Too late now for that NG trade:
I should have checked this morning, when I was home.
When you can act, you
don't check. And when you can check, you can't act - because from work I cannot connect to my server.
But it's not a coincidence, because the inability to act, allows you to be objective and to check the situation at length. Whereas, the ability and urge to act, that you have at home, doesn't allow you the time to check.
I need to work on solving this psychological problem, and force myself to check more at home, pretending that I can't act. Another thing at work is that I use a web browser and believe it or not it's easier than working on TWS, at least on google chrome, which is very quick and very practical ("tabs" function, and very light and fast). At work I use the daily timeframe and the hourly timeframe, and that is totally perfect for spotting intraday opportunities. At home, you have to choose and switch the timeframe each time it's a pain in the ass on those TWS charts.
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By now I can say that I am totally profitable, and that maybe the systems are losing some of their profitability over time. So this is one more reason to get into the routine of checking the markets once a day, from home or from work, and find the optimal mental state to spot opportunities, without overtrading, gambling, or anything like that. I mean, it's pretty clear that the systems can only make about 2000 per month, instead of the six thousand I was expecting. So I might as well get into the habit of checking the markets for opportunities, which could bring me at least another 2000 per month.
With an increasing capital and about 4000 dollars per month, I would even be able to quit my job. The only problem is that we cannot really count on anything so the best thing is to just keep increasing my part-time and still come to work. Like in two weeks, I'll come home at 14.30. Ideally, I should stay home and keep my job as safety, but that isn't allowed.
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Grrr... Ok, I am still totally pissed off about the NG trade that I missed simply because I checked from work and not from home. All right. I missed what? Something like 1000 dollars. That was so easy. And I missed it. But what matters is having a good method, because there is at least one good opportunity every day.
DAMN!!! Now let's not be vengeful and let us try not to chase the missed profit with disastrous improptu trades. Ok, I have 1000 dollars because I didn't get enough sleep and didn't get organized enough to check the markets when I should have (not from work).
Google Chrome is a good thing for checking trades on the daily and then hourly timeframe. I will do that, from now on. If you study the markets on TWS you're bound to engage in compulsive gambling, because it's just too easy to click a button and place a trade.