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Second month into full time trading. Slightly positive for the month. Glad to see that the biggest winning day is larger than the biggest losing day. Learned how to fight back when losing big. Did it again today, was down more than $400. The trick now is how to achieve big positive PNL...

PNL for last couple weeks and today. back to small and defensive trading. still learning how to trade without emotion...too much fear and anxiety...always too quick to take profits. Congrats Johnny Utah.

over traded again. was doing well in the morning. recognized and rode the trend. started trading randomly around 1pm. took a gamble on bidu and lost, which accounted for a big chunk of today's loss.

glad I did not get wild

did not trade yesterday. back to green today. still too timid to enter trades too quick to exist the right trades.

still not in sync with the market. Haven't got my psych back to 100% from last week's beating. Missed some good entries due to hesitation...at least no more crazy big losses now. Back to tight controlled trading. Shall see green soon, although not today.

Traded more carefully today. was GUESSING and HOPING that the market would run up in the last hour. Got caught long. Was able to recover part of the loss by going short at the end. Still did not cut loss quick enough. Not quite in sync with the market yet. Don't have the guts to jump...

Hit the maximum 4 digit draw down in the morning and could not trade for the rest of the day. Traded goog which is too volatile for a newbie and my small account size. Last two days, I switched from scalping with tight stops to intraday position trading and got killed. Of course, I was...

end my 7 day winning streak with a big loss :( first day using the hotkeys and was having too much fun, treating them like the buttons on the slot machine in the casino. i can be reckless at times, gotta watch out!!

took a hit at the end... although still positive, but not happy about it...another lesson learned.......

can't catch any big move.

Got very tired by noon. Need to improve my stamina. This trading business is very mentally intense.

Short and sweet.

Traded like a monkey all morning. That's it for today. Still not in the right mind set yet.

Just starting full time daytrading. Still got trembling hands to trigger trades. Hardest part so far is to overcome my own greed and fear........very tough business :P

haha, true, I am not as confident when I trade as when I perform. BTW, I am not here to put down TA. I know I am not using them correctly yet, and I know there are people here on ET using TA successfully day in and day out. My goal at the end of this coming 6 months in hopefully a good...

Naz, Are you a shrink? :) Perfectionism Surplus Syndrome ! I know I am a perfectionist (gotta be as a musician) and quite competitive. That's why tap reading is so attractive to me; when truly mastered, you can rarely be wrong. The glowing positive PNL and the end of the day will keep...

Thank you all for responding. I will look around for one more week or so, and will kick off my prop trading no matter what. Hope for the best. T

Hi Don, Wow, Trading for a fixed fee in the first month? Software and desk fee included? The deal seems to be getting better day by day. What's next? Free trading w/o any risk capital!? :) I like the free market competition. But seriously, I am more concerned about a clear trading...

lescor, Thank you for the reply. Can I also trade options and futures through TUCO? I checked the website did not quite get the info. Thanks. T