well stated Matt.  I'm a recovering perma-bear and it is quite an effort to reform.  The more "work" that you put in sometimes (reading articles and spending hours trying to confirm your bias), ends up hurting you more than somebody who doesn't know or read anything.  Also, if you are a determined person, that also gets in your way.  There definitely seems to be a rhythm to the markets -- and getting in sync to their speed is key.  That person calling for a crash in the morning better have been hoping for a fake tweet to help their cause, because the charts were bullish as you stated, and would take hours to even allow for a reversal (as has since happened).  For me, part of losing the bias was realizing that news is noise, markets move separately from fundamentals and to try and "think like the algos".  I've got a ways to go -- reading the habits of successful traders (that you have posted), is worth studying more than articles from zerohedge and kitco!