend if weak from open - watch for this to fade back down to yesterdays close 20.5 TDOC 151, 145.5 156.9 10 Video software for medical industry - coronavirus push to get patients online Long Gapping through ATH - play momentum breakout CLDR 8.26, 7.8 8.6 Earnings beat, lots of room to run Long 8.4 Major daily level, watch how it trades off here. Look to go long once it pop up abd breaks 8.6, long on the retest ABOVE VWAP AMD 43.72, 43 43.72, Short Descendgin Triangle SPY weak - if SPY breaks this could be a nicemomentum trade CLDR - Short - 1min - Technical Breakout (Potential ABCD) Earnings beat and gapped up. Pre market was trading in a range of 8.26 and 8.6 with 8.4 being a daily inflection point. Plan was for it to break out of 8.6 then come back to test. Broke out and Came back down to quickly and too far almost hitting VWAP. Realized this could be ABCD on the 1 min. Bounced right back up and broke through previous 2 candles close/open so I went long on the breakout. Quickly went against me and I got stopped out. Improvement: Didn’t follow my game plan, got too excited and FOMO. Need to be more patient on these especially first 10mins in these market conditions. AAL - Short - 1min - Anticipating Breakdown (Lvl 2 - Wall of bids) Choppy at the open, but finally broke down through VWAP and held. Tried to push back up through VWAP and MA's but kept getting rejected. Was waiting for a Pop into VWAP to short, but saw a big bid at 15.80 and thought we would break through. Took 1/2 R with anticipation to take another 1/2 on break of 15.8. Noticed wall of bids stepping up to 15.85 - bullish sign but got caught in the charts and ended up shorting on shooting star as it failed to hold above VWAP. Came back down on small volume and used this as opportunity to get out for half. Got stopped out on the rest. Improvement: Watched recording after - wall of bids were pushing up strong, by 5c increments. 15.8, 15.85, 15.9 making clear support and higher lows. Need to watch out for this - could have avoided the add, and cut losses earlier. AMD - Long - 1min - Breakout Was thinking short as it looked weak in pre market. But opened strong with SPY. Took a long as it broke and held daily level of 44.88 and held higher highs and higher lows. SPY was holding VWAP thinking it would test and break HOD to give overall market some strength. Chased this entry, could have gotten on a pullback. CCL - Short -1min - Breakdown (Lvl 2 - Wall of bids breaking) CCL in play as coronavirus fear is killing travel and cruise line industry, and coming off a fresh downgrade yesterday. Shot up in the morning showring some strength, but quickly lost gains and broke VWAP to downside. Held the MA and showed a big wall of bids at 22.5, so entered short expecting it to break stop just above previous pop. Ended up rejecting MA above and coming back breaking the 22.5 wall added more. Had to go to work so put on a Range Order. Good: Using Charts with Lvl2 Improvement: In my watchlist - mentioned it could come down to 20.5 level (yesterday's low) and it did exactly that, need to have some patience and stick to game plan. If I wasn’t at work - lots of opportunity to add. 5min was showing weakness. Todays Review Noticing I am looking at trades and entering with Risk in mind, but don't have a specific target sometimes. This provides flexibility of me taking profits whenever. Terrible habit. Last couple times I have left my range order and took off to work - trades have went as planned. What I did well: What I did poorly: Saw exit sign on AAL from Lvl 2 bidders stepping up but didn't take it, instead shorted more. Also trading breakouts which im not the best at - could be getting much better entries Need to do: Get a mic and record audio in addition to my video. This will allow me to track my exact emotion / thoughts when entering and exiting a trade, and will speed the process of journaling and note talking after wards - seems to be taking to long. Would be nice to bang out my notes quickly and have more time for tape review and forums plus more.

Day 44 - Mar 10, 2020 9 Tickets 1 Symbol Green Day Watchlist Index Catalyst Big Picture SPY SPY held above 274, major daily support. Be cautious - seems like all pops are getting sold, it just cant catch a bid. Trump comes out with potential payroll tax cut, but coronavirus cases growing Stock Support Resistance ATR Notes Bias Setup Trading Plan DKS 35 40, 41 1.75 Beat earnings, sales and increases dividends. Up 10% premarket Long SFIX 14.4, 13.4 16, 17 1.6 Earnings beat but revenue and guiding down. 28.3% Watch short covering, nice higher high higher low in pre market. CCL 23.35, 22.85, 21.5 25.2, 26.2 2.44 Trying to bounce here, but don’t think it will close gap. Short Trade the VWAP trend if weak from open - watch for this to fade back down to yesterdays close 21.5 CCL (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - VWAP Bounce and Reject CCL sold off hard, made double bottom and came up to test VWAP. Failed to hold, broke under and then failed pop back through VWAP - short 1/2 R as it rejected, with target at LOD / yesterdays close. Ended up squeezing through VWAP, top ticked and broke down. Good: Stuck to my plan CCL (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - VWAP Bounce and Reject As soon as I got stopped out it came right back down confirming my theory. Ended up getting in right after it broke down through previous consolidation. Tried to push higher but kept getting rejected by MovAvg so scaled in to full size. Held right under the MA's and broke down - covered partial too soon. Started coming up and ended up with a panic cover - no reason to cover here. Good: Let my theory play out even though I got stopped out the first time. Improvement: Could have gotten a better fill on starter. No reason to be taking profits here - got shaken out too soon rather than letting profits ride. CCL (Trade #3) - Short - 1min - Momentum Breakdown CCL had a failed pop and was breaking down on rising vol - ended up getting a late fill, was looking for entry as soon as a panic covered. Had to take off for work so set a range order and let it play out. Good: Left a Range order and let it play out. Todays Review Didn't like a whole lot in pre market and once market opened so sat on my hands until something I liked came up - happy with this. In past I would have over traded. Noticing my journaling and forced habits coming into play here. What I did well: Wait for my setups to come into play What I did poorly: Taking profits off too soon (automate this - weekend task) Need to do: Thinking of recording myself, with commentary as it will give me a better idea of entry and I can verbally walk though my checklist, same thing with taking profits - name reason for profit taking. (read this in The Daily Trading Coach 101), need to do a better job of getting out there in community and providing feedback, getting into forums and so on...will be my main goal for rest of the month. Sorry for shitty pictures - new process not as smooth as older one. Will find a fix shortly.

Day 43- Mar 9, 2020 12 Tickets 13 Symbols Red Day TWTR - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade (Break and Go) Up on news of deal being signed with Elliot Management. Broke through VWAP and held above - went long as it confirmed the hold and broke out. Stop just below VWAP with target at Pre-market high. Took partial at the daily level of 32.5 break and then some more as we approached PMH. Improvement: Taking profits to early, need to hold off until profit - hit target plus some. MRNA (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Breakdown Was watching MRNA premarket thinking potential long, but market was bouncing and money was going out of Coronavirus stocks into Large caps. Saw consolidation and wanted to play the break, missed it. Ended up short the breakdown and got a delay/Lag entry close to the bottom. Overall can't blame the delay as this was absolutely terrible play. Improvement: Stick to high probability setups rather than chasing. No R/R here - was hoping it would keep dropping without specific profit target. CCL - Short - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade (Bounce and Reject Anticipation) CCL hit hard on Coronavirus. Watching for continuation to downside, came down but held pre market levels, ended up coming up to previous pop so I shorted in anticipation of a bounce and rejection of VWAP. Had the right idea, but poor timing - got squeezed out. Good: Right idea. Improvement: Wait for the VWAP to confirm rejection rather than anticipating. Could have easily got the exact same fill just on the backside. MRNA (Trade #2) - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade (Break and Go) MRNA sold off hard in AM, looking like it caught a bottom and was making its way up. Came up and consolidated around VWAP just above Mov Avg. Took it long for stop just below and target at pre market levels. Was completely off, this was a Bounce and Reject off VWAP for all day trend. Improvement: Jumped in this one a little early, need to wait for confirmation and hold above VWAP. TWTR (Trade #2) - Long - 1min + 5min - Technical Breakout (Ascending Triangle) TWTR kept pushing up to up pre-market high and previous day close, making an ascending triangle on rising volume. Took it long with stop just below previous low and target previous day high/daily level. Rejected off previous day close panicked and sold partial. Put on a range order and took off to work. Good: Using 1 min and 5 min to confirm - seems much stronger. Improvement: Took profits too early, should be waiting for the daily levels. This has to be outlined in risk management / profit taking rules. Todays Review Working on my GamePlan setups and rules right now, noticing a lot I need to work on - defined shares have been automated, need to automate my profit target that way I'm not tempted to take profits early. What I did well: using multiple time frame to confirm, has worked out well. Need to do: CONFIRMATION, wait for the trade to confirm and be an A+ setup, lower win rate but much better R/R.

Day 40- Mar 4, 2020 24 Tickets 4 Symbols Red Day (Max Loss) CCL (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - VWAP Rejection (Anticipating) Weak at open and broke through previous day close, and found support at pre market level 31.4. Bounced up toward VWAP, took it short in anticipation it would reject VWAP and come back down to test 31.4. Quickly moved up and popped through VWAP taking out my stop loss - top tick. Improvement: Right idea, but terrible execution, didn’t fight for price and got in too early. Got in with 1R risk hot key instead of 1/2R, and misplaced the stop so ended up taking a 1.5R on this. CCL (Trade #2) - Short - 1 min - VWAP Trend Trade As soon as my stop loss hit and top ticked, I knew I had the ride idea so re-shorted 1R with stop just above previous candle, expecting this to come back down to test the pre market level at 31.4. Worked right away and ended up taking too many partials - didn’t want to give profits back. Ended up working as planned and took me out for profit target and left a small partial which took me out on next cover. Good: Using the Dynamic Risk Hotkey is removing the need to calculate shares, left partial on to see my trade play out. Improvement: Still taking too many partials, need to stop watching my P/L and manage the trade based on price action and taking what the market gives me vs panicking and covering as soon as I'm in the green. CCL (Trade #3)- Short - 1min - Breakdown (Chasing) Had a short position in CCL and was working in my favor, thinking to short the failed pop as is in my game plan but held off. Instead I acted emotionally and added 1/2R too my short as it broke down. SPY falling and CCL has seen major weakness, thinking we could see some nice continuation. Didn’t go my way and got stopped out. Improvement: Have said this over and over, breakdowns aren't my setup - statistically they don’t work for me - yet I still take them. CCL (Trade #4) - Short - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Short biased on CCL - saw It reject VWAP and took it once it had confirmed rejection. R/R was much better here as risk is clearly defined just above VWAP and previosu candle, and target down at LOD +. Overall trend was in my favor. Good: This is a setup I am comfortable with, took planned partial profits and let the rest ride for profit target + some. This is an A+ setup for me - will be play booking this and duplicating in my game plan. Improvement: Need to be going over 1R risk on this. JWN (Trade #1) - Long - 1min - ABCD (Too Early) JWN down on earnings, but came out strong off the open - was looking for a potential double top of 33.1 daily level. Rejected right off that level but didn’t seem to want to go down, recovering nicely on the 5 min. Realized we could be seeing an ABCD to the upside. Took 1/2 R long thinking we could break through B and continue up. Ended up taking this too early and getting stopped out on breakdown of VWAP. Improvement: Negative catalyst and a poor entry on a non-developed setup. Multiple things wrong here - entry at VWAP for a Long on ABCD would have been appropriate - otherwise STAY OUT. JWN (Trade #2)- Short - 1min - VWAP Rejection Revenge trading. Saw a big red candle on increasing selling on the 5 min, and shorted as we approached VWAP thinking we might reject here with tight stop above VWAP. Ended up playing right into my previous thought of ABCD. Improvement: Had an idea, and didn’t follow it. Long biased (too early) then switched to short biased in a matter 10 minutes. Need to look to market signals rather than hoping it continued down - not a great entry here - overall terrible trades on this name. CPB - Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback CPB strong earnings and beat estimates. Was braking through Pre market level at 50.76 and then consolidated for a good 15 min holding that level. Went long as looked like it was going to break out with stop just below consolidation. Right idea but got shaken out with my stop loss being bottom tick. Target was next daily level at 52.5 - potential for 8R. Good: Had the right idea Improvement: Looking back at it exact same thing happened on the previous spike at 9:50 - algo triggered stop losses and then shot up. Having a mental stop would have prevented this. Mental stop loss would have stopped this (but also would cause lots of slippage and losses on other exits) JD (Trade #1) - Long - 1min - Breakout (Scalp) JD has been in play lately…was watching it in AM as it had nice breakouts making an Elliot wave. Missed the pullback entry and saw this break through major level of 44.07 (high of both previous 2 days). Ended up with a quick scalp as it was holding and breaking out on increasing volume. Good: Took partials quickly Improvement: Not in my game plan, so need to be careful. JD -(Trade #2) Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback Bought more JD on the pullback into previous resistance expecting it to hold, and retest HOD. Spy was strong so thought we could see continuation. Ended up going against me and got stopped out. Todays Review Last couple of days have really made me realize that I have too many vague "Setups" and leaving it up to discretion for which one it looks like that day - this is causing me to trouble in many areas; sizing entries, reviewing the plays end of day, journaling and categorizing, also messing with my stats Failed Pop / VWAP Trend Trade / VWAP Reversal / ABCD are all distinct setups but I seem to have mixed them together subconsciously. Taking the rest of the week off in order to go back to my game plan and review, refresh and restart. (Notice this has been in my "need to do" section a few times, but just not getting to it…guess it takes a max loss day to figure that out) DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW I CAN POST PICTURES ON THE NEW WEBSITE FORUM? Previously I signed into BBT through chrome and not a problem with copying and pasting right into the post - now, I cant even get to forums on chrome, can only use dashboard and main site every time I try to get to forums it takes me back to the sign in page....in meantime using explorer to post notes. Would love if it someone could help me with this. Either option of how to paste them in here, or how I can sign in and use forums on chrome. Will post screenshots as soon as this is figured out.

Day 39 - Mar 23 2020 16 Tickets 3 Symbols Green Day AMD - Long - 1min - VWAP Tend Trade Watching AMD as thinking overall market could continue its bounce higher. Had a nice bounce off PML on the 5 min chart, ended up taking this long once it bounced and held off VWAP. R/R wasn’t great here - more of a scalp trade. Ended up taking half off on spike to pre market levels, and left my stop on at just below VWAP - stopped me out but stopped out my initial full size so I sold the extra. Improvement: Need to be taking better R/R setups - this is a 1R - terrible. TGT (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Breakdown Overall short biased on revenue miss. Opened weak and couldn’t hold VWAP, missed the initial VWAP rejection. Was watching for the retest to 109 previous day close, with short and stop above VWAP but it rejected the push up and broke down so I shorted on the breakdown for quick scalp on half into pre market level and adjusted stop to break even on other half. Good idea, just didn’t play how I wanted it to play out so scalping. TLRY (Trade #1) - Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback (Chasing) Watching TLRY with short biased from poor earnings, but caught a bid at the open. Was waiting for potential double top with expectation of it coming back to 13. Got too excited as Fed cut rates saw AMD have a huge spike, for some reason thought we could see this test HOD so got in for a quick scalp. Instantly realized this was an absolutely brutal entry with bad R/R so adjusted my stop and got out. Improvement: Had the right idea of waiting for double top and noted it in my journal to keep an eye out and target at 13 - emotions got in the way and ended up going long where I should have been shorting. DOUBLE TOP AS EXPECTED! TGT (Trade #2) - Short - 1min + 5min - ABCD (Reverse) TGT came up as market shot up on news that Fed cut rates by 50pts, rally was short lived and started selling off with wicks to the top - bearish. Short TGT on reverse ABCD with stop just above VWAP (1/2R auto risk hotkey) expectation to add on breakdown, target at previous bounce level. First partial just over 1R with rest to ride. Good: Good execution, followed game plan of taking partials into the level, and then taking some at profit target. Improvement: Looking back at it this would have been a perfect play to size up much much more. Negative catalyst, failed rally on fed cut and followed daily levels perfectly - rejection of 110.5 TLRY (Trade #2) - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Waited for this to play out, short biased on negative catalyst just needed a decent entry. Ended up going short on the pop into VWAP expecting this to sell off throughout the day. Had to run to work so left a range order for previous level of Premarket level of 13.15 in front the heavy support at 13. Ended up doing exactly as I though - came up to VWAP a few times (opportunity to add if I was at the screens) and sold off right into my profit target) Good: Leaving range order while at work allows my idea to play out, without me micro managing the trade Improvement: Didn’t use my auto risk hotkey - inconsistent sizing which minimized my profits. Todays Review Slowly getting better in thought process and being able to recognize good setups, however still taking poor setup plays. Thinking once I get some more stats in my journal and able to pick apart winners / losers based on specific setups, time of day this will give me probabilities and W/L ratios which I can work from. Eliminating the bottom half, and perfecting the ones I am doing well on. This new website has made it tough for me to post trades....chrome not letting me sign in and vew forums as a member, and internet explorer not letting me copy and paste. Will edit and add photos once this is figured out. What I did poorly: Inconsistent sizing (which is no longer acceptable, as I have hotkeys that legit do this all for me.) What I need to do: Master hotkeys for Risk management in order to eliminate the variability. Notice a lot of my solid setups arnt sized properly, and a few of my losers end up taking a lot of my profits away due to poor sizing.

Day 38 - Mar 2, 2020 14 Tickets 2 Symbols Break Even Watchlist TWTR (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Failed Pop "In Play" on news of activist investor coming in. Initial bias was Long but rejected hard and had a bearish engulfing, and shooting star on 5 min so I was watching for short entry. Broke VWAP to downside and failed to come back up - entered short with stop above VWAP. Realized I should have waited for better entry so covered half as we dropped into MA. Came right back up and stopped out at VWAP. Good: Took partials as I realized this was a bad entry. Improvement: Should be much more patient with this. Better entry would have been right at failed to hold VWAP. TWTR (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - ABCD (Reverse) Got stopped out right above VWAP and instantly came back down. Tried to push back up to VWAP and got rejected hard on high volume. Short 1/2 size thinking to add on confirmation. Came back up to BWAP but didn’t add, ended up taking majority off as it hit D (1/5 let to ride - taken on next cover) Good: Better entry on this with defined risk, selling volume coming in. Improvement: Took partial size with idea of scaling in and didn’t scale in as planned - had the opportunity too just didn’t do it. R/R wasn’t great here either. Need to start looking for trades 2R+. BYND - Long - 1min - Chasing (VWAP Trend ish?) BYND 2nd Day Play off earnings. Didn’t really have a great conviction off this, just felt like it was holding VWAP and had a tight consolidation so risk was defined. Kept coming out and testing the breakout of consolidation high but wouldn’t do anything. Ended up taking it on minor pullback thinking we could test HOD, stop just below VWAP. Just about took me out and made a lower low and lower high so I exited as it failed to hold. Ended up getting out too soon as it continued up to my target - but had no reason to be in this. Improvement: Shouldn’t be in this play, no clear reason to entry and not in my game plan. TWTR (Trade #3) - Short - 1min - Failed Pop + Breakdown Started to sell off a bit and make lows, idea was to short pops and cover on way down. First Failed pop Was a little late which ruined by R/R, took majority off with partial left on. Another failed pop but I added way to late ended up taking a breakdown which was bottom tick with stop just above previous pop. Ended up getting close to my stop and covered for break even as it came back down. Final partial from first short got taken out as just above break even (also had a stop loss error, covered too much as my hotkey placed full order - need to figure a way to adjust this automatically) Improvement: Need to take higher probability plays, first one was ok but no defined R/R. Second was chasing hard ended up shorting close to LOD which isn't in my game plan. Todays Review Did some homework over the weekend and got KylesHotkeys to work for predefined risk based on stop loss, 1R on each trade, with 5R max stop loss on the day. Tried it on my first trade, went alright. Then when I went to enter my trades after that I thought "this isn't a trade I want to risk 1R on" but still ended up trading. Clear sign that im not trading my best setups, rather im just trading to trade. Looking at everyone else in trade room going "One and Done" is hard for me, as I love the aspect of getting in and out of trades. But as I set up this HotKey I think it will allow me to really focus in and pick only my best setups. Also realizing that some of my setups are similar to each other with no defined differentiation, giving me the abiltiy to pick and choose which one I thought which is very bad. Need to have clear and defined rules as to which setup is which. Lots of work to do... What I did poorly: Not taking my setups, not following my game plan What I need to do: Replay, Replay, Replay...there is lots I want to experiment. 1 and 2 min chart differences In addition to my 5min, taking partials at 1 / 1.5 / 2R (from KylesHotKeys scaling configuration), clearly define my setups as some of them seem to be blurring with one another.

Day 37 - Feb 28, 2020 14 Tickets 2 Symbols Break Even Watchlist SPY Continuing to drop, broke through 200 and 250 MA yesterday - bearish . BYND - Short - 1min - VWAP Rejection BYND was bouncing around, wasn’t looking to play it as it was choppy, but rejected VWAP on lower buying vol to shorted with stop just above, ended up taking 2x my position so covered quick and then let partial ride for B/E. Good: Taking partials off quick as I went in oversized Improvement: Don't need to be cutting at breakeven here, could hold for VWAP - wouldve been a nice trade. SPCE - Long - 1min and 5min - ABCD SPCE made a nice move off the ORB, consolidated and slowly came back to VWAP on declining selling volume and bullish doji candles. Ended up getting a perfect fill right at VWAP with tight stop, potential for 5R+. Absolutely embarrassing trade management - ended up covering way too early as I was scared it would go against me and continue lower. And then sold the other half as it got to 2.2R (as a first partial this would have been ok) Good: Entry was on point, very happy with this defined risk entry and high probability setup. Improvement: NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN MY SETUPS. Couldn’t be more upset with my self as I realize I have been doing this over and over again. Would have been a beautiful trade - 25R at top tick. BYND (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - Failed Pop Watching it come down and test 85,75 daily level, broke through but bounced at 85. Look to retest and fail on a failed pop play, missed a good entry and ended up chasing the failed pop anticipating the breakdown. Stop just above previous level for 1$ risk. Wasn’t feeling great here, as it held the big bid at 85 and seemed like double bottom, same time as SPY was bouncing. Improvement: Failed Pops aren't great for me statistically - need to revisit the game plan and adjust my setups to have specific entry / exit criteria. But overall, I would take this play again. BYND (Trade #3 ) - Short - 1min - Breakdown (Anticipating) Got stopped out of BYND on spike through daily level, but still felt weak. Thought the big wall of bids at 85 would disappear and this would drop down to next daily target at 83. Tried to short into the breakdown as we were making lower highs on the 1min. Shorted, then mistake covered with stop loss, so resorted and got stopped out above 85.75 level top ticked. Improvement: This point I was hoping for it to break down, the right play would be to wait for confirmation of breakdown with expectation of a solid follow through. Also need to have better solution for my stop losses, will be looking to forums on how to fix my slow manual entry.

Day 36 - Feb 27, 2020 9 Tickets 3 Symbols Green Day SDC (Trade #1) - Short - 5min - ORB SDC broke through daily support level and hitting ATL. Waited for the 5min ORB, and saw wall on the bid at 7.2 thinking we could break through and have a nice continuation to downside as overall market was weak. Ended up getting stopped out with my stop just above VWAP. Improvement: Statistically ORB doesn’t work well with my trading style, size down or completely eliminate. Entry was ORB5 but I used an exit on the 1min - haven't looked into this, but seems counter intuitive. SDC (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - VWAP Reversal As soon as i got stopped out I looked at it and thought this could be a failed pop / rejection off VWAP so I took it short with stop just above VWAP and target at LOD. Instantly got bought up and stopped me out again. Improvement: Thesis was wrong. Saw a wall on the bid and didn’t want to go away, I ignored and tried to keep shorting. Seemed like this just didn’t want to go down. SPCE - Short - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade (also a Reverse ABCD) SPCE has been a wild mover lately and started finally selling off with the market, gapped down hard with next level support (previous resistance) at 19.9. Bounced and failed to reach previous level / VWAP so I went short once it confirmed and made a lower 1min candle. Worked in my favor right away - instead of leaving it to play out I adjusted and took full size off BEFORE my target as I got scared of double bottom. Good: Really happy with my entry here. Defined risk, with potential to turn this into 2.5R + trade if held to next major daily level. Improvement: Didn’t take enough size based on my risk parameters. Took profits way to early, if properly sized this would have been a partial with the rest left to run. ROKU - Short - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Broke through daily support level looking for continuation on the way down. Held 105.5 level and looked like a double bottom in premarket. Came up at open but failed to break premarket level at 111. At first was thinking bull flag for a push up to previous day close, but broke through VWAP looking weak as every 1min push is getting stuffed and rejected. Shorted on rejection of VWAP with all the Moving Average's as resistance, stop once broken through. Took off way too early as the premarket level looked like it was holding. Dropped again and I took profits at initial profit target (T1) of 2R Good: Good patience on confirmation before getting in to early. Improvement: Taking profits too early, need to have confidence and let it play out. Inconsistent sizing, only took 1/3 size on this. Today's Review Woke up late and got to screens at 6:10, scrambled to put together a watch list - felt unprepared in the morning. Waking up early and getting everything together gives me so much more confidence. Trading day went well though - couple of good plays, if proper risk and trade management was there this could have turned out to be a really good day. What I did well: Entries were on point, played my best setups and waited for confirmation in order to have defined risk What I did poorly: Position sizing and trade management. Taking trades off way to early, need to let my profits run. What I need to do: Get up earlier, want to test 2 min charts as sometimes I get faked out on the 1 min.

I agree with you - Edgewonk was useful at first, but seems a little tedious with scaling in and out. (might have changed by now - I tried it about 1.5 years ago) No I haven't yet, but it is definitely on the list. Will do some more research on it in the forums and will let you know how it is once I get around to it!!

Day 35 - Feb 26, 2020 (Feb 25th - took day off, fatigued) 13 Tickets 2 Symbols Red Day Watchlist DIS (Trade #1)- Short - 1min - Double Top (Anticipating) DIS negative catalyst, and dropped through major daily support. Rejected just under the 1.28 level was watching for a failed pop. Ended up bouncing right back up to previous level so I shorted in anticipation of 128 daily rejecting, stop loss just above previous day close and target at VWAP. Hard the right idea but took this too early and ended up getting stopped out on the top tick. Good: Had the right idea. Improvement: Poor execution, once again jumping in to early rather than waiting for confirmation. Opportunity: Enter at exact same price on the other side of the top - once it rejects, and breaks consolidation to the downside. SDC (Trade #1) - Short - 1min & 5min - ABCD (Reverse) SDC weak in PM down 24%, through premarket level of 8.18 and quickly bounced of 8 then failed to make premarket high rejecting off moving average marking C in the ABCD setup. Made a shooting star on 5 min, and lower highs on 1 min so I shorted just above VWAP with previous high as stop for 2R. Worked in my favor quickly so I took half off at premarket level in case it acted as support. Bounced as expected rejecting VWAP, was thinking to add but let it play out. Looked like it was holding the 8.18 level so I took off as soon as it made high on 1 min. Good: Felt more comfortable using multiple time frames to confirm price action, taking partial profits at daily levels. Improvement: Could have added on the rejection of VWAP for quick scalp DIS (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade My failed short in DIS earlier ended up working exactly as expected so I ended up shorting as it failed to hold VWAP thinking we could break through LOD and to pre market lows. Stop just above consolidation at VWAP. R/R was poor here, more of a scalp. Improvement: Setup wasn’t great - shouldn’t be trading this here - but if I'm going to trade this I need to have a much better entry as R/R just wasn’t there. SDC (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - Breakdown Continuing to make lower highs and lower lows. Saw a big bid at 8.1 thinking we could see a nice breakdown, entry was a short as we rejected to bounce and hold above 8.18 level. Held that level and grinded back up slowly - stop at hold of VWAP. Overall I am ok with taking this loss, but entry could have been a little better in order to bring this to a break even trade. Opportunity: Could have gotten a better entry as we rejected at VWAP couple minutes before, with potential to add here. SDC (Trade #3)- Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Got stopped out of my trade and quickly realized this could be a reversal as SDC was pretty extended on the day (down 26%). Was just about to run out the door for work and realized I was probably Revenge/emotionally trading, but the R/R was great so I ended up taking it with .07c risk. Stopped out quickly was - .02c off from 3.7R trade. Improvement: Should have left my stop loss a little wider this would be categorized as "All Day Hold" - heard this in AverageJoeTraders "Trading The Trend pt. 2" webinar. Today's Review Although my P/L doesn't show it, I am feeling much better trading these days. I think a major part of it is journaling, and going through my plays every night. I am able to see my mistakes clearly. I am also recording my trading (2nd week) and its nice to see how market was moving when you are not participating but just watching from sidelines, major difference - think this will add alot of value. What I did well: Starting to see setups a little more clearly What I did poorly: Execution definitely needs work, I need to do a better job of fighting for price on the entry. What I need to do: Schedule more time video review, setup review, playbooking, watching other trading recaps, reading forum for all the brilliant content on there

Day 33 - Feb 24, 2020 16 Tickets 4 Symbols Green Day 1. SPY - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade SPY gap down 2.5% on Coronavirus fears, spreading to South Korea, Italy, Iran. Bounced up in the open and pulled back holding VWAP then bounced again. Took it long for 1.2 size on the next retest and hold, with stop loss on the break of VWAP. Thinking there is quite a bit of room to run on the upside . Got out half on the retest of previous level - stop loss adjusted to B/E, with potential to add on drops. Didn’t like the price action so adjusted to stop right below previous 1min consolidation and got stopped out - If I left it on it would rebound close to my target. Good: Disciplined taking half size as markets were a little wild in AM. Improvement: Adjusting my stops too much, first adjustment to B/E is ok - but after that I should leave it. Feel like I'm over-managing positions. 2. GOOS - Short - 1min - Failed Pop GOOS broke through 52wk low, had it on my watchlist and then saw someone in chat call it out. The play was a failed pop right at the daily level of 29. SPY was breaking down as well so thought we could see continuation lower. Consolidated briefly then popped through VWAP and previous high taking out my stop loss. Good: Happy that I cut losses. Improvement: Could have gotten a much better entry here right at VWAP - which would have gotten me close to 2R for potential profit and then breakeven on rest. 3. GOOS - Short - 1min - Chasing (VWAP Breakdown) Came back into VWAP and I was too biased ended up shorting the bottom tick hoping this would break through VWAP, with increasing selling pressure. Perfect example of where I should take a step back and wait for confirmation, took this too early which ended up forcing me to be defensive, instead I could have waited and realized this was a double bottom into a VWAP trend trade. Improvement: Can't be too biased, need step back and wait be patient, and wait for confirmation. Went against trend (Short above VWAP) Opportunity: Double bottom and hold off VWAP for a VWAP trend trade. 4. GILD - Long - 1min - Breakout / Breakout Pullback GILD was moving, and one of the only plays separate from overall market - biotech combating coronavirus. Was making higher lows and tested premarket level few times. Wanted to wait for a further pullback into VWAP but got FOMO didn’t want to miss the breakout. Got in and then consolidated doing nothing - dead play. (Notes: Seemed completely inverse the market, just like NNVC the day before) Improvement: Take it as a breakout once its confirmed, or wait for an actual pullback - I ended up trying to mix an entry and got FOMO for a poor setup. 5. ROKU - Short - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade + Scale In on Breakdown ROKU gapping through multi month support. Failed to make a higher high on the 2nd wave so I waited for entry. Bounced of premarket level and just above VWAP - took a short expecting VWAP to break as a VWAP Trend Trade (a little premature but had confirmation on lower highs and strong weakness in overall market.) Held around VWAP fake breakout and then shot down - covered half into next drop. Realized there was no reason to exit so I added another 2/3 size into the breakdown for a quick scalp into my profit target leaving partial on for break of previous high. Improvement: A little premature on the entry - but had a decent risk level to go off and overall market weakness. Need to work on taking profits a little later and waiting for my target. Opportunity: Definitely could have added on the fake breakout of VWAP. 6. ROKU - Short - 1min - Failed Pop ROKU Stopped me out and then came back up into VWAP - thought we would see the VWAP reject and break down shorted into. Didn’t have much time before I had to leave to work so I left on a little bit of a loose stop range order with target at previous low. Ended up getting a nice bottom tick cover at exact low. Good: Left it alone with stop order, worked out nicely although I was close to my stop. Opportunity: Possible add as it failed to hold VWAP Today's Review A little bit better today however still taking entries pre-maturely. What I did well: Position sizing and risk management What I did poorly: Little bit of FOMO and hoping rather than confirming What I need to do: Make more time for review of gameplan/stats/video

Day 32 - Feb 21, 2020 14 Tickets 3 Symbols Red Day 1. VIAC (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Failed Pop Was looking for continuation play on VIAC as it broke through LOD and yesterday's low. Plan here was to short into 28.83 level with stop as soon as we broke out for a small loss. Discipline wasn’t there, adjusted my stop to VWAP, didn’t cut my loss ended up breaking through and holding so I stopped out. Improvement: Discipline on cutting loss, adjusted my stop twice and paid for it. Also got in too early on the play, should have realized this support pop. 2. VIAC (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - Breakdown Saw a big bid at 27 and then 28.65 (9:44am) acting as a wall - wanted to see how it would react to the break. Ended up taking out the wall so I shorted 1/3 size with stop just above VWAP. Continued down and then came to another wall at 28.50 level - broke through and shorted another 2/3 on the breakdown with stop just above 28.6 level. Covered 1/3 on the top tick, as it rebounded up and took out my stop loss. Continued down and I took profits (un-planned), then looks like it made a doble bottom and higher low so I took majority off leaving a partial at breakeven in case we see continuation to downside. Good: Reading the tape seems to give me a nice confirmation for entry. Improvement: Should be waiting for a reason to exit, or taking partials at specific levels rather than getting scared and taking profits too soon. Little more room on the stop loss, break of stopping average? 3. WORK (Trade #1) - Long - 1min - Chasing (VWAP Trend Trade / Breakout) WORK up on news that UBER is starting to use Slack. Long biased. Had notes to watch the 29.35 daily level. Opened up weak then started to come back into VWAP, plan was to go long once it came back to test VWAP with a tighter risk - FOMO and went long with a starter - will be adding as we confirm break of 29.35. Came back down and consolidated right at VWAP, adjusted my stop on the break of consolidation with lower highs being put in and got stopped out. Improvement: Chased the entry which didn’t give me a great level for a stop. Also went against my trading game plan. 4. ROKU - Short - 1min - Chasing No reason for entry, shorted the consolidation as I heard it called out in the room - broke my rule and got stopped out at VWAP on the breakthrough. Noticed I am not following my plan and overtrading, told myself that I am Done for the day. (Additional Notes : Longer time frame on 5min looks like a double bottom, thinking this will break through VWAP, retest and then continue up to 123 for a VWAP trend trade. Exactly as I called it came back to VWAP and broke out. Didn’t take it - was in WORK.) Improvement: Over trading - Only take my plays in my game plan don’t go looking for chat room callouts every time you hear one - poor self-control. 5. WORK - Long - 5min - Chasing (Breakout) Was watching WORK as it was in play, looking for a possible re-entry. Went long as it looked like it broke the downtrend and decreasing selling volume on the 5 min, looking like it was making a higher low. Overall bullish on this with strong catalysts think we could retest highs. Stop is .30c - adjusted to breakeven as I leave for work Improvement: Over trading here, told myself I would stop and continued trading. Today's Review Not happy with my ability to stick to the game plan. Adjusting stops which is screwing with my stats as well as probability and profitability. Over trading when I know I shouldn't be, even write it down. What I did well: Starting to pick up a little more from LVL 2. What I did poorly: Sticking to game plan - too much random executions and adjustments. What I need to do: GAME PLAN, and take a step back from the screens, look at the bigger picture before entering any trade. Make more time for stats, video review

Thanks Rob, much appreciated! Although - still lots of work left. Noticing my journalling is quite tedious and taking a lot of time. Chart review inst a problem as I enjoy and find it very beneficial looking back and seeing the bigger picture (much harder to do so while actually in the trade). But where I am having trouble and looking for improvement is my excel journal with stats, entries, exits, P/L and so on as it is mostly manual. I have Edgewonk, but my importing doesn't seem to work so I have gone back to excel journalling. I have seen a few posts on here and elsewhere and have compiled all the stuff I like and made my own, however, would love to hear recommendations or any resources which are helpful.

Day 31 - Feb 20, 2020 16 Tickets 4 Symbols Red Day 1. SIX - Short - 1min - Failed Pop (Rising Devil) Cut dividend 70% and had terrible earnings. SSR - Down 20% premarket. Found a level at 30 in premarket. Bounces off then and then comes back to retest 30 into the open. Opened up but couldn’t break VWAP, flushed down and retested premarket level - held and bounced off - decided to take a starter position(1/4) as a Failed Pop/Rising devil trade. Shot up through VWAP didn’t cover right away wanted to see if it would hold - it did and I got out as soon as next candle formed - caught the top tick. Improvement: Did not follow my rules, price discovery is being hard coded to 5 min. 2. VIAC (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Breakdown Down over 15% on the secondary watchlist, missed the big drop down to 30 but was still weak and selling off. Saw large bid at 30.00 on lvl 2 - shorted into it with expectation for it to break through and continue to the downside, with stop just above previous candle high. Went my way and I ended up taking profits (1.6R) with no exit signal. In my mind was thinking to use break of trend line or break of Moving average as stop but panicked and covered at 2.5R as spy shot up and fear of giving back profits Good: Happy with the read on the entry, failed pop, heavy and increasing selling volume, read on lvl 2 selling through the large bid Improvement: Better exit strategy, beating a dead horse here but continuously cutting profits too early, and letting the losers ride. Know it but seems like not enough discipline to follow my rules. 3. VIAC (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - Failed Pop Covered my positions and it continued falling, Was looking for another entry on failed pop and got it - so shorted as it started to sell off again. Something to note was it tested through moving average which was a change in character. Had a hard stop just above but canceled it and executed manually which caused for more slippage. Good: Cut loser Improvement: Need to Follow game plan and be stricter with my stops - once share size comes up this small difference could make a major impact over many trades. 4. VIAC (Trade # 3) - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Covered on the double bottom and then it made it way into VWAP and consolidated as expected. Held and broke through on rising volume went long - put order to buy when it retests at 30.20 but ended up FOMO'ing and bought as it broke out. Bought the top. Clear resistance off the instraday daily level at 30.53 almost to the penny. Holding just below VWAP with larger selling vol - started to look bearish but I held my stop - which was just few ticks away. Ended up coming back up to my entry and just over - sold into it, thought of keeping the other half went to enter stop range order - entry mistake, and sold at market for minor profit (lucky mistake) Improvement: Felt like I was revenge trading and over trasing after taking a few losses. Wrote in notes I shouldn’t trade but did anyway. Not happy with that. 5. LB - Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback In play was news they were selling Victoria Secret, and CEO was stepping down. Down 15% at one point - missed the whole play and didn’t do daily levels research. Came right up to previous day vlow rejected and I went long on the breaking pullback. With tight stop in order to avoid the double top. Ended up stopping me out. Improvement: Didn't do my daily levels and that got me on this one. Way too late, need to take a step back and realize what has happened rathe then jumping in on a breakout pullback hoping for a rally through previous highs. 6. Z - Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback Z was strop off open - watching the premarket highs. Broke through PMH and held - buyers looked in control with soling buying volume coming in. Went long with tight stop just below consolidation at 64.65 level. Consolidated above the level and finally broke out to the upside - took 1/2 off way to early (1.4R) with no reason to exit. Then covered into over 2.5 and 3.8R as it pushed higher. Good: Like the patient entry here, risk is defined off that pre-market high level, held it nicely. Improvement: Could have managed the trade much better and started taking profits later closer to my target. Today's Review Overall it was an alright day. Notice there are a few plays where I should be getting much larger and that is when I have a defined risk/reward and stronger signals such as LVL 2 confirmation or around major daily levels - trade 2 (VIAC Trade #1) and Trade 6 (Z). What I did well: Couple of high probability, low risk entries which turned out to be decent winners. What I did poorly: Trade management, taking profits too early not letting the move play out. What I need to do: rec curing theme - need to go over my gameplan / playbook and set more strict rules around exits and setups taken.

Day 30 - Feb 19, 2020 18 Tickets 3 Symbols Red Day 1. AMD - Short - 1min - Failed pop (VWAP Rejection) AMD dropped and held moving average at open, came back up and thought we would reject VWAP and continue down. Got in with tight stop and small size. Ended up being a double bottom. Improvement: Noticing when I short into VWAP rejection many times stock rejects VWAP, comes back to make a higher low and makes double bottom (happened with TSLA yesterday 2nd trade). Be patient and wait for confirmation of VWAP rejection, and then retest- much higher probability. Also a poor R/R - overall this trade should not have been taken. 2. LK (Trade # 1)- Short - 1min - Breakdown Watching LK daily level of 40.3 a sit held and looked like failed pop. Shorted as it broke through with partial size looking to scale in once it confirms. Didn’t get the best fill so ended up taking half off into the drop. Looked like another failed pop so I added to my short at the break of the 1min low. Got to my stop and I adjusted to cover 1/3 instead of full - broke my rule and it cost me an additional 1R. Improvement: Have to stick to my risk rules, when you are wrong get out and re-asses market - DO NOT HOPE. Didn’t have a plan in place, no R/R calc. 3. LK (Trade #2) - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Was looking for another short entry thinking might reject VWAP, but realized we were testing and holding 40.3 level went long with stop just below. Was looking at 5min and seemed bearish so I got out on the spike up to the next resistance level. Good: I like my entry here, defined risk at daily level and holding VWAP and moving averages. Improvement: STICK TO MY PLAN - I have been cutting my profits way to early lately which have had a big impact on profitability. 4. ENPH (Trade #1) - Short - 1min - Failed Pop + Scale In Watching ENPH on way down, held VWAP deciding what it wanted to do. Was holding 54 and VWAP, noticed decent size bid on LVL 2 (will go back and review on weekend). As soon as it broke through it went straight down 2.5$. Missed the entry so waited for failed pop. Got in risking 0.5R with stop just above VWAP. Looked like it was selling off so I added an additional 1R as it broke previous 1 min low expecting it too work right away - took too much size on the add expecting it to work right away and scalp, didn’t work so took it off right away. Didn’t follow my plan to take partials off at previous level, HOPING it would continue. Ended up taking it off at breakeven at the circled executions. Improvement: Didn’t follow my game plan to take partials at previous level - gave back profits. Oversized on the drop as it seemed to be working - poor R/R at this point as I lowered my adjusted cost base. 5. ENPH (Trade #2) - Short - 1min - Breakdown (Chasing) Had 0.5R short still from first entry, and finally started working so I shorted another 0.5R into previous level with no exact target other then hoping it comes back down to market open (47). Ended up shorting the bottom and covered as soon as it broke previous consolidation. Improvement: Did not follow game plan - initial plan was to cover partial at this level (previous low) instead I added to my short. 6. ENPH (Trade 3 and 4)- Short - 1min - Failed Pops (Revenge and Overtrading) Started revenge trading and over trading trying to make some profits back. Went short on 2 entries trying to catch the top of the lower high - did not work what so ever. Improvement: Need to step away from the desk at this point, over trading with no R/R. Should not be taking these 2 trades - Today's Review Went to bed late = Poor sleep (5.5hr) and didn't do any research as I slept in. Noticed it in my trading. Frustrated and broke many MANY rules. What I did poorly: Did not stick to my game plan, Over traded, didn't do my pre-market research = trading blind. What I need to do: Stop treating this like a hobby. Goal this weekend is to re-vamp my whole trading game plan, look at stats and reduce/eliminate the setups I am doing poorly in and increase my successful setups.

Day 29 - Feb 15, 2020 21 Tickets 3 Symbols Red Day 1. + 2. TSLA - Short - 1min - Failed pop TSLA moving on Morgan Stanley upgrade ($1,200) and Elon in the news with Bill gates. Initially long bias - but seemed weak off the open. Short expecting a failed pop to work instantly - got stopped out right away with previous candle close as stop. Went in on another failed pop expecting VWAP to hold, stop just above. Hot key error - tried to cover 1/4 but sent a order to short more, covered right away. Price continued higher through VWAP for stop loss Good: Happy with 2nd entry - defined risk. Improvement: 1st entry was poor, way too early, was just hoping as this point. Need to fix hotkey - cover half ended up shorting 2x my position. 3. TSLA - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Realized this was a double bottom and end up getting on breakout and hold of VWAP - panic sold into the 845 daily. This was my idea before open - "watch for bounce of VWAP and hold, for VWAP trend trade on strength" didn’t let it play out. Improvement: MAJOR Scalp - this is absolutely embarrassing. Fear of giving back profits and having another losing trade so I take profits as soon as I'm in the green - this is brutal. Did not follow my game plan. Opportunity: Hold for my target to hit, and load up once tested 845 again - great entry point on confirmation. 4. WMT - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade. Weak holiday sales and online sales slowing. Dropped in pre-market then came right back up thinking we could see the same thing in the morning. Dropped then made its way up. Got in once VWAP broke, and held with stop just below. R/R was justified for a quick move. Took 1/2 off at previous consolidation and adjusted the other half to break even. A little conservative but wanted to claw back at some of the previous losses. Good: Liked using the break even hot key (Kyles Hotkeys) after taking the first partial. Think this could be a game changer going forward. 5. ROKU - Short - 1min - Failed Pop (Not on Watchlist) Saw it pop up in chat as it broke low of day. Waited for it to bounce and saw a good opportunity to short the failed pop. Chased the entrance a little, could have had a better entry for more size. Goal was to hold to daily level at 127.2, covered half into retest of daily low. Continued in my favor so added more to my short as heavy selling volume started coming in. Another hotkey error - shorted 2x position rather than cover half at my target - (script problem ever since I updated DAS). Ended up panicking with extra size so I took the rest off around my target. Good: Had the right idea, and added size on confirmation Improvement: Need to fix hotkey - cover half ended up shorting 2x my position. Hindsight 20/20 but if I didn’t add to my short, I should be saving 1/4 position to run past target. Today's Review Really starting to notice the impact that terrible risk management skills are having on my trading performance . 3 winning trades, 1 losing trade and I am in still in the whole due to my poor risk adjusted position sizing. Also noticing once I have a few losses (unnecessary) I am quite timid and start cutting profits too soon. What I did well: Cut my losses What I did poorly: Did not stick to my game plan, not being patient What I need to do: Slow things down...Revisit my trading game plan to adjust the setups, exits and entries. DO THIS EVERY MORNING, live by the gameplan.

Day 28 - Feb 14, 2020 7 Tickets 3 Symbols Green Day 1. CGC - Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback CGC up 23% on earnings beat and working on cutting costs. Strong move up and had a sell off moving into the open, then came back up into VWAP. Took a long position above VWAP and premarket support at 23.6 for breakout pullback / VWAP trend trade, with stop just below VWAP and target at pre market high level thinking we could continue up with a short squeeze. Broke through VWAP and got stopped out. Good: Followed my game plan and kept the loss small 2. TSLA - Long - 1min - ABCD (Scalp) TSLA announced price for 2Bn stock offer (767). Sold off in premarket and opened strong up to premarket highs. Dropped back to VWAP and held with increasing buying vol. Bought the breakout over previous consolidation with target high of day. Ended up scalping and selling into the breakout - sold off early in order to lock in some profits as I've had troubles with TSLA lately and sold the rest with break of low on 1min candle. Good: High probability setup - waiting for it to break on volume. Improvement: Taking profits to quickly, need to have confidence in my plays, should have waited for Profit target to hit 3. ROKU - Short - 1min - Breakdown (Scalp) ROKU gap up on strong earnings and strong guidance, broke through downtrend channel on daily. At the open, Sold off through 144.5 daily level and held 144 for a while. Failed to bounce and came through 144. Was thinking of a failed pop rejection of Moving Average, missed it and ended up taking short on the breakdown as heavy selling volume came in for a quick scalp. No exact R/R as it was a scalp Good: Took profits quick as scalp play isn't in my setup. Improvement: Would like to have this setup that way I have a target level planned for the scalp ahead of time. Today's Review Decent trading day, still taking profits too early but realizing that a scalp should be a scalp and getting out qick rather than hoping and turning it into a loss as I have in the past. What I did well: Cut my losses quickly What I did poorly: Didn't stick to my plan, fear came in and sold to early (TSLA). Need to fight for better prices. What I need to do: Revisit my trading game plan to adjust the setups, exits and entries.

Day 27 - Feb 13, 2020 11 Tickets 3 Symbol Red Day 1. KHC - Short - 1min - Breakdown (Not In Game Plan) KHC had earnings beat, but weak sales. Sold off hard at the open, followed my price discovery rule and didn’t trade it on way down. Was looking for a failed pop, which was right at the 28.2 daily level. Shorted full size on next candle with stop just above previous candle high, target at next daily level 27.3. Covered 1/3 and another 1/3 too early - no reason to exit…Took off final partials as it seemed to be bottoming. Improvement: There was opportunity for a better entry as soon as bar closed closer to 28.2. Need to have a better exit plan. 2. CSCO - Short - 1min - Failed Pop Weak forecast, stock was down 5% premarket. Was watching 47 as a major daily level - held at the open, but then broke through. Got short on a failed pop with stop just above 47 and target at next daily at 46. Went in my favor and had 2R but didn’t take profits. Good: Happy with the trade, good entry with minimized risk. Improvement: Could have taken some profits close to 2R as it formed a double bottom. 3. TSLA - Long - 1min - Breakout (x2) (Not In Game Plan) TSLA came out with offering but stock was strong. Was looking like an ABCD pattern forming, ended up taking long as it confirmed but got a bad fill right at the top of candle. Share size was too large that I didn’t have much breathing space and got stopped out right below consolidation. Did not follow my rule and got frustrated at that…revenge trade as it came right back up and thought this would be the breakout…once again reversed real quick and got stopped out as I was expecting it to work in my favor right away. Patience was the key here..wouldve ended up being a real nice trade, right idea terrible executions. Improvement: POSITION SIZE - need to account for volatility in order not to get faked out. Ended up taking 3x the loss as I should have due to poor emotional control, and poor risk management. Today's Review Emotions got the best of me here on TSLA. Got too excited, didn't account for position sizing and volatility which whipsawed me around and took me out when it could have been a nice trade. Fatigue and poor sleep (drinking) could have had an impact on ability to control myself. What I did poorly: Control emotions What I need to do: Incorporate a checklist for every trade before going in - limit my FOMO plays.

Day 26 - Feb 12, 2020 15 Tickets 1 Symbol Green Day 1. LYFT - Short - 1min - Failed Pop LYFT earnings beat but kept guidance unchanged, investors were looking for more following UBERs shortened timeline to profitability. Was thinking long at the open off the 50 daily level - but failed to push and hold through VWAP with upper wicks rejecting. Got short 1/2 size with previous high as stop, target 2R+. Bounce off previous level and shorted as it continued into VWAP expecting to reject - confirmed rejection could be a good idea to add more risk. Went to cover fat fingered a sell - instant cover for break even. Started covering into 2R+. Good: Instant cover on mistake entry, although would have been profitable it’s a good habit. Improvement: Need to have better exit strategy - too many unplanned covers. 2. LYFT - Short - 1min - Breakdown (Not in Game Plan) Was watching waiting to see if it would have another leg down thinking could be putting in a Bear Pennant on the 5 min, with decreasing volume. Shorted 1/3 size as broke through consolidation level on rising selling volume. Consolidated briefly at that exact level and continued down, short another 2/3 size looking for it to test previous low at 48.55 with stop just above previous consolidation. Ended up getting lucky (1c away from stop) but covered as It seemed like could be a double bottom and I had to head out to work. Good: Cut loser for small loss. Improvement: Terrible R/R heading into this - should not have taken this trade based on R/R <2. Today's Review Green day, felt good sticking to one ticker. Right ideas, but unplanned exits - would like to have a better exit plan. What I did poorly: Poor R/R on 2nd trade What I did well: Nice entry and scaling in when it was confirmed. What I need to do: Review my Trading Game plan, Stats. PUT THE TIME IN. Treating it like a hobby right now.......

Day 25 - Feb 11, 2020 14Tickets 3 Symbols Green Day 1. UAA - Long - 1min - ORB2 (Not In Game Plan) Weak earnings and guiding lower sales, down over 15%. Short biased, got FOMO and shorted break of 17 premarket support - shorted too early and broke my rule of not waiting for price discovery (5m). Ended up shorting the bottom and covering half just as it broke 17.1 daily level. Left other half on, and then added and covered as it moved just into breakeven thinking it might hold previous low. Improvement: Need to follow my rules - 5min price discovery minimum. 2. UAA - Long - 1min - Failed Pop Shorted too early the first time, so waited for a failed pop on declining buying vol. Shorted just over 17 level expecting a break toward 16.55 daily level. Covered partials at 2R and then some more at just over 3R, Left the rest to stop out at break even. Good: Patience on the entry, nice planned short after reassessing my initial entry. improvement: Taking profits to early - Could have left my initial stop loss on and waited for price to hit my target later in the session. 3. S - Long - 1min - Breakout (Not In Game Plan) Sprint up 75% + on merger deal with Tmobile, was thinking this could break and retest pre market highs at 8.5. Long on the breakout with stop just below consolidation level. Ended up being a fake breakout and went consolidated I adjusted stop and got out as It looks like it was breaking down. Canceled stop loss and executed manually, stop loss wasn’t working caused some slippage Improvement: Overall poor trade. Can't be chasing the breakout especially on an initial R/R of under 1. This should not have been a trade taken. 4. AMD - Long - 1min - Breakout Pullback AMD breaking ATHs, took it on a pullback into the 54 level with stop just below and target at 50c+ selling on rallies. Covered 1/4 as it retested previous highs and then 1/4 on next leg up, and another 1/4 as it retest the previous high level. Good: Food patient entry with defined risk Improvement: Need to have a better exit strategy for ATH trades, as I got lucky on these low R/R partial exits. Today's Review Overall green day, but still making sloppy errors. Chasing and FOMO plays What I did poorly: FOMO and chasing What I did well: Couple of nice entries What I need to do: Review my Trading Game plan.

Day 24 - Feb 10, 2020 32 Tickets 5 Symbols Red Day - Max Loss 1. PINS - Short - 1min - VWAP Rejection (Chasing) 2nd day play, Huge gap and fail at earnings. Saw it drop right to 24.05 daily level and was initially thinking long at support. Started bouncing and I has huge FOMO to shorted in anticipation of VWAP rejection with stop just above VWAP and a little room. Ended up holding my loser and not cutting. Improvement: DO NOT FOMO - Wait for price discovery and let the setup form. Terrible trade management, Need to cut losses quickly, especially off a poor setup. 2. UBER - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Beat estimates and guiding to be profitable by end 2020. Broke through previous day high of 41 and came back down to test VWAP, bought into VWAP bounce and added once it confirmed and broke through 41 again. Volume dried up and I panicked and took a few partials off, and continued taking off until previous high which was initial target. 3. AAPL - Long - 1min - VWAP Trend Trade Was on secondary watch, strong push at open, then came back down and tested 317 level (VWAP and previous consolidation). Went long as it broke through previous candle high with loss of VWAP and previous candle low as stop. Went in my favor and I started selling to soon - fear of giving back profits from previous. Sold into high of day thinking could reject and come back down to VWAP. Did exactly that, would've been another great VWAP bounce off similar level - but I had to leave for work. Good: Happy with entrance on confirmation vs trying to catch bottom. Improvement: Need to have a more defined exit plan. R/R based on previous high was poor. 4. LB - Long - 1min - Chasing (Ascending Triangle - Not In Game Plan) Ascending triangle was called out in chatroom, looked like it had potential holding over VWAP with room to run on the upside. Ended up being a false breakout and got rejected real quick by moving average. Had hope this would hold at VWAP - no hold so I exited. Ended up fat fingering a hotkey and shorting/covering ax extra tier at the end (break even on mistake). Improvement: Need to stick to my own watch-list. Got excited and over traded off of someone's call - DO NOT DO THIS. 5. TSLA - Short - 1min - Failed Pop (Not In Game Plan) TSLA has been very active, short biased going in as seems overextended but realize this can squeeze hard. Was watching the 787 daily level - held a few times and finally broke. Shorted 1R at failed pop but ended up chasing it down for a poor entry, stop just above previous high. Price went against me and quickly stopped me out just over 787 (level held and ended up being a good call, just too early - Opportunity would be short once 85 is rejected and breaks the previous support) Good: Had the right idea just got in too early and chased a poor setup that’s not in my game plan. Improvement: Need to be patient, let it play out. Today's Review Took 2 weeks off and definitely felt it. Wasn't as sharp mentally, and felt quite a bit slower. Discipline wasn't there - seems as if i was over excited to be trading again and didn't follow game plan. Lots to catch up on. What I did poorly: FOMO/Over trading, not waiting for my setups, position sizing, few hotkeys mistakes What I did well: Stick to my max stop loss rule and not trade after. What I need to do: Have a much better plan for next time I am away. REPLAY - get replay going in order to multiply experience.