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'thinkaboutit" Dang, not what I want to hear... I can improve discipline while making money.... I've been at this 4+ years, a few more days/week of SIM is not much to really nail this discipline... (waking up in the middle of the night) What's the problem ? I've been through the anxiety and...

Thanks RN. I really appreciate the support and reinforcement.:) Took 3 more trades net -3 so + 19 SIM ticks today. I'm getting the feeling I know what I'm doing and what I need to do. Mentally, I think I may be in as good a shape or better than when I began my break. Patient in trades and...

Trading at home this morning, heading in to office soon. 1 trade, a triangle BO. good entry and management but exit not great. Had a higher target but trend not showing strength so target was unrealistic. Hindsight ? I don't think so. I should have recognized and taken profit sooner. I can...

Good review of context today. Meaning I wasn't paying enough attention to it. Once again execution was not perfect but my mind set was fine as far as calm and unemotional. Not enough time today to really dig into it. Still on SIM. -10 ticks

Trading requires a definite learned focus. Today my mind was wandering in the slow chop. The focus will come back in the days ahead. Execution was not perfect today but my focus for the day was more on me and my thoughts/ emotions while in the trades. From that viewpoint I did just fine. Pulled...

Easing back in to trading this week. Reviewed trading plan and charts this weekend. Easing back in to waking up earlier, easing back in to journaling and taking trades. I've been eager to get back to trading which means to me 'go slow !'. Be sure I understand my plan and come back focused...

YK, Are you still trading 2 cars ? Using a daily total max. loss of 40 ticks overall ? If so, then 20 ticks a car max loss seems pretty tight. Might be contributing to stress. If, I'm wrong about what you're doing then... never mind :) jas

If I'm understanding correctly, the last trade was exited early based on hitting daily profit target. If that's the plan fine but seems to me each trade should be consistently traded per plan then AFTER the trade the go - no go / close down should be decided. Anyway, very nice progress YK !

I wanted to comment on a couple things Redneck said because I think it needs to be pulled out from his excellent posts and emphasized. 1) Self -talk or talking to the 'other'. I've mentioned this before and referred to it as the Inner Critic. RN has pointed out it's also our inner cheerleader...

Handle, I'm so sorry to hear the news. You are truly one of the good guys. Always generously sharing, encouraging and inspiring. Sending good thoughts your way and wishing you all the best. jas

I was thinking same thing. Freeze. Missing trades, not exiting losers, not taking profits.

Thanks. Hanging in there, Slugar. How's the plan coming ? Gonna be ready to pick up trading with me when I return ?

Meditation. Adam Grimes is doing a 'class' on meditation for next 22 days. I like his other work and this may be of interest to somebody. When I've done meditation I do not listen to anything. just a quiet room. When I'm back trading i'll be giving his recordings a try. Yuk check it out if...

I like how you addressed your inner critic. (remember our inner critic is our friend that is only trying to protect us) I like how you acknowledged the mistake, remained focused and kept trading. I like how you did not increase size. Stayed focused on just trading properly. Very, very...

I'll be taking sunday off. Have a good one traders !

Tried sending this as a PM but wouldn't go through, so hell just put it out there for everybody. From your journal today : "but kept fighting with this stupid feeling like I should be making more, I should be getting more. What I was doing, just wasn't good enough" If you haven't done any work...

Traded the plan today. :) One thing I noticed today was that I remember when I would look at set ups and then have an internal dialog debating whether I should get in now or wait or is this area a reason to avoid the trade etc. Exhausting and missed moves. I'm pulling the trigger well now...

Yeah, absolutely. Appears to me , maybe I'm wrong, you're always trying for homerun days. And that target is always moving. A good day is never good enough for you so you keep swinging. To keep the baseball analogy going; I could be way off base in my opinion. What is your goal in trading ...

Done. Back for more recap later. No major intra day drawdowns this week Mon +43 ticks Tues -28 Wed +22 thurs +28 Friday 0 Net + 65 ticks less approx. $ 130 commish

Have a great weekend RN. Waiting on a triangle here. Not my favorite set up. Will see how it plays out later.