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I am shocked and humbled.... certainly not the post I expected. Fuck, @Redneck you got me teared up here... much, much thanks to you and all who are contributing and those who are silently rooting for me.

@monoid, I did a total of 9 trades... every one got a check mark. BUT then the trade I didn't take, that was the one that I screwed up on. It really is irrelevant that it was a winner, all though it does rub salt in the wound, but what is important is I identified it as a valid setup and I...

@Redneck it may not sound like it, but this is progress. This is a different type of concentration than I have ever done before in trading... not only am I focused on the market state and trade setups, but I am also even more focused on whether I am correctly executing the process. I can feel...

Day #23 (Baby Step #4) - I slept fitfully last night, kept waking up for some reason. So this morning I was a little cautious on trading, because I know if I am tired then it is easy to take on more risk. I had slept a bit past my regular time of getting up, which in no way violates my rules...

@monoid , I appreciate the advice. I will find those tools to help acknowledge that, but in the meantime if I feel that emotion highjack me then I have to shut it down... or it is too easy for me to TILT. My only real edge is myself... and if myself isn't functioning, then I shouldn't be...

Day #22 (Baby Step #3) - Good nights rest, and woke up ready for the day. However, prior to trading this morning (and last night) I was really considering what @Redneck had written and I quote: "And what are you doing to quiet them..., to get / keep yourself in a centered / unbiased frame of...

Day #21 (Baby Step #2) - Slept well, and woke up ready for the day. It was interesting pre-market as I had felt pumped about trading... but then a part of me felt bored about trading. So I feed that part that was bored. I wanted to be good and bored about trading. Standard routine prior to...

Agree with Agree with @Redneck I once won a public trading contest and it was based solely on my public declaration that money management was more important than trade entries. I simply flipped a coin 30 mins after open and went long or short based on the coin outcome... After that I manged...

Sitting in one of my favorite restaurants, reading a book I lost months ago and found just before I left for lunch today, "the Talent Code" page 94... And I quote: "However well this finding may support our thesis, it's real use is to paint a vivid picture of what deep practice feels like. It's...

Day #20 (Baby Step #1) - Slept well, even though it was a short day, I still went though my regular pre-market routine. My focus was strictly on perfect execution of the process of trading. I do everything else normal, but I put that one extra routine into the trade, and write it down in my...

@monoid thanks for the input. Not harsh at all... just a realization that what I thought was mindfulness, is as per your definition, only awareness. I have read your post a few times now, and I can I see a part of what you are referring to. Will need to read that book you recommended.

Ok, after I calmed down from wanting to reach through the monitor and grab you by the throat... and 48 hours have past, and I read your post a few more times... first, let me say thank you. I am grateful for your advice. What you are talking about is accountability. I get that. It is an...

My first electronic trade on the ES, was using a dial up modem while living in the Yukon Territory. It was in the late 90's, and there I was connected electronically to the S&P pit. Changed my life forever...

Day #19 - Went to bed later than normal, and so woke up at 5:00 am still tired. Part of my trading plan is to get enough sleep, so I went back to sleep until I woke up feeling rested (roughly 7:00 am). At first I felt briefly like I was missing out, but I reminded myself that today was...

For the record, I considered exactly what you had said about being lulled into a false sense of improvement... I thought about that a few times over the last couple of days. I also thought about what you said a long time ago, that if I could take this rigid upbringing and somehow overlay it...

BACK TO THE BASICS A very good trader told me this... "If you are struggling, go back to trading 101"... and there is a lot of wisdom in that statement. I had a good talk with my psych coach, and I'm making progress on figuring out why I tilted the way that I did. (Some of that written above)...

Here is a start to the nut cutting list, in no particular order: 1) I want to be a great trader, not just a good trader. Being just good, isn't good enough. 2) I felt like I should have all ready passed the combine and been into live trading by this point. 3) At times I get too fixated on...

From the looks of it, an outsider might say, I am fearful of having a profit for the day...

Hi Monoid, Thanks for the contribution. I do indeed practice mindfulness. That is part of my morning ritual prior to even turning on the computer. Without a doubt it helps. However, I do obviously need to get better at the emotional control of what is happening. There is something...

Jas, those are great points! I have no idea how the pm feature works, but glad you posted this anyhow. I am sure other traders appreciate it also. I've reread this now a couple of times. You are right about the inner critic. My psych coach has mentioned a few times about how hard I can be...