Alina's Trade Journal

[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 14
2. Date/Time: 29/4/2020 2.16
3. Symbol/TF: EURAUD
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Alligator closed, AO recent cross, Purple line gapped away There was a large pink dot bar. Entry was put below this bar.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Analysis was good, market dropped away but not quite as far as TP. Stop moved to BE, where subsequently stopped out.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 11/14
9. Result: BE
10. Cumulative Result: -0.11%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 15
2. Date/Time: 29/04/2020 8.23
3. Symbol/TF: AUDUSD
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Alligator - Red/Green tangled, Purple gapped, AO close to ZL
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Should never have taken this trade - There had been multiple divergences with the AO. The total run had already been 50 pips to entry
7. DS For this Trade: 0
8. DS Running Total: 11/15
9. Result: -0.25R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.19%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 16
2. Date/Time: 29/4/2020 08.48
3. Symbol/TF: USDJPY M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Alligator closed order placed below the Aims level when the red dot appeared.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Stopped out for 1R loss, market made an extra run up before going down.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 12/16
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.3%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 17
2. Date/Time: 30/4/2020 1.50
3. Symbol/TF: EURUSD M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Looked good for a setup 1
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: My entry was hit, but stopped out. The wave didn't continue up to the target point.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 13/17
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.42%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 18
2. Date/Time: 30/4/2020 2.20
3. Symbol/TF: EURUSD M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: This was a follow on from the previous setup. I was stopped out then got another blue dot, setup still looked good.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: The market just didn't go my way.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 14/18
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.57%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 19
2. Date/Time: 6/5/2020 12.21
3. Symbol/TF: EURAUD M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Good looking wave 3 down and a 50% retracement for wave 4 before a sharp move down. Entered below a pink dot bar with stop at purple line
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: The trade moved sharply down pulling away from the Alligator. It missed my TP by 2pips. I moved my stop loss to just below break even, had I left it an moved with boxes then I may have got to my target zone. (Note: I may have done this if I had to go out while the trade was still active)
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 15/19
9. Result: BE
10. Cumulative Result: -0.64%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 2 Trade 20
2. Date/Time: 07/05/2020 6.30
3. Symbol/TF: USDJPY M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Assessed Wave 3 and wave 4 on chart. Took entry on a blue dot
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Market took out my stop loss before moving in my direction past my TP,
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 16/20
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.64%

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[hanreali]

End Batch 2
Whilst I ended this batch with a discipline score of 80% my discipline in recording the trades in my journal as I went only deserves a 5% .
At 5% I am this generous only because I did take images of all trades at entry and saved them at the time of taking the trade.

Batch 2 Summary
- 20 Trades - Live Account
- 80% Following of rules
- 0.64% loss

As it was my first batch on my live account I guess some additional psychology was in play.
I am still not settled on which currencies or indices to trade and my best trading times for my timezone (+10 GMT)

Whilst I was trading I did not recognise that I had reached the end of the batch, but sailed blindly on....

[hanreali]

Start Batch 3

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 1
2. Date/Time: 8/05/2020 3.37
3. Symbol/TF: EURUSD / M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Big wave 3 had occurred, Alligator closed, Cross of Zero line, purple line below price action.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: TP was just below TZ1, but the market didn't make it to here. Trailed stops under boxes and was stopped out in profit
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 1/1
9. Result: +1R
10. Cumulative Result: +.02%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 2
2. Date/Time: 08/05/2020 4.21
3. Symbol/TF: AUDNZD / M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 2 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] I think I took this thinking that the market was in a wave 1 of wave 5. My TP was set above the previous major wave.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Pretty much bought the top!
7. DS For this Trade: 0
8. DS Running Total: 1/2
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: 0.00%

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