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Re: Michael's (zlabis) Journal [The Magician]

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Wed. Jun 03, 2015

Screen time FO + LO-session 8:00 - 09:30 (GMT+2) M1 DAX only - LIVE

Trade 10/20-12:
FO started a bit choppy and that breakout long (Trade 10/20-12) simply failed

Trade 11/20-12 + 2 add ons:
After that previous failed breakout, I was able to catch the start of the complete down impulsive-corrective-impulsive cycle. I added on at small down fruit and at next AIMS level. I exited add ons correctly above green gator but waited much too long with closing initial trade, so DS = 0 for that campaign. I wanted to be super-clever :-|

Trade 12/20-12:
A promising S1 showed up while previous trade (Trade 11/20-12) was still running. It didn't work out and got stopped at initial SL.

Trade 13/20-12:
Good up fruit with add on far away from init trade. AtLO it broke out in direction of the positions therefore I didn't exit at following down-fruit. Actually, I exited both positions as price closed below green gator.

Trade 14/20-12:
Good counter fruit right after LO which is a promising position for reversal. So I took it while prev. trade was still running. After its first, strong down-move, it went into correction where I left initial SL untouched, so I survived that choppy, range-bound period which lasted about 15 minutes. I took me a bit of mental effort to stay calm and relaxed and not exiting that trade prematurely but it payed off. I didn't add on because I was not too convinced that choppy price action was over, but it's ok. I exited at upper AIMS level.

Trade 15/20-12:
S1 during choppy area and while short trade was still running, As Box was very big, I decided to place SL below gator, where it got hit.


Trade 10/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 16.0, Result = - 11.6 Pips
Trade 11/20-12: DS = 0, SL = 12.7 + 7.1 + 9.2, Result = - 14.5 + 14.8 + 12.8 = + 13.1 Pips
Trade 12/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 13.4, Result = - 13.9 Pips
Trade 13/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 10.7 + 26.3, Result = + 6.4 - 20.9 = - 14.5 Pips
Trade 14/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 18.6, Result = 31.7 Pips
Trade 15/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 19.4, Result = - 19.4 Pips
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Today's result: - 14.6 Pips, DS = 5 / 6, 1.50 hrs
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Thu. Jun 04, 2015

Screen time FO + LO-session 8:00 - 10:00 (GMT+2) M1 DAX only - LIVE

Today was a long session. I started, as usually at Frankfurt open, which offered some nice trading opportunities with good results.

LO was a bit more tricky. After LO breakout to the down-side it went into range bound, choppy phase before it proceeded further down. As initial down move (Trade 17/20-12) went clearly into stage 3, I closed that campaign according to my exit rules.

During the mentioned chops, I took some rents (Trade 18/20-12 and Trade 20/20-12) before it broke out nicely with me on board with fruit short trade (Trade 19/20-12) which turned out to be the winner of the day. Unfortunately I didn't add on due to protective reasons. After a strong down-push with 3 candles, there showed up a long-fruit which I took (Trade 1/20-13) while the short trade was still running.

Overall I'm happy with my trading today because I followed my rules disciplinedly and was therefore able to pull out some good Pips. Had a bit problems with my MT4 platform. There was some heavy slippage and order-handling was lagging as well which made trading during choppy but volatile period after LO a bit tricky.

Trade 16/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 16.6 + 12.9 + 22.8; Result = + 8.5 + 17.0 - 3.8 = + 21.7 Pips
Trade 17/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 14.9 + 19.3, Result = + 3.6 + 18.7 = + 22.3 Pips
Trade 18/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 24.5 + 24.2, Result = - 5.0 - 24.2 = - 29.2 Pips
Trade 19/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 13.6, Result = + 72.1 Pips
Trade 20/20-12: DS = 1, SL = 17.8, Result = - 17.8 Pips
Trade 1/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 10.1, Result = -12.4 Pips
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Today's result: + 56.7 Pips, DS = 6 / 6, 2.00 hrs
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Re: Michael's (zlabis) Journal [The Magician]

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Fri. Jun 05, 2015

Screen time FO + LO-session 8:30 - 09:30 (GMT+2) M1 DAX only - LIVE

Came in a bit late today so missed "our" FO reversal setup which had worked out nicely.

As soon I opened my charts 30 minutes after FO, there was no clear direction present but there were some setups which I took (Trade 2, 3 and 4/20-13).

At LO breakout attemps in both direction failed (Trade 5 and 6/20-13) and I unfortunately missed that good up fruit at 10:07 chart-time which was the only proper signal so far. After I tried another down fruit (Trade 7/20-13) my daily SL was more than hit and my mental barrier was hit as well so I quitted.

Trade 2/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 24.1 + 12.6 + 20.5, Result = 0.0 + 11.3 - 2.6 = + 8.7 Pips
Trade 3/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 12.7, Result = - 12.7 Pips
Trade 4/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 10.0, Result = - 10.0 Pips
Trade 5/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 22.8, Result = - 23.6 Pips
Trade 6/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 22.5, Result = - 25.4 Pips
Trade 7/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 22.1, Result = - 22.1 Pips
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Toda's result: - 85.1 Pips , DS = 6 / 6 , 1.00 hrs

Rent was a bit high for my taste as SLs after LO were big but it's ok. Next time it will work out again ;-)

Result of week 23 - 01.06-05.06.2015 - M1 live:
Mon. 01.06. + 53.0 Pips, DS 3/3, 1.00 hrs, M1
Tue. 02.06. + 93.4 Pips, DS 2/2, 1.00 hrs, M1
Wed. 03.06. - 14.6 Pips, DS 5/6, 1.50 hrs, M1
Thu. 04.06. + 56.7 Pips, DS 6/7, 2.00 hrs, M1
Fri . 05.06. - 85.1 Pips, DS 6/6, 1.00 hrs, M1
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Result ...... + 103 Pips, DS 23/24, 6.50 hrs
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Michael! (respect)

Another challenging but very good week of trading. You come out ahead of others! well done. I salute your discipline and good management. Long may it continue. Remember its not a day week or a months game. Its a few years plan that we must consistently put into practice and continue marching towards our ultimate goal!

We are blessed to have you among us! If only I can find a few more gems like you. (I'll dump Grant in that case)

I wish you and your family a great happy, productive week end to remember! Do something exciting, do something new and creative!

Cheers

Side Note: I try to think of 100 pips as 10 pips. Imagine we are after 10 pips. But we make those ten pips in pippets. So we trade often and risk less. its the same 10 pips that Ray, (wiseman) harps about! 10pips a day keeps the jobs away (unless you love your job)
What is the Secret of Successful Trading?
The Consistent Pursuit of DS1 :nerd

The thing that makes me money in trading is when I "Objectively Follow my Trading Plan".

I understand that I can't catch all the moves or all the signals but my objective is to catch THE VALID SIGNALS & ONLY the Valid Signals.

My Deathbed Advice "5:1 Reward to Risk Ratio".

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immy wrote:Michael! (respect)

Another challenging but very good week of trading. You come out ahead of others! well done. I salute your discipline and good management. Long may it continue. Remember its not a day week or a months game. Its a few years plan that we must consistently put into practice and continue marching towards our ultimate goal!

We are blessed to have you among us! If only I can find a few more gems like you. (I'll dump Grant in that case)

I wish you and your family a great happy, productive week end to remember! Do something exciting, do something new and creative!

Cheers

Side Note: I try to think of 100 pips as 10 pips. Imagine we are after 10 pips. But we make those ten pips in pippets. So we trade often and risk less. its the same 10 pips that Ray, (wiseman) harps about! 10pips a day keeps the jobs away (unless you love your job)
Yes the good old 10 pips a day idea.
Let's revisit it. 10 pips, assuming you were trading the dax with at 70 pence/euro then 1 contract (or 10 micro lots) would be worth £70 a day. And £70/day equates to around £17500/year. Perhaps not quite enough to live on for some people, but twice that much ought to be, so what we are saying is you only need 1 or 2 lots and 10 or 12 pips a day as a combination of keeping work away. We appreciate the inspiration Immy continues to give us on this.
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Exactly Ray.


Personally I'm not heading for the Ultimate Multi Million dollar lifestyle in the short run. I'm keep the J.O.B away, finishing mortgages and ready to move to a sunnier place! I'm not a big fan of luxuries so there is not much motivation for me there. I'm happier eating a home made simple meal as compared to 7 course kingly dinner. But I won't mind occasionally. the point is , trading gives you freedom but first you must learn to trade. And that can be done without risking your entire life's worth. so why gamble? learn to trade on demo, then progress to smaller lots live account and if you're still doing well raise your lot sizes and keep doing it until you cant go higher which is a long way away!

all the best...
What is the Secret of Successful Trading?
The Consistent Pursuit of DS1 :nerd

The thing that makes me money in trading is when I "Objectively Follow my Trading Plan".

I understand that I can't catch all the moves or all the signals but my objective is to catch THE VALID SIGNALS & ONLY the Valid Signals.

My Deathbed Advice "5:1 Reward to Risk Ratio".

Yo, banana boy! 🍌
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Mon. Jun 08, 2015

Screen time FO + LO-session 8:00 - 09:30 and 11:00 - 11:30 (GMT+2) M1 DAX only - LIVE

FO was very smooth today with a lovely opening setup, which I missed for some reason :-|
LO-session started with big up and down candles which made it a bit hard to follow market. 3 SARs were necessary to catch the longer up move. I quitted after catching nearly the whole walk through the M5 box but came back for making screenshots where I saw that beautiful setup for a beginning w5 down a few minutes past 11:00 chart-time. I took it (Trade 15/20-13) and it tourned out to be a picture book w3-w4-w5 cycle with respecting all fib levels (38.2%-50.0% fib ret, 61.8% fib exp) like in the manual of R. N. Elliott ;-)

Trade 8/20-13:
Missed our setup at FO but was able to catch the classic breakout, which was a perfect add on for that (not taken) fruit entry. Exit was at 2nd counter fruit as price was stalling. Ended with a small profit.

Trade 9/20-13:
Counter fruit with good angle while previous short was still running. Add on at next AIMS level. After it went through gator it formed a series of counter fruits but all without angle, so I ignored them as exit because I was heading to green gator or AIMS. I trailed AIMS levels and got kicked out by a single, sharp down spike with small profit again.

Trade 10/20-13:
Fruit with only small angle but small SL as preparation for LO breakout. It seemed to go down with pace but returnes right at the 2nd candle so it got exited at initial SL level as the fruit failed with small rent.

Trade 11/20-13:
2nd, now better counter fruit with bigger angle with small SL a few minutes to LO. It went down sharply at LO but bounced back and kicked me out by 1 or two pips before it fell down again. Rent. I SARed there into Trade 12/20-13.

Trade 12/20-13:
SAR of previous Trade (Trade 11/20-13) at break of AIMS. It returned immediately and rushed into initial SL at lower AIMS-level/opposite side of gator (=> SAR into Trade 13/20-13).

Trade 13/20-13:
Another SAR entry after break of lower AIMS. It started to get a bit challanging to take SARs in that short period of time. This time it worked out better. It moved down and returned with a nice counter Fruit where I exited the short with small profit and SARed again into Trade 14/20-13.

Trade 14/20-13:
Very good counter fruit with big angle. Is a typical situation for LO breakout: it breaks out in one direction, moves a reasonable amount of Pips and the in returns sharply into an even bigger move in opposite direction. We were lucky that market formed that good up fruit signal to give opportunity to get into that long trade. Handling was mentally a bit demanding after it went through gator quickly but retraced to gator again quickly as well. As it didn't seem to proceed into stage 3 clearly I decided to place stop-level 2 Pips below the upper M5 AIMS-level which looked like the top of the range, after it broke that level. In hindsight it turned out to be a very good spot to exit with good profit.

Trade 15/20-13:
I came back after a break to make the daily screenshots. As I turned on chart again, there showed up a great wave 3-4 pattern. DAX retraced in the range between 38.2% and 50.0% Fibonacchi retracement and offered a good lower AIMS level as well. I took it and placed my TP some points above 61.8% Fibonacchi extension (=TZ1). Unfortunately TP got not hit by only a few Pips but a counter fruit offered a good exit with nice profit. As mentioned before, it was a picture book example of Elliott Wave analysis.

Trading was real fun today and I'm rather pleased with results as well. I am simply not able to be as selective by taking entries than other fellow AIMSters but I'm happy nevertheless ;-)

Trade 8/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 12.5, Result = + 10.6 Pips
Trade 9/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 10.8 + 16.6, Result = +7.1 + 0.9 = + 8.0 Pips
Trade 10/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 9.8, Result = - 9.8 Pips
Trade 11/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 10.3, Result = - 10.3 Pips
Trade 12/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 26.1, Result = - 26.1 Pips
Trade 13/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 19.3, Result = + 3.0 Pips
Trade 14/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 20.2, Result = +46.7 Pips
Trade 15/20-13, DS = 1, SL = 25.9, Result = + 18.5 Pips
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Today's result: + 40.6 Pips , DS = 8 / 8 , 2.00 hrs
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Tue. Jun 09, 2015

Screen time FO + LO-session 8:00 - 10:30 (GMT+2) M1 DAX only - LIVE

Frankfurt open didn't offer our reversal pattern today so there was no setup for entering the lovely reversal. After that it proceeded rather undecided without finding clear direction, so all FO-session Trades were small rents.

At London open there was an erratic up and down for about 10 minutes, where I had 3 rents, before it went into range-bound up and down swings where I caught a great down fruit with one add on which turned out to be a good winner.

Overall it was a mixed day where many trades didn't work out for me but following the rules, at the end I stayed way inside my daily limits although I was close my daily SL after the failed 3 attempts to catch LO breakout.

Trade 16/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 5.2, Result = - 5.2 Pips
Trade 17/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 14.3, Result = - 14.3 Pips
Trade 18/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 12.4 + 9.7, Result = - 7.7 - 10.0 = - 17.7 Pips
Trade 19/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 12.0, Result = - 3.0 Pips
Trade 20/20-13: DS = 1, SL = 9.4, Result = - 11.5 Pips
Trade 1/20-14: DS = 1, SL = 17.9, Result = - 17.9 Pips
Trade 2/20-14: DS = 1, SL = 12.5 + 14.6, Result = 32.0 + 15.1 = + 47.1 Pips
Trade 3/20-14: DS = 1, SL = 7.0, Result = - 7.0 Pips
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Today's result: - 28.9 Pips, DS = 8 / 8 , 2.00 hrs
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18/20-13 DS = 0

Thats not fruit matey!
What is the Secret of Successful Trading?
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The thing that makes me money in trading is when I "Objectively Follow my Trading Plan".

I understand that I can't catch all the moves or all the signals but my objective is to catch THE VALID SIGNALS & ONLY the Valid Signals.

My Deathbed Advice "5:1 Reward to Risk Ratio".

Yo, banana boy! 🍌
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immy wrote:18/20-13 DS = 0

Thats not fruit matey!
PCs are part of my trading plan so far ;-)
... but I'll probably delete it due to usage of latest Fruit v4.0 indie :D

thanks for comment!!!!
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