Day #17 - I slept restlessly, and kept dreaming about being in a trade and almost to my profit target but unable to close it... seriously. Sounds...
@wrbtrader , first let me say thanks for your generosity in posting a reply. I completely agree that the unresolved emotional issues have to be...
Update for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week: I know of a few traders who endorse setting your stop loss and take profit, and then make no...
Unbelievable.... I just got out of the session with my pysch coach, and read your words. Guess what my psych coach and I settled on, and I quote...
Day #16 - Started the day off with good entries, but then just couldn't hold them... I did two trades almost right away where I closed them with...
Weekend Review: Rested up, and had a fun weekend with family... and a very great party on Friday night! So now going through my weekend review...
Thanks @NoDoji you are correct that if I had not cut my winning trades so short, I would definitely be profitable... substantially so. Reviewing...
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing your input. Going to look through it more on Sunday night.
[ATTACH] End of week 3 - November 21st Interesting to look at the stats. Paid $1025 in commissions over three weeks. Avg win vs. avg loss is...
Day 15 - Interesting day. Started the day aware of a busy day ahead and Friday evening party at my house. Actually considered not to trade, but...
Interesting you mention that... here is my daily goal I posted this morning at TopstepTrader... Yukoner[09:25 am] : Daily Goal - Realized early...
Day #14 - Woke up with a headache, and gave myself another couple hours of sleep. Seriously considered not trading at all today, because of that....
@NoDoji Thanks for this, and taking the time to share it with me. I'll read it a few times for sure. (Big fan of Howell's work) Told my psych...
Day #13 - Very interesting to just read @Puma 's points above as I went into today telling myself that I needed to be aware of emotional "arousal"...
Day #12 - This was a frustrating day for me. Looking back now I seemed to go into the day "fighting" rather than just going with the flow. I got...
Day #11 - Slept really well, and woke up feeling good. As per my psych coach I am cutting down on coffee intake in the morning and I am eating...
Day #10 - Slept well, and woke up and made a specific point to take care of my skin prior to trading. (Suffer from exzema), I reminded myself that...
Day #9 - Been a busy day, and only now late evening am I able to type about what was a very frustrating day. Had a few minor clues that I wasn't...
That is a very good point about the brain being used to that and feeling scared and unsure of itself. Your point of it is not fear of loss, but...
Day #8 - Slept well after a great day surfing. Woke up, and actually considered not trading. Just asked myself, do I need to be trading, or...
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