Journalling is time consuming but sadly essential as you know.
My buddy has been a trading psychologist for 25 years working with
all major houses and has written many books. His suggestion to me
is to write down ( rather than type) your journal.
Something in the mind triggers differently with pen and
paper
took like half the day, whilst making two trades and also
recharting each position to see if I still like them. Filed
into a binder of Long wins, long losses, short wins, and short
losses and trades not taken. Also have a category of
"blow off wins" where I put a Limit sell on longs at a high price
that might get hit on a blowoff....had three of them nicely trigger
and then watched price walk down after each.
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Journalling is time consuming but
Looking at a few old BPT stocks. BBIO, which I ...
Posted by vimal on 17th of Jul 2023 at 04:29 pm
Journalling is time consuming but sadly essential as you know. My buddy has been a trading psychologist for 25 years working with all major houses and has written many books. His suggestion to me is to write down ( rather than type) your journal.
Something in the mind triggers differently with pen and paper
Anyway, just a thought from him FWIW
Indeed, I did it all
Posted by steveo on 17th of Jul 2023 at 04:32 pm
Indeed, I did it all in pen and sharpie on printed charts. It's like making a cheat sheet in college....once you make it, you don't need it. LOL
That's a good approach. We'll
Posted by vimal on 17th of Jul 2023 at 04:34 pm
That's a good approach. We'll done!! Keep it up.
took like half the day,
Posted by steveo on 17th of Jul 2023 at 04:40 pm
took like half the day, whilst making two trades and also recharting each position to see if I still like them. Filed into a binder of Long wins, long losses, short wins, and short losses and trades not taken. Also have a category of "blow off wins" where I put a Limit sell on longs at a high price that might get hit on a blowoff....had three of them nicely trigger and then watched price walk down after each.