In the mean time.
One of the hardest things for me to do is to keep my clicker finger to my self while a trade is in the process of ether confirming the success or the failure of a given trade.
So I attempt to pry myself away from the computer for at least 5 minute intervals, and when I can work on a project unrelated to the computer while I just glance at the monitor from time to time, it seems that my trades work out fantastically well.
I’ve often thought that what I do “in the mean time” could be a result of not adequately defining my setup and after entry trade management.
After much work and investigation I’m now thinking that when I’m sitting in front of the computer, I focus on individual price bars at a time when I need to be focusing on a series of price bars. (In between S/R)
Regardless of the underlying reason for this behavior, (clicking when I ought not to) my reason for starting this thread is to direct my focus on this part of my trading so when the time comes maybe I’ll stop and think before clicking.
Sometimes I find it helpful to write this stuff down in a public way, as it is easier to review from time to time. When I do this in private, my notes tend to get shuffled down to the bottom of the stack, never to be looked at again.
Hopefully I can hide this in the P/V forum so I don’t have to deal with the inmates at the insane asylum, er, psychology forum.
One of the hardest things for me to do is to keep my clicker finger to my self while a trade is in the process of ether confirming the success or the failure of a given trade.
So I attempt to pry myself away from the computer for at least 5 minute intervals, and when I can work on a project unrelated to the computer while I just glance at the monitor from time to time, it seems that my trades work out fantastically well.
I’ve often thought that what I do “in the mean time” could be a result of not adequately defining my setup and after entry trade management.
After much work and investigation I’m now thinking that when I’m sitting in front of the computer, I focus on individual price bars at a time when I need to be focusing on a series of price bars. (In between S/R)
Regardless of the underlying reason for this behavior, (clicking when I ought not to) my reason for starting this thread is to direct my focus on this part of my trading so when the time comes maybe I’ll stop and think before clicking.
Sometimes I find it helpful to write this stuff down in a public way, as it is easier to review from time to time. When I do this in private, my notes tend to get shuffled down to the bottom of the stack, never to be looked at again.
Hopefully I can hide this in the P/V forum so I don’t have to deal with the inmates at the insane asylum, er, psychology forum.