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barjon

grrr - after all these years why do I still have those gung-ho days where my painstakingly drawn up rules go out the window and I keep smashing the trade button like a demented organist in a horror movie.

Wife will be pleased - just lost half the holiday money in a frenetic two hours

jon

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oops!

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Happens to all of us on occasion what.

Very simple cause too, the dreaded, infamous, involuntary brain fart:



I got one the other day when my subconscious reacted negatively to an imminent check-up at the dentists and I closed out a perfectly good trade for no reason whatsoever and against all my rules and far, far, far too prematurely.



Thing is to learn fom that, eg no trading or unwarranted fiddling around with positions before dentists visits, divorces or other emotionally unsettling situations etc, lol, move on, and jump onboard the next opportunities.

Hope you make it up real soon.

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new_trader

When you say "half the holiday money" you mean a weekend for 2 staying in a Bed & Breakfast in Blackpool and not a Transatlantic Crossing aboard the Queen Mary 2 staying in Queen Mary 2's lavish Queens Grill accommodation which are unrivalled at sea. From the full bottle of French champagne and sugar-iced strawberries greeting you upon embarkation, to the personal butler service (including packing & unpacking) and access to private lounges, the Queens Grill experience is one to be savoured. Guests dine at a reserved table in the single-seating Queens Grill restaurant, and enjoy en suite dining from the Queens Grill menu. Exclusive amenities include:

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barjon

ah, nt

I hadn't realised the champers, bar and butler came free - so a bit more (ed) than half then

jon

ammo

happens often when i have a gut feel thats wrong(opinion)

barjon

Yeah, that's probably the gremlin that kicks it off, ammo. Most times I see the light, slap myself on the wrist and get back to the rules and sanity. Sometimes, though, it's like losing your temper and I just flail away kicking against the pricks and ignoring all the evidence that's just sitting there screaming at me to stop. I even know that when I'm in one of these moods I should just turn off and mow the lawn or something - but when you've lost your temper.....................

cheers

jon

Crap Buddist

hmm was there anything "market specific" that lead you to placing a trade, or was it "trader specific"

I mean what was going on that caused you to act ? did you feel stimulated by visual contact with moving charts for example? mentally stimulated with news reports etc? What was going through your mind .....? the more detail the better perhaps to nail on the head it ....

Identifying the problem is the solution.

mmm, we humans are creatures who feel, and sometimes we act before conscious reasoning kicks in. This part of the brain is evolving apparantly. We are evolving, slowly ,as beings who reason and think of consequences before we action. But Rome wasnt built in a day.

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