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  1. Maintaining discipline

    3 trades today. The last two weren't suppose to be done after I caught a good short ride for the first trade. I was looking for long below 1410...
    Post by: nimble, May 2, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  2. Deciding when to take profits (I let most of my winners turn into losers)

    Hi nkhoi, Should this this clock be taken seriously? Many people day trade the first hour. According to this clock, 1/2 of their time is...
    Post by: nimble, May 1, 2008 in forum: Strategy Building

  3. Maintaining discipline

    4 trades today. Broke 3 rules on third trade (shorted ES 94 just because we are stagnant) Compulsive trade, no stop and averaged down (last...
    Post by: nimble, May 1, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  4. Maintaining discipline

    Thanks Mandel. I am aware that there's opportunity before Fed for a trade. In fact, yesterday if I had traded, I would have had a great profit...
    Post by: nimble, May 1, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  5. Maintaining discipline

    Fed day. No trade today. Don't ask me how many times I had to resist. Tomorrow, I need to stay in inline and not overtrade.
    Post by: nimble, Apr 30, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  6. Maintaining discipline

    4 trades today. Broke 2. In one of the trades, "Took profit early". In another trade, "Average up". Stops were in place all the time.
    Post by: nimble, Apr 29, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  7. Maintaining discipline

    Today was an excellent day in terms of discipline. Followed every single rule... In the weekend, I did some soul searching as Shull suggested....
    Post by: nimble, Apr 28, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  8. Maintaining discipline

    Hi Psh, My problem is I have set of concrete rules and I have problem following them. I see that when I break them I get into trouble. So...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 28, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  9. Maintaining discipline

    http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f37/steenbarger-shull-and-hirschhorn-discuss-peak-3649.html Here are some notes from Denise Shull's...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 26, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  10. Maintaining discipline

    Rinse and repeat. No drastic behavior change during trading hours this week. Even though I still broke 2 rules every day, I am conscious...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 26, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  11. Maintaining discipline

    Friday 4/25 Broke 2, "No stop" "Average down" trader_david, I was quite positive we are going to try the 1390s so I bought high 1380s....
    Post by: nimble, Apr 26, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  12. Maintaining discipline

    Broke 2 again today "adhere to stop loss rule" "no averaging at a loss rule" Gave back what I gained from breaking the two rules...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 24, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  13. Maintaining discipline

    I never get angry at the market or blame the market. Always on myself. Here are some larger issues: Not wanting to take a loss for the day....
    Post by: nimble, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  14. Maintaining discipline

    Thanks to all who has responded with content. And for those who posted pages worth of spam on my thread, please consider some respect for me....
    Post by: nimble, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  15. Maintaining discipline

    MandelbrotSet, My problem is not stopping trading when I get a profit. My style gives me 2-3 trades everyday. When it works, I rarely get...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  16. Maintaining discipline

    fearless, "Maybe you see yourself in one light whilst trading places different demands upon you which are in conflict." Can you rephrase?...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 23, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  17. Maintaining discipline

    I made sleep, breakfast, and stretches, part of my disciplining routine after watching some pretty interesting videos here:...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 22, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  18. Maintaining discipline

    http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/06/self-discipline/ This past weekend, I gather my "will" to craft a plan. It involves changing the...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 22, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  19. Maintaining discipline

    This is the first article that really spoke to me. My last booboo trading day was making multiple short trades on the ES on 4/16. I have...
    Post by: nimble, Apr 22, 2008 in forum: Psychology

  20. Maintaining discipline

    I have realized for many months that lack of self discipline is my biggest problem in becoming a consistent trader. By nature, I am a very...
    Thread by: nimble, Apr 22, 2008, 140 replies, in forum: Psychology
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