8/28/2009 330 pm update

• maybe i was getting a bit cute thinking that we could run up above the 1648 pivot and the 1650 whole number...ATR Volatility chart has the green sell line at 1648...the upper 1640's seems to me like the better sell area...
• getting a bit tired and hungry as well...
• afraid of not booking some profit on this last contract? perhaps...
• not sure which of the above, the technicals or my physical/emotional state, was the most influential in my thinking...
• all of this led to me selling the last NQ at 1647.25 at 324pm for +5.25/contract...
• currently flat the NQ...
• sold 3 contracts today at an average of 6.83 points/contract for a net total of +20.50 NQ points...best day of the week...netted about 30 NQ points total for the week...i have been targeting 10 points/day, 50 points/week...not sure how realistic this is with my current style of NQ discretionary trading in this current environment...this target appears to be very aggressive...i need to look through my performance data to see what level of daily and weekly targets might be more appropriate...
• looking to re-enter during the day session at 1638.50: 1) just above the dark green buy line on the ATR Volatility chart; 2) just above the flat 20ma on the 60M chart (not shown)...