Alina's Trade Journal

[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 3
2. Date/Time: 8/05/2020 7.05
3. Symbol/TF: AUS200 M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Market had done a high peak on the AO then come back below ZL. Market was staying above purple line.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Market had no momentum and fell away.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 2/3
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.24%
Only a post trade image for this one...

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 4
2. Date/Time: 13/05/2020 9.30
3. Symbol/TF: AUDNZD M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [recorded later] There had been a massive wave 3, AO had crossed ZL, Purple line was well below price action, Alligator closed.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: I think the amount of bars here is not enough, but I am still unclear of how many bars I am looking for.
The market continued sideways for the next approx. 20 hours Stop was moved up under boxes, but market didn't get close to the target zone.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 3/4
9. Result: -0.5R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.28%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 5
2. Date/Time: 14/5/2020 7.31
3. Symbol/TF: HK50 M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] Wave 3 followed by a wave 4 that retraced between 50-61%, Purple line away from price action. Red dot bar occurring while alligator was closed.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Trailed stops with boxes and got stopped out in profit. The market retraced higher than my box stop at the start of the London session before continuing on to my TP point.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 4/5
9. Result: +0.5R
10. Cumulative Result: -.22%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 6
2. Date/Time: 14/5/2020 7.44
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] Market made a wave 3 down then had retraced to the 50% mark. Entered on a pink dot at the bottom of the bar with a 6 pip risk
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Market continued down for Wave 5 and hit my TP which was set midway below the bottom of wave 3 and TZ1.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total:
9. Result: +2R
10. Cumulative Result: +.06%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 7
2. Date/Time: 15/05/2020 9.02
3. Symbol/TF: AUDUSD M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded Later] A wave 3 had been created followed by a cross of ZL on the AO, alligator was crossing.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: I think I failed to look back further on this chart where there is a clear wave 3, 4., 5. I think what I was looking at was part of a larger abc corrective range. Number of bars from top of wave 3 was only 52, so possibly too small to make a decision. Stopped out for a loss
7. DS For this Trade: 0
8. DS Running Total: 5/7
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.21%
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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 8
2. Date/Time: 15/05/2020 9.07
3. Symbol/TF: EURAUD M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Buy
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: [Recorded later] we had had an impulse wave up and then a retracement for wave 4, price was holding above the purple line. Box was a bit big, so stop went under bar with blue dot.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Trade was only just tipped in and stopped out within 2 bars. On further consideration, there was not enough bars in the setup pattern (only 55) so should not have considered it.
7. DS For this Trade: 0
8. DS Running Total: 5/8
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.64%

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[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 9a & 9b
2. Date/Time: 26/5/2020 3.21 & 3.23
3. Symbol/TF: HK50 M5
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Pro: Red dot, Purple line well above, Alligator - green line converging on red
Con: Wave 3 shown. AO close to zero, but hasn't crossed
I took this trade on an initial analysis and got immediately stopped out. Thinking that I had done something wrong with dragging my stop loss, I re-entered and then realised that the buy-sell gap was enormous which I had not noticed.
I am entering with really low trade sizes compared to my account size for practice purposes so I moved my stop higher to above the purple line to account for this gap.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: With more clarity, I would not have taken this trade. Stopped out for a loss
7. DS For this Trade: 0
8. DS Running Total: 5/9
9. Result: -1R
10. Cumulative Result: -0.75%

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[hanreali]

This is where I paused trading until I had uploaded all of my trades in batch 2 and 3.

Things I have noticed in doing this process
- when a setup 1 happens properly, it is really clear
- I am unclear about how many bars need to be in the setup before a setup 1 occurs
- There is definitely value in recording your trades as you go. I would love to have captured my thoughts on the trades as I entered them and also known the reasons for some of the stop movements. This is the value of an updated journal.

[hanreali]

1. Trade Number: Batch 3 Trade 10
2. Date/Time: 27/7/2020 9.22
3. Symbol/TF: USDJPY
4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1 / Sell
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: I was patient today and waited for the setup to appear. I placed my order, stop (10.4 pips) and TP at 21 pips so 2R (ish). TZ1 was a bit lower so i chose about 1/2 way between the bottom of wave 3 and the TZ.
6. Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: On entry, initially the market moved steadily down for 5 bars, but them created a pinbar. I felt concerned that this would indicate a turn in the market and its low was short of my TP by 2.5 pips. I hovered in my decision to get out immediately as the market went higher for the next 4 bars. I unavoidably had to leave my desk, so moved my stop to the 61.8 fib retracement line which was at my break even. On my return I had been stopped out out breakeven.
7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total: 6/10
9. Result: BE
10. Cumulative Result: -0.75%

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[immy]

This is where I paused trading until I had uploaded all of my trades in batch 2 and 3.

Things I have noticed in doing this process
- when a setup 1 happens properly, it is really clear
- I am unclear about how many bars need to be in the setup before a setup 1 occurs
- There is definitely value in recording your trades as you go. I would love to have captured my thoughts on the trades as I entered them and also known the reasons for some of the stop movements. This is the value of an updated journal.

Very Good Observation. 100% agreed. The Best signals are CLEAR signals... You know EXACTLY what setup it is. IF you're unsure, and later you find out it was a clear signal that means you're still learning. Gradually the time gap reduces and there comes a stage when you are able to foresee a possibility of a setup well in advance.

I have a suggestion. I've noticed you trade on the M5 time frame. IF true, then make sure you also upload a picture of the 5XHTF chart. in this case the picture would be M30 or H1 chart. This will eliminate 50% of your losing trades

Keep at it...