u/ResolveMost3483

I tried something recently.

Before I enter a trade I make myself write down why I am entering the trade and what I think will happen.

I just write down my thoughts.

To be honest it was not very comfortable.

The reason is that times I did not have a good reason for entering the trade.

It was like I was saying to myself "this trade looks good" or "maybe the price will move".

Writing it down made me see that I did not have a reason.

Sometimes I did not enter a trade because I could not give a good reason for it.

I did not think that something simple would make a big difference.

Now I am trying to do this every time I enter a trade I might even make a program to help me I am calling it SentiQuant for now it is just for me to use.

I am wondering if other people write down their trades, like this.

Does writing down your trades actually help you with your trades?

I tried something recently.

Before I enter a trade I make myself write down why I am entering the trade and what I think will happen.

I just write down my thoughts.

To be honest it was not very comfortable.

The reason is that times I did not have a good reason for entering the trade.

It was like I was saying to myself "this trade looks good" or "maybe the price will move".

Writing it down made me see that I did not have a reason.

Sometimes I did not enter a trade because I could not give a good reason for it.

I did not think that something simple would make a big difference.

Now I am trying to do this every time I enter a trade I might even make a program to help me I am calling it SentiQuant for now it is just for me to use.

I am wondering if other people write down their trades, like this.

Does writing down your trades actually help you with your trades?

I tried something recently.

Before I enter a trade I make myself write down why I am entering the trade and what I think will happen.

I just write down my thoughts.

To be honest it was not very comfortable.

The reason is that times I did not have a good reason for entering the trade.

It was like I was saying to myself "this trade looks good" or "maybe the price will move".

Writing it down made me see that I did not have a reason.

Sometimes I did not enter a trade because I could not give a good reason for it.

I did not think that something simple would make a big difference.

Now I am trying to do this every time I enter a trade I might even make a program to help me I am calling it SentiQuant for now it is just for me to use.

I am wondering if other people write down their trades, like this.

Does writing down your trades actually help you with your trades?

I tried something recently.

Before I enter a trade I make myself write down why I am entering the trade and what I think will happen.

I just write down my thoughts.

To be honest it was not very comfortable.

The reason is that times I did not have a good reason for entering the trade.

It was like I was saying to myself "this trade looks good" or "maybe the price will move".

Writing it down made me see that I did not have a reason.

Sometimes I did not enter a trade because I could not give a good reason for it.

I did not think that something simple would make a big difference.

Now I am trying to do this every time I enter a trade I might even make a program to help me I am calling it SentiQuant for now it is just for me to use.

I am wondering if other people write down their trades, like this.

Does writing down your trades actually help you with your trades?

I tried something recently.

Before I enter a trade I make myself write down why I am entering the trade and what I think will happen.

I just write down my thoughts.

To be honest it was not very comfortable.

The reason is that times I did not have a good reason for entering the trade.

It was like I was saying to myself "this trade looks good" or "maybe the price will move".

Writing it down made me see that I did not have a reason.

Sometimes I did not enter a trade because I could not give a good reason for it.

I did not think that something simple would make a big difference.

Now I am trying to do this every time I enter a trade I might even make a program to help me I am calling it SentiQuant for now it is just for me to use.

I am wondering if other people write down their trades, like this.

Does writing down your trades actually help you with your trades?

I tried something recently.

Before I enter a trade I make myself write down why I am entering the trade and what I think will happen.

I just write down my thoughts.

To be honest it was not very comfortable.

The reason is that times I did not have a good reason for entering the trade.

It was like I was saying to myself "this trade looks good" or "maybe the price will move".

Writing it down made me see that I did not have a reason.

Sometimes I did not enter a trade because I could not give a good reason for it.

I did not think that something simple would make a big difference.

Now I am trying to do this every time I enter a trade I might even make a program to help me I am calling it SentiQuant for now it is just for me to use.

I am wondering if other people write down their trades, like this.

Does writing down your trades actually help you with your trades?

I do this a lot.

I will enter a trade with an idea of what I want to do. Where I will exit the trade and what I am expecting from the trade.

Once I am in the trade everything starts to change.

If the trade goes slightly against me I think maybe I should give the trade room to work out.

If the trade goes in my favor I will exit the trade early because I think what if the trade reverses and I lose money.

So basically my trading plan only exists before I enter the trade.

During the trade it is my emotions taking over and making decisions for me.

That completely changes the outcome of the trade.

I feel like this is where most of my inconsistency in trading comes from.

I am still trying to fix this problem.

Do you guys stick to your trading plan once you are, in a trade or do you adjust your trading plan based on what is happening with the trade?

I do this a lot.

I will enter a trade with an idea of what I want to do. Where I will exit the trade and what I am expecting from the trade.

Once I am in the trade everything starts to change.

If the trade goes slightly against me I think maybe I should give the trade room to work out.

If the trade goes in my favor I will exit the trade early because I think what if the trade reverses and I lose money.

So basically my trading plan only exists before I enter the trade.

During the trade it is my emotions taking over and making decisions for me.

That completely changes the outcome of the trade.

I feel like this is where most of my inconsistency in trading comes from.

I am still trying to fix this problem.

Do you guys stick to your trading plan once you are, in a trade or do you adjust your trading plan based on what is happening with the trade?

I do this a lot.

I will enter a trade with an idea of what I want to do. Where I will exit the trade and what I am expecting from the trade.

Once I am in the trade everything starts to change.

If the trade goes slightly against me I think maybe I should give the trade room to work out.

If the trade goes in my favor I will exit the trade early because I think what if the trade reverses and I lose money.

So basically my trading plan only exists before I enter the trade.

During the trade it is my emotions taking over and making decisions for me.

That completely changes the outcome of the trade.

I feel like this is where most of my inconsistency in trading comes from.

I am still trying to fix this problem.

Do you guys stick to your trading plan once you are, in a trade or do you adjust your trading plan based on what is happening with the trade?

Sometimes my worst trades aren't due to analysis.

They happen when I've been inactive, for long.

I'm just sitting there staring at charts. nothings moving.

Then anything seems like a good opportunity.

"This could take off"

"This appears to be support"

And I end up making trades I normally wouldn't.

I've done this times than I'd care to admit.

The frustrating thing is. I usually know it's not a setup. but I make the trade anyway.

Just to feel like I'm doing something.

I'm curious do others experience this too.

How do you deal with those periods when nothings happening?

Sometimes my worst trades aren't due to analysis.

They happen when I've been inactive, for long.

I'm just sitting there staring at charts. nothings moving.

Then anything seems like a good opportunity.

"This could take off"

"This appears to be support"

And I end up making trades I normally wouldn't.

I've done this times than I'd care to admit.

The frustrating thing is. I usually know it's not a setup. but I make the trade anyway.

Just to feel like I'm doing something.

I'm curious do others experience this too.

How do you deal with those periods when nothings happening?

Sometimes my worst trades aren't due to analysis.

They happen when I've been inactive, for long.

I'm just sitting there staring at charts. nothings moving.

Then anything seems like a good opportunity.

"This could take off"

"This appears to be support"

And I end up making trades I normally wouldn't.

I've done this times than I'd care to admit.

The frustrating thing is. I usually know it's not a setup. but I make the trade anyway.

Just to feel like I'm doing something.

I'm curious do others experience this too.

How do you deal with those periods when nothings happening?

I have noticed this pattern with myself.

I do not take the trade in the moment because everything feels uncertain.

I am second. Thinking maybe I should wait.

Then I look at the chart later. It is like yeah that was the right trade.

It was a move and a clean setup.

Suddenly it feels like I missed the right trade.

When the right trade was happening it did not feel obvious at all.

I am starting to think that knowing what happened after it is over is of dangerous.

It makes me feel like I am bad, at trading when maybe I just did not have information to make the right trade at that time.

The right trade is not always clear when it is happening.

I am not sure if this is just me and my trading.

Do you guys take the trade when things are still not clear or do you only take the right trade when it feels obvious and like the right thing to do?

The right trade is what I am talking about.

I want to know how you guys handle the trade.

I have noticed this pattern with myself.

I do not take the trade in the moment because everything feels uncertain.

I am second. Thinking maybe I should wait.

Then I look at the chart later. It is like yeah that was the right trade.

It was a move and a clean setup.

Suddenly it feels like I missed the right trade.

When the right trade was happening it did not feel obvious at all.

I am starting to think that knowing what happened after it is over is of dangerous.

It makes me feel like I am bad, at trading when maybe I just did not have information to make the right trade at that time.

The right trade is not always clear when it is happening.

I am not sure if this is just me and my trading.

Do you guys take the trade when things are still not clear or do you only take the right trade when it feels obvious and like the right thing to do?

The right trade is what I am talking about.

I want to know how you guys handle the trade.

I have noticed this pattern with myself.

I do not take the trade in the moment because everything feels uncertain.

I am second. Thinking maybe I should wait.

Then I look at the chart later. It is like yeah that was the right trade.

It was a move and a clean setup.

Suddenly it feels like I missed the right trade.

When the right trade was happening it did not feel obvious at all.

I am starting to think that knowing what happened after it is over is of dangerous.

It makes me feel like I am bad, at trading when maybe I just did not have information to make the right trade at that time.

The right trade is not always clear when it is happening.

I am not sure if this is just me and my trading.

Do you guys take the trade when things are still not clear or do you only take the right trade when it feels obvious and like the right thing to do?

The right trade is what I am talking about.

I want to know how you guys handle the trade.

When I think about it I realize that for a time I believed that consistency in trading was all about having more trades that made money.

So if I had a week I would feel like I was doing something wrong and that was really frustrating.

But then I took a look and I found out that the real problem was not that I was not winning enough it was that I was not making consistent decisions.

Some trades were made according to my plan

some trades were made on impulse

Some trades were just made because they looked good at the time.

This mix of ways of making trades is what made everything feel unstable and unpredictable.

Now I think that consistency in trading is not about winning or losing it is about making the decisions every time I trade.

Even if I lose a trade at least I know that it was a trade because I made it according to my plan and that is what I call a good loss.

This is why I started working on SentiQuant. I wanted to create something that would help me stick to my plan and not make trades.

It is still days but just trying to track the decisions I make instead of the outcomes has already changed the way I trade.

How do you think about consistency in trading?

Is it about the results you get. Is it, about the process you follow?

When I think about it I realize that for a time I believed that consistency in trading was all about having more trades that made money.

So if I had a week I would feel like I was doing something wrong and that was really frustrating.

But then I took a look and I found out that the real problem was not that I was not winning enough it was that I was not making consistent decisions.

Some trades were made according to my plan

some trades were made on impulse

Some trades were just made because they looked good at the time.

This mix of ways of making trades is what made everything feel unstable and unpredictable.

Now I think that consistency in trading is not about winning or losing it is about making the decisions every time I trade.

Even if I lose a trade at least I know that it was a trade because I made it according to my plan and that is what I call a good loss.

This is why I started working on SentiQuant. I wanted to create something that would help me stick to my plan and not make trades.

It is still days but just trying to track the decisions I make instead of the outcomes has already changed the way I trade.

How do you think about consistency in trading?

Is it about the results you get. Is it, about the process you follow?

When I think about it I realize that for a time I believed that consistency in trading was all about having more trades that made money.

So if I had a week I would feel like I was doing something wrong and that was really frustrating.

But then I took a look and I found out that the real problem was not that I was not winning enough it was that I was not making consistent decisions.

Some trades were made according to my plan

some trades were made on impulse

Some trades were just made because they looked good at the time.

This mix of ways of making trades is what made everything feel unstable and unpredictable.

Now I think that consistency in trading is not about winning or losing it is about making the decisions every time I trade.

Even if I lose a trade at least I know that it was a trade because I made it according to my plan and that is what I call a good loss.

This is why I started working on SentiQuant. I wanted to create something that would help me stick to my plan and not make trades.

It is still days but just trying to track the decisions I make instead of the outcomes has already changed the way I trade.

How do you think about consistency in trading?

Is it about the results you get. Is it, about the process you follow?

When I think about it I realize that for a time I believed that consistency in trading was all about having more trades that made money.

So if I had a week I would feel like I was doing something wrong and that was really frustrating.

But then I took a look and I found out that the real problem was not that I was not winning enough it was that I was not making consistent decisions.

Some trades were made according to my plan

some trades were made on impulse

Some trades were just made because they looked good at the time.

This mix of ways of making trades is what made everything feel unstable and unpredictable.

Now I think that consistency in trading is not about winning or losing it is about making the decisions every time I trade.

Even if I lose a trade at least I know that it was a trade because I made it according to my plan and that is what I call a good loss.

This is why I started working on SentiQuant. I wanted to create something that would help me stick to my plan and not make trades.

It is still days but just trying to track the decisions I make instead of the outcomes has already changed the way I trade.

How do you think about consistency in trading?

Is it about the results you get. Is it, about the process you follow?

When I think about it I realize that for a time I believed that consistency in trading was all about having more trades that made money.

So if I had a week I would feel like I was doing something wrong and that was really frustrating.

But then I took a look and I found out that the real problem was not that I was not winning enough it was that I was not making consistent decisions.

Some trades were made according to my plan

some trades were made on impulse

Some trades were just made because they looked good at the time.

This mix of ways of making trades is what made everything feel unstable and unpredictable.

Now I think that consistency in trading is not about winning or losing it is about making the decisions every time I trade.

Even if I lose a trade at least I know that it was a trade because I made it according to my plan and that is what I call a good loss.

This is why I started working on SentiQuant. I wanted to create something that would help me stick to my plan and not make trades.

It is still days but just trying to track the decisions I make instead of the outcomes has already changed the way I trade.

How do you think about consistency in trading?

Is it about the results you get. Is it, about the process you follow?