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Who claimed "long-term profitability"? I was simply sharing my journey... *shrug*

I couldn't agree more with everything you said. Good vibes for the win :)

I guess anything is possible. I just keep folding when things aren't working and pushing it when they are. Thanks for the well-wishes!

I don't need slaps on my shoulder or attaboys...I came here to share. Besides, there is nothing wrong with celebrating the smaller victories on the way to bigger goals. That's what got me this far in the first place. Not by focusing on the negative.

I'll do you the favour of informing you of where you've gone wrong, despite your foul mouth :vomit:! Yes, many profitable traders failed Combines....BEFORE THE RULES CHANGED! At one stage, you had to have the following: 1) Avg. Win greater than Avg. Loser. 2) Avg. time in winners greater than...

Thank You Xela :). Yes the PT is lower but there is the added pressure of staying above break-even after 10 trading days. I'm on day 12 but now need to ease my way to that $500...haven't got much to work with but I like my chances all the same :finger:

I'm not here to prove anything to you. I will celebrate what I please.

I arrived at that conclusion due to the stats I mentioned (as well as others) not the fact that I've passed a Combine. The Combine is just confirmation of the stats. Most of your second statement is incorrect. I would have agreed with you 100% 2 years ago when they had ridiculous- and...

No...not as I traded it. I adapted the R:R to lower the variance when starting FTP as I knew the probabilities favoured failing it based on the avg. draw down. This has hurt the E but kept me within the rules so far.

Thanks :)

Hey all, After years and years (10 to be precise) of struggle and fleeting success, it would appear that I have now become consistently profitable over the long haul. I've documented the majority of the journey on my blog, with the last 18 months being within the TST program. I've also decided...

I'm interested to know why you think it's "essentially impossible"? What span of time are you measuring over?

The fact that you are AWARE of the thoughts means it's working!!! When you say "I can't keep my mind from wandering", you are aware that your mind has actually wondered :). The goal isn't to control anything, it's to observe then gently bring your focus back to the breathing, word etc. The...

Like breaking through "the wall" in running, you have to persist. Once you get clarity of mind and watch yourself thinking (check out The Psychology Of Trading by Steenbarger for the 3rd person, "observer" part) then it'll be almost impossible to give it up (the clarity and, therefore the...

Couldn't agree more.

Buying their e-book, the meditation shift, is the best thing I ever did for my trading. They recommend working your way up to two 15 minute sessions per day, but I found that didn't work for me. So I returned to the the 3 minute sessions, 5 times a day. The ideas of living in the present...

I'm not well up with all the technical terms but has anyone else noticed that IB charts only show the mid-point/price of the first and last trade of any one second?? I think that's pretty terrible. I'm assuming other 3rd party software shows more/all mids even intra-second? Any...

Should add that it prints the midpoints of every beginning and end of a second on the chart. Not in between.

I'm not well up with all the technical terms but has anyone else noticed that IB charts only show the mid-point/price of the first and last trade of any one second?? I think that's pretty terrible. I'm assuming other 3rd party software shows more/all mids even intra-second? Any...

Thanks to everyone for the help. I'll keep all of that advice in mind and start getting an idea at those two websites. :)