#tradedifferent

90% of new traders don’t quit because they’re bad.

They quit because the system makes them lose first.

One loss. One bad trade. And most never come back.

July 31, 2020 | The 21st trade already?!

I find it interesting that I’m completing my 21 consecutive wins challenge at the end of the month, and I started at the beginning of the month! Wah 21 days already, this challenge definitely helped prove my analysis and my skills, and strengthened my psychology. Thank you to Sensei, and my sub-mentors for all the support!

What a journey! My goal really was consistency. This has been my goal since I started my trading journey and somehow I haven’t managed to really implement in practice. Perhaps its this time that we all have to work on ourselves, perhaps its all the other practices that I’ve been incorporating in my life, perhaps the stars are aligning in other ways that I don’t fully comprehend. 

As always, I am grateful. I feel like this really is the time, the time when this part of my journey is truly starting. I am excited, I am grateful, I am hopeful and I am inspired.

Trade 21 of 21

July 30, 2020 | Analysis tested

This is a bit of a funky day, in my observation its shaping to be a ranging day and decided to pause and observe. One of my reflections was that I really preferred a relaxed trade than a twitchy stressful day. Another is that I want to keep my harvests than lose it.

In the first half of the day, seems from my analysis that the retracements have been fulfilled and was safe to pursue a buy. I also have a tendency to be more comfortable with buys when I’ve been doing that consecutively from the past days. One of the things I’m really trying to bring into my psychology is to break free of these unnecessary patterns. Detachment is a journey.

Trade 20 of 21

July 28, 2020 | Overexcited

This trading day is really giving quite a bit, and I have to admit I was a bit overexcited with this trade. I closed earlier than my TP because: 

- For one, I really dislike having an open trade when I turn in for the day

- It’s also end of trading day which I prefer not to trade in

- I’ve actually completed my goal for the day

So being mindful that there is a potential for a ranging move as part of data consolidation, I preferred to go to sleep with a relaxed mind.

Trade 19 of 21

July 28, 2020 | Well this is a good day

This was another quick one! A bit late in actually, and caught the gap midway. In my journey to honing my skills and trusting my analysis, I’ve decided especially with the goal of 21 consecutive wins to trust my foundations and go for it. 

Trade 18 of 21

July 28, 2020 | A bit of an unsure day

Might seem confusing but this is a new trading day for me. I haven’t been able to open my chart earlier, but as soon as I did - voila! There’s an easy gap saying hello!

Was a bit counterintuitive with some mixed signals, but I stuck to the simplest of my understandings and caught the gap. There were some big moves happening potentially indicating a start of a ranging move, but the general compass seems to hold.

Trade 17 of 21

July 28, 2020 | A quick win

Now this was really quick, can’t even see the marker on the chart! Opened and closed within a couple of minutes! Saw the gap, captured and off to rest for the day. This relaxed way of trading is essentially what I’m working towards.

Trade 16 of 21