Quote #2
“There is no room for remorse or fears. If at any moment in this long series of sensations a grey veil deepening into blackness had descended upon the sanctum I should have felt or feared nothing additional. Nature is merciful and does not try her children, man or beast, beyond their compass….For the rest—live dangerously;…
Daily Stoic #3
“Whenever you suffer pain, keep in mind that it’s nothing to be ashamed of and that it can’t degrade your guiding intelligence, nor keep it from acting rationally and for the common good. And in most cases you should be helped by the saying of Epicurus, that pain is never unbearable or unending, so you…
September 17, 2019
Not sure what is worse, fear of missing out. Or fear of losing and being wrong on a trade. I guess if you get in because of feat of missing out, there is always the possibility that it will move in the direction that you want it to. But fear of losing and being wrong…
Quote #1
People who over trade or trade without money management plans are trading an incomplete system. “Mastering the Trade” Page 61
September 16, 2019
I used to hate Mondays, waking up and getting ready for work was a drag. And I mean a litteral drag. I needed to drag myself out of bed and into traffic. Now I’m waking up extremely early, earlier than I was when I had a job. But now I’m exited to wake up and…
Daily Stoic #2
“The Chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then do I look for good and evil? Not to uncontrollable externals, but within myself…
September 13, 2019
Trading the market on Friday the 13th, like I don’t have enough fear while in a position. Actually, I didn’t even know it was Friday the 13th, until I started writing in my blog. What are the chances of that? I guess, I’ve just been to occupied in preparing myself for trading and not losing…
Daily Stoic #1
“No, it is events that give rise to fear – when another has power over them or can prevent them, that person becomes able to inspire fear. How is the fortress destroyed? Not by iron or fire, but by judgments . . . here is where we must begin, and it is from this front…
September 12, 2019
Woke up today with the ambition of a green day. Didn’t even bother with the pre-market, because I was going to be sticking to my Trading Plan. Trade only the Upward Thrust alert system that I use in the simulator. I went out for a walk at 7AM while listening to an audio book about…
September 10, 2019
This was such a great day, for this day trading. When I woke up this morning I was still a little bit disappointed from my loss from yesterday. So I was into very anxious to start trading once again. Especially since I have had a few days of red days. I started the day in…