You are an Independent Trader!
If the markets interest you, you'll probably work to develop a logical explanation for how they work. This is because you love theoretical ideas and abstract concepts (in fact, much more so than people interactions). This can be great for trading success, if you don't get too theoretical. This type of trader profile suggests that you value knowledge above all else. As a result, you'll be constantly generating new ideas about the market or trying to disprove the ideas that you learn from others...
One of your Trading Strengths
You can quickly determine if a new style of trading or system will fit well with your personality.
One of your Trading Challenges
Your trading could dominate your time and you could become socially isolated, which in turn could upset others, particularly if you have a spouse.
you mentioned an epiphany earlier about really being good about taking losers,imagine the old saying sink or swim,i'm gonna teach you how to swim by throwing you in the colorado rapids,you can't swim but the current pushes you to a rock or a branch and you hang on til the current knocks you loose,eventually you will swim or drown, at some point you have to say i 'm gonna drown if i don't learn how to swim right at this moment,you have done enough trades to know when to get in and when to get out,so your swimming,now you must forget that you didn't know how to swim,that's in the past, and try to swim better,be choosy about your entries and your exits.Thats trading in a nutshell.you can fine tune it but you will always remember to make smart choices.Quote from Blubaru_555:
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