I just saw the link posted by monkey and nkhoi... then saw your post before the closure of that thread... where you said the following... If you don't believe it send me PM and I'll arrange to show my trades real-time!. Was this the first time you were posting your trades in realtime for others to see? If so...that could be part of a reason why there was so much pressure...a type of pressure that can cause a lot of trading problems. There are good traders and there are good teachers... extremely difficult to do both at the same time. If you do that again...do it for personal reasons and not to prove something to other traders... because if your wrong...your creating a possible psychological mess that will take a lot longer to recover from than your trading account. NihabaAshi
Someone once said to me (it's one of the gems I wrote down to keep)... "In order to win, you must set yourself big targets or undertakings that you will probably fail and then do your very best to achieve them. You may achieve some of them, but you will fail to achieve the majority. But, in the process of trying your best to achieve the targets beyond your reach, you will stretch yourself well beyond that which you believed possible. By continually stretching yourself in this way you will win!" Best Natalie
It was part of motivational group thingy I went to once, and I wrote it down because it was a great quote.. Sometimes, having someone else tell you what you already know makes it stick a little better best Natalie