Ganesh Trading Journal

[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 19/20 Batch 3
2. Date/Time: 18/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Short S1
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Nothing much goin on the whole day but a nice wave 3 down towards end of the day...
6.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Ended up being BE... Only think in the trade I wasn't too sure about was to from where to draw FibExt.
7. DS For this Trade: 1DS
8. DS Running Total: 79% (19/20) (15DS1 & 4S0)
9. Result: 0R
10: Badge R: 12.5R (Target 12)
11. Screenshot:

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[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 20/20 Batch 3
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Morning session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Short S1
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Price previously made 3-4-5 and came down with a 3-4 so I thought that I might as well
try and get back in again...
6.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Took a loss but this didn't phase me too much... as this Badge has been highly profitable with 11.5R
7. DS For this Trade: 1DS
8. DS Running Total: 81% (20/20) (16DS1 & 4S0)
9. Result: -1R
10: Badge R: 11.5R (Target 12)
11. Screenshot:

[ganesha04]

Summary of Badge 3:

Strategy:
- the more I spend trading S1 and hunts, the more I get it... It's all about fractual geometry. Don't know why it took me so long to understand but
the hunt is S1 and vice versa... So on the M1, we are trading the S1 on 5x lower timeframe. Unfortunately, those charts don't exist, hence seed and cherry. The Cherry is essentially the Apple of the 5x lower timeframe and the Seed is the S1 (tight range) of the lower timeframe.
- So if you trade S1 on M1, make sure to keep a close eye on M5 pattern, as we want to trade S1 in the right M5 Hunt pattern.
- Things like the dots, box, tight range etc is all very important; but the mistake I made to date was thinking those rules are the holy grail... How can I be more wrong... these rules are here to guide me at the beginning and to be disciplined... However, it's all about context and fractual geometry.
- Anyways, as I am continuing with my badges, I'm sure I will gain more insights.

Emotions:
- This has been the biggest realisation in this badge.
- My long term success is going to be based on how much I am going to work on my self-development. Ideally I need to work 80% on myself and 20% on the technicals.
- the more I am doing this, the more I get it; by "get it", I don't mean the markets (no one can); I mean my mind.
- the third badge has given me a better insight what's going on my head and I want to summarise it:
1. Fear of missing out: Makes me jump into trades which aren't according to my rules
2. Fear of failure: Makes me want to get out of a trade too quickly as I don't want to fail.
3. Fear of uncertainty: When a trade is open I fear that I don't have control and I don't know what's going to happen; once it's a loss, BE or Win I feel so
much more relieved.

Those three fears have been ruling my trading life until now; it's like an algo which has been running in my head... and when I was looking at the charts, this algo just took over.

Anyways, I've already started Badge 4 but the above is the summary of my Badge 3.

[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 1/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5: Entering a new third wave up
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Saw this S1 pattern and took it at FO
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Beauitful 2R
8. DS For this Trade: 1DS
8. DS Running Total: 100% (1/20) (1DS1 & 0S0)
10. Result: 2R
11: Badge R: 2R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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1. Trade Number: 2/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5: Entering a new potential 5th wave; possible Monarch on M5
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Saw this S1 pattern and towards the afternoon
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Beautiful 2R
8. DS For this Trade: 1DS
9. DS Running Total: 100% (2/20) (2DS1 & 0S0)
10. Result: 2R
11: Badge R: 4R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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1. Trade Number: 2/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5: Entering a new potential 5th wave; possible Monarch on M5
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Saw this S1 pattern and towards the afternoon
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Beautiful 2R
8. DS For this Trade: 1DS
9. DS Running Total: 100% (2/20) (2DS1 & 0S0)
10. Result: 2R
11: Badge R: 4R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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1. Trade Number: 3/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5: Possible 3rd into 5th of 3rd wave
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Tried my luck again at the end of the day...
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Big fat DS0; got out prematurely; at that time I thought right decision but looking back price went on to a runner...
8. DS For this Trade: DS
9. DS Running Total: 66% (3/20) (2DS1 & 1S0)
10. Result: 2R
11: Badge R: 4R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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1. Trade Number: 4/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Uk100/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1 & Seed top up
5. Situation on M5: 3rd into 5th in 3rd wave
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Had such a good day trading so; but the feed on my dax on ICMarkets sometimes is mad; so went over to FTSE100, so beauty S1 and given that I had already taken good profit, I double up and went for the Seed into the 5th wave.
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Managing that trade was like a work out; the moment it hit TZ1 I knew I was in danger; and then when
I felt momentum against me; I went out with 1R on both trades
8. DS For this Trade: DS
9. DS Running Total: 71% (4/20) (3DS1 & 1S0)
10. Result: 2R
11: Badge R: 6R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 5/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 20/03/2020 - Morning session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Short S1
5. Situation on M5: Not clear; potential new 3rd of downmove or 5th of upmove
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: On M1; looked like a perfect setup; but I know this could be a potential 4th wave on the M5... anyways took it.
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: 1R loss unfortunately but part of the game. And in hindsight, nothing wrong with this trade; just unlucky.
8. DS For this Trade: 1DS
9. DS Running Total: 80% (5/20) (4DS1 & 1S0)
10. Result: -1R
11: Badge R: 5R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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[immy]

1. Trade Number: 20/20 Batch 3
2. Date/Time: 19/03/2020 - Morning session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Short S1
5. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Price previously made 3-4-5 and came down with a 3-4 so I thought that I might as well
try and get back in again...
6.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Took a loss but this didn't phase me too much... as this Badge has been highly profitable with 11.5R
7. DS For this Trade: 1DS
8. DS Running Total: 81% (20/20) (16DS1 & 4S0)
9. Result: -1R
10: Badge R: 11.5R (Target 12)
11. Screenshot:

Classic Mistake of overtrading The Hunt Signals.... look at the PEAK of AO. Before taking a Hutn Signal.. question this... am I trying to get into a wave 3 of 5 of wave 3 of 3? am I getting into a Wave 5 of 5 or wave 5 of 3?
these questions (if you understood simple wave count) will help you filter most bad Hunt signals.

READ THE HUNT TRADING PLAN again... There are 2 Filters you must apply to VALID Signals...

[ganesha04]

Thanks, Immy makes sense.

[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 6/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 23/03/2020 - Morning session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long Cherry
5. Situation on M5: At the beginning of a new potential Impulse Wave; 3 into 5
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Missed the S1 due to bad hand eye coordintion. Then went into Cherry, either Monarch or 3rd into 5th wave; put TP as 3R...
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Got too greedy, and price hit TZ1 and came down. Changed my trading plan back to 2R.
8. DS For this Trade: 1DS
9. DS Running Total: 82% (6/20) (5DS1 & 1S0)
10. Result: 0R
11: Badge R: 5R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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1. Trade Number: 7/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 23/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5: At the beginning of a new potential Impulse Wave on M5 3rd into 5th
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Saw the price coming down v close to 0 and I jumped in as I also saw a deep retracement in M5.
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Price went to TZ1 and pulled back; I had 2R for my TP; I should have gone out at TZ1...
8. DS For this Trade: 0DS
9. DS Running Total: 74% (7/20) (5DS1 & 2S0)
10. Result: 0R
11: Badge R: 5R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 8/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 24/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5: Potentially at the top of 5th wave in M5; so trading into 5th wave of M5.
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Felt a bit nervous; as last few trades not profitable but took it.
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Ended up taking the loss and didn't feel too bad; part of the game I guess...
8. DS For this Trade: 1DS
9. DS Running Total: 75% (8/20) (6DS1 & 2S0)
10. Result: -1R
11: Badge R: 4R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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[ganesha04]

1. Trade Number: 9/20 Batch 4
2. Date/Time: 24/03/2020 - Afternoon session
3. Symbol/TF: Dax/1m
4. Signal Type / Direction: Long S1
5. Situation on M5:
6. Comments and Feelings at the Time of Taking The Trade: Saw S1 in a strong up move...
7.Comments and Trades After Exiting the Trade: Yes, I took 1R, but it's against my trading plan; should have been
8. DS For this Trade: 0DS
9. DS Running Total: 66% (6/9)
10. Result: 1R
11: Badge R: 5R (Target 10)
12. Screenshot:

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