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Slow, rangy rollover day. 1 trade -4 ticks. Sat on hands a lot. Voice in my head said, Nothing to see here, move along. So, called it quits early.

You traders are great ! Your guidance and concerns for my progress and the respect shown to each other really put a smile on my face ! Thank you ! :) ======== Easing back in to it after a great trip. No trading yesterday. SIM today +11 ticks. 15 tick targets left a lot on the table. No...

Agreed. Slow and steady. And yes, not getting too excited over one days results. Still need much focus on me. Decided not going to trade tomorrow. Slipping into vacation mode. Will watch for a bit. ======== This is interesting , I think. Last couple weeks I noticed at times I was making some...

thanks traders ! I appreciate the info. Alpha, I agree with your thoughts. Capturing the bigger moves I do feel is necessary from a business standpoint and to keep my mindset balanced. i do like to capture the occasional bigger moves. I know from my stats of valid trades when managed...

Thanks RN. have a great week end jas

Thanks, Handle. I appreciate the info and the good wishes. I have certainly been the go for homerun type trader and then end up with less. Already liking the small target approach. Have a great weekend.

Off to a good start w/ lower target. Easy CL day ? Maybe the new target made it seem that way. My execution was perfect today. Only on last trade did I consider the idea of raising target but I did not. Also had a couple trades where I thought just take the 5 or 10 ticks. It was a good day so I...

hey JS, thanks. rented a cabin. doing some hiking and hanging out. Drinking some wine and beer and a nice dinner or two. Plan on doing the first two hikes + a couple more. http://www.hikinginbigsur.com/hikes.html then b-day party for a friend's wife. He's surprising her with me, my wife...

In doing a review of my actual trades and MFE I see that my profits would be much higher with a 15 or 21 tick target. (Win rate on w/s does not include BE trades) Actual results include invalid out of plan trades taken. Looks like going forward i'll use a 15 tick target and track it vs. a PA...

Thanks Handle. That makes sense and is helpful. I think that's the direction I'm heading in. Targets adjusted based on PA and type of day. jas

First an edit. On my previous post, last trade was MFE 15, exit 1 (not exit 15) =============== thanks RN. Very helpful to hear your thoughts. I agree on the lowering targets. More below. The big picture goals (money and the possibility to trade full time) have to take a back seat mentally to...

Another great post RN. ============== Got whipped around and allowed myself to be today. Tomorrow not trading which is probably good. Waiting for Verizon to come fix phone/tv/internet. Next week on vacation so no trading. Will be a good time to review what the hell I'm doing. I did realize...

Thanks for sharing, I got ya. (and I recognize that attitude) Finding that traders state of mind. Most days I slide into it. Through routine (noted in my plan) and mentally preparing over breakfast, the commute and the night before. Other days getting there is a mystery. I think most often poor...

I don't have a 'get pumped up' routine prior to trading. Instead it's a breathing, calm focus routine. Today I think I needed a 'get pumped/energized' drill. Something i'll consider in the future. Not everyday but on the days I'm feeling a little slow. The action was not clean early on and a...

Thanks Handle. Question for you. Do you always scale out in CL ? I'm thinking about those +10,+50 trades. Actually I guess the question is: when you're holding for the +50 do you trail a stop ? What if it stalls at +35-40. Do you exit there ? I'm thinking about scaling out in the future (only...

Probably one of my best mental days since returning from my 2 + month break. Didn't rush into office . Arrived maybe 30 minutes later than normal. Very aware need to be cautious on Mondays. Patiently waited for first trade, briefly thought about grabbing 10 ticks because it's Monday and just...

yes Sir. Not rushing in to office tomorrow. Extra patience waiting for set ups. Added a timer to remind me to take a mid session break in addition to the normal get up stretch/eat breaks. Did some good review of trade stats and mental review. A bit of visualizing staying relaxed in trades as...

One other stat. My 2 losing weeks this year , out of 10 weeks traded, both had my highest number of trades taken. 45 & 66 trades. Whereas, my best weeks average between 25-30 trades. good info. BTW, redneck had pointed out a week or so ago about reviewing my performance on Mondays. Of course he...

Not surprising to me Mondays are not good days. Small sample size, only traded 9 weeks. I may start coming in to office later on Mondays and see if that helps. This is good stuff. Thanks for asking handle.

No , but just pulled up a report broken down by half hour. Jan, April & May 287 trades. Looks like I need to be more careful early on. Not what I would have expected. Doesn't include some trades at home. I'll look 'cause I'm curious if I trade the 7- 7:30 block better at home.