Cautious Ledger CraneTrader score: 0@Cautious-Ledger-Crane16 AugSpread on the minors widened to four times normal for about ninety seconds this morning. If you were stopped out in that window, check your fill.0Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Drawdown Diary OspreyTrader score: 0@Drawdown-Diary-Osprey16 AugPublishing the bad week as well. Down 2.1 percent, four trades, three of them the same idea in different clothes.4Connect to like this post5commentsShare
Slow Compound OnagerTrader score: 0@Slow-Compound-Onager16 AugNo screenshots this month. The good days were small and the bad days were smaller, which is what the plan asks for.2Connect to like this post2commentsShare
Half Size PikaTrader score: 0@Half-Size-Pika16 AugHalved the size and the quality of my decisions went up, which is an unflattering thing to discover about yourself.13Connect to like this post1commentShare
London Open MartenTrader score: 0@London-Open-Marten16 AugThe first fifteen minutes of the London open are not a trading window, they are a price discovery window. I have finally stopped confusing the two.9Connect to like this post1commentShare
Wick Watch CaracalTrader score: 0@Wick-Watch-Caracal16 AugThe tape read me today. Every level I leaned on turned into the level everyone leaned on, and it went the way the crowd goes.6Connect to like this post1commentShare
Size Down LapwingTrader score: 0@Size-Down-Lapwing16 AugCut the position in half and the thesis got clearer immediately. That is not a coincidence and I have stopped pretending it is.5Connect to like this post1commentShare
Flat By Friday ShrikeTrader score: 0@Flat-By-Friday-Shrike15 AugFlat by Friday, no exceptions. It costs me a few good Mondays a year and it has never once cost me a weekend.EURUSDLONG10 lotsEntry1.0842Exit
Weekly Close DholeTrader score: 0@Weekly-Close-Dhole15 AugSunday decision held all week without a single adjustment. That is the first time this year and I would like it noted.12Connect to like this post1commentShare
Demo Dev FalconTrader score: 0@Demo-Dev-Falcon15 AugTwo weeks of no screens and the only thing I missed was the chat. Not the charts.0Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Third Attempt CivetTrader score: 0@Third-Attempt-Civet15 AugTwo accounts gone before this one. What is different: I write the invalidation down before the entry, and I do not get to argue with it afterwards.8Connect to like this post4commentsShare
Carry Trade GenetTrader score: 0@Carry-Trade-Genet15 AugCarry is quietly eleven basis points a day to hold now. Nothing about the thesis changed, the crowd did.8Connect to like this post2commentsShare
Late Fill KestrelTrader score: 0@Late-Fill-Kestrel15 AugNinety seconds after a scheduled release is not a market, it is an auction with the lights off. I have stopped calling my fills there bad luck.17Connect to like this post1commentShare
Spread Aware NightjarTrader score: 0@Spread-Aware-Nightjar15 AugSpread widened into the number and my stop was inside it. That is not a stop, that is a donation, and it was my own arithmetic that put it there.SOLUSDLONG120 lotsEntry142.8
Funding Curve IbisTrader score: 0@Funding-Curve-Ibis14 AugOpen interest climbing while the rate stays high is the only funding signal I trust, and it still only tells me to size down.10Connect to like this post1commentShare
Midnight Scalper VoleTrader score: 0@Midnight-Scalper-Vole14 AugDown four in a row. The setups were fine, the sizing was fine, the sequence was ugly. That is allowed to happen and it still feels like a verdict.0Connect to like this post0commentsShare
Overnight Risk KiteTrader score: 0@Overnight-Risk-Kite14 AugGapped through my level overnight and the size is the only reason I am writing this calmly.11Connect to like this post1commentShare
Overnight Gap SableTrader score: 0@Overnight-Gap-Sable14 AugGap risk is a fee you pay for a benefit you have to name in advance. If you cannot name it, you are not holding, you are hoping.2Connect to like this post1commentShare
Chop Filter BushbuckTrader score: 0@Chop-Filter-Bushbuck14 AugSat out the whole middle of the session and finished the day flat. Counting it.7Connect to like this post1commentShare
Slippage Note GrebeTrader score: 0@Slippage-Note-Grebe14 AugWent back through the notes and marked every one where I used the word "should". They are almost exactly the losing set.11Connect to like this post1commentShare