Why so harsh?

 Sometimes I get feedback that this trading journal is very harsh. I guess it is. 

Especially when I get out of the habit of journalling everything, I tend to just write about the frustrating things I want to vent about (and learn from). 

Annotating and journaling were the missing piece that helped me finally become a successful trader. Introspecting now, maybe this lapse in journaling discipline is part of my current string of frustration. Am I holding myself accountable enough? Have I become overconfident? 🚩

Seems like some weekend catch up would do me good. 

nms

Sloppy trading today. Stabbed at nms on AAPL and UBER. AMD, 2 trades one short/fade was winner and long (my better setup) was a loser. 

File under: undisciplined day. Trying for what's not there. Maybe some of these would have played right if I had waited for different entry.

Also, fed day today, so don't expect followthrough?

easy come easy go

Great opening trade on UBER. Got that first opening surge. Nice gainers. But then I tried again off vwap (not a bad idea)... and didn't take it off when it failed the new high (definitely a bad idea). Gave it all back. 

Decent Monday

Market inside open after a really strong day Friday. I need to get back into the routine of annotating, logging, journaling.

WYNN gapping into a tangle of mas, so be picky. I thought I got a good entry, but it still gave me a little worry before launching. I trailed below pl target, then trailed tightly as market was simultaneously downtrend.

ROKU, similar to WYNN setup, but ROKU is always a tough trade. I dig give a lot of room, but also glad I took the stop eventually. 15% loss is yuck, but it helps that WYNN was green.

AMZN was on the TraderTV sticky note (for long off 100). After initial pop/drop, it did a 1 min bear flag and I took a small short. Missed the last leg, but still got my pl.

Even though I didn't get allllll the money out of all these moves, I got nice money. I'm content. This is a new sentiment where recently I have been kicking myself a lot for missing "more" or not taking stops in retrospect soon enough. But this is clockwork! and I need to keep remembering that my clockwork trading techniques make me a lot of money over time. Stick with the plan.