Indices and Gold were bumpy yesterday but overall still an upside market. Almost all my trades were shorts because I was pre-implanted the idea of short the rally. This is not right and it happened for 2 days in a row.

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Sept 12 result: MNQU2 -35 MYMU2 -4 MNQZ2 +305 MYMZ2 -297 MGCZ2 +50

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MYMZ2 closed flat Now holding MGCZ2 -1 @ 1745.8

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MNQU2 closed PL -36 Now I am holding MGCZ2 -1 @ 1743 MYMZ2 -2 @ 32359

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Now I have MNQU2 -2 @ 12667 MGCZ2 -2 @ 1735.5

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Exit all positions on before Friday Market closed, NQ short suffered loss. MNQU2 PL -177 MGCZ2 PL +13

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MGCZ2 added 2 short @ 1733, closed 2 @ 1732.1 now I hold: MNQU2 -1 @ 12391 PL 41 MGCZ2 -2 @ 1730.2 Last PL +18 Total PL -15

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02:00 MNQU2 new short -1 @ 12391 MGCZ2 added 1 short total -2 @ 1730.2

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Sep 9 (Fri) MGCZ2 short -1 @ 1730.4 High volatility overnight, sharp rise after I cut the long. Now I hold a short, speculating on a pullback. image

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big loss on Gold today, bad decision to hold that 1 MGC for too long. NQ +107 YM +152 GC -187 total +72

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MGC closed @ 1716.8, +6 market is too volatile, it's safe to keep the position small.

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12:33 MGCZ2 long +1 @ 1716.2

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image Not knowing what the Q&As were, big drops of all index futures on 1200 o'clock on time. Maybe it's just a coincidence. image MYM flat @ 31452 last +143 total + 152 All position were closed.

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MNQU2 flat total +116 MGCZ2 flat total -193 MYMU2 -1 @ 31739

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1151 new MYMU2 short -1 @ 31739 MGC holding +1 @ 1732.1

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MNQ closed @ 12265, -5

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0458 new MNQU2 short -1 @ 12263 MGCZ2 holding +2 @ 1732.1

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0421 MNQU2 flat last +153 total +116 MGCZ2 +2 @ 1732.1

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