I reluctantly started reading Trading in the Zone, I really deep down did not want to admit the problem with trading might be me. I mean after all, the right entry, stop, and exit, has to produce results right?
Anyway, I havent been on the forums, and really haven't traded much lately.
I went through and read some newer threads on here and of course ala any trading forum, most of the threads turned into a discussion of why the methods wouldn't work.
Nothing new, right, although there is something new, this is the first time these kinds of discussions did not cause me any emotional distress. I've always felt that the originator of a system thread probably knows more than me, and if there was a large amount of dispute about his/her system even working, that i was lightyears away from trading profitably.
Oddly enough, I start working on myself, stop worrying about rewards ( profit ), and things that used to cause me emotional pain are starting to seem trivial.
I would say that i wish I had taken this path earlier, but truth is, I was exposed to trading psychology 20 years ago and didn't want any part of it. So I started the path when I was ready to accept it.
I'm still not a overall profitable trader, but that's ok for now, I know the answers lie within myself somewhere, I just have to cultivate them. And I think I am really going to enjoy this part, I already feel calmer, and it's a very good feeling.
Anyway, I havent been on the forums, and really haven't traded much lately.
I went through and read some newer threads on here and of course ala any trading forum, most of the threads turned into a discussion of why the methods wouldn't work.
Nothing new, right, although there is something new, this is the first time these kinds of discussions did not cause me any emotional distress. I've always felt that the originator of a system thread probably knows more than me, and if there was a large amount of dispute about his/her system even working, that i was lightyears away from trading profitably.
Oddly enough, I start working on myself, stop worrying about rewards ( profit ), and things that used to cause me emotional pain are starting to seem trivial.
I would say that i wish I had taken this path earlier, but truth is, I was exposed to trading psychology 20 years ago and didn't want any part of it. So I started the path when I was ready to accept it.
I'm still not a overall profitable trader, but that's ok for now, I know the answers lie within myself somewhere, I just have to cultivate them. And I think I am really going to enjoy this part, I already feel calmer, and it's a very good feeling.
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