Emma´s T20 Journal

[eaxh]

Like always in my slumps i am watching back towards my start. 
I was trading a very few but high probability setups. 
Less is more. 

I never traded against the HTF purple then. That made me think.. why do i do that now? 
the "where is the impuls" made me look for impuls and the context faded out. and the setup became more important. IT IS NOT. 

The context is everything!!!

I want to accept the weekness of not seing the market trendchances. I need a line or a solid rule. 
I want to trade in line with the htf trend. i dont want to chase the fluctuations that cause cute patterns in a just moving up and down market. 

I want to accept that the trades comes rare. Maybe not even one/ day. 

I have a pretty solid proof ( my journal) that i do a h*ll lot better when having these mechanical rules. 
Insted of taking alot of trades i can take the ones i a strong moving market. 

The uncertainty of not 100 % knowing if i should trade here breaks me down. 
So i dont really have a solid ds1/Ds0 parameter on that issue.

To be continued

 

[eaxh]

There is more than enough spinning in my head at the moment.


Here are the trades of this morning. 

I can clearly see that the first trade of today was wishful thinking. 
The other two was in line with the edge. 

27.09.2022_12.50.16_REC nas trade 5 6 7.png

 
I think i have landed in a proper way (in line with the edge) to decide the overall direction of the market.
To use the HTF AO.
It is without even doubts puts me in the correct wave. and gives me a clear no trade zone.
It might not give the overall banana backtesting a better result, but by eliminating the grey zone for me in the descicion making it gives me a better structure around my trading. 

 

[vickyp]

Hi Emma
I have enjoyed reading your journal over the last few days as you work things out.
Thank you so much for sharing with us all.
All the best
Vicky
 

[Minsk]

Like always in my slumps i am watching back towards my start. 
I was trading a very few but high probability setups. 
Less is more. 

I never traded against the HTF purple then. That made me think.. why do i do that now? 
the "where is the impuls" made me look for impuls and the context faded out. and the setup became more important. IT IS NOT. 

The context is everything!!!

I want to accept the weekness of not seing the market trendchances. I need a line or a solid rule. 
I want to trade in line with the htf trend. i dont want to chase the fluctuations that cause cute patterns in a just moving up and down market. 

I want to accept that the trades comes rare. Maybe not even one/ day. 

I have a pretty solid proof ( my journal) that i do a h*ll lot better when having these mechanical rules. 
Insted of taking alot of trades i can take the ones i a strong moving market. 

The uncertainty of not 100 % knowing if i should trade here breaks me down. 
So i dont really have a solid ds1/Ds0 parameter on that issue.

To be continued

 



 

what is keeping you from trading the exact way you did, when you felt comfortable with what you did and it brought you success?
 edited to add: i just read the other posts. So ignore comment above.  I hope you keep sharing what happens and how it pans out for you, I learn from your journalling
 

[eaxh]

Like always in my slumps i am watching back towards my start. 
I was trading a very few but high probability setups. 
Less is more. 

I never traded against the HTF purple then. That made me think.. why do i do that now? 
the "where is the impuls" made me look for impuls and the context faded out. and the setup became more important. IT IS NOT. 

The context is everything!!!

I want to accept the weekness of not seing the market trendchances. I need a line or a solid rule. 
I want to trade in line with the htf trend. i dont want to chase the fluctuations that cause cute patterns in a just moving up and down market. 

I want to accept that the trades comes rare. Maybe not even one/ day. 

I have a pretty solid proof ( my journal) that i do a h*ll lot better when having these mechanical rules. 
Insted of taking alot of trades i can take the ones i a strong moving market. 

The uncertainty of not 100 % knowing if i should trade here breaks me down. 
So i dont really have a solid ds1/Ds0 parameter on that issue.

To be continued

 




 

what is keeping you from trading the exact way you did, when you felt comfortable with what you did and it brought you success?
 edited to add: i just read the other posts. So ignore comment above.  I hope you keep sharing what happens and how it pans out for you, I learn from your journalling
 

 

I will share everything. for myself and for the ones that can learn from it 
 

[eaxh]

This is one of these situations that triggers me into not thinking. 

1. EXPLANATION of problem.png

 
 

[eaxh]

no relevant news today.

I placed one trade today. 

M5 was moving down, broke the levels to the left, made a pause and continued. 
So context correct
Then the setup. TTRP. Correct. 

So a Ds1 

i stopped the overthinking by looking at the rules, the rules sais Ds1 so NEXT. 
Wait for a new context and a possible new setup.

28.09.2022_10.52.49_REC dax trade 9.png

 

[immy]

no relevant news today.

I placed one trade today. 

M5 was moving down, broke the levels to the left, made a pause and continued. 
So context correct
Then the setup. TTRP. Correct. 

So a Ds1 

i stopped the overthinking by looking at the rules, the rules sais Ds1 so NEXT. 
Wait for a new context and a possible new setup.
28.09.2022_10.52.49_REC dax trade 9.png
 

 

 

[eaxh]

no relevant news today.

I placed one trade today. 

M5 was moving down, broke the levels to the left, made a pause and continued. 
So context correct
Then the setup. TTRP. Correct. 

So a Ds1 

i stopped the overthinking by looking at the rules, the rules sais Ds1 so NEXT. 
Wait for a new context and a possible new setup.
28.09.2022_10.52.49_REC dax trade 9.png
 


 

 

 

aaah.... thank you for the clarification. 
I see the same as you.

I have been thinking if the HTF makes a pause its like a reset and tafter that one can take a pullback again. 
But now i see that HTF needs to make a proper pullback before starting at pullback 1.

 

[eaxh]

No relevant news today. Although german bank holiday.
If there is a setup i will take it. 

the morning started in cluster. moved up and down within levels. 
After a while M5 did an impuls and made a new high.  When the pullback ended and broke it with a TC i found a valid setup on M1. 

03.10.2022_12.19.39_REC dax trade 10.png