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Part of it might be the relaxing and speaking out loud the inner conversation... or it could just be the good ones in a series. We will see. :)

Day 33 (Mo Step #5) - Had a really good weekend, and woke up on Monday refreshed and ready to trade... with one thought, Stick to the plan and do your job. "Seriously, it isn't that hard... you just have to change a few things." So I did. I put on trades, it just seemed like the Mo tick ones...

J_S, I would have reduced my risk to below the balance area I was focusing on at the time for my entry. That was based on a 1min chart. If value didn't continue to move higher, then my working assumption would have been incorrect, and price action would exit my position. Looking back at my...

KP, in theory what you describe makes sense. Yet, you have also touched on what makes this the toughest job you will do for easy money. It is the ability to trust the plan, and execute it consistently in the heat of battle. Everyone struggles with that. Day traders to position traders to swing...

Yes, no kidding... and I was trading size too. At least for me, it was. Why you ask? Well, a big part of it is you don't think you are as sick as you are... then you are also on drugs (steroids) to make you better, but they have many side affects that you really don't understand at the time...

@smallStops no I am not funded. Yes, it was part of my original goal. I made it to live trader prep, then ran into serious challenges. Now, still part of my original goal. Just having to tear down some things and rebuild..

@monoid, considered this Sunday morning and then left it alone until Sunday night. Realistic daily profit target in today's volatility and with my average hours available to trade would be $500 to $600. So I will choose $500. Adding the 5th step. Ready to start for Monday. Thanks for the...

RECHARGE LOCATION - ALL WELCOME :)

@monoid I found this a lot tougher than I thought. It wasn't easy to just set aside those trading related thoughts, but I kept telling myself that Sunday morning would be my time to reflect, catch up on my journal, and reread your instructions. Had an awesome day on Saturday. Recharged. Spent...

@Handle123 thanks for giving us an update. I am really going to weigh in on your words, and consider them some more. The part about "Am I worth it?" does resonate, so something I need to explore. I do have one question for you, with your current health challenges and on the drugs, why do you...

Hi KP, first let me say thanks for weighing in on my journal, always appreciated. The points you raise are valid. So let me answer them. 1) Yes, I often have tracked trades to see where they ended up. For months, I used to screen shot every trade and adjustments along with journaling my...

@J_Smith Certainly happy to discuss. I don't have any "magic sauce" so to speak. I agree with you that healthy discussion only makes us sharper and better as traders. There are many profitable ways to trade, like I said before, it comes down to the trader executing them on whether or not they...

Here it is... the blue arrow is almost exactly where I bought, and the red is the exit. 5min chart. Yellow line is settlement I will be signing off until Sunday morning, as per my commitment to @monoid but will get back in touch then.

Thanks @Redneck ! Appreciate the encouraging words... going to sign off soon as per the Mo steps, but I have a question... How do I embrace him... accept him.. and invite him along?? (Wouldn't mind loving him too)

@J_Smith posted a pic in my psychological journal, along with some questions on it. The purpose of starting this thread is to allow that discussion to continue, but in a forum about trade setups. I'll let him post the pic... unless I somehow managed to sneak it in here.

@J_Smith certainly we can discuss it, but we will need to do that in a new thread, as this one I have tried hard to keep specific to Trading Psychology. I don't mind discussing trade setups. (just not in this thread) What I have found, is you can give the most perfect ever trading system to a...

WELCOME! :)

Day #32 (Mo step #4) - Slept well, woke up ready. With one main thought in my mind... do your job and make widgets! Wrote it at the top of my journal. That, and stick to the plan. Day started off okay, was down about 15 ticks overall, and then had a winning trade on and I was so tempted to just...

@Redneck your awesome. Thanks! Really hope I get to meet you one day....

@J_Smith Not rocking the boat at all. I am a business man, and I know there is always people that can say what they like about you on the internet, and not much you can do to defend. A few things in that report: 1) First, the guy complaining is basing his complaints taken on trades that were...