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@Handle123 If you walked in right now, I wouldn't know you from Adam... but you have really helped me out when you had nothing to gain! Much thanks. I hope it is returned to you a 100 fold. So echoing Redneck's statement... Van con Dios.

Day #31 (Mo step #3) - Had a very good personal reason to skip trading today (GR), but that wasn't in the cards as I had made a commitment to trade. Slept well, and went into the day with one focus, and one focus only... which I wrote right on the top of my journal prior to trading. "Today just...

Good advice. Thanks. I will strongly consider that...

@monoid : I understand your position. However, I did commit to you this week, and I will continue with what you have recommended the rest of the week. Some great points so far from this exercise: 1) Your recommendation to only have minimal focus on trading outside of trading hours, and to...

I ain't quitting... I am changing. Not sure how much time that is going to take, but I am committed. Is a rose any less a rose, if all you can see is thorns and a few green leaves? If need be, I will go down to only one trade a day and execute it perfectly... then stop. But I will get there.

Day 30 (Mo step #2) - Slept well, and went into the day with the goal of just being consistent. Just doing my job. I had to think a bit about what Monoid was saying about giving myself the flexibility to make errors, as long as I entered the trade correctly... so I took the side of caution...

Amen! And I just want to move up from washing dishes... but hey, at least I'm near the kitchen.

@samuel11 Thanks for support. Now the kicker, had I only taken a $400 loss as per the plan, rather than an unplanned $985 loss, the last 7 trading days would look much better. One day should never wipe out a week's worth of work. Now my homework is done, and I am taking the night off to not...

@wrbtrader You do raise some good points. For anyone trading alone there is hardly any accountability, which is why trading with someone like Topstep Trader, at least forces some accountability on you. (Daily loss limits, stops in place, limited buying power, etc) Had I had this accountability...

Mo ticks = Short for "Monoid ticks": The ticks made or lost in the exercise of part 3, where I skipped taking the trade, but observed it as it progressed. @monoid is this something I should be tracking? I took part 3 to mean that I also had to monitor and react exactly how I would have traded...

Day #30 (Mo Step #1) Took a break yesterday and didn't look at any trading or posts until later in the evening. Went to bed with encouraging words in my head, and a game plan for today. (thanks everyone!) Slept well. Standard routine, with the exception of printing off Monoid's steps...

Took several hours to think about the day, and only now getting online and reading this. First, let me say thank you for the offer of help. I suppose I just don't know how to "let those thoughts go". And you are bang on with this..."In the process you are getting attached to both those...

Thanks @Redneck i really appreciate your support

@Handle123 , I traded seriously between 2005 until about fall of 2008, (2007 and 2008 lived abroad trading full time) and that was when the financial crisis nailed me in 2008 and at the same time was on substantial doses of prednisone for an undiagnosed skin infection (having no real clue what...

Day #29 (Baby Step #10) - today I absolutely sucked... so much so, that I am going to really think through if this is a goal I want to keep striving for. Slept well, and the beginning of the day, I just didn't quite seem to connect like I thought. Looking back, I kept second guessing myself...

My mantra today... "Trade well, and screw the results"

Thanks Monoid, Appreciate the thoughts, and sharing one of your trading plans. I take what you say seriously, however today I have been solely focused on the emotional aspect of my trading and what I can do about it. fwiw, that trade was the result of exiting a trade but my T4 DOM was still on...

So if you want to advance, you have to stay humble... this morning I struggled with that. Going through my mind,"C'mon @Redneck I just dug myself out of a hole and had a profitable month! Cut me a break!"... blah, blah, blah goes the hurt ego. But in this business you also have to stay tough...

Hated hearing this, but sucked it up, left the house early and now quietly sitting here reading the workbook NoDoji recommended... "Thoughts and Feelings". Working through it... And yes, I can now see this much clearer, and I quote: "Worry thoughts anticipating danger" and "they set the panic...