I decided earlier this AM to start a journal.. Not sure right now the exact direction this will take, outside of a commitment to posting as I have the opportunity.
Most likely most posts will be something like this:
Today my activities consisted of hanging out w/ my dogs and listening to music. Just finished reading "Currency Wars" last week and am in the middle of "Laws of Imitation".
I read a lot and have a rather large physical book library, 100's of PDF's i read on my 'Nook' when traveling. I listen to hypnosis CD's that run the gamut on the subjects they are designed to reorient mentally. Nothing is to unusual for me to try if the possibility of improvement is promised. I consider myself the trader in need of the most improvement and do not anticipate that ever changing. I don't watch TV.
My trade platform is Oanda and i use several mt4 instances for charting. My method is discretionary and i believe trading to be as much of an art as science.
I traded very infrequently in August. At this moment i am not in a trade. I guess you could say I am "long cash". Not sure but it appears i may not take a trade til Thursday, - I am in no hurry to take a trade.
I used to use excel spread sheets and other methods to journal my trades, but that has evolved to a simple notebook that i record my trades and thoughts. In fact I now do everything in a much simplified manner. My charts have only a few 'points of interest' marked. I have in the past traded many diff methodologies, am a 'candlestick' junkie' and do not regret any of the paths I have taken before - cause they have taught me much.
Most likely most posts will be something like this:
Today my activities consisted of hanging out w/ my dogs and listening to music. Just finished reading "Currency Wars" last week and am in the middle of "Laws of Imitation".
I read a lot and have a rather large physical book library, 100's of PDF's i read on my 'Nook' when traveling. I listen to hypnosis CD's that run the gamut on the subjects they are designed to reorient mentally. Nothing is to unusual for me to try if the possibility of improvement is promised. I consider myself the trader in need of the most improvement and do not anticipate that ever changing. I don't watch TV.
My trade platform is Oanda and i use several mt4 instances for charting. My method is discretionary and i believe trading to be as much of an art as science.
I traded very infrequently in August. At this moment i am not in a trade. I guess you could say I am "long cash". Not sure but it appears i may not take a trade til Thursday, - I am in no hurry to take a trade.
I used to use excel spread sheets and other methods to journal my trades, but that has evolved to a simple notebook that i record my trades and thoughts. In fact I now do everything in a much simplified manner. My charts have only a few 'points of interest' marked. I have in the past traded many diff methodologies, am a 'candlestick' junkie' and do not regret any of the paths I have taken before - cause they have taught me much.
In trading, there is no bullshit. You either make money or you don't.