Thurs May 29 Trades & Journal

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Short 1 TF 1139.3, -0.4
Long 1 TF 1138.3, -0.7
Long 2 TF 1137.6, 1137.6, -0.7, -0.7
Long 3 TF 1136.4, 1136.4, 1137.2, +1.0, +1.5, +1.0
Long 2 TF 1135.7, 1136.0, -1.4, -0.7
Long 2 TF 1134.5, 1134.0, -0.0, -0.7
Long 3 TF 1133.3, 1133.4, 1133.0, -0.7, -0,7, +1.0
Long 3 TF 1133.1, 1133.1, 1133.1, +1.0, +1.7, +0.9
Long 1 TF 1134.5, -0.5
Short 2 TF 1135.1, 1135.1, +0.7, -0.4
Short 2 TF 1138.1, 1137.9, +0.8, +1.0
Total TF +4.4

Patience is such an important attribute in trading. Problem is.... when do you apply it, and when do you strike quickly at the fleeting opportunities...? Today, for at least one set of critical stp-outs, I ignored a guide rule of this method's entry levels and should have been more patient before entering. But later on, when it required a quick strike, I hesitated and the entry opportunity was quickly lost. One mistake tempering me in the wrong direction for the 2nd. This is how the market affects you. ...or should I say, how your own trading errors can encourage you to do in subsequent entries the repair work you should have applied earlier, and are misapplying now. This is trading. "That was then, this is now", has never been more important to understand and practice. Stay disciplined.