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If you want to know how we think, watch the scene called "So you're saying there's a chance" from the movie Dumb and Dumber.

Another thing I learned was called "Going to the well once too often." See above re: Obvious Trades.

My trading got better and I became less prone to overtrading when I started posting my trades in ET.

I really think it has to do with Gratitude, staying humble, taking what the market gives you, moving on. Not pushing buttons. Keeping the market out of your head. Not thinking you know something about the market. Thats the hard work everyone thinks is trading.

My mentor used to say that people lose because they want to. Thats what comes to mind. If someone has hidden conflict and can't feel their feelings, they are going to sabotage themself. I mean, that's all of us to some degree, but I've seen better and worse. I have a friend who taught me a...

I over traded yesterday after I said I was done for the day. Gave all my gains back. And I was up good. I was thinking maybe Baron could offer a tie-up service where they come to your house, lock your computer and shrink-wrap you when you need it.

Good thread. Has made me dig a little deeper. Now I'm remembering stuff my mentor and I used to talk about years ago.

Key word--Doctor. Mistress of the Universe. And probably scores high on man- like traits. I have one of those at home. She was an executive. But they can be trained. Hehe. Just have to unlearn a few things. LMAO.

Yeah, I'm going to go on record as saying that your style of trading isn't going to work with her. But she might be able to find something. Need to see what she is interested in. What does she notice, if anything?

Women tend to be too cautious. They are built in a fundamentally different way. Men are builders, designers. They have testosterone. On the other hand, you don't see women overtrading and blowing up accounts like men. Maybe something like spread trading where it's a little slower and you can see...

Out of Euro at 1.1740++. Still holding aussAu long. USDCad broke down.

Also, if you're a child you probably have a healthy imagination. Then they send you to school to wring it out of you. You have to have a good imagination to be a good Trader, Imo.

As humans we don't perceive change very well. And we tend to become comfortable with the situation at hand, which is related but different. A trading system should help. If you follow it. See above.

Long Eur 1.1717. Long AUD .7567. Usdcad has had a good move up, wonder if it's done given the backdrop. Gold marching higher.

After a long trend, it's tempting to try to pick a top or bottom. Often, the market will pull back for a day or two. So you have to know that it's just too tempting not to jump onto this reversal, thinking the bottom or top is in and boy am I smart. When it fails it traps lots of traders. After...

I usually have in mind an idea or visualization of what the market is supposed to be doing given different TFs. It's all about staying in the moment. One example of an obvious trade is a flag. There's a momentum bar and then it consolidates. If it consolidates too long, it's probably going to...

Ok. Getting out must be different than standing aside

I like it. But surely there are times of conflict, when you're not able to reconcile different info?

"How can you know if it's obvious?" It's just a question I ask myself before I put on some trades. The answer is you can't for sure, just like everything else. It's just something I like to think about. Part of the creativity of trading. You might think of it as a market that is overextended and...