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Case Study: Banking a +7 % Pop on OLLI’s VCP/ Ascending TriangleMomentum in discount retail has been stealth-strong all quarter, so when Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI) flashed a textbook volatility-contraction break I pulled the trigger. Below is the full play-by-play, numbers included, plus the process tweaks I’m carrying into the next trade. 1. The Setup • Pattern: VCP-style ascending triangle under 121 resistance • Context: Post-earnings drift sideways, volume drying up each contraction • Catalysts: Strength across discounters (DG, WMT, DLTR) and bullish seasonality • Risk: 1 % of account, stop pre-defined at 115 2. Execution • 20 Jun – Stop-limit filled at 121.01 once intraday volume hit 2.6× ADV • 24 Jun – Trimmed 3 sh at 129.13 (+6.7 %) to “feed the monster” and recycle BP • 30 Jun – Trailing stop (ratcheted daily) closed remaining 7 sh at 129.94 3. Results • Gross P&L: +86.89 USD, +7.18 % on position • R-multiple: +1.45 R on initial risk • Expectancy (TraderSync): +3.83 % — proof the process carries a positive edge 4. What Went Right • Bought only after volume confirmed the breakout • Stop never widened—only tightened • Early partial locked in reward and removed emotional pressure 5. Improvement Plan • Keep a 10 % “runner” until first close below 10-EMA or heavy distribution day • Back-test a +25 % add on day-two follow-through (+2 % price, >1.5× volume) • Simplify order flow by defaulting to single OCO brackets NASDAQ:OLLI
NASDAQ:OLLILong
by KT_Charts
06/24/25 Trade Journal, and ES_F Stock Market analysis EOD accountability report: -717.50 Sleep: 4.5 hours - heat waves in nyc Overall health: meh ** VX Algo System Signals from (9:30am to 2pm)** 4/4 9:40 AM Market Structure flipped bullish on VX Algo X3! 5 pts 9:42 AM VXAlgo NQ X3 Buy Signal (failed) 11:00 AM Market Structure flipped bullish on VX Algo X3! 20pt 11:58 AM VXAlgo NQ X1 Sell Signal (failed) What’s one key lesson or takeaway from today? and What major news or event impacted the market today? There are days that the algo will lose but you just gotta trust the process and execute accordingly with a stoploss. What are the critical support levels to watch? --> Above 6130 = Bullish, Under 6125= Bearish Video Recaps -->https://www.tradingview.website/u/WallSt007/#published-charts
CME_MINI:ES1!
by WallSt007
It Wasn’t on a Chart. It Was in My JournalYou don’t become consistent by learning more setups. You become consistent by learning more about yourself. ✍️ The Day I Started Journaling, I Stopped Guessing I used to chase charts like they owed me something.One moment I was confident. The next, I was doubting everything, not because the market betrayed me, but because I wasn’t keeping track of who I was becoming . Then I started journaling. Not just logging wins and losses, but writing what I felt, what I saw, where I rushed, and why I broke my own rules. It changed everything. What Journaling Gave Me (That Charts Alone Couldn’t) 1. Clarity Over Chaos Every trade became a lesson. I stopped reacting and started reviewing. 2. Accountability Over Emotion Writing “I entered out of fear of missing out” hits different when you see it five times in a row. I couldn’t lie to myself anymore. 3. Discipline Over Drama No more revenge trades. No more “just one more” trades. Journaling made me pause, and that pause saved me more than any setup ever could It’s Not Just a Journal. It’s a Mirror. Most traders document price. Few document themselves. And yet that’s where the edge lives, not in more indicators, but in more self-awareness. My Advice to Any Trader Trying to Break Through Don’t just journal for results . Journal to understand who you are in the market. Your wins will mean more, and your losses will teach more. And if you're consistent with it, your growth won’t just be measurable. It’ll be undeniable. The best setups won’t save you if your mindset is undisciplined.And the best mentors can’t help you if you don’t study your own patterns. Journaling isn’t just about logging trades.It’s about documenting your evolution as a trader, from reactive to intentional, from hopeful to professional. So, if you’re serious about growth: Don’t just screenshot your wins, start writing your journey. That’s where the edge really begins.
FOREXCOM:XAUUSDEducation
by J4mesWick
1
GBPUSD Jan 17th Long Results Long Signal Trade Jan 17th 2024 Results A.1 Set-up On the 4h chart Entry Price: 1.26350 Stop Loss: 1.25850 Take Profit: 1.27200 Note: Alerts are for 2 long trades off previous zone. My Trades: I placed two long trades (see 1 and 2 on chart) Trade 1: I took 0.75% profit Improvements: I could have let the trade breath and I would currently still be in the trade with a new locked in profit of 1.08% Trade 2: Scale in trade Was a breakeven trade Improvements: Same concept as trade 1. If I did I would be locked in with 2% profit and looking for a 3rd scale in trade.
Long
by Trader_Miles
Exploring the Crucial Components of a Powerful Trading Journal In one of the previous posts, we discussed the significance of a trading journal. In the today's article, I will share with you the key elements of a trading journal of a professional trader. And first, a quick reminder that a trading journal is essential for your trading success. No matter on which level you are at the moment, you should always keep track of your results. Let's go through the list of the things that you should include in your journal. 1 - Trading Instrument The symbol where the order is executed. You need that in order to analyze the performance of trading a particular instrument. 2 - Date The date of the opening of the position. Some traders also include the exact time of the execution. 3 - Risk Percentage of the account balance at risk. Even though some traders track the lot of sizes instead, I do believe that the percentage data is more important and may give more insights. 4 - Entry Reason The set of conditions that were met to open the trade. In that section, I recommend to note as much data as possible. It will be applied in future for the identification of the weaknesses of your strategy. 5 - Risk Reward Ratio The expected returns in relation to potential risks. 6 - Results Gain or loss in percentage. And again, some traders track the pip value of the gain, however, in my view, the percentage points are more relevant for studying the statistics. Here is the example of the trade on Gold: Here is how exactly you should journal the following trade: Instrumet: Gold (XAUUSD) Date: 03.07.2023 Risk: 1% Entry Reason: H&S Pattern Formation, Neckline Breakout & Retest R/R Ratio: 1.77 Results: +1.77% Of course, depending on your trading strategy and your personal goals, some other elements can be added. However, the list that I propose is the absolute minimum that you should track. ❤️Please, support my work with like, thank you!❤️
OANDA:XAUUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
11
Journaling the successful trade on SQEven dough the trade was amazing , there is always room for improvement. Here is what i learnd 1.if the markets (indexes) are green at closing, it doesn't mean there will not be a pull back, which can effect your trading position. and vice versa. 2. if you miss your entry, and the trade is going in the direction you calculated, use your trend lines for a entry. 3. be sure its and nice set up on the candle sticks that favors your direction, after the touch of the trend line. 4. be sure to chart down on with your analysis.
NYSE:XYZ
by HelloUs
Documenting Your Trades (For Fun and Profit)How do you document your trades? In a spreadsheet? In a trading journal? Directly on the chart? How much is too much? How little is not enough? I say you need to document enough to tell the story properly. Every trade tells a story. As with all good stories you have a protagonist and an antagonist. Good guys and bad guys. The hero and the villain. And then, there's the journey. In the markets you are the hero and the market is the villain. One way I make trading "fun" and what helps me "tell the story of the trade" is to "Trade Like a Pirate" and use the vocabulary of Jack Sparrow. I have already written on this topic when it comes to analyzing profit targets (seizing treasure and plunder) but let's look at how we learn what we did on a trade by trade basis. When you do an after-the-trade analysis (what I call a postmortem) you should be able to see what you did right, what you could have done better, but most importantly, what you may have done wrong; not to beat yourself up, but to make sure that you *never* make that mistake or repeat that behavior again. (Fool me once, shame on you... fool me twice, shame on me!) For instance, I once lost three trades in a row and asked "How the heck did that happen?" and later when I looked at the actual trade screenshots I realized that both my trading timeframe and trend timeframe was the same! Somehow instead of having my charts on the 60-15 minute charts they were *both* 15 and I realized if I had my chart timeframes right I would have never entered those particular trades, saving me from experiencing those losing positions. Thanks to those trades, though, and thanks to my post-mortem analysis, the first item on my "pre-flight checklist" is now "Verify Trade Timeframes." Thanks to journaling and the postmortem process I'm *never* going to make *that* mistake again. But what about the *psychology* of the trade? *Why* did you enter it, *what* were you thinking once you were in it, *why* did you adjust your stop, *why* did you choose your target, *what* might you have done out of fear that got you out of the trade early or prevented you from realizing as much profit as you could have? Journaling your trade, or documenting the trade *properly* will help you with that. In the example above you can see a recent trade that presented itself to me and my pirate "Crew" in the Gasoline Futures market. I talk about the "weather conditions" before getting into the trade (the wind and the tide), other environmental factors like the "shark feeding frenzy area" helping me decide where I will target my profit (there be treasure *here*), what was going on when the trade actually entered, and finally, managing the trade to my target. In addition, during the postmortem I found an opportunity where if I had used a trailing stop, I could have gotten an additional 42% profit, or 'treasure'. As I mentioned in my Backtesting series, one of the reasons you backtest is that through repetition, you can often find patterns in your system that will prompt you to tweak it to either *improve* results or *eliminate* inefficiencies. In this same manner, through repetition in documenting your trades you may very well find a pattern of behavior that is holding you back from your full potential. For example, In the trade above, after securing 3R, (the minimum I am willing to take in a trade), if I followed price using my trailing stop strategy instead of a target, I found that I could have made an additional 2-3R profit. What if after documenting 20, 30, 40+ trades I find a similar pattern, that I am often "leaving money on the table"? I can then test several exit strategies to see which ones would give me the biggest bang for my buck and increase my R per trade. The other big benefit of having your trade journal "tell a story" rather than "state facts" is you begin to *personify* the market and see it as someone who exhibits certain behavior patterns, and that is what the markets present to us every day: PATTERNS. And if you can determine someone's patterns, you can predict their behavior. If I know that whenever my wife is browsing through a jewelry catalog and consistently goes "ooh" or "aah" over earrings with blue stones in them, I can guess with a high degree of accuracy that if I buy her a set of sapphire earrings she (and consequently*I*) will be a happy person. Likewise, if I can predict with a high degree what "Mister Market" is going to do based on certain patterns, I can keep setting sail, with confidence, day after day and see gains in my trading account (which makes me, my crew, and most importantly the missus, HAPPY! (Because when momma's happy, everybody's happy!). Trade well! (And Journal Well!) PS: Let me know how your journaling journey goes in the comments! I'd love to know how it "upped your trading game!" You can only improve what you analyze! -Anthony
NYMEX:RBF2021Education
by ocaptain
8