Some ramblings:
The need to be right is synonymous with Ego, when in Ego you are not open to all of the information that is being presented. The Ego already knows the answer; if the answer is known then no more information is needed.
There is a saying you can be right or you can make...
I meant it from a psychological perspective, as in everything would be ok if I just didn't do that trade, but you did and from what I read this is a recurring pattern.
You haven't reached the "uncle point" yet.
It's kind of funny that you mentioned curve fitting, IMO that's exactly what you are doing with the above statement.
Not that I disagree (except the everyone part) but your statement could easily be flipped:
Keep in mind that if Price Action were the answer, everyone who used it would be successful.
I can't speak directly to OEC and SC. But I have been using SC for many years and found it to be very reliable. Support top notch.
If you haven't sent your log into support, do it, give them a chance to see what happened.
I have used every major software charting program out there and SC...
I am going to guess he doesn't believe you have a plan that you trust.
You said "I went through months of paper trading this set up and three solid weeks of sim trading it, and I had no problem sticking to my plan. The moment I am trading a real $$ account, and my discipline deserts me (or...
You are on the right road. everybody has their issues and the only way to find out what "your" issues are is to do what you are doing.
I think you have a plan but as you said when real money is on the line then your discipline suffers.
Could your issue be that now you are trading with real...
Keep it simple, get quiet, try and go back to yesterday in your mind, what were your feelings:
anxious, nervous, excited, pressured
Yesterday what conversation was going on in your mind?
Either way great start, keep moving forward.