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3 trades of 1 contract each. Did not feel "together". In the past a day like this would have ended in a large loss. Missed some trades (was not here) Overall, since I started posting (especially recently) I feel that I am more in control. Time will tell. Failure is not an option.

I trade of 3min and higher (mostly 5 min) Rashid is my friend and he was just joking. [B] During certain periods of the day, price will stay on 1 side of a moving average for a fairly long time and trading against it would be foolish. [B] Agreed but not completely. I know for a fact...

Today's trades.

From today I will post the cumulative equity chart only once a week on Friday.

I don't think so. I am just realistic and I say whatever is on my mind. These were observations and assessments. I am not talking down to my self. Other people call themselves names - like making references as to their intelligence. I don't see the point in that. People in general express...

Thank you for your support :). I have tried CBT. It did not work. Going public on a forum like this seemed easy in the beginning when it seemed that I cannot lose but then when the 2 losing days came I was ready to disappear but that would go against what I believe in (it would be dishonest)...

I would say that he should get a grip of himself and/or see a shrink. I appreciate the time that you have put in BTW. Time will tell whether I have a future in trading or not. If I will not have another major drawdown in the next 1-2 months, I would think that I made it. I was asking myself...

What is set-up trading? Gabe

Some notes concerning my trading today.

Just 1 trade today.

Hopefully will stay above water from now.

Which book was it if I may ask? Just to add to my previous reply to you about the 2 trades. Had I used my fixed stop, the 1st trade obviously would not have been stopped out and my targets would have been hit. I'll have to look at my stats again and see whether there is a benefit to...

Yes you are correct. I exited the 1st trade b/c my stop loss was hit based on the time frame that I used to trade (3 min) The 2nd trade I just set the S/L to my standard and it was not hit but my 1st target (a fixed value) was hit. I took out the rest of the trade manually for reasons I wrote...

I was looking into NLP for a while to re-program myself (I didn't really understand much then - not that I do now) but I found different articles that claim that NLP "The balance of scientific evidence reveals NLP to be a largely discredited pseudoscience. Scientific reviews show it contains...

The risk reward may not have been there but statistically I had a very high confidence level that my 1st target would be hit and if it was then there would be follow through (which occurred) but I was exhausted emotionally (I was 1 our in the trade and on average my trades last about 6 minutes.

It hit my 1st target. It was within my Stop Loss parameters. I used a technical stop in the 1st trade and a numerical stop on the 2nd trade. I have to think about this. Gabe

As I wrote in a previous post, I will stop posting the daily cumulative equity chart and post only the trades. I am aware of that but..... My stats should take care of that. So far it works for me and I am not trying to prove anything. Just follow my plan. Agree 100% Gabe

2 trades 2day. Entry and 1st exit were ok. Could have waited with the remainder exits.

Thanks RN. Do we have any idea what causes the initial default state? Gabe

Starting nest week I will post my equity chart only once a week, on Friday. This will allow me to concentrate on execution of trades and not on the financial outcome. Back above water :) .