20160317
Long 1 TF 1163.0, +1.7
Short 1 TF 1165.2, +1.2
Short 1 TF 1165.8, -0.0
Short 1 TF 1167.7, -0.7
Short 2 TF 1168.2, 1168.0, +1.0, +0.7
Short 4 TF 1169.8, 1170.0, 1170.8, 1171.5, -1.4, -1.8, -0.0, +1.0
Short 2 TF 1173.6, 1173.3, +0.7, +2.0
Total +4.4
Nothing is worse than having executed the right trading habit the day before, and acknowledging it--then to commit a violation of that same principle the very next day. It's like reversing a lesson you thought you'd finally learned. But new habits are hard to form, and old ones not easily shaken. Today, that's exactly what I did. I let an entry model go by that would have put me in-trend, and participating in the eventual outcome, and then as if to punish myself--or get even with the market for punishing me--I faded a second trend as the momentum continued to demonstrate persistence. ...something I should know better by now than do...
Take a moment to reflect on the day's trades. Assess which were made within Trade Plan and best-habits, and which were not. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse your behavior. ...and never relax the muscles of self discipline. It's like the paradox of golf. Focus your muscle memory on what it must do. Then relax so it can accomplish it.
