Trading Journal
I keept a monthly trading journal to stay organized, accountable and focused on the goal. I decided to share it so that you could see how it went for me, but also, maybe you will find something useful while reading what I did. Make sure to read all the journal before taking actions on what you read, because with time I changed my perspective and strategy on things. After one year and a half of studying and trading full-time, and a total of 4 years on the goal I started to feel that I am surrounded by a lot of people that just make noise, I perceived the market as very complex and unpredictable and the setups were not giving enough edge. In November 2023 I decided to stop. Don't consider as endorsement any community, app or person I mention in the journal. (For a chronological read, I suggest you start from the bottom of the page: August 2022).
November Performance Review - Closing...
November review- Closing the project.
Disappointing news from my side... closing the trading project. The last couple of months were not easy. I felt I didn’t have a big edge on the market even after so much studying. I was trying to keep going with the hope that I will get it, and that
October Performance Review - November Goals
October Review-November Goals
In October, there was good progress, but not where I initially expected. At the beginning of the month, I set a goal to read 5 hours a day about the companies I trade. What I saw, though, is that this goal requires a very high-energy effort but has a low
September Performance Review - October Goals
September Review-October Goals
In September, the main goal was to start learning more about the companies I trade, and it was a very good decision. For the breakout setup, I have most of the time between 7 to 20 stocks on the watchlist, and for the EP setup, now that the earning season
August Performance Review - September Goals
August Review-September Goals
August Review: Trying to apply in practice what I learned during the deep dives, improving my skills, and trading small positions. For a big part of the month, the market was bearish; I had to stay defensive, and I got stopped out a lot. However, I am happy that the
July Performance Review - August Goals
July Review-August Goals
A good amount of trades this month and good progress on processes, mixed results. The good news I managed to capture 4 breakouts at more than 15% and 2 breakouts at more than 25%. In EPs, managed to capture 27% in CVNA. The bad news Made a very big amount
June Performance Review- July Goals
June Review-July Goals
In June, very good progress was made on processes. Mapping ideas, designing processes, reviewing the entire workflow, and adapting it to the setups I trade, making it easy, intuitive, and productive. It is a kind of calibration with designing something and testing it during market hours, recording…
May Performance Review- June Goals
May Review - June Goals
May Review: Deep dive in Biotech was the main goal. The results are not bad and should be on YouTube before the 10th of June. 11 months of studying, full-time on two setups: EPs and Breakouts. It feels like a loooong hike. A bit exhausted and I look forward to
April Performance Review- May Goals
April Review- May Goals
April Review: good progress to better understand what happens with the tickers that set-up but do not Breakout. No spoilers for now sorry, video expected mid-May. I am sure you will learn at least one interesting thing from it, stay tunned. May Goals: * Finalize the deep dive on breakouts that
March Performance Review- April Goals
March Review- April Goals
March Review: Breakouts Setup was in focus as planned. Possibly one of the most important studies so far! The results are very informative and can be practically applied to identify, understand and trade the setup. I can now say with very high confidence that I know the Breakout setup, and
March 2023 Goals
March Goals
In March, back to Breakouts setup deep dive after more than a month and a half on EPs. Here is what I will look for: * Breakouts side-by-side comparison with SPY and IWM to grasp the level of correlation between the setup and the overall market. * Breakouts Intraday chart analysis -
February 2023 Goals & Performance Review
February Goals
For February, the list is short but has some cool stuff to do. The charts will go under the microscope for a very close analysis of price action and volume. Super curious about what’s happening there. Main objectives: * Episodic Pivot Pre-market; Post-market 5 minutes chart review - to evaluate t…
February Performance Review
I was a bit over-optimistic in setting goals for February. Some good work was done and some transferred to March. Here is how it went: Done * Episodic Pivot Pre-market; Post-market 5 minutes chart review. If you missed the video, you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
January 2023 Goals & Performance Review
January Goals
The market is showing some nice momentum at least for couple of days mid Jan. I will start scanning in more details and look for setups however its a bit difficult to do good progress on studying and be well prepared to get in the market. Thats why for now,
January Performance Review
There are already 6 months for me as a full-time trader. While studying in January, I realised in the last 6 months happened a significant change in how I spend my time, which now I consider a more correct way, and I wanted to share 2 main ideas: (1) Charts,
December 2022 Goals & Performance Review
December Goals
Considering current market trends and sideway/bearish environment I decided to put my whole energy and focus on studying. Educating myself on setups and fixing processes mistakes is the best I can do these days. Key objectives for December: * Finalize Breakouts Deep Dive. The results so far are a…
December Performance Review
Here is what I wrote beginning of December part of the Goals “Considering current market trends and sideways/bearish environment I decided to put my whole energy and focus on studying. The current macro analyses didn’t suggest any significant bullish reversal as a result educating myself on setups a…
November 2022 Goals & Performance Review
November Goals
Current market is choppy and quite turbulent and I expect the next 12 months will most likely stay the same. To me, some actions are needed to adapt to this rough trading environment. In November I will take two main directions: 💡1. Enhance the Core As of now I have
November Performance Review
Here is the progress on the two main directions I decided to go in November and how the month unveiled itself. 1. Enhance the Core Even at the beginning of the month I had the feeling that I don’t trade the setups as a result I wanted to focus
October 2022 Goals & Performance Review
October Goals
* Finalize Deep Dive on EP * Read more on the EP topic * Create an article on the blog about EPs * Create a video presentation with findings of the EP deep dive * Create the MB and EP printed folders with A+ setups and review them weekly * Learn Trade Ideas Software Basics * Considering
October Performance Review
The goals set for October and how it went: * Finalize Deep Dive on EP // Done * Read more on the EP topic // Done * Create an article on the blog about EPs // Done * Create a video presentation with findings of the EP deep dive // Done * Create the MB and EP printed folders
September 2022 Goals & Performance Review
September Goals
Main goal for September will be to continue building on the good work and open actions from August. Here are more details: https://stockbee.biz/tweet/592857/ In addition, I will relocate end of September. Currently in The Netherlands and will move back to Moldova, my home country, so that
September Review
Second month as a full time trader. September goals were set here: https://stockbee.biz/tweet/593220/#comments Trading: was tough, lost then made then lost…but learned a lot. Considering it was a difficult trading month I am happy I lost just $200. Standard newbie level on my side.
August 2022 Performance Review
August Performance Review
August 2022 - First month as a full-time trader From a full-time European Product manager I am switching to Full-time Trader. I will share my journey to keep myself accountable, but maybe you will find something useful while reading this. Trading: * +$350 for the month (from more than 50 trades)
