@sowterdad thanks for sharing. Appreciate affirmation that someone else is getting some benefit from this journal besides me. :) You do raise...
Excellent article on fear... convenient how the information appears when you need it....
Day #21 - Last night I had a session with my psych coach, and we discussed me working on pushing through the fear that was coming into my trading....
Day #20 - Slept well, woke up feeling good and ready to trade. Of note, this getting ready for my business day prior to trading does really help...
Thanks for sharing you made a miscalc... the nice thing is you can restart fresh. :) When I started, I found it took a bit of time to get used to...
Good analysis of yourself trading. With current volatility I would give you an "A" for only going 4 ticks over your personal daily loss limit,...
Today: Woke up with a headache, and yesterday evening had a needed discussion with the X about Christmas, our kids, etc. Followed up with some...
Day #19 - It was a restless night, as I had added to my crude short in my own account and had stops in protecting it, but didn't sleep that well,...
Let me blunt, and help you as many others have helped me in the past. 1) Have you been consistently profitable with real money over the last six...
Trade Strategy Update: Considering the two day experiment of being forced to just hold a trade until it hit my stop loss or take profit, and the...
Day after Thanksgiving: Once again trading my own account, and doing very well. Low stress and now significantly up for the day (short the swing...
Thanksgiving Day: So topsteptrader has asked all combine and live traders to not trade over the thanksgiving holiday and the Friday (even for us...
Just a thought.... you might try grading yourself at the end of the day. It is similar to what you are doing now, but just another added metric....
Happy to answer, but I don't really want to turn this thread into a trading strategy thread as this defeats the purpose of what I am trying to...
I may have misunderstood your original post and assumed you haven't historically been a profitable trader. Your reference to "confidence in...
Why not find out with a combine at topsteptrader? Once funded the profit split is immediately 80/20 which is right up there with prop firms.......
Day #18 - The day started out well, I had a bit of a headache (probably that 3rd pint of beer last night) and I was feeling a bit cautious about...
COMMENT: Before I forget this, I want to blog it down. Both trades I have done, I felt like I was sure I would be stopped out. Felt like they...
@Redneck Well said! And that is exactly the weakness I have discovered and am working though. Losing trade = Being Wrong. I need to remind...
Thanks @NoDoji . Yes, that all makes sense. It is wrong to trade this way with the stop adjustment. I have no support for it whatsoever, it is...
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