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I haven't given much thought to why I stopped posting to my journal until now. For me I guess it was a mix between finally making profits and changing my focus to the mental side of things. After receiving some amazing advice from a member here I switched from journalling just trades and...

There is a plague on Man; the opinion that he knows something - Montaigne

Trading is part Art, part Science, all Mental and 100% Luck. - damnpenguins

Being able to ask questions like that seems like a good enough start to me. Despite the horrors humans are capable of, the saving grace of human nature is our ability to question ourselves and our intent. To turn inward, analyse and change course should we deem it appropriate. To measure our...

Here is the post https://www.elitetrader.com/et/threads/why-is-the-obvious-not-so-obvious.151802/page-610#post-4492956 RN had been mentioned a few times prior to Mr Scalper writing that.

I was catching up on the obvious thread a few hours ago, and it seemed to me that Mr Scalper knew what had happened to RN.....

Have you gone through the providers on this list? http://www.asx.com.au/documents/professionals/asx-information-vendors-guide.pdf

Quantify your fears. It is a simple yet powerful technique. This TED talk from Tim Ferriss might help.

If you try to design something that’s idiot-proof, the universe will design a better idiot - Simon Birch

no posts for a while, just chugging away..... Found this blog post on Adam Grimes' blog - a piece on dealing with the impact of current market conditions on emotions... http://adamhgrimes.com/blog/dealing-no-followthrough/

When did ignorance become a point of view? - Dilbert

As the twig is bent so grows the tree.

I used to have problems executing my strategies. I went through a number of them over the years constantly thinking it was the system I needed to perfect. ;) It drove me crazy having these systems that I could print money with on Demo/Sym yet as soon as I traded them live I turned into a wreck...

In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Pliny the Elder

Truth must strip itself of self, which can be very deceptive. - Mark Rothko

Complexity masks an underlying Simplicity. - prof. B. Cox

Trading is a losers game. Simple. Obvious (to me). Thanks NY :)

Sapere aude! - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapere_aude

A wise man once said...... Nothing.

I got to the point where a white background with black bars was doing more harm than good. I would finish the day and my eyes would be burning. These days I have an off black background and greyish bars. FWIW.