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Thanks RN . I will be studying 'me' this weekend. Got in late today and took no trades. +20.75 pts for the week. My win rate is too low due to out of plan trades and my profits are too low from not taking enough valid set ups. Got some thinking to do and some discipline to acquire.

Finally a good day. Made up for yesterday + some. I still don't understand why i take out of plan trades. Yesterday I was doing exact opposite of what I should have. I have to remember to anticipate at key areas rather than try to react. The increase in volatility threw me off a little too. But...

I was very patient and calm today as I exited trades on normal pullbacks. Sheesh.. Loved my entries though. Aiming for a bit more improvement tomorrow.

One of the things I've done in the past is do market replay on the same trade over and over a few times. That what you mean by rehearse ? sent you a PM or I guess now they're called PT ( private thread) gotta run now. thanks.

Thursday I simmed which was helpful. Caught a nice short to start the day then made some poor trades. In sim I think I was able to recognize the problem without getting frustrated. i.e I'm taking too many forced out of plan trades. I've slipped back to my old ways. I'm taking reversal trades...

Thanks and I apologize. I thought you had posted those trades. I see the original now :oops:

HI ND, I assume 4 is another short entry. With airspace in mind are you thinking about that swing (3 matching lows) just to the left and that that area was a weak break of the prior swing or is the trend strong enough to take it. (I waited for a break of the 3 lows then shorted) Thanks. jas

Nice trading Slugar. I like how you can hold your trades. It's good to see and helpful for me. Keep it up ! jas

Good to hear. 'Course I've never gotten much past training wheels .. The list of issues: Patience/ breathing, Taking all valid set ups, letting go of missed trades & losses I wish there was something I could ask you but I think it's mostly things I need to work through myself. Thank you !

I'm hesitant to post because I don't want to sound negative and I certainly don't want any pity. But I do feel the need to vent. I have been struggling. Went back to trading 1 contract and will now go to Sim again. Seems nothing I'm doing is working. Lot's of small losses then when the real...

August was a real gut check for me and the hangover lasted the first week of September. After last week I believe I'm back on track. My set ups are occurring with more frequency and having follow through. The NQ was more tradable. Hopefully it continues. I expect it will and that August was just...

It's been difficult the last few weeks. Today was the first day in awhile where I felt like I knew what I was doing. Ended the week slightly above BE after commish. I'm still trying the 2 car scale out. My hope is that it will increase my profits and alleviate some mental mistakes by locking in...

Still here. Took a couple days off but mostly the markets have been quiet. Small moves, low volatility. Not good trading. I had been feeling good about my discipline and ability to consistently take valid entries so I decided to try trading 2 cars. The plan is to take one off relatively quick...

Only time for a quick update. Did not trade Monday, too distracted and busy with roofers. -4.50 pts for week. Felt unfocused too often. Thursday I should not have traded. Tired, frustrated, overtraded. More disappointed in myself than anything else. Then I start questioning my...

Thanks, RN. Yep, got my 3x5 cards; I am a decisive and consistently profitable trader....:D ====== No problems with leaky roof plus haven't had significant rain here in a couple years. But roof was old when we bought the house and that was quite a while ago. Lot's of termite damage on...

Finally a good week. Actually best week since I've started this journal. +30 NQ pts, only 8 trades. I've had better $$ weeks when trading CL but this was a best as far as NQ points and Discipline. The focus the past week was to execute: 1) entry 2) Management & 3) Exit, per plan. I'm...

Down about same as prior week. It's been a weakness in my trading of too often exiting on the first pullback or stall in price. I then miss a good move. Almost always my early exit is an emotional decision. This past week I got in my head to hold through pullbacks. And so I did. Watched a...

As always, good stuff RN and very helpful to me. Funny I was thinking about the triad over the weekend. And how my conscious is over analyzing and not allowing the subconscious to do it's work. I think that could be going on. Who knows. To paraphrase you: We are paid to manage the trade...

Last week -14.75 pts Tuesday was -16 pts. Trying too hard and not paying attention to context. Added some reminder notes to my pre-session/pre-trade review about airspace, ranges and mini-DT/DB's. Some of my forcing of trades comes after I hesitate and miss an entry then I end up taking a...

Excellent. Glad you both enjoyed it.