Bad back, no sleep, May 1st Holiday for much of the world, pending FOMC meeting…. Is there any other excuse I can use for my poor performance today? The lack of sleep because of my sore back didn’t help (you need to be alert when you’re trading) but the fact of the matter is I tried to impose my will on the market – and we all know how well that works!
And in case anyone’s been thinking that the results are “fixed”, although I don’t know how we would do that since I take the trades real time and I haven’t perfected time travel (yet), I finally had a losing day: -$545.
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May 1, Day 20
H- Sold NQ 2@2877.50
Bought NQ 2@2882.75
$210 loss
H- Sold NQ 2@2873.25
Bought NQ 2@2871.00
$100 profit
E- Sold YM 1@14712
Bought YM 1@14672
$200 profit
F- sold NQ 1@2872.00
Bought NQ 1@2877.75
$115 loss
H- Sold NQ 2@2868.50
Bought NQ 2@2875.00
$260 loss
F- Bought CL 1@9074
Sold CL 1@9041
$260 loss
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