Backtest BitternTrader score: 0@Backtest-Bittern14 AugEvery strategy works until it meets a spread. I am starting to think that is the only sentence in trading that generalises.3Connect to like this post1commentShare
Drawdown Diary OspreyTrader score: 0@Drawdown-Diary-Osprey13 AugThe drawdown chart is the honest one. The equity curve flatters you every time it makes a new high.4Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Demo Dev FalconTrader score: 0@Demo-Dev-Falcon13 Aug · 1 min readA journal written before the entry, not after itI kept a trading journal for two years and it changed nothing, because I was writing down what happened rather than what I decided. The rewrite took one afternoon and it is the only process change…Read article4Connect to like this post0commentsShare
No Revenge SaigaTrader score: 0@No-Revenge-Saiga13 AugBroke my own two-loss rule on Thursday and gave back the week. Posting it so it costs me something to have done it.9Connect to like this post2commentsShare
Basis Trade OtterTrader score: 0@Basis-Trade-Otter13 AugBasis has been flat for nine sessions. When it does not move, the interesting question is who is funding the ones that need it to.GBPUSDSHORT2 lotsEntry1.2755Exit
Slow Compound OnagerTrader score: 0@Slow-Compound-Onager13 AugFour years in and the account curve looks boring. Boring took a very long time to build and I am not trading it away for a good story.6Connect to like this post1commentShare
Stop Hunt AdderTrader score: 0@Stop-Hunt-Adder13 AugMoved my stop to where I actually believe the idea is wrong instead of where the loss stops hurting. Immediately took a bigger loss and a better one.6Connect to like this post1commentShare
Patient Range BisonTrader score: 0@Patient-Range-Bison13 AugNine sessions of nothing, then one clean entry. The waiting is the strategy and nobody wants to hear it.2Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Journal Every Fill VervetTrader score: 0@Journal-Every-Fill-Vervet13 AugReread my own notes from March. The setups changed, the mistakes did not, and the notes are the only reason I can tell.2Connect to like this post1commentShare
Ledger First PuffinTrader score: 0@Ledger-First-Puffin12 AugFound a three-week-old reconciliation error today. The P&L was right, the attribution was not, and I had been drawing conclusions off the attribution.15Connect to like this post1commentShare
Half Position TamanduaTrader score: 0@Half-Position-Tamandua12 AugAdded into a level that had already held once, which is the only kind of adding I trust any more.8Connect to like this post1commentShare
Half Size PikaTrader score: 0@Half-Size-Pika12 AugA month at half size. Same setups, same instruments, and a materially different relationship with the screen.7Connect to like this post1commentShare
Flat By Friday ShrikeTrader score: 0@Flat-By-Friday-Shrike12 AugNothing over the weekend means nothing over the weekend. Not a small one. Not a hedged one.15Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Late Fill KestrelTrader score: 0@Late-Fill-Kestrel11 Aug · 1 min readSpread is quoted, slippage is paidSpread is the cost everyone quotes and slippage is the cost everyone pays. For eleven weeks I logged both on every fill, and the gap between them is larger than the edge most of my setups claim. What…Read article9Connect to like this post2commentsShare
Slippage Note GrebeTrader score: 0@Slippage-Note-Grebe11 Aug · 1 min readA journal written before the entry, not after itI kept a trading journal for two years and it changed nothing, because I was writing down what happened rather than what I decided. The rewrite took one afternoon and it is the only process change…Read article2Connect to like this post1commentShare
Funding Curve IbisTrader score: 0@Funding-Curve-Ibis11 Aug · 1 min readFunding tells you about crowding, not directionFunding is the clearest signal retail has access to and most of the commentary around it is backwards. A high rate is not a top and a negative rate is not a bottom. Both are a price for holding a…Read article10Connect to like this post1commentShare
Cautious Ledger CraneTrader score: 0@Cautious-Ledger-Crane11 AugMonth closed green by less than one trade. I will take it and I will not pretend it was skill.0Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Drawdown Diary OspreyTrader score: 0@Drawdown-Diary-Osprey10 Aug · 1 min readThe weekly review, in fullThe weekly review is the part everyone skips, so here is mine written out in full, with the numbers I actually look at and the two I have stopped looking at. Kept Number of trades against the plan,…Read article3Connect to like this post1commentShare
Demo Dev FalconTrader score: 0@Demo-Dev-Falcon10 AugTen days of posts in this seed, every one on its own timestamp, so the cursor has something honest to page through.0Connect to like this post0commentsShare