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Thanks for the kind words! I was initially keeping a journal on ET as well as another futures website, but I found that copying, pasting and reformatting it from one website to another didn't seem to add much value. I made the decision to stop posting on ET and continue journaling on a different...

I tend to overthink things sometimes. What you are saying makes 100% sense but it seems that at least for me it's a lot easier than done. I'll keep chipping at it though. Cheers

I will be reaching at least one milestone today - First full month of live trading!!! I re-read my journal yesterday and some feedback I received triggered me to think very deeply about my trading. Through that thinking I realized that while I think about psychology, I don't actively do as much...

Okay so I'm going to be focusing on my mindset and psychology a lot more and that's how I will start out my prep. Psychological goals today Only trade within my 'trade zones' Follow my trading plan Let the trade come to me Be comfortable with potentially taking 0 trades today if none of my...

Very solid advice, thank you!

J_Smith and Gotcha no need for fighting. I appreciate both of your input. J_Smith you provided some advice with reasoning behind it and I need to consider it but not follow it blindly, you mentioned that yourself. A wise man listens but doesn't blindly follow! Gotcha you are absolutely right...

I've never heard of the TICK, does it serve a similar function as the VIX? Why is it worth looking at?

I think the best thing you did today was to get me to challenge myself on certain things that I didn't think about much before. I'm not looking for help around detailed setups and executions, everyone is different and just taking someone's advice on buying and selling is cheating yourself. I...

This definitely speaks to me, now let me ask the following How do you stay on the bus? Logically I know I need to stay on the bus, I remind myself that every day. But when the market is moving and my emotions take over, the emotional side of me completely drowns out the logical side and my...

I appreciate all the comments, keep 'em coming. I definitely need to clear up my trading space so I'll be thinking about that a lot today in terms of how to reduce that on at least my execution area. Your comments help with that. I've got 3 monitors available so I'll be more efficient with my...

Yes, I've considered all that. Answers are below: · Day trading - I quit my job at end of last year to dedicate 100% of my time to this, non market hours and weekends included. Apart from my marriage and personal health, growing as a trader is my highest priority. I’m currently enjoying...

I've got a very open mind and I’m aware that I know almost nothing about trading so I appreciate the advice. I know most people aren’t like that, but I’m not here to show the world how good of a trader I am, because I know I’m not. I’m here to learn and grow as much as possible so that I can be...

1- 4815 zone - Surprisingly strong zone over the past 2 weeks, top of Friday’s session a. Expect this to hold unless very strong force pushes through it b. Look for signs of a move being exhausted c. Can enter pre-emptively as long as the move pushing into this zone isn’t too strong...

Summary of 2016-08-29 Market was very slow today and I only took 2 trades. 1 rational trade and 1 mixed trade. I expected a balance session today and we definitely got it, too bad I miscalculated where the bottom and tops of the session were going to be. Day range is ~ATR but the RTH range is...

Missed my first short trade and here's my second, I could be reading the market wrong as I am expecting things to turn around slightly Looks like the bull move is exhausting itself so I entered into a short position expecting a reversal. So here's my entry, 4799.25 which is currently the high...

2016-08-29 Morning Prep So today I woke up 1 1/2 hour earlier than expected. Not the biggest fan as I already don't get enough sleep and sleep is precious to me. My stomach woke me up so the pizza I had last night was obviously not nutritious enough, I'll need to make note of that. As a...

Weekly Prep I do most of my prep on my written journal but I thought I'd post some big things I've highlighted. Surprisingly still in balance after Yellen speech Top of balance ~ 4836 hard tested twice, likely to hold the first time we approach it (unless very strong move) Bottom of balance...

I appreciate it guys, this is my first post on this forum so as I get more comfortable with things I'll be posting more and more. Feel free to chime in whenever / however you want!

My Trading Career so far I quit my job at the end of 2015 and dedicated myself to trading starting this year. I was initially going to trade CL as I was familiar with O&G but saw that my account wasn't big enough to handle the volatility. I then chose to go with NQ. I found some free data going...

I know that starting this journal will be helpful for me, and I hope that some of you can also learn from my mistakes. A bit about me Open minded and looking to grow as a trader Relatively young My life motto is "Yesterday's excellence is today's standard and tomorrow's mediocrity"(not sure...