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  1. formikatrading

    Maintaining Self Discipline

    Congrats on the profits! Why was it risky? Trading always involves risk. If you're not taking risk, you have no chance of making money so maybe you need to learn to embrace risk. I wonder if thinking in terms of ticks is counterproductive. If you're trading to win, you're thinking points...
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    $ROOT

    Thanks for the heads-up on this one.
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    What are some techniques to get over the fear of making trades.

    I agree that he will eventually need to do some more mindset work to make real progress but the guy hasn't even taken a trade - just need to ease him back into the game first.
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    What are some techniques to get over the fear of making trades.

    Trade smaller size. If that doesn't work, I have some other tactics.
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    Maintaining Self Discipline

    It's quite possible your "rules" are not allowing your to exploit your edge.
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    Maintaining Self Discipline

    Do you not trust that you have a method that has an edge or do you not trust that you can follow the method?
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    Maintaining Self Discipline

    Are you trading to win or not to lose?
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    Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio Softens Stance on Bitcoin, Says It Has Place in Investors’ Portfolios

    I think you have to be open-minded about bitcoin without being part of the cult / religion of bitcoin. Being open-minded means that you can see both the potential for it but also the risks. For the most part, I look at it like any other asset class with a certain level of detachment. I have...
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    ES Journal - 2019/2020

    And it may be more likely that there is an 80% chance of a 400 point rise and a 20% chance of a 100 point drop.
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    Maintaining Self Discipline

    Maybe the clues aren’t on THAT chart.
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    How I'm Trading the Volatility: Live trades (Jan)

    Overbought but no signs of major sell-off yet. No interest in trying to get cute on the short side.
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    it's (bitcoin) the wrong market cap, for instance, relative to gold, - Paul Tudor Jones

    3 years ago, it was clearly a retail bubble as I couldn't open YouTube without James Altucher or Tai Lopez tell me about crypto. I kept hearing that the institutions were coming but they really weren't. Now, institutions can't ignore it, if only for the fact that it is still around and...
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    GBTC Private placement vs Secondary market price

    Holy cow! That premium for ETHE! Geez! I could tell it was out of whack so I sold it on Thursday but it bounced back pretty good. There will always be a premium but that is huge!
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    GBTC Private placement vs Secondary market price

    Why a private placement? What's different about the investment vs investing in GBTC or ETHE?
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    How I'm Trading the Volatility: Live trades (Jan)

    Market continues to punish the short side.
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    Gotta love ZERO RISK in the SP500 = $$$

    Now that we are in the ultra melt-up phase, seems like an appropriate time to bump this thread.
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    Big Short’ investor Michael Burry Reveals He’s Short Tesla

    Wonder at what price he's short?
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    Transitioning from Retail Trading to Prop Firm?

    Why should you expect a salary?
  19. formikatrading

    Maintaining Self Discipline

    It seems you have a negative expectancy -- some negatively-charged beliefs are in there somewhere.
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    Maintaining Self Discipline

    Ever consider that what's holding you back are your beliefs?
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