agree with you 100% i am already emotionally tired after 3 hours.! i know all about chopping my account in a trading range-coming to realize it. you have put everything about brooks in a nut shell and like you say whether you follow brooks or someone else it does not matter as long as you follow someone diligently. and i have been overtrading for 20 years. you are one hell of a a smart trader.
In your previous reply to my request to post live trades, you said you can't be bothered and yet you have time to write all this so eloquently? You could have simply written: Short 5582.62 SL 5594 PT 5582.75 BTW how can you short @ 5582.62 (which itself is weird since ES trades only in 0.25 increment) and get out profitably at 5582.72? That's actually a loss.
This guy must be trolling everyone. He posted a trade calling himself a pro, using the 'beginners layout' on his broker. Check the picture he posted. Size, entry and exit are certainly a sign of a beginner. Then he called that a proof of his mastery. Definitely trolling.
I’m not a fan of Al Brooks, but I do like you@ padutrader Here is why: You should not be ashamed at all that you’ve made a mistake, instead pat yourself on the shoulder because (unlike some Al Brooks’ posters) you just showed that you’re able to put aside the trading ego and de-couple the process from the outcome instead of being in denial and attributing losses to bad luck, and wins to skill (like some other forum members do). Those traders who are unable to de-couple their process from the outcome become tied to the outcome, which means they become ego-based traders, and such traders are kidding themselves and never succeed long-term. They just keep on defending their egos at the expense of their own trading development. If you want to constantly improve, then (apart from identifying your strengths) you need to constantly/actively be identifying/working on your own weaknesses (both TA and psychological), and public forum is definitely not a place where serious traders would post their journals. Also, you need to ask yourself why would you want to trade so many hours each day at the expense of missing out on your life? Not to mention that it is very hard to stay focused for more than few hours straight. There are better experiences in life to enjoy than being married to the monitor.
i am not i am 67 so ... also i do not sleep more than 4 hours a day anyway. Why take sleeping tablets, like most elderly people do