Crypto Trading Journal #002 - Aug 5, 2017: Recapping Trade Ideas 003-007

It's been 10 days since my last journal log, I have taken a few trades that had pretty much resulted in break-evens: small losers and small winners. In my mind, I was thinking that by doing an in-depth analysis of an account that grew couple of dollars would not be much inspiring.

To recap the past trade ideas:

003-BTCUSD
Plan: Buy after the retracement, close to the supporting uptrendline (red)


Result: Broke above the uptrend line.
Best way to enter in this scenario was to wait until it retested the broken uptrendline (shown in the orange circle)

. . . *[004-IOTUSD](https://steemit.com/iota/@architrader/trade-idea-004-iota-usd-july-27-2017-reaching-critical-levels)* Plan: Anticipate the break-out of the daily resistance (shown in yellow)  Notes: I gave two Hypothesis. Hypo #1 saw it break to the downside. 

Result: I entered long as per plan, but as soon as I saw it bear flagging, I got out of the trade pretty much breaking even.

. . . *[005-ETHUSD](https://steemit.com/trade-idea/@architrader/trade-idea-005-ethereum-usd-july-28-2017-not-looking-good-again-better-hold-it-now)* Plan: Looking to short ETH at the break below 189. The daily chart showed support that was being consistently tested. I saw that as a weakness in the ETH market.

Result: I had been stalking this trade for couple of days. Missed the best entry (break of supporting trendline (red), and waited until I saw it bear flag forming. Played it almost to perfection, scaled in at first, and added as it went my way. A flash cover (long wick candle noted on the chart) unfortunately took me out of the trade, as I had place my stop in a decent area and not too tight. I was not a happy camper..

. . . *[006-EOSUSD](https://steemit.com/trade-idea/@architrader/trade-idea-006-eos-usd-july-31-2017-long-eos-when-btc-breaks-out-and-hold-above-2900)* Plan: Buy EOS when BTC broke out. 

Result: As we now know, it took up to 4 attempts for BTC to break out above 2900. Timing wasn't there for this trade so it never panned out.

. . . *[007-BTCUSD](https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@architrader/trade-idea-007-aug-4-2017-btcusd-long-at-the-break-out)* Plan: Buy BTC at the Break out above 2900 

Result:
I entered long a bit earlier than I planned since it was Friday evening when this happened. Saw the strength coming in, and instead of fearing I was going to miss the trade, I went in tiny, hoping after I put my son to bed I could go back and add some more. After I woke up in the middle of the night, BTC was already around 3200. In retrospect I could have placed a Stop to buy a tad above 2900. I held my position until tonight and closed the trade, knowing it will retrace a bit.

... Where is my trading account now?  +7.4%

For those who had the patience to read through this journal, I begun this challenge to grow a small $500 account and document it for the new crypto traders as a learning resource from a live trading journal, with an ambitious goal of multiplying the account while doing it in a safe manner. To say the least I have missed some good trades that could have capitalized in higher gains.

In short, I have been disciplined with my trading and am happy about that, as I have kept losses to a minimum. This is important I believe to show that account protection at all times is the single most important trading rule. I will try to step-up my game next week as I need to catch up :)