Eyes back on the prize after a tough day ...

I goofed and increased my contract size to 2 on /NQ today and got clobbered. Fortunately I won 3 /NQ 2-tick trades (1 contract each) so cut my loss to $176.

And I found it stressful and annoying, staring at the /ZB DOM chart, even though I won all three.

I am going to stop setting my alarm to get up with the opening of the market but may still try and pick up a couple of ticks of /ZB now and then. But I need to focus back on algorithm development. I have a couple of ideas to try out over the next few days ...

Another winning day with one glitch

I'm continuing to test with 1 contract before scaling up. I switched today to using wider stops and closer limits, the latter as little as 2 ticks. This worked well! A 2-tick win on /ZB (bonds) trade was especially pleasant as they're $31.25 per tick.

The only glitch: a trackpad extra bounce! I sold two 'OCO' brackets of /NQ when I meant to sell just one, and the extra one got stopped out immediately for a loss. My solution:

I'll have this within a couple of days.

Overall I made $76.48 today (over $600 if I had been trading 8 contracts ...)