SS...The reality is this.

a.A bunch definitely threw in the towel and bailed as we went over 10% drawdown yesterday if not earlier. Can you blame them as this trade went into the biggest draw down zone in 16 years is it(?) ,with no turn in sight prior to late today.We couldn't even take out the 50 period MA on a 15 minute chart and every pos div got busted.Hearts were racing.

b.as the market tanked  in previous days I am sure you are not the only one who missed  trade 4 so don't beat yourself up.You should be grateful you didn't take it or you might have have had a heart attack at 2 pm today when the lows were taken out AGAIN..

c.the lack of yahooing on the general community board when the market tanked day after day meant everyone was long (via SPY system??)and wrong and feeling the pain even though most tried to keep their chin up and said nothing on any board.Come on, some of the triple etfs were nearly doubling  as the market tanked and I heard not a single yahoo!Usually a stock goes up 5% and there are accolades flying around everywhere.Yep most were long and wrong for sure.

d.Some couldn't control their distaste of the bad trade they were in and how they were disciplined people who had let a mechanical system beat them up and they had never in their previous disciplined world let this occur.They were probably selling their 4 th trade just to get their money back a bit.

So IMHO you shouldn't take the 4th trade.Just be bloody grateful if you get out remotely intact.This trade has been hell for most members and if they say otherwise they are lying.When one of the only trades of a live system 3 month in  gives the biggest drawdown ever the feeling of going  into the abyss is perfectly normal IMO.One would think NATURALLY they had entered the  BLACK SWAN zone.

So SS...have a drink and put your feet up and hope,which I appreciate is not the best strategy,that you get out partially alive.Many people have already dropped 15% on this trade if not more as they used sso to go long!

Anyone who says they were relaxed during a 15% plus  drawdown(30% if in sso)  intra trade and still feeling fine, either has too much money or copious amounts of intestinal fortitude and is a person who would enjoy getting their toenails pulled out !

Frankly I think the best way to deal with a mechanical system is to put it on autopilot and NOT even know when it is making trades because it is as clear as day that people do not cope well when things get out of control.Silence speaks and there was way toooo much silence but some couldn't control themselves understandably.

This is the reality of peoples actions.We were all given COPIOUS amounts of information by BPT on this system  etc so should have known BUT but you just CAN'T allow for human nature.People stated they had lost years of gradual profits they had built up.Do you think they stayed long and didn't sell out??Maybe...maybe not.

So SS everyone is not so disciplined as you think and to me you have done really well to get to this point!

Good luck and please wish me luck too because we are not out of the woods yet!

A system with 90% plus winners is way better than I can ever do but again we still have the issue of human nature and that is where things fall apart.

Note the overthrow out of the channel and then move back in with a wicked shooting star candle on big volume..note neg divergence on MACD too.