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And there was me groaning the other day to you about the pathetic gale force winds in London :-D
I will shut my noise
Least you get the weather to justify such events, looks like our British summer has vanished again.....
The discipline trader, great read hope you enjoy Gary
Got some other great books to read, when your done
" I will follow my rules, I will take my stops, I will be disciplined and i will work with the market....NOT AGAINST IT! Professional mind control is the key"
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@GaryD asked me about 'exits' in an email.
1st of all; I am a regular trader that just got good at nearly every aspect of trading through WORK & lessons learned~same as all veteran traders.
It is my belief (I could be wrong) that Gary is trading like a pussy (intraday) @great risk:reward levels because he is focused on being right for that big move that is paralyzing him in the moment~frozen if you will.
If he puts the trade on he goes small and then bails. Very typical behavior from a trader that has not written out a detailed 'scenario' sheet and also quantified the exact max. risk and approximate reward target(s) he is looking for.
You have to OWN {the subconscious RESOLVE} before you can do it (consistently). F*ck the money & F*ck about being 100% correct on big risk:reward setups.
You triangulate a low or high; confirm it; trade it; follow through on it.
I'll tell everyone another story (I think I wrote about this many pages back~this thread is long, so--I'll repeat).
I use to work with a brilliant mentor who was an obsessive chart freak and could identify swing turnpoints with about 85% accuracy (75% winners/10-12.5% scratch/1--12.5% small pre-defined losers).
We would have moderate size going into the targeted time & price turning point in currencies/interest rates/indices/grains & metals. We would make nice shekels into the turn and then CLOSE out our trade.
Frequently markets turn at levels that no one wants to step in front of or they turn w/funny mentals announcements, etc...
The vast majority of traders do not want to enter (retail traders) around these levels because they don't have the brass balls it takes to trade with size at turning points. That is fine, the world needs workers too.
Let me continue; so how did I (my mentor never consistently made the transition) step up and act like a man and a professional trader and begin trading time & price turning points {whatever your methodology is} with size?
I am a severe right-brain individual. More artistic and libertine and brutally open minded than most--I don't allow this to leak into my trading.
What helped me (more than anything) was the following
a) I stopped thinking about the f*king money. Trading is a journey and not a destination. If I made 30K on a swingtrade (trading size correctly) or if I traded into the turning point with small/moderate size and then went flat and made 4K; how do either of these numbers change me as a man in my stupid little day to day life?
It doesn't; I still have to go workout~~I still have to make my own coffee on the weekends~~I still have to look in the mirror (I try not to) @the end of the night and look at me and realize I am not the money I make.
Don't count your money before/during or after the trade (concentrate on your % risk and use margin appropriately)~~the time to look at your $$ situation is at the end of the week or every 2 weeks or every month. I personally approach it quarterly; like a business does.
Okay; so you say I am properly margined for a larger swingtrade~I know my risk, I have it written out (the levels) and am ready to go in with size and I have a feel for where my targets are. Why can't I follow through consistently and why oh why (sweet baby j*sus) can I not hold my 'multiple contracts' to the calculated targets?
b) Structure & Discipline: You simply have to follow a written trading plan because in the heat of the (for you) large moves you will not be able to think objectively. That is obvious; you are not a special person--you are human. None of your skills in other professions (unless you are a secret agent or professional card player/athlete etc...) will be of any bloody use to you while in a large swingtrade.
Until you are able to do the intended behavior according to your plan at least 20-50X's+; your ability to think (the artistic and intuitive and subjective and discretionary aspects of your brain) is nearly non-existent.
So how to get to the other side, no?
I humbly suggest
1) Incremental increases in size; be it CL or mini CL (QM) or ETF's or international forex 'Energy CFD's etc...
It is easier to go from bangin' a 'Jersey 8' to a 'Miami 7' vs going from a 'Chicago 6' to a 'Milan 9'/'Rio 9'/'L.A. 9'~~you get the belabored point.
OR
2) Pick an acceptable risk:reward ratio and stick with it. Most traders use at least a 1:2 on their 1st 'scale out' & then pick 1 to 2 extended ratio targets--such as 1:2.5 or 1:3+
How to trail your profit stop. Find a method that suits YOU, your personality or whatever turns you on; then stick with it for at least 20 swingtrades.
I have alot more to write about on this topic over time (if anyone wants more 'medicine'). However, my ghetto boat, the S.S. Girly Boy needs my attention today; Herr Hedvig is going to have a good time today until markets open @6pm est USA.
Thats not nice researcher even if this is the case
cracking me up again hedvig!
" I will follow my rules, I will take my stops, I will be disciplined and i will work with the market....NOT AGAINST IT! Professional mind control is the key"
Indeed so, the old hurrican watch is a funny aspect that effects the the markets
" I will follow my rules, I will take my stops, I will be disciplined and i will work with the market....NOT AGAINST IT! Professional mind control is the key"
Besides the daily 5WM that crude just completed and seemed to confirm with high volume on the Thursday close, the low price reached of 77.56 is 7 tiny ticks from a direct hit double bottom with the major pivot at 77.49 established on 10/5/11.
I went back and re-establised the 100% of Wave 1 using the spike high from 3/2/12, and that extends the W5 minimum target down to 76.98. which I will use as the initial major support zone for the week ahead. Further down, 74.90 provides a prior major LSP/RSP, and below that somewhere in the 70-71 area are the next potential major support zones.
Adding to the potential for price support is tropical "something" Debby, with several major oil companies already performing some preliminary evacuations, and, the EU sanctions on Iran scheduled for July 1.
If nothing else, there is the potential for a psychological base under the market near term.
It would be better if we were in agreement over something besides that, but we are in agreement nonetheless. It is easier to be "right" on smaller moves, easier to be "right" when I close a trade while it is ahead.
My mind's focus is 70% on the turning point, 29% on any profit, and 1% on a target. To me, for who knows why, the "target" is mostly the next place I would want to enter short, instead of exit long. The lines on the chart are the same, but I only am receiving a portion of the benefit from them.
For the most part, I know where to enter. I need to condition myself to set it free after I do. It's hard to do because, I think, I want confirmation on a regular basis, some tangible evidence that I am right?
"Needy" almost. Constantly asking price, "Do you love me? How much do you love me?" every five fucking minutes. LOL!!! At least I got a laugh out of that, but it seems somewhat pitiful when I read it again. I always have the option to hit the backspace key, yet rarely do.
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Support is the easy side today, resistance is starting out as a trainwreck. The 786 of the minor wave down at 80.32 provided resistance into the pit close, but higher level resistance is probaly best defined as starting at 81.30 - 81.50...