Aussie Mark's - T20 Trading Journal

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1. Trade Number: B1 / T1

2. Date/Time: 22/09/2022 - 1200

3. Symbol/TF: USD/JPY - 5 Min

4. Signal Type / Direction: Setup 1, Long

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5a. How do I feel before setting the order?
Being my first trade, curious and a bit nervous

b. What is my intuition about this signal or setup? 
I am beginning something new, its all about learning

c. Is this technically The Setup 1?
Yes, I believe so,
Blue Dot, Boxes are tight, and Purple is above, AO is Close to ZL
Everything appears correct.

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6. Question After The Trade has been closed: 

a) How Do I feel after closing the trade?
Immediately after the target was hit, price reversed,
I was glad I had a Target point

b) Have I done well and why?
I feel I have done everything correctly as learnt so far,

c) What Have I done badly and Why?

I forgot to check the Economic Calendar before placing my order,
I think the order was triggered earlier than anticipated.
Need to take a little more care and not be so quick to place an order

d) What Could I have done differently? 
Take a bit more care and check everything before placing an order, 
Take a screenshot when the trade is triggered. 
After checking the calendar, there was high impact news pending.
Added Economic news to pre trade checklist now.

7. DS For this Trade: .5

8. DS Running Total: .5/1


 
 
 

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1. Trade Number: B1 / T2

2. Date/Time: 22/09/2022 1525

3. Symbol/TF: AUD/USD - M5

4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1, Long

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5a. How do I feel before setting the order?
Feel like I'm not setting the orders correctly,
Maybe it's just practice and getting used to the idea

b. What is my intuition about this signal or setup? 
A little bit uncertain, but the signal presented itself 
and everything appears correct

c. Is this technically The Setup 1?
Yes, Boxes are Tight, Blue Dot Present, Gator Sleeping,
The AO is not as close to ZL as it was previously. 

6. Question After The Trade has been closed: 

a) How Do I feel after closing the trade ?
This trade moved a lot slower, TP was hit,
Trading on Demo is a good idea at this point,
Its taken away a lot of worry and I can focus on trading the 
system correctly

b) Have I done well and why?
Yes, I resisted the urge to jump straight in when
the first signal presented itself
 
c) Have I done badly and Why?
No, I remembered to check my trading plan and followed it.

d) What Could I have done differently? 
Not sat and watched the screen, but just let the trade play out,
it either takes TP or hits SL

7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total (This Batch): 1.5

9. R/R Result: +1
10. Running R/R (This Batch): +2
 

11. Total DS Score (All Batches): 1.5
13. Total R/R Score (All Batches): +2

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[Minsk]

1. Trade Number: B1 / T1

2. Date/Time: 22/09/2022 - 1200

3. Symbol/TF: USD/JPY - 5 Min

4. Signal Type / Direction: Setup 1, Long

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5a. How do I feel before setting the order?
Being my first trade, curious and a bit nervous

b. What is my intuition about this signal or setup? 
I am beginning something new, its all about learning

c. Is this technically The Setup 1?
Yes, I believe so,
Blue Dot, Boxes are tight, and Purple is above, AO is Close to ZL
Everything appears correct.

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6. Question After The Trade has been closed: 

a) How Do I feel after closing the trade?
Immediately after the target was hit, price reversed,
I was glad I had a Target point

b) Have I done well and why?
I feel I have done everything correctly as learnt so far,

c) What Have I done badly and Why?

I forgot to check the Economic Calendar before placing my order,
I think the order was triggered earlier than anticipated.
Need to take a little more care and not be so quick to place an order

d) What Could I have done differently? 
Take a bit more care and check everything before placing an order, 
Take a screenshot when the trade is triggered. 
After checking the calendar, there was high impact news pending.
Added Economic news to pre trade checklist now.

7. DS For this Trade: .5

8. DS Running Total: .5/1


 
 
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hi Mark, just a thing that I got told when I did this, and I see you do it as well (i am relatively new here), your DS for a trade is either 1 or 0. 
Well done on your first trade!

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hi Mark, just a thing that I got told when I did this, and I see you do it as well (i am relatively new here), your DS for a trade is either 1 or 0.
Well done on your first trade!

 

Hi Minsk, Thanks for the tip, I will make the adjustment in my journal,
Please accept my apologies for the extended delay in replying

Mark 
 

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Hi Everyone,
I hope the community can forgive my sudden absence,
I had an expected personal matter that I needed to attend to

Whilst away and when the time was available,
I have been reviewing the course and taking lots of notes
And have started reading Trading In The Zone.

I am back now and looking forward to getting some runs on the board,
Completing my first Batch and Continuing to be a better trader

My apologies for the sudden and unexpected absence

Mark

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1. Trade Number: B1 / T3

2. Date/Time: 01/11/2022 1530

3. Symbol/TF: USD / JPY - M5

4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1, Short

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5a. How do I feel before setting the order?
After a long break, It feels like starting over again,


b. What is my intuition about this signal or setup? 
I have been reviewing the course during my time off and feel
more confident that I have taken this trade correctly

c. Is this technically The Setup 1?
Yes, Boxes are Tight, Red Dot Present, Gator Sleeping,
The AO is close to ZL, No News Pending

6. Question After The Trade has been closed: 

a) How Do I feel after closing the trade ?
Trade Hit TP, A great restart

b) Have I done well and why?
Waiting for the correct set up, TP & SL Set Correctly

c) Have done badly and Why?
I dont believe I have done anything incorrect

d) What Could I have done differently? 
This trade executed and Performed very Quickly,
Im not sure what I could have done different, if anything


7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total (This Batch): 3

9. R/R Result: 3
10. Running R/R (This Batch): +3

11. Total DS Score (All Batches): 3
13. Total R/R Score (All Batches): +3

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I got my 1R on B1T3,
But was watching the market it was interesting to
watch how far it went, straight through TZ1 and Hit TZ2 Easily

I know Im not at that level yet,
But it was interesting to watch 

Have a Great Trading Day Everyone 

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1. Trade Number: B1 / T4

2. Date/Time: 02/11/2022 1530

3. Symbol/TF: USD / JPY - M5

4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1, Short

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5a. How do I feel before setting the order?
I didn't think about this trade or watch it after
placing the order 

b. What is my intuition about this signal or setup? 
It looks correct, there is an AO Peak with a Pullback
to The Purple Line, The Purple is Very Close to the Order

c. Is this technically The Setup 1?
Yes, Boxes are Tight, Red Dot Present, Gator Sleeping,
The AO is close to ZL, 

6. Question After The Trade has been closed: 

a) How Do I feel after closing the trade ?
Trade Hit The TP,
Building Confidence In Myself by Not Having to 
Sit And Watch The Market

b) Have I done well and why?
I placed the Order when the Signal Presented Itself
and Left The Market Alone to Do Its Thing

c) Have done badly and Why?
I did not check For News, Before Placing The Trade

d) What Could I have done differently? 
Check For Any News


7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total (This Batch): 4

9. R/R Result: 4
10. Running R/R (This Batch): +4

11. Total DS Score (All Batches): 4
13. Total R/R Score (All Batches): +4

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1. Trade Number: B1 / T5

2. Date/Time: 21/11/22 - 1350

3. Symbol/TF: USD / JPY - M5

4. Signal Type / Direction : Setup 1, Long

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5a. How do I feel before setting the order?
Once again its been a while since I have traded,
Following my plan and executing when the setups are present
and are correct.

b. What is my intuition about this signal or setup? 
When I checked the chart this morning, there was no set up,
So every hour or so, I have come back and checked the screen,
My Setup is there, I set the order.


c. Is this technically The Setup 1?
Yes, Boxes are Tight, Red Dot Present, Gator is Sleeping,
The AO is close to ZL, No News Pending

6. Question After The Trade has been closed: 

a) How Do I feel after closing the trade ?
Trade Hit The TP, 

b) Have I done well and why?
Because i followed my plan, it has prevented me entering trades 
too early, there were multiple dots to the left, my plan
did not allow me to enter

c) Have done badly and Why?
I dont believe there is anything I have done badly

d) What Could I have done differently? 
Still feel the need to check the chart more frequently 
once the trade activated, 
Still building confidence in myself and my strategy 

7. DS For this Trade: 1
8. DS Running Total (This Batch): 5

9. R/R Result: 5
10. Running R/R (This Batch): +5

11. Total DS Score (All Batches): 5
13. Total R/R Score (All Batches): +5

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I have a question for the group,
I've noticed recently that I am not receiving and blue or red dots,
But lots of aqua ones,
Would someone be kind enough to offer some assistance as to why this is happening
I'm rather confused about it ? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Mark  

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