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Old 09-11-2011, 03:16 AM   #9

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Thanks Tradewind for your input. The struggle for me is trend verse counter-trend. I am a counter-trend trader by heart. That's what I love. It works for me. I've been forcing myself a little more to take trend moves more. Buying and selling pullbacks, the rub isn't looking left which I can spot a reversal candle pattern no problem! It's just...... getting to caught up in smaller time frames I think. I also have a few people on my back watching the lower time-frames really hard as I trade live makes me fret. It's personal problem I think being in-front of people. I've been trading live in-front of people now for about a month. It's so much harder! I have no problem hitting a screen record button before a trade goes... but there's something about having people watching me....interacting with me while trading. I think that's my issue.
Going to go to my trading psychologist. It's time she earned another check.
Sorry for the disjointedness, this post has really made me think about what I am really wrestling with.
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this post has really made me think about what I am really wrestling with.
The answers often come after the struggle. No struggle = Maybe no answers. So I view forum threads as a process to work through the struggle. Everyone can provide a different piece to the puzzle, and collectively make the picture materialize.
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