I wasn't implying you aren't up to it Rob and of course no insult intended to anyone else.
I freely admit I need to rebuild a bit of confidence after a torrid time every now and again.
Your valuable comments are always welcome
Funny enough whenever I reduce the amount of trades I take I find my profits increase so I guess for me less is definatley more as far as trading is concerned
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Recovery and maintenance of confidence are crucial to consistent performance and it is an area that is rarely discussed.
It is a tricky area of psychology imho
The newish idea given to kids/sportsmen that you can achieve anything you set your mind to - is in my opinion sometimes setting the bar to unrealistic heights and subsequent failure is inevitable. So I try to make my targets possible and achievements reached breeds confidence.
Here is a daily situation.
I often fail to realize whether it is a black line pullback situation or a red line reversal.
Any comments are welcome
Why dont you fix a limit to the amount of trades you take for a while and see what happens?
Maybe work out your average and standard deviation before you do this, do it until you get a good sample size and then measure again?
My money is on your performance improving......
This is a common problem. I can tell you how I solved this but it is very subjective:
1. I form an opinion of the most likely outcome.
2. I play out how and when I will trade for BOTH scenarios though.
3. I assess what is going on and react accordingly and drop my bias in a heartbeat if the bias is wrong.
4. If a better alternative presents itself then I take that trade instead.
Well I have been watching it crawl up for the last 1/2 hour. In for a long but may have left it too late.
Why dont you fix a limit to the amount of trades you take for a while and see what happens?
Maybe work out your average and standard deviation before you do this, do it until you get a good sample size and then measure again?
My money is on your performance improving......
10 ticks per week target Robster? As in 2.5 ES points?