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Context is King indeed, I'm working on this now and taking a week off from trading. Plus I have some family stuff I need to resolve this week as well. thanks.

please leave my handle alone. thanks.

I'm trying to do that and write reasons for my trades as I make a trade to make sure that I'm following my rules and not my emotions, It's a learning process... it's a bit difficult with timing though...

I was kidding about stops being useful, they are of course a necessity. To clarify, I always have a stop in a trade, as a matter of fact, I fire the trade right away with a stop order 2.5 points away. I may adjust my stop closer if needs be, or rarely .75 point wider, but never more then...

Yes, mistakes based on my process. I was too impatient. The main issue today was that a few times I didn't wait for a proper set up to finish (for a 5-min candle to close), but was anticipating it (assuming that it will close a certain way in the middle of the time interval). And what even...

It's just one day and nothing to get excited about at all. Quite the opposite, I need to be extra careful tomorrow not to get cocky. It's amazing how human mind works. I had one good day and I feel like I know how to trade now. It's absurd. My conscious mind realizes that I don't know yet, but...

1. sell @r1 DT. Had multiple urges to cover the trade at b/e because it took a while to move. then wanted to cover it prematurely, but was fighting it to keep the trade until a reversal bar showed up. Even though I was aware of what's going on with my emotions, I still closed the trade too...

1/2. Impatient long. didn't wait for a proper long signal. stopped out. 3. took another long at a proper set up and exited before my target was reached because I read too much into one bar, 4. next trade long was just a test of software. then I stepped away from the screen and missed...

I'm trying to focus on the process and working on it. It's a process to learn how to focus on the process. I'm writing down my setups, looking at lots of charts, studying them, reviewing my trades, etc. thanks!

THANKS FOR POSTING THIS.

1. good long - traded what I see, not what I think. My initial target was 68, but 72 -75 possible, I closed it after there was resistance at 68. Which was Ok. 2/3/4. Made a mistake in the next 3 shorts. We were in uptrend still. Need to think continuation, not reversal. I should have...

Just to clarify the charts: Green arrows are long trades (1 long 0 close) Purple arrows are short trades (-1 sell, 0 close)

RN thanks, for PM, I need some time to digest it.

not sure why the chart didn't get attached the first time, so trying again.

this is the chart of my sim trades for today. A bit messy, so it's easier to see on 1 min chart, but I trade off 5-min: 1. buy 1290, was a strong support, cover at yesterday's mid double top. 2. correctly reversed short, but covered. I think that I was expecting 1290 to hold, so I was...

PO is my new handle, it should be a bit less controversial :D It stands for Patient Observer.

definitely, we often forget about context in our life.

emg, why do you trade then?

and this one is a longer term chart that I look at periodically for longer term view:

I'm finally posting the screen-shot of my charts that I'm looking at when trading.