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Basically by the time I recovered mentally from the poor executed trade in the morning I should have stayed away as I usually do.. My wife makes average income.. 42k/yr... $160 day... 8 NQ points. Whenever I remember this I think what a paradise trading can be if I can focus on what's in my...

Hmmmm.... looks like today was a difficult day for others... interesting. The reason I am "guessing" is trying to fade levels but price just blew through..

-13+ for the day.. Chose to trade chop (during the EU mtgs.) after all the nice movement was done.

Brother, weep with me.. I shorted 2349.75 (key level from yesterday).... fearfully took 3.75 profit.

Subconsciously I do not want profits... No doubt.

Wow... markets are capable of anything... Very ominous daily candles all over.. ES had better not return into the box.

They should also be required to send their kids to Public Schools.

Thanks guys for the comments about my state of mind regarding trading. No matter how good a system I have my response to my errors definitely clouds my view of new opportunities. I will work on better ways to handle this... I have been consistent in recent weeks but it is tantalizing how...

Closing up VERY early today.. have to go pay the bills the other way... 2368 short a bit preemptive but the drive to the premarket 74 area congestion failed so I figured any attempt at 67 area again would go through... was looking for 63 target (actually wrongly reduced fixed target of 10pts...

Instynct....after my review over the weekend.. Dow AND S&P broke out on Friday out of a relatively large range. NQ was building the small flag I mentioned last week.. With this info nothing BUT long was to be the game plan. There was no reason to be thinking short... So why the shorts?? Greed...

This was planned to be single 30 point trade day. Began last night with a long in the high 20's. Trade was doing nicely till I woke up and decided to "improve" things.. ended up with less than 6 points.

FWIW...

LOL... my psycho "problem" is I keep expecting to get it all and as soon as a setup doesn't do that... change it!

How many days are you displaying on your 5 min?

Sorry.... In my limited thinking, I have always marveled at how one can trade without charts... I actually exorcised DOM and T&S from my screen a while ago as they spike my emotions with the speed. A quick lesson from you will be fantastic.

LF, Intra Swing Trading is precisely what the style I am pursuing for the same reason: Scalping is not for me and I accept this, therefore I seek to get in as soon as the early high or low is in and try to hang on for the daily bar to grow to typical size. This has been **VERY** difficult to...

Left 3 (the number of charts I use) out of the poll, Grrrr.. Interesting anyway.. Better question would have asked successful traders only.

Instynct.. I will add something to the topic.. fading price levels seems best in chop conditions where there is not much momentum to break anything.. Once price leaves and is in full flight waiting for the reversal a better idea as fast markets easily overshoot levels. so.. SLOW CHOP (10pts...

On the other hand there are pullbacks and there are pullbacks... the bounce to 91 qualifies and a trader that got short high 80's assuming he/she missed the first decline still made relatively stress free money than those (me?) that would not wait for the 2300/2310 box to be resolved and...

I am convinced the best way to trade is to take trades AT levels (2352 yesterday, 2310 today) with relatively small stops... IF stopped out you can still get in on the way back down which loses me money A LOT as the wiggle invariably stops me very often.. Now the trick is properly figuring out...