Four winning trades, but, I booked one for profit…
Yes, of course I did it again… for the thousandth time… I had winning trade (20 points or more on the YM) after winning trade today, but, on three of the four trades, I didn’t take my profit at 20 or more… instead, I got greedy, I wanted more… and all three times, I ended up stopping out break even, after being up plus 40 twice, and plus 30… then on my final trade, I was up plus 30 and finally settled on plus 20.
I think this is why so many people fail in trading… exiting winning trades is always the hardest thing when you are not a pro… I just try and try to get this under control… but so far, I have not been able to right the ship… and so, days like today get chalked up over and over… where I either make a little, nothing, or even lose money… and then I reflect on the trading day and realize that wow… I could have had a HUGE day or even a great day or even an ok day… instead of an ok day, or a break even day, or a losing day…
ManDrake
October 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Thank you for sharing.
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