Rel's Philosophy of Trading Discussion

I scalped long and short both ways the last 5 to 6 hours given the failure to go up but also respecting the recent long zone.
Now short bias and I want to go short if I see 135.69 break... and yes shortish till 135.30.
http://i62.tinypic.com/e1aiwg.png

Too many wicks at 135.70ish to break. Looking at market rotation between 136.35 and 135.70.

Yes thats why I want to see a close below 135.70 before confirming any shorts. It didn't happen and news drove the 3rd leg for long to to ext 150, creating 1-2-3.

http://i58.tinypic.com/33ww3fk.png

Guess this is enough for now... gonna leave the thread here and go back to the drawing board. Maybe v10 will solve the 3rd leg issue better. Part of it is also handling complex corrections for 2nd leg.

Decided to post here since it is still a relevant thread for certain things I wish to express.

Recently a few months ago I had a major operation to manage a health issue I had since birth. It was a success and I appreciate the well wishes from family and friends.
I was fortunate that I am able to get to the current stage of recovery, and I have to give trading as a career some credit.

Trading has helped me to...
1-fund my operation as I had to pay out of pocket.
2-provide a means of income as I might not be able to work in my day job.
3-(most impt) forced me to be very honest with myself, stop living in self denial and that I need to settle the health issue once and for all.

What was interesting is that ensuring #3 was done also improved my trading overall further. The results skyrocketed after I started to deal with the issue.

Hence it is an interesting conclusion that if one isn't doing well in trading, the actual cause might end up be nothing directly to do with trading. But yet overall results are affected.

Find it, fix it, then come back. That's precisely what I had done. It took me a few years to do so, but it was all well worth it for both my personal life and trading career. I am doing better than expected, and it can only get better.