A trade, and placing a trade, is never easy. It may appear easy in hindsight, but to place the trade in real time...is, rather, incredibly stressful and unsure because no one knows the future, even though we may have strong convictions about it. Only time will tell. But today is a good day, a trader could have made nice money.
At least I got the VIX spiking above 25 by Friday correct! Wheee! Too bad I am too small to trade VX futures.
it is easy for me cause i trade the spy almost everyday. if it is stressful for you, it mean you have no plan coming into the trade or put on too much risk on the trade.