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It was either that or pulling weeds at Handle's place :)

Well, shit since you put it that way. I will SIM tomorrow. Didn't want to but my respect for you and your guidance wins out. :cool: It's good practice for my discipline ; doing something I don't want. And seriously it's a good idea. I need to recognize the slumps and work it out without being...

Yep, me too. Sometimes it's what keeps me going. Figuring I can't trade any worse than I have/am. ============= Day started off well. Good focus and following plan. Then I got caught in chop and screwed up. One of these days I will contact you ND about trading chop. For now I'm supposed to...

thanks Alpha. I like those motivational videos.

That's good info, thanks. Doesn't feel like I'm doing great but at least when I screw up I know why. Slow progress is better than no progress. =============== Today was a mix of doing really well, nice execution, great focus and then trying to think I was smarter than my plan. Didn't have...

Handle, Not only are you a nice guy, but an inspiration too. Great to have you around, alive and kickin' ;) jas

One of the things i've been thinking about is 'what is proper state of mind' that works for me. Some days I see the set ups clear and take 'em and some days I see it and hesitate or miss 'em. Wondering if my SOM impacts it. Some days I come in very, very focused almost pumped up playing sports...

Traded calm again. Caught myself watching trades just wondering what was going to happen. Giving them time to either work or not. No stress there. I'm still not trading as well as I should be. Doing some things right but some missed trades or mistakes also. Pretty choppy today. I was able to...

Good stuff Handle, thanks.

That's fantastic ! You are a true professional . I'm guessing most amateurs don't practice on replay. I do it on occasion. I'll pause at critical times to review my thought process to make sure I'm paying attention and making decision per plan. I need to do it more although last weekend doing...

Thank you Redbox. I appreciate your comments and well wishes. Good trading to you ! jas

I can do it . It confuses me when I don't trade like I should. Is it mental, does plan need more specifics, do I need more screen time ? IDK. I keep working on all of it. I'm going to go through Douglas' trading in the zone again. Last time did the audio CD. Might do a combo of that and book.

Likely bias when taking the poor entries. When I should have been entering I was saying Be patient it's not quite right. I suppose like in Hooti's post I was trying to eliminate more risk which doesn't work. The risk is reduced,IMO, by taking the proper set ups in the right context. I was...

Much better focus and following plan today. I did feel the separation of trader vs plan developer. It was calm, mostly objective trading. Choppy day in CL so negative ticks but doing most things I should be doing. My problems lately stem from filtering trades to avoid. The airspace concept...

So far achieving my goals set out when I started. My trading plan has improved with much more specifics, my overall knowledge of trading and myself has improved considerably and my discipline in certain areas is much, much better. Making a small amount of money too. Not sure how long it takes...

Sorry not enough time to respond in detail right now. Been doing bar by bar review yesterday and today. I was passing on trades I should have been taking. It's pretty clear. I was trading too cautious then jumping on poor PB set ups. I understand why I was doing that. I need to stick with one...

Thanks traders for the comments and help. Hooti thanks for taking the time to post that. I'll get back to you with some comments. It was a terrible week on all metrics. Taking last week off may have contributed to the poor performance this week. Not sure, which is what makes it so frustrating...

It's love /hate some days.:rolleyes: I still go back and forth on this. Some days I think my plan needs more specifics/ more improvement other days I think it's all 100 % me. Sometimes ,like today, mid session I start doubting my entries and think I need more filters etc In review the entries...

Here I am talking about patience and then I go and trade chop. Traded CL today after inventory report. First trade was a to target 15 tick win. And even though it continued 70+ ticks with out a decent pullback I thought 'no big deal going to be a good day for pulling out 15- 20 tick wins.' Had...

Great post RN. I'll print that one too. Thanks. I've certainly become aware that a big part of my edge is having patience and waiting for proper context. A lot of my losses have come from not paying attention to those two things. It's good to know that about myself. I've also become less...