Being worried about everyone else is nothing but transference. A common symptom of losers. Just concentrate on yourself-- u did it with the ukele-- u can do it in the markets but u will have to stop with the worrying and playing saviour. No one has saved u and you cant save anyone. Just like learning your skill of ukelle -- u need to concentrate on yourself in the market.
nah, I need to be slapped silly with R:R hammer. lol, I know I have a edge, it just needs to be coddled with good R:R. A way around it is algo based R:R. The algo takes care of the R:R. And my ego doesn't play a role in it. I just take care of directional entries. Its like riding a Ducati at 200 mph with a parachute on your back.
I remember what happened. Basically something came up or mind wasn't in it. One of the edges in trading is knowing when to trade or not trade. Don't force the trade. The setups show themselves to you if you put enough screen time. Also other issues may impinge on your drive to trade that day.
I'm not sure if anyone has experienced this, but at times I get a 'trader's high', its when your eyes glaze over and you start getting waves of goosebumps. You become 'one' with the market or sync up with it. And you end up surfing every wave perfectly. I experienced it in T-bond futures pit a few times. It happens more often these days and I can tell when its about to happen, so sometimes I do what you said above, sit and don't do anything till you 'sync' up.
Here's the thing .. Combine is really 3 Combines in a row - Combine, Live Prep and 1st 10 days of funding with third one being the hardest .. I've passed Combine 4 times, Live Prep twice and failed 10 days twice .. Obviously 10 days is by far the most difficult because you have to build enough cushion in 10 days - e.g. $1k is not enough .. I don't know why they wouldn't allow more than 10 days because the time restriction is an additional mental baggage .. I trade my own accounts, too, but Combine is a personal challenge for me just because it's so hard and I want to prove myself that I could do it .. I figure if anyone can pass 3 in a row and finish with enough cushion, he/she has a high probability of making it consistently .. the endeavor has definitely forced me to be a better trader - that's for sure ..