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I tried to get over the 40 mark for the end of 2008 to finish the year. So I got up at the US Open (on 3 hours of sleep), and started manually trading. I traded my plan and already up $500, but still needed about $200 to reach my target. I could have been done in 2 hours, instead I got greedy and deviated from my plan...and it slapped me in the face. Then fear took over as I was over -$1.5K in loss. I scalped and scalped to try to stay afloat. In honesty, I felt like a newbie because it felt like cost averaging down. /sigh
So I decided to go literally scrub my toilet to get my mind off of things, and not be at the screen trying to scalp every little pip. I even went to Walmart to get some chemicals ("The Works") to help me do that...this stuff is amazing btw.
I got home, and saw that the market had moved in my favor, I closed out (~$700 for the day) and that's the end of my trading for this year. Next time, I stick with the plan. Whoever said trading is easy must never traded before because it always feel like pulling teeth at the dentist.
Long ugly day, got the job done...and have some spanking clean toilet bowls to boot.
Account #1 Summary (Post Date):
Deposit/Withdrawal: 20 000.00
Balance: 40 0XX.XX
Equity: 40 0XX.XX
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Life is a Gamble. You win some. You lose some. And life goes on.
Last edited by Kenny Rogers; 12-31-2008 at 07:09 AM.
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