James

James
Family: 1st
Sport: Golf
Trader: ES_F
Portfolio: Trend
Fav Team: Magic
Author: Trade Calm
Newsletter: Trader Intelligence

Strategy is 10%, I train the 90%

[James @tradequillo]

Every trader has watched themselves do something they swore they'd never do again.

Moved the stop. Sized up to get it back. Held the winner till it wasn't one.

Five protocols that interrupt that, in one playbook

Trade Calm Playbook, free for a few days

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[James @tradequillo]

A summary and an opening excerpt for every chapter of Trade Calm, the trading psychology book by James Mincy, Founder of TradeQuillo.

The full text of each chapter is free to read with an account.

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[James @tradequillo]

Trade Calm is now available on Apple and Kindle but will always be free to read at https://t.co/IRuESRdnKS

I spent nearly two years researching/writing/creating this book and I am confident it will make you a better trader.

Read it today!

[James @tradequillo]

Sellers won the day and the VIX told you, 16 to 18 in an afternoon, fear back in the tape. The map's job isn't to predict the Fed, it's to know which door each outcome opens. Tonight the downside one is open. Levels over feelings tomorrow. Trade calm.

[James @tradequillo]

ES, the close. Said below 7581 the 7543 gap base was the draw. Dots ran hawkish, tape lost both and settled 7492, low 7422. The downside path we mapped ran. 7543 then 7581 are resistance now. Hold 7422 or the flush extends. #ES_F

[James @tradequillo]

NQ, the close. We flagged it had the most to give back if the dots ran hawkish. They did. Lost 30,300 and settled 29,998, right on the 30,000 magnet we named. Low 29,925. Back above 30,300 steadies it; lose 29,925 and the air below 30k opens. #NQ_F

[James @tradequillo]

I laid out the full anatomy, the five stages, and the interrupt that breaks the cycle here. Education only, nothing to trade. https://t.co/1z6eof8tcO

[James @tradequillo]

At 9:30 I can wait all morning for the setup. At 10:47, two losses in, I cannot wait sixty seconds. Same trader. Same plan. Same screen. The hardware running the decision is different.

[James @tradequillo]

The goal was never to stop feeling the urge. You are human, the urge is normal. The goal is a system that stops the urge from reaching the order button. Build the rule while you are calm, because you will not build it while you are tilted.

[James @tradequillo]

FOMC: held at 3.75, but the dots moved up. Higher for longer.

AM map held. ES never reclaimed 7612, then lost 7581 and the 7543 floor to 7515 before bouncing to 7577. VIX to 17, NQ greener. #ES_F

The first reaction is rarely the trade. Trade calm.

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[James @tradequillo]

ES, daily map into the Fed.

7595 pre-open, coiling under 7612, the gate it lost Tuesday and retested overnight. Hold above and 7649, the year high, is back in play. Lose 7581 and 7543, the gap base, is the draw.

2:00p decision, 2:30p Powell. Patience is the position. #ES_F

[James @tradequillo]

@RickyAnalog Wow! Lucky to do leg day Ricky, what a great interview! this is a once a year re-watch for sure. Your gratitude is contagious! #dohardshit

[James @tradequillo]

The patience to do nothing rarely makes the highlight reel. It makes the money.

"It was never my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting." Jesse Livermore, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Sitting on your hands is a position too.