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This website helped me a lot when I started.. http://www.fragrantheart.com/cms/free-audio-meditations BOL

This week has been $$ excellent because of all the movement in the markets. The struggle begins when we get choppy days with zero volatility, which is unfortunate that most days are like that. How do you manage to survive through days with hardly any movement? Change up your strategy for low...

Since when are stocks relevant in the kitchen?

How does one deal with breakeven? Making a nice profit one day, only to give it back the next day. Back and forth, rinse - Repeat. It's exhausting.

Exactly, but do you think this will change drastically over time?

So many opportunities in October and November, if only the markets had this kind of volatility and volume throughout the year. You can tell the difference in bar movement it's not as influenced by HFT. It makes me realize what trading must have been like pre 08. Sadly I hardly made it through...

So... what's the "solution"? Enlightenment to transcend this "animal" brain of ours?

Sitting on my hands while in a trade. I have a bad habit to watch my trades tick by tick and impulse exit if I see bars retrace.

Treading water

Employment numbers are in, higher than expected... Dow jumps 100+ pts. Market rally as confidence in QE grows? So, we depend on more confidence in the FED to continue QE than the actual economy and numbers? The days of real market participation are dead, the fed and government bodies...

I too am quite young (28) and have been doing this for a year full time. I live frugal, but I'm up 1% for the year but I m also definitely see myself improving each month. That's the only thing keeping me going at this point. That and the fact I love doing this and despise 9-5 like you.

I wouldn't here chatting with you scrubs if I knew that :)

How often do you all meditate? I can't seem to stick to it, some days I just don't feel like meditating and it's hard for me to stay disciplined and do it. It's just... boring... I don't feel like I accomplish anything while I sit down and do it. But that's the point, right? :confused:

Markets seem very weary at these levels. Strong pullback before and even stronger uptrend?

Heavily manipulated market today.

Hope my broker doesn't go belly up in the coming months :)

lol, what...

I wonder if it'll be a volatile day.