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Day 2 Was trading well today, focused on executions only and my plan. Just working the numbers now and spending all my free time on developing 2nd strat that trades more often with smaller profits. I feel like I "own a casino" where only 2-3 people stop by during the day. And somebody like...

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Day 1 Interesting thing happened today: the thought of breaking my rules was more painful then thinking about taking a loss. That was new. Before market opens I read my rules and notes now and get in the proper state of mind. This seems to help to keep me focused on execution only during...

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Thank you NoDoji for your comments. More I think about it, I think moving stop to b/e feels good but not very useful for my style of trading ( at least not when I think about it when market is closed :) ) My goal is to execute my positive expectancy but what I find myself doing in reality is...

Day 6 Maybe I need to sign up to AA meetings to learn how to break bad addiction. I worked through weekend, I re-wrote my trading plan and I thought I covered everything there. Then bam, I could not follow my rules again. On the bright side, it's only one rule I have hard time with: moving...

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Day 5 Traded well Was too early shorting STT and CLF and didn't get another signal for entry. Same with CRA. Just got stopped out today. More I get stopped out and look at these "stops areas" more I think I should be on the other side of these trades or not using stops the way I do...

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Day 4 Traded well REGN today, stayed small, followed my rules. Sure it's never perfect and I might exit couple cents before the actual target price but I usually have a good reason for it and I'm not trying to be perfect. I did poorly on GNW and didn't give it any room when I shorted however...

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Yes, this can work, thank you.

Day 3 Traded well today. I followed my rules and I took all trades I had a signal. At one point I started thinking about money but I realized quickly I did it and moved on to executing my rules. I'm still struggling with exits though. Not executing them but rather deciding which ones...

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As I mentioned above, I didn't even look at my p/l today because I didn't focus on money today. I think we are talking about the same thing but in different words. P.S. I never was called Dude before, I think Dudette will fit me better :-) This mostly Dude's forum so I understand. But I...

It does make sense. Thank you for your input. I went through some serious mental makeover over this weekend and I believe I won't have to restart my Day count anymore simply because I have no need to make same mistakes. You are right, I will make some mistakes, we all do, but my attitude is...

I think it's a great idea that might work for some traders. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you NoDoji, I was trading well today. Thankful for the SWM lesson, though I'd rather pay for it less than what I did :-)

Day 2 This long weekend could not come in a better time, Olympics could not come in a better time, SWM loss could not come in a better time. It all clicked. It's not that I learned something new, it's just that I finally got serious about my business. I understand probabilities and numbers...