Thu 28 Feb 19

15:28

M1 FibCon | Buy | +1.53R

I felt good about the strength of the bullish move, and bought again on the second leg.

I did not want to take any chances and so took profits well within the retracement’s Inner-Fib, and below Yes. Close.

15:25

UPDATE: M1 failed 5min MAB | Buy | -0.87R

Whoosh!

Could have been looking at a 5R+ trade here if I had let Key Structure dictate where I put my targets, and exited neat the H1 EQZ boundary.

Such a shame I got stopped out by such small margins!

15:06

M1 failed 5min MAB | Buy | -0.87R

I ALMOST got everything right here. A very good impulsive move to start the set-up, creating a Higher High. Next, retracement to the GZ and D1 Bull Channel, M5 EQZ boundary and a Role Reversal level.

The trade only just got stopped out, before moving strongly back up towards where my profit target would have been sitting!

I thought I had given enough space below the D1 Bull Channel for movement of price, but with the 1hour and 4hour ema sitting below the Channel boundary, it needed a bit more!

13:20

UPDATE: M1 failed Fibcon, 4hour MAB | Sell | -1.00R

I got the direction of this trade correct, however the Stop Loss was not in the right place.

Still a trade I should not have taken.

12:47

M1 failed Fibcon, 4hour MAB | Sell | -1.00R

No clear impulsive move in the set-up, no Lower Low and a ranging price beforehand meant the trade could not have been with trend.

This was a trade I should not have considered taking in the first place.

Wed 27 Feb 19

16:14

M1 15min MAB | Sell | +2.01R

A tight Stop Loss made for a quick profit with this trade, which was lucky as price went against me not long after the trade was exited.

I felt that the confluence of the M5 EQZ, H1 Bear Channel and 15min MAB were enough to take this trade, with the intention of taking profits above the D1 Bull Channel and the 1min and 5min emas.

15:10

M1 failed SUPCON | Buy | -1.07R

Tue 29 Jan 19

12:40

M1 failed M5 MAB | Buy | -1.98R

Another silly decision. I probably should have stopped trading after my last trade, showing I wasn’t in touch with the movement of the market.

Time to stop for a bit and get my mind in the right place!

08:40

M1 failed 5min MAB | Sell | -2.16R

This one hurt a lot, with a massive price spike leading to me losing more than twice my initial risk.

I think I deserved this though, and it’ll teach me for next time.

The set up was good, but looking at the higher timeframe context, this was a bad trade, and I knew it! I had the chance to exit the trade, but held onto it with HOPE that it might come good. I have mentioned before that as soon as I start hoping, I know it’s going to go wrong!

The higher timeframe showed price making the bearish move to fulfill a 61.8 Fib retracement, shown in the screenshot below, and it was obvious that price would then begin to move upwards again.

I knew this at a time, but did not react to what the price action was telling me. Stupid!