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PDay #3 - Slept in a bit, but woke up ready for the day. Again, my focus was on just doing the right thing. My gosh, I have to say I was pretty tempted a few times... up 15 ticks, can't make any adjustments... stopped out. Checkmark that. Up 19 ticks, can't make any adjustments... stopped out...

@Handle123 I am taking trades in those auction extreme areas were based on the market profile I am expecting movement to happen. That alone gives me an edge. I enter based on an area, and not necessarily a specific price number all though I will watch the DOM to try and scalp into a move...

Jas, Still just trading 1 contract for now... all though if I get a buffer built for the day, I don't mind trading two. YK

PDay #2 - Had a slightly later night than normal, woke up prior to alarm, but decided to sleep in until before EIA report... for me that means, I woke up at 5:15 am and got to sleep in until 6:50 am. Prior to starting to trade I reread what @Redneck said above and specifically the part " Do...

PDay #1 - Slept well, and woke up early ready for the day. Standard routine prior to trading, but I reviewed my game plan one more time before I started the day. Trading went fine enough, but I had to sit through the frustration of not closing out a trade when it was only 4 ticks from my...

Thanks @Redneck Very true.... Let me rephrase that correctly.... WHAT I WILL ACCOMPLISH IS STICKING TO MY PREDEFINED TRADING RULES AND METHODOLOGY.

the PLAN So I am moving forward still with trying out with topsteptrader... scheduled to start a combine on Tuesday, March 31st... profit target is $3500. Here is the plan: 1) Daily loss limit of $400... I hit this area, I shut it down for the day. rationale: This will shut me down before I...

Yes sir!

Day # ??? - Took the rest of the week off, and tried not to think about trading. (Didn't read my journal) For some reason, I felt pretty discouraged about where I was at in this trading journey. (Probably the stupid X thing on Monday) Even though I know that I have lots of people pulling for...

Hey wbtrader, That thread I opened was simply to reply to what J_S was asking in this thread. And allow an on topic discussion of what he wanted to share with me.... Which I assumed was discussing a trade setup. I'll reply to the rest soon. Thanks, YK

Before I read anything... Decided to not do any demo trading today... Would just create bad habits. Better to just relax, take it off, recharge mental capital... Then make decisions.

Woke up to an email from Facebook... So today was a day I just tried to get a feel for the market because I was too pissed off at my X, who hacked into my deactived Facebook account! Obviously really ticked me off... Demo trading for this week.

2nd try, stats average from Feb 09... for some reason March 20th isn't showing. YK

Here is a screen shot of some of it.... the average reflects from Feb 09

Day #42 (Mo Step #14) - Slept well, and woke up ready to go. I was getting close to my trailing max drawdown, so I reminded myself that no matter what happened today, I was going to stick with the game plan and not break any rules. Same old same old... trade, checkmark... Mo trade, record...

Yep... Every other trade.

Day #41 (Mo Step 13) - Slept well, woke up feeling good and ready for the day. Started my day off as per normal routine. Stuck with the game plan. Trade - checkmark. Mo Trade - recorded. I was looking to make my profit target, and at one point both trade types combined would have been well...

Good question. Quick answer, yes I usually notice it before trading, but not always. One of my routines prior to trading, is I sit down at the computer and before I turn on the computer I go through a mental checklist. How is my body feeling? Is there any pain? Do I feel tired? Is there...

Day #40 (Mo step #12) - Didn't sleep as well as I normally might have (GR), so slept in a bit and waited to trade until EIA. Trading went okay enough, but I just wasn't in the zone... plus the market was acting weird, and it was hard to get any follow through... lots of small losses. To top it...

Thanks @helgen_1 I certainly appreciate the encouragement!