Following yesterday’s bad performance, I hoped today would be better. Reality sadly had different plans for me. Due to my impatience to correct yesterday’s mistakes I decided to start trading when I did not have time for it. The image below shows severe over trading, not following my strategy at all.
Logically, this did not go well and in 2 small trades I lost about 800 USD. Next, i made some back while relieved alot of the pressure and allowed me to continue when i was home and had plenty of time to prepare. However, for some reason i thought it would be great if i could improve my situation just a little more if i got some more profit which consequently resulted in major losses. I quickly got stopped out on a total loss of -1419 USD. This set my XFA total to 7060 USD from a high of 9500 USD. Naturally i was quite annoyed and felt some anxiety due to this.
When i got home I thought i could make up for the losses on my XFA by finishing my second combine which was now sat at 5200 out of 5300 to pass. I was, however, too late when i realised how bad my mental state was in this situation. I felt i had to do sports, meet my girlfriend, eat, make up for my losses on the XFA and meet my longer term goals in a small window of time. Meanwhile, while I was trading, getting into position i normally never would (see the image above) i got called and received several phone messages, distracting me and making me more anxious about whether i would reach my goal given the circumstances. Sadly, this did not make me stop trading, hoping i could relieve the worries with good performance. Instead i got locked out with a total loss of 1000 USD on the combine, for a total daily loss of 2400.
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