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This month... I basically look at it as flat. Up marginally. So far not tracking anywhere near my original goal. And so the struggle of trading.

With 9000+ posts I was hoping you are at least swinging a 7 figure account. I guess the number of posts don't correlate to account size.

eur/usd selling off marginally, very marginally. Seems like everything is in good order and it really is just a glitch.

The amount of work involved is the difference. The ones who make it, are PHD's in Behavioral finance, with a minor in psychology, and a pass time of boxing, and gambling.... self taught. Thousands of hours, shed blood for years. Book smart people never get there, because they think it can be...

Long way to go, up 2% for the year. Marginally in the green, nothing to celebrate. This week was good though.

Big drawdowns, yes... a clear issue. "Contained" draw downs part of the business. Perhaps I'm still "young" in the process where It's difficult to look past the moment or time period while in the red. I did successfully perform through AND not change my strategy during the course. That was...

What a grind, I came to realize this week that many of my issues in trading growth over the years was a lack of patience with the systems I have developed. Sometimes instant gratification does not exist, and in my case it can last for 8 weeks. Not knocking some of the recommendations, but for...

Hell of a week, Green for the year now. Dug myself out of that hole.

Thanks I appreciate it. I hear you on the learning experience that makes sense. At the same time, I'm really dedicated to my system and executing it, I'm optimistic it will outperform. I use bracket orders, so I'm with you here. I know exactly where I'm in and out on all trades. I risk...

I think about layering on a level of shorter term systems, I was brainstorming this weekend about it. I still feel that my 4 systems I trade need full mastery before I can layer on new stuff. I'm about 80% there, its difficult to trade the system perfect, but I am close. Once I master it, I'm...

Question on T3, I'm assuming you get a 1099 as an independent contractor? Also, if you trade futures, does the tax benefits you get from trading futures flow through to when paying your income taxes? Anyone know how that works from a tax perspective?

Its been a real shitty 8 weeks, just chop and grind. It messes with your head.

Another crap week, down 1.39% MTD, and YTD down 6.7%.

It doesn't cost anything to study it and save money. Everyone just wants action, then they get taken.

February needs to be a big month, last week should have been much better. Made two mistakes last week that cost me about 3.6%, oh well the important thing is you learn from them. 1 position should have never been entered, and 1 position should have been entered. If I can keep my mistakes down...

Does Bund trade 23 hours per day? I took a look at Eurex, seems like most are 21 hours or even much less trading per day?

So many gems when comparing boxing to trading:

I'm looking for software that I can record trades and analyze, backtest etc. I've been using excel for a while, and figured why not pay for something that is good. Any recommendations? A sponsor recently posted this: i-maxprofit.com I liked it, but is there anything comparable? Thank you

I made my first mistake this year trading. I deployed a 5th system, prematurely. It's not fully baked in and had an execution issue this week. Pulling the plug on that one, needs more work. Sticking to my 4 concrete systems that have been live for a while now. Still UP for the week.

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