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Really undisciplined today. I'm on the road to destruction for some reason. Some personal problems coming up on top of just not feeling good today. Breaking too many rules, just shoulda stayed away today. Sigh. Always tomorrow I guess. 10 trades. -668 Acct balance: $1,945 / 10K

ammo referred me to this quiz: What type of trader are you? http://www.tharptradertest.com/default.aspx?question=1 It's accurate as far as knowing my trading style. Small profits and almost no homeruns. Just like what I used to do poker.

Today was a crazy day in gold. Didn't quite capitalize on it as much as I could've. Cutting profits way too fast. But I'm still profiting slowly. Going to paper-trade the YM for the rest of the day. 9 shorts, 1 loser. +520.50 today's balance: $2,614 / 10k

Interesting journal. I'm just starting off too, and taking a string of losses is the hardest part of this trading stuff to me. I've lost alot of my earlier confidence now too. I switched over from online poker to online trading, and most of the psycological aspects of it are the similar. It...

Thanks Dblarrow. Didn't see the june, i looked at april and it's volume was like 200, so i was confused. Acct today: $2,093 / 10K Traded gold 5 times today. +42.50 Found out a new problem I have, I'm afraid to take my signals now. Paper traded the YM and broke even on that. Great...

Today's balance: $2,050 / 10,000 Week7: -350 Week6: -4365 Week5: -2136 Week4: -250 Week3: -801 Week2: +942 Week1: -926 7th week: Today was a really good day for me. I had a huge ephiphany: that I can actually feel good about losing money, as long as I stick to my rules...

today's balance: 2,010 Getting back into trading, some horrible contrarian trades. Breaking rules again, but I'm not as scared to hit the trigger anymore. Lost 321 today.

Did 4 trades in gold today, not quite as disciplined as i woulda liked, a couple of impulsive trades. But im easing back into trading, and feeling much better about losing money now. Lost 212 today, account is at 2,333.

Did 1 trade today in gold. Took 1.5 or 150 bucks. Better than a loss. Still not confident trading yet, papertraded gold and did not do very well.

mgabriel01: That's how I feel now too. Going for singles and doubles only, no homerun plays. Today: No trading, paper traded gold and the dow. Dow was good going long early on, but gold has been really choppy and not good for me. Still looking for a trendy day to get back into it...

I'm going to keep usin IB unless i stop meeting the margins, right now I'm safe because I have a more than in the account than what I'm using in this journal. I found Quotetracker to meet all of my needs as far as charting goes, and it's free. I picked up a TA book, a chart patterns book...

thanks ammo, u've been a great help. i'll see if barnes n nobles has that book. i think i have a slight edge over the markets already, if i stuck to disciplined trading. problem is when i take a few normal hits, discipline goes out the window and it mighta paid off like once.

Traded only a couple of hours in gold today. Paper trading is really boring, but I used realistic stops and fills. Simulated results: 6 trades, 2 losses. Gold, +1110 1 trade. ES, +12.50 Not sure if the profits are realistic, but today was a very trendy day. I'm going to go out n...

On second thought, I'm going to paper-trade tomorrow and take an early weekend off of the markets. Anytime I ignore good advice, including my own, I get burned. I'll see how I feel on Monday. I just need to post a profit tomorrow and hopefully gain some confidence back.

Thx for the advice guys. I went out for a jog to clear my head, can't believe i blew all that cash in just a couple weeks. Days actually... but I won't stop trading. I won't be taking ridiculous gambles. I need to go back to the way I was trading 3 weeks ago, before I started losing. I...

acct balance today: 2.4k / 10k Got burned today, shorted the fed news without a stop, it came back up n bit me hard. Very stupid trading these last couple of days, but they teach me how unforgiving these markets are. I'm going to continue trading, if I dip below 2.4K i still have reserves...

Todays balance: 5793 / 10,000 Down abt 42% now. Not going to give up yet. Today was a great trading day, was up +800 including yesterdays trade. Made a stupid... very stupid rookie mistake. I saw soybean open limit-down, and thought i'd long it to capture a few cents if it came back up...

Did a trade tonight in gold. Waited for gold to top out, it dropped for abt 10minutes straight and i got in and shorted it. Got out with abt 3.2 or $320, and got out. Basehits seem to be working..

hey buddy, i am keepin up here, sorry that you have to switch to paper-trading now. these markets are absolutely trecherous from what i can see, and protecting capital is #1 for me now, i'm going to be 80% paper trading now too, and only going with the best calls with real money. sucks we got...

Acct: $6764 / 10,000 Week5: -2136 Week4: -250 Week3: -801 Week2: +942 Week1: -926 5th week of trading: Alright, this week was pretty bad... down right horrible is more like it. No discipline for some reason- I'm on vacation this week visiting my Dad, and god dam...