marmoset
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smbtnt said:So i am short cable, the whole day i am shorting the maket, it starts off well, any strength and i am in with a line of shorts, i am convinved the market is goin to hit the V levels in the 8700's. My experience and the price action suggests cable will make new lows but suddenly it stats turning sour, the market starts making higher lows and I ignore my rules, the discipline is out of the window, i start averaging, something i have not done for 2 years. I watch the afternoon rally in disbelief, this not meant to happen, I am telling myself, the market is wrong, but we all know the marker cannot be wrong, i finally bite the bullet, my end P+L is very much in the negative. I walk away in utter disbelief, kicking myself for getting it so wrong but most of all for letting months of ingrained discipline just wash away.
Now I am back infront of the screen with a wry smile on my face, the V levels hit and the anticipated lows made.
Its a very fine line that divides success and failure I philosophise and I am slowly but surely getting closer.
Darktone summed it up in one sentance....theres only one enemy!.. its right there staring at you in the mirror every morning!.
My sentiments exactly, yesterday (here in Zurich it's past midnight) was hell, felt really lousy, the monkey on my shoulder screaming BUY! SELL! NO! REVERSE! feh!
Days like that drive me bonkers, especially as it wasn't even a real range jobbing day (I can handle that).
Haven't read your link yet, smbtnt, first need to register...
Anyway, my feelings for the moment are irrel, think Tokyo has in mind that yesterday's lack of conviction to the north is a good indicator to go south. Starting to move my sl on the S55