Personal Trading Weekly Recap (03/27/2010 – 04/08/2010)

Published on Friday April 9th, 2010 at 04:02AM by ghomey

I went on vacation and took a break... Hopefully the downtime will help me focus on the things I was working on before taking time off...From last recap - Before each trade next week, I will ask myself the following questions -• Is the trade documented with a chart?• What news in the next 24 hours, could impact this trade? How will this risk be managed?• If I were managing standard lots (if serious money was on the line…) would I take this trade?• Will this trade utilize a limit order? If not, why?• What is the technical justification for the limit order and price target? (other than that’s an amount that I would like to make, or that is a good risk/reward ratio)• Is the price target too optimistic?Other Notes- I took profits at shorter levels than last week, and that seemed to have helped.- I missed two potentially profitable trades because I set my limit orders on the conservative side. I need to figure out if that is a problem or not.
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    On Friday April 9th, 2010 at 07:44AM by virgiliolayug -

    I think those are great questions to ask yourself before taking any trades! I really like the third question - even though one is trading demo, I think he/she should treat it as if real money was on the line. Of course, there is always a different psychological aspect when real money is on the line, but I think it would help. Good luck with your trading Greg!

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