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February 1st, 2015, 03:54 PM
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Back to work
Read and worked on psychology over the holiday time. I am in a shift transition at work. Trading my third day of a TST combine tomorrow. Day one and day two were winners. I am up $700+ on my $1500...
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December 1st, 2014, 05:03 AM
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Purpose of the journal
I misunderstood the purpose of a trading journal. I was using it as a diary of sorts. I have recently been asked, in the context of a journal, what is my specific edge? I am working on my trade plan...
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November 16th, 2014, 10:23 PM
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11142014
Had one trade on Friday that I found while doing this catchup homework. I went long and made a scalp, 2 points. I was doing other stuff and must have done this unintentionally, thinking it was a sim...
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November 16th, 2014, 10:12 PM
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11132014
I let the monkey run loose today. Very poor results. The money lost is not bad, but the emotional capital took a hit.
I work nights til 3am and get up around 10 to trade. I had something that I knew...
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November 16th, 2014, 10:07 PM
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11122014
Challenging week for me.
Computer downloaded updates overnight that wiped out most of my recent logs and the templates that I had built to record to the journal. I thought I had the updates set to...
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November 13th, 2014, 03:56 PM
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Monkey trading today
I have to catch up on the thread. I have the work done but run low on time and energy later in my week. I work a swing shift, 5p-3a, Weds thru Saturday. I am not trading tomorrow so will catch up...
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November 11th, 2014, 09:21 AM
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11102014
Lost money but had a good day with the monkey. Spent some time meditating and then tapping prior to the trading day. I was able to see price thru the day. Made some mistakes, including forgetting my...
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November 6th, 2014, 05:55 PM
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Monkey trader
How do I know that I was not trading but that the monkey was?
I can't remember any of the trades. Don't remember entering, exiting, anything. I know they happened but it is like waking up hungover...
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November 5th, 2014, 10:27 PM
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Good learning, bad trading
I will post the actual results tomorrow, but lost money(on the TST combine), which is one thing, but traded very poorly, which is worse. Multiple mental mistakes getting ready and then trading. The...
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November 4th, 2014, 10:08 PM
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Correct focus
In going over the trade results, I have numerous late entries. That is the symptom and I think the cause is getting caught up in watching the bars go up and down and not working hard enough to look...
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November 4th, 2014, 05:08 PM
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Insanity, integrity, trust, the chimp and the combine
I am talking about myself in this journal, although I believe that my illness is a common one.
Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. I am creating as much conscious...
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