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Positive day. I exited my last trade early and immediately regretted it despite the profit. At least, I'm getting positive/negative reinforcement feelings on my actions and not the PnL. Interesting is that this was a trade I wasn't thrilled about taking. The set up was there, order placed at my...

Thanks RN. I needed to hear that. Keeps me focused. Usually I'm pretty good about honest, self-evaluations. Reminds me that I need to be sure I don't slip up in that regard. Pretty simple, though really. Either I followed the plan or didn't. I appreciate your feedback. As aside, I think you...

Positive day. Sometimes after a couple losses I question myself if I'm taking valid trades. Easy to find reasons why they didn't work after the fact. Had those thoughts today. For the most part I'm taking in-plan , valid trades. Today I did. Some didn't work. At a break I reminded myself that...

============= Mental Analysis: This morning woke very fatigued from an overnight migraine. eww. Curious if there should be a filter especially if one is fatigued. Anyways... ABSOLUTELY. It's the second question on my pre session review. "Self-check. Rested ? Energized ? Alert ? Focused ?"...

Thanks, JS. I like reading your updates as well. I expect you will get this trading biz quicker than it's taking me. =============== Negative results but I did my job well. I traded my plan, gave trades time to work, didn't move my target. Had Douglas' "Anything can happen" float through my...

Thanks, JS. My first trade the higher target was picked at entry based on the strength of prior leg and targeting the swing at 49.90. I'm fine with how I managed that although I second guessed myself while in the trade. Trades 2 & 3 were managed more emotionally. Trade 2 was a entering a...

And right back at ya :) I just feel bad I'm making you always repeat yourself, or worse having to come up with new ways to tell me the same thing.:) jas

Yes, I agree and which is why I was disappointed. It appears I can't flip the switch to strict discipline but am content to make gradual improvement. That's not my intent but that appears what's going on. Ignore PnL and nut up. Yes. And have patience. Follow the plan. Let go. If not now...

It was pointed out to me that my last trade was at 7:00 am ISM news report which is likely why I saw volatility and exited. I forgot about possible news reports.

I suppose I've made good progress when I can have a nice up day and be disappointed in my performance. My notes made after trades: "Trade 1 : Calm through out. Had larger target that not initially hit. Slight regret I didn't keep usual 25 target price came near BE stop and I lowered by a...

More lenny kravitz and less katy, please. Hmm, nope. ==== That was a great finish to the game.

yes agreed and will do.

And I'm back.. I'm going to trade at home the next few days for the first couple hours then head into the office. No trading at the office. I'd like to re-focus on my patience waiting for valid trades. And will try to acknowledge emotions as they come up. No more watching PnL intraday. It was...

Thanks ND. Appreciate the info ! I'll be adjusting moving stop loss and keep stats on it. ====== (PnL for week at end) ====== What an exhausting day trading. Unfortunately only caught a small chunk of the blow up near EOD. Still need to sort everything out in my mind and will probably post...

Hey RN, Saw your comments last night. Haven't had time to reply. Yeah, crazy week I've created for myself. But learned some good things about my method and me. Had the same thought re: stop to BE. I was doing that cause it seemed to work reasonably well and it was objective and easy to test...

Negative day. Mixed performance on my part following the plan. Had lapses that cost me. Still need to review the trades. Just glanced at trades. Of the 15 maybe 2 I should not have taken. At this point I can live with that. The mistake that bugs me is the manual exit before stop which of course...

Positive day. I did not look at my PnL until after the session. Of course I had a rough idea where I was but not exactly. Will I always do this ? I don't know. For now though trying to just focus on taking valid trades and manage according to plan. Today I did an excellent job of doing that...

I think that's great you didn't force anything. On days with big moves FOMO would kick in and I'd chase or try reversals too soon. Not pretty. Good job !

It was a negative day but I'm not going to post results until end of week. Keeping focus off PnL right now. Difficult day. Choppy again. I did a good job of not thinking about PnL, good job of pulling the trigger and good job of letting trades play out without exiting too soon. What I did not...

Thanks RN. Will be ready to patiently wait for valid setups and manage according to my rules. Which means I will likely have to deal with the uncomfortable feeling (because it's not habitual) of letting go and letting trade play out according to my method. And take all valid trades. good...