Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 13, 2020 3-13-20 AIS 0755, 6 hours, 6/10 PAT: PB#3 A or A+ Live Only. Over-trading. Stick to the screen. OXY PB#1 10min ORB, a reverse ABCD back to the 9 on the 1min. Failed -1R WORK PB#2 First entry short on the retrace to VWAP, As I got into this trade one of my trading partners went long. I should have scalped it but instead let it come back and stopped myself out at BE from fear of it going against me (with my trading partner long into the position). Lesson learned to stick with my plan. PB#3 Second trade. After this went the way I thought it would I was able to get another entry at hr return to the 9ema on the 2min risking the middle of the 9 and 20 on the 5min. Scalped for a not so quick +1R Third trade was the same except I got stopped out for -1R PB#3 Fourth trade. Back from lunch and looking at new setups. Found this again except this time we are trending up. Once it pulled back past the 9 on the 5min and came back through I went long for the trend. After the first and second partial I was looking to add back in but missed my entry twice talking too much and not paying enough attention. Took two more partials and at this point I left myself with too little share to partial anymore so I added in when I got the chance and closed the day at the top with 3 seconds left. +3R Cons: Did not pay enough attention to my last trade but also trying not to micromanage it. Let chat get the better of me with emotional trading. Had too many stocks on my watch list. Pros: Took most of the trades when I called them out (trusting myself a little more) PB Trade: WORK fourth trade and first trade not letting it stop me at BE Rs: +3R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 15, 2020 3-9 to 3-13-20 What I did bad this week: Technical Errors: Miscalculated R/R on one trade Trade management: Did not pay enough attention when the trade was close to my adds and partials. Missed a scalp when I knew I should have taken it. Did not follow my plan on one trade. Jumped the gun and chased, one of each. Was still tired at the open on Tuesday Too many tickers on my watch list What I did good this week: Respected my in trade and daily stops. Did not over-trade. Doing better on my call outs and taking more of my trades Only too PB#3 live Reading the tape well on focused days Adjusted in-trade trading plan for the current choppy market taking more partials and scalping more. Staying in control of my emotions for most of my trades Changes to be made this upcoming week: Work on my Trend Scalps as Scalps and not long term Trends Rules to stick by this upcoming Week: After I call it a day by either MAX Loss, Profit Target or what I am comfortable with, only use the rest of the day for Chat, Journal, Playbook ect. In-Trade and Daily Stops Do Not chase or revenge trade Live Only one loosing trade before 1100 Challenges for myself this upcoming Week: Only A or better setups at time of trade On mic trades only with my small group if available Take a planned break at 1100 or 1200 for other Bus. @ 0905 do some exercise and then meditate to calm myself Stay unbiased Notes: Rules are not to be broken, these will cost money every time My Challenges are almost as important as my Rules, Pay attention to them If I feel overtired I will try going back to bed and coming back to Trend Trades later.... Goals and Rewards: +20Rs or more at end of the month to consider trading with more size in the future two months +12.3R for the week 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 16, 2020 3-16-20 AIS 0800, 3.5 hours, 6/10 PAT: Pay more attention without micro managing. PB#3 Live only. JD PB#3 Trending the 9 on the 2, risking the 20 on the 2. Took 50% at 2R, added 1/2 then all out. 2nd trade in again on the 9ema on 2min, took the scalp as I had to get fabric together and answer work texts. 3rd trade. This time waited for the 9ema on the 5min. Took it when it pulled back through the 9 and the return. Stopped out on the new 15min low. +1.8R Cons: lots of distractions costing me money as I did not give the market my full attention Pros: Took the trades when I called them out PB Trade: JD Rs: +1.8R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 17, 2020 3-17-20 AIS 0805, 6 hours, 6/10 PAT: A little fatigued right now, will see at the open. PB#3 only. Over-trading MRNA PB#3 Trending the 9ema on the 1min enter on the pullback to the 9ema. Didnt quite make my first partial and came back to stop me out at my new stop (original stop was below the 20ema and let it follow). This was my one loosing trade before 1100 so the rest is SIM -0.4R JD PB#3 All three are all based on the 9ema trend on the 2min and no new 15 min low. These were all intended as scalps but never got there. All positions even though SIM were kept small -2R Cons: Pros: took trades as they are called out Rs: -2.4R Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 18, 2020 3-18-20 AIS 1325, 6 hours, 7/10 Notes: Last night was the last night for Tabby and Is work until COVID-19 is no longer a national threat. We are lucky enough that we are both management and will continue to get paid a good portion of our wages (never the less this will be a big hit for us). Tabby being the GM for her company has had to call many people to let them know they were all being laid off with a two week severance. So to say the least we are pretty much exhausted as this is not an easy thing to do. PAT: Over-trading. PB#3 Live only. CCL PB#3 PB#7 This setup presented itself as soon as I got on and therefor I was unable to give it the attention before I took the trade so I went in with 1/2 position. Took profit at 1R and 3R then added the unrealized profit for a BE stop. +1.4R SDS PB#3 My way of shorting the SPY. Took it at the 9ema on the 2min and with confirmation I added on. Took 50% off and tried to add on againg but it took me out at BE. +0.6R Cons: Jumped the gun on the first trade as I did not have enough info, but I did take a very small size Pros: took the trades when they presented themselves Rs: +1.8R 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 19, 2020 3-19-20 AIS 0755, 7 hours, 7/10 PAT: Over-trading (no speculation). PB#3 only live trades. only 1 loosing trade before 1100 MRNA PB#3 two trades, first live looser and second sim looser First trade based on the 9ema on the 1min. Bad entry as I was chasing and stopped out at the 20ema on the 1min. -1.2R Second trade based on the 9ema on the 2min. added on during the chop for a move to 35.00. It completely puked and shook me out. -3.2R -4.4R SOXL PB#3 trend scalp on spy action. this is also sim as I do not usually trade this ETF +1.2R SBUX PB#3 Sim as I did not like the speed of the puke During the puke I though it was a shake out and entered late with my stop down at 60.75 which was too far away for my liking so I moved it to 61.20 and got stopped out which turned out to be a bad idea as the end of market I would have come very close to BE -0.5R Cons: Chased first trade and did not have a hard stop on the second Pros: Took the setups and add on MRNA according to my in-trade rules Rs: -3.7R Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 20, 2020 3-20-20 AIS 0800, 6.5 hours, 6.5/10 PAT: Chasing. Placing hard stops. Only PB#3 in live. TEVA first two trades were PB#1 in SIM -1.3R two min orb failed and a reentry for a 5min orb. took partials on the way down and stopped myself out with a manual trailing stop at previous partial +3.2R PB#3 Live third trade live. Trending the 9ema on the 2min with initial risk above VWAP. Once it chopped and the MAs dropped to the 5min I reset mt stop to a new 15min high. Stopped out. -0.5R PB#3 Live Trending the 9ema on the 5min. partial and an accidental add then took a partial right away. AND I did the same thing again, arghhhhh. (I have been distracted with other things and I need to be very carefull). took another partial on price action change.) All out a new 15min high. I flipped the position in SIM and let it come back to BE. I told myself to take the partial at .49 but I hesitated and lost the profit +2.6R Cons: Slight mismanagement on an add and the scalp on the reversal Pros: pretty much stuck with one stock for the day and found a few trades in it Rs: +4R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 21, 2020 3-916 to 3-20-20 What I did bad this week: Technical Errors: Wrong hotkey twice in one trade. Forgot to put a hard stop in place and the price dropped fast costing money. Trade management: Missed an add when I called for it. Missed a scalp when I knew I should have taken it. Jumped the gun and chased, one of each. Letting personal distractions get in the way of my trading costing money What I did good this week: Respected my in trade and daily stops. Did not over-trade. Took most trades on all of the days that I was calling out Only too PB#3 live Reading the tape well on focused days Adjusted in-trade trading plan for the current choppy market taking more partials and scalping more. Staying in control of my emotions for most of my trades Changes to be made this upcoming week: Work on my Trend Scalps as Scalps and not long term Trends Rules to stick by this upcoming Week: After I call it a day by either MAX Loss, Profit Target or what I am comfortable with, only use the rest of the day in SIM unless it is an A+ setup then only give back what is in my plan In-Trade and Daily Stops Do Not chase or revenge trade Live Only one loosing trade before 1100 Challenges for myself this upcoming Week: Only A or better setups at time of trade On mic trades only with my small group if available Take a planned break at 1100 or 1200 for other Bus. @ 0905 do some exercise and then meditate to calm myself Stay unbiased Notes: Rules are not to be broken, these will cost money every time My Challenges are almost as important as my Rules, Pay attention to them Goals and Rewards: +20Rs or more at end of the month to consider trading with more size in the future two months +1R for the week 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 23, 2020 3-23-20 AIS 0800, 7 hours, 7/10 PAT: PB#3 Live. Find one active ticker and focus on it for the day. GILD is my first choice for my all day stock. MGM this was my second choice but at the time GILD was not giving me any signals or entry PB#1 15min ORB failed to my stop at VWAP -1R GILD PB#3 Trending the 9ema on the 2min and failing to break the PM Low. There is also a reverse ABCD on the 5min. after consolidation for a bit it fell giving me partials and adds along the way. My adds were always 1/2 of the shares I had left and my partials were 25% Room4Improvement: I should have added more on my adds as the action was going as planned. These should have increased to atleast my original share price or even more. (chapter 9 of the Playbook, Trader Wus syndrom. +5R GILD PB#7 to PB#3 2nd new 15min hi, new 30min hi, 1 and 2min EMAs crossed and sloping to the 50ma, RSI on 15 was 19.1. Called this out way ahead of time but was back and forth to the desk so I caught this a bit late. Partials and adds should be self explanatory +4R Cons: Happy with the adds and partials as in where they were but not on the size (GILD 1st trade) Pros: Took the trades, partials and adds when called out PB Trade: GILD Rs: +8R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 24, 2020 3-24-20 AIS 0805, 7 hours, 7/10 PAT: ONE Stock once I find it. PB#3 Live only. MGM PB#2 Bounce off VWAP and broke a 11.05 L2 level failed to below VWAP -1R GILD Rev. ABCD Failed to C -1R PB#3 To early of a trend of the 9ema on the 5min failed at VWAP -1.4R PB#3 took it at the return to the EMAs on the 5min and failed below VWAP with an explosive move taking me below my Stop -1.8R MGM PB#3 trending the 9ema took a nibble in sim and when it came down to .40 took it live (and accidentally took 1/3 share size) and got out of sim right after. was able to grab two small partials before the dump and all out. +0.4R PB#7 Marked Chart +3.6R Cons: Over-traded the morning Taking trades outside of my playbook. Pros: Feeling more confidant in my PB#3 and PB#7 trades PB Trade: MGM PB#7 Rs: -0.2R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 3-25-20 AIS 0805, 7.5 hours, 7/10 PAT: Only PB#s 1,3 or 7. No over-trading. A+ setups only. PB#3 Live only BA PB#1 Using PM L2 and Daily at 14.00 went long on the bounce. Partial I tried at top of candle but price fell fast. All out at loss of 14.00 Reversed on same PM, I forgot to reset my size for my stop so it reversed the position by half size. I wanted to short it at 13.93 but missed it and was talking to my trading buddys how I missed it till I looked at my open trades LOL guess it was meant to be. Then I made a mistake when I added to the short and corrected it. Took a partial at PML and 11.75 on the stall of Tape. Added at PC took off original position. Tried another add at PML and all out on the fail. PB#7 Mistake was made when I entered in at 1030 for 12.80. As per my PB#7 I should wait for a pull back to the EMAs. This would have kept me in the trade for a long run and a bunch more profit. After this trade I scalped successfully and not so. and on to the reversal shorts. +4.8R Cons: Over-traded a bit at the end with the scalps Pros: Was able to recompose myself for a good short PB Trade: Document PB#7 Rs: +4.8R Edited March 25, 2020 by Glenn Budde 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 26, 2020 3-26-20 AIS 0800, 7 hours, 7/10 PAT: Trading outside of my PB#s 3, 7 or opportunity scalps Arghh... Over-trading, taking scalps outside of my playbook costing me money Charts do the explaining Cons: over-trading, took plays outside of my playbook Pros: Got a great entry on my PB#3 first trade Rs: -1.8R 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 3-27-20 AIS 0810, 7 hours, 7/10 PAT: OVER-TRADING. outside of playbook I will mark up the charts and post later... MU AZN Cons: Jumping the gun on entries and exits Pros: Not hesitating on acting on my call outs Rs: All this for +0.8R Edited March 28, 2020 by Glenn Budde Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glenn Budde 356 Posted March 29, 2020 3-23 to 3-27-20 What I did bad this week: Technical Errors: Wrong hotkey once Trade management: Jumped the gun in the early market Over-trading: Tried several scalps at end of day that were not part of my playbook and or trades that were not in playbook on 4 of the days What I did good this week: Respected my in trade and daily stops. Took most trades on all of the days that I was calling out Only took PB#3 or PB#7 live Feeling more confidant in my PB#s 3 and 7 Reading the tape well on focused days Adjusted in-trade trading plan for the current choppy market taking more partials and scalping more. Staying in control of my emotions for most of my trades Changes to be made this upcoming week: Work on playbook trades that I may need to scalp when Tape is slow or not doing what I anticipate Rules to stick by this upcoming Week: 1. After I call it a day by either MAX Loss, Profit Target or what I am comfortable with, only use the rest of the day in SIM unless it is an A+ setup then only give back what is in my plan 2. In-Trade and Daily Stops 3. Do Not chase or revenge trade 4. PB#s 3 and 7 are only to be taken Live unless Rule#1 5. Only A or better setups at time of Live trade Challenges for myself this upcoming Week: On mic trades only with my small group if available Take a planned break at 1100 or 1200 for other Bus. @ 0905 do some exercise and then meditate to calm myself Stay unbiased Notes: Rules are not to be broken, these will cost money every time My Challenges are almost as important as my Rules, Pay attention to them Goals and Rewards: +20Rs or more at end of the month to consider trading with more size in the future two months +11.6R for the week 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
