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Good to know about the drawdown. Yes, I'm certainly not taking the best set ups. It's a miracle I'm only down $300. If I could cut down half of these orders, and manage winners better I'd be in a much better spot. It's been a fun learning experience. It's a long road ahead to reach my goal for...

Could happen, let's see how I handle being this far in the hole.

Pretty close to my second combine failure here. I'm down probably $300 total, but approaching my trailing drawdown limit. My high was 31k, but I'm down $1300 or so from that. So $200 left. Hopefully I can loosen up a little, knowing that it's likely I will not pass this go around.

Not really gonna get to worked up. Just took too many trying catch a zone I liked. It happens, just a streak. We have ripped off that zone here. In to the next.

Plus 8 from that last stop out now. LOL. Bummer, could've turned today around big time.

Another terrible day. Back to the drawing board for sure. Minus 300 in the combine now. Stopped here 1 tick at LOD on last trade.

Here we go, day 7. In the green by a hair after 7 days. My win rate is roughly 25% or so when I'm comparing the total 12 days in this combine. Just a touch over 3 to 1 winner/loser. The win rate needs to pull up to 33%, and the winner/loser should be closer to 5:1. Although it's a broken...

That would be nice. I don't want to move to the UK, just a couple weeks long visit.

No, I live in the states. I lived near Frankfurt in Highschool though. My parents were in the Army then. Would love to get to the UK eventually though. Used to be very huge in to a lot of music back when I still dj'd. Lots of nights over there I'd like to go out to, so I can relive my youth :)

You live in Germany? I'm ok with the boredom. Cary before the horse, though. Let's see if I can get consistent to even think about it one day.

The cost isn't bad at all. If it teaches me something, it'll be worth it. Hopefully it does get me there quicker for sure. I've taken the steps financially to eventually take some heat off trading if I were to make it to full time. Bought a house for 1x income instead of overextending, won't...

I totally agree, I think I'm not close to ready. More so I think of that fantasy of being able to spend more time studying, and engaged. My real goal would be 5 years from now going full time.

I'm done for the day, as far as the combine. Too close to my loss limit. That last one just rubbed it in a little :) I would never make a trade without a stop. My stop is a hard two each time, that gets adjusted. If by year one I'm break even/making a little I will be thrilled. I'll be a year...

That's the goal, I'm a pretty persistent person I general.... Maybe too much so. Do have to laugh at watching that last order of the day get stopped for 1 tick at Los and up 8 now. . Sometimes that's how it goes.

it's certainly tough, if not everyone would do it. First I learned how to lose $, then how to lose less $. Now I'm ready to learn how to make $, consistently that is.

HAHA. Yes, I'm probably way overthinking this. I usually get that way when I have a streak where I'm not making money. Start second guessing, etc. Asking yourself if you truly know what you're doing, blah blah, pity party. So, on to tomorrow then.

Sure, any trade is not a sure thing. However, you take entries that have a higher probability of working. I'm not making the right decisions at the moment, and I need to figure out what has got me off rhythm.

Another poor day. Last trade stopped to the tick at LOD, it happens I guess, lol. Almost 3 weeks in now, and not trading well at all. Probably plus $300 total at this point, a little under $200 for the restarted combine. Need to settle down and focus a bit. I felt like I would be a lot more at...

In theory it sounds great, but it's just too tight for how I trade. Typically I'm trading 1 contract in this combine, 2's are a rarity. My win loss rate is extremely low, so I go through periods of losers, It's just how it goes. It's really the only way I feel comfortable trading, because it's...

Thanks you very much, I appreciate it. I'll be following my normal stop limit Tuesday-Thursday. It's Monday's and Friday's that I'll be following this rule. I trade very poorly in the days.