Easyman

[easyman]

This the Easyman coming to you live from Phoenix, Arizona.

I am going to try and remember to makes notes in notepad through out my trading day,
and transfer here.

I am a part time trader who hopes to be full time very soon. With AIMS I have total
confidence that I can now do this full time, so hopefully before the end of this year
I will be able to make that happen. AIMS is by far, the most successful system that I
have ever used.

Since I am doing this part time, I will only be trading the Asian and US sessions for now,
with a rare appearance in the European time frame.

My style is a bit on the aggressive side I suppose. Currently I am only trading on the M5 and M1
charts. I have tried other systems using the M1 before but did not find them successful, but
AIMS has changed all that. Please don't follow my trades in the room, as I am often aggressive.

[immy]

Hi Easyman

Congratulations on starting your journal. i always say, keeping a journal is grate learning tool. I learned alot about myself and my trading by keeping a personal and online journal.

Wish you many money-filled gigantic PIPS

cheers

[easyman]

I have been having good success in setting up saddle trades in the 1M
before going to bed at night, in the Asian session. Last night the AIMS
level was too high so I switched to the 5M, and both my long and short
positions were stopped out. You can see the mess below. Of course
if I had waited until the the Purple was closer I would not have had the
issue.

Made up for losses in the US session, and then some. Saw clear divergence
on the 5M and 1M, went short and took about 15 pips, got in on the news spike
and took another 20, and then another 10 going long on the break of the AIMS
about an hour later.

[immy]

You seem to have got the hang of it! well done. whatever works for you must work for you and never stop. just go with the flow.

[easyman]

Love the new Aimsgator V3, three thumbs up !! I had been toying with
the idea of replacing the alligator with two simple moving averages, and
then the new version came out.. Well done

[easyman]

Ok, going back to version 2. I took some trades this past two days that I would not have taken with
version 2, and they did not turn out well. V3 works great I am sure if you are using Grants total approach

[immy]

HI Easyman

Sorry to hear that, would you mind posting pics of those trades that you talk about. I'm extremely curious to know about it. Grants approach is very methodical and I have been talking about all day, we had some very good trades with only 1 rent.

[easyman]

I think my problem is ad-ons. All of a sudden I am having issues. Need to stick with the Type
one setups for now. I am also thinking that it might be a good idea to set my trade manager
with a ten pip TP, seems that I give back a lot of pips in the short time frame that I have to trade
in.

[immy]

Hi Easyman,

Dont give way to that thought. Set target points is a sure shot formula for not "allowing" profits to come in. Keep trying and you will learn very soon how to let them run. The big money is in learning how to cut down the ones that dont go your way and letting it run when you are supposed to let it run. It comes with patience, discipline and experience. Keep rewarding yourself for any tiny little good that you do and ignore your mistakes. Just forget them, dont even "think" about them, let alone telling others. This is the best advice you'll ever hear. it does not come directly from me, i learned this from very experienced and seasoned traders/mentors.

Many pips to you.

ps: for a short period of time if you set 10 pip as your target point could be considered as a remedy but not as a permanent long term strategy. cheers

[easyman]

Well it has been awhile since I last posted, but all is well. So busy with my other job that my trading
has not gotten the attention that I like. I feel very very confident with the system now. In the beginning of trading with AIMS I would take more risk than I do now, not that I am afraid of losing because I am not. I just don't have the time to dig myself out of a hole if I make mistakes, so i choose to wait for better opportunities. The Asian session has been very good to me and I am liking it more than ever before. I may soon switch to trading the European session, but because I live in Arizona, this might be killer for me, and I will really miss giving Rhino a hard time in the USA session. Perhaps I will try an hour or so in each. I am still planning to go full time with my trading again no later than this January.

To newbies, I would like to say respect the waves. Counting the waves correctly is good, but understanding and feeling the pulse of the market in relation to the waves and the purple line, has been the most helpful to me. The nice thing about waves is that they never stop, and if the seas are
a bit too rough, you can always wait for calmer seas.