I think we all have a system that we believe in. I bet we've all lost money at some point using our best system. The reasons are always quite clear in hind sight. They usually boil down to failing to follow the rules of our system. Whether it be over trading, or too large a position size, or refusing to admit when we go wrong. Somewhere along the trade line, we break a rule.

Some people love driving... some don't! Some people love sky-diving... some don't! Some people love business and some don't. And, some people love trading... and ... some don't. I happen to love the markets.

Great business people don't care about the type of business they are in, generally speaking. A successful "BUSINESS" person could run the most boring type of business and be hugely profitable and satisfied. The type of business doesn't matter to the pro businessman. What matters is HOW the business is run. Anybody knows that you don't stock winter boots going into the summer season. That would be breaking a cardinal rule of the business of shoe sales. I would imagine it, not too subtle a rule at that.

Remember years ago when you were anticipating your road test in an attempt to receive your driver's licence. Remember how exciting it was. The thought of "driving"! Wow! Having your own wheels( even though they actually belonged to your folks). The excitment around getting my driver's licence was truly a highlight in my young life. The excitment of driving actually interfeared with my performance a few times. I had one close call that was serious and after that day, the excitment of driving began to diminish. After that day it was all about staying OUT of car accidents. As the years went on I lost that excitment toward driving cars(not motorcycles). In my 30 years of driving cars and motorcycles, I have crashed none. The reason is not because I am the most talented driver out there. It's because I am alert and don't break the rules. We all know what happens when we take chances in a car or truck.

I found out what happened when I took chances in the market. Unfortunately it's a very expensive way to learn something so seemingly simple. I guess that's why they call it market tuition. I paid mine.

I know longer think of the market as an exciting place. In fact, the moment I start getting excited about a trade, upon further examination I can usually identify something about it that is going against my system rules.

Following the rules while driving a vehicle becomes second nature with time. I wouldn't refer to driving as "fun". I just do it because it gets me where I want to go. I view trading the same way. It's just a business. It gets me where I want to go. Don't get me wrong... I am fasinated by the markets, and suspect I always will be.

If my trades are somewhat boring, and at the end of the month I have a profit, I am succeeding in my business of trading.