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Short 2 ES 2032.5, 2033.0, +1.25, +1.5
Long 2 NQ 4101.5, 4101.5, +3.0, +6.0
Short 2 TF 1192.2, 1191.9, +0.7, +2.0
Long 1 TF 1187.3, +1.5
Total ES +2.75
Total NQ +9.0
Total TF +4.2
Less trades is better than more. Looking back to yesterday, is even now hard to remember what possessed me to such over-trading. But that's how the mental game works. Sometimes it's as if something takes over for our better selves, unknown to us, as if on our behalf. That's why it's so important to give the Trader voice. The Trade Plan is the text of the Trader, and gives him voice. Read it aloud before each day's opening session, so that the Trader feels a presence and is the only voice in your head.
Today, I balked at taking a 3rd contract at the HOD as stipulated by the plan. The heat of the TF's bull leadership was so impressive, and I still had yesterday's 2nd Trend action bubbling up in my memory, and the pain of being stp'd out by it along the way. But the model was perfect. Trade the models. The Plan is comprised of them. They were included for good reason. Be the Plan.
