Was 8C, now 22C

Yesterday 22C, walked 22km, 5 hours, one coffee, one beer, a great day. Then a clear night with Saturn, Mercury and a Full Moon streaming into the balcony.

I noticed the previous post was made on the last day of my first nexusfi.com (formerly BMT) year, I can't believe it has gone in 5 minutes - thanks to all who have helped make it so enjoyable.

And I see a nice round number on here too:





It would appear that holidays really do work, or maybe the brain just needs lots of sun, s**, food and wine....








Anyway the old git is really enjoying some of the last days of one of the last years of his life.

ratfink 

It would appear that holidays really do work, or maybe the brain just needs lots of sun, s**, food and wine....

Please pass on our sympathy to Mrs Fink. It must be awful for her. At least it's sunny !!




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podski 

Please pass on our sympathy to Mrs Fink. It must be awful for her. At least it's sunny !! p

She's never been much of a swimmer, but she's a martyr to everything else.

Anyway, arriving back at 02.30 after an 8 hour flight delay has put paid to any more of that fun and jollity. Bah! Humbug!

Firstly, Happy New Year and best wishes for good trading to one and all!

I got back into the action a little earlier than expected today, mainly to do some straight price-action only tests using just the broker platform (no eSignal, no Ninja, not an indicator in sight) and also to restart my Sprint Markets project as I have really missed it. A tough ask it may be, but it is my style and after a lot of pondering I now know that for sure.

Only 4 trades - 3 winners, 1 loser - so a decent kick-off for an effective +28T.

My resolve is clear - make Five A Day and the Sprints work for a year. I failed to handle the EQ after the hiccups and personal stress last November but am greatly looking forward to building on a good base for 2014.

I don't think I need any more rules or technicals or a different approach - I simply need to minimise distractions and steal a certain somebody's discipline and consistency and make it my own. As always, time will tell...

Five Dax Sprint trades, 5 winners, net equivalent +80T.

Stayed calm, stuck to the rules. Simply used price action and 50% retracements on a 1 minute candle chart together with the Sprint line chart. I have a real dilemma now - do I restart eSignal/Ninja or not? Crumbs, maybe I just realised that I have spent all my time writing code and watching pretty charts instead of actually looking for trades...

Anyway, it's a Friday and 11 stations on Train of Thought is a real bugger for now, so that's me done for the day and time to hunt for food.

Will be pondering but have a great weekend.

A well deserved and rewarding pint of Theakston's to be precise.

I had set myself a 90 day target and smashed it early this evening - Lumosity has simply become part of the job. Last week it seemed to have helped me get into a trading performance zone I hadn't been in before and it will be interesting to see how the other curves play out this year.

I will be looking out for the psychology management to keep pace, avoid the major emotional disasters and stay on a level track for the long haul through the year. Yeah, Right.

Anyway, not bad for the old sod on this dimension:











Cheers

ratfink 

A well deserved and rewarding pint of Theakston's to be precise. I had set myself a 90 day target and smashed it early this evening - Lumosity has simply become part of the job. Last week it seemed to have helped me get into a trading performance zone I hadn't been in before and it will be interesting to see how the other curves play out this year. I will be looking out for the psychology management to keep pace, avoid the major emotional disasters and stay on a level track for the long haul through the year. Yeah, Right. Anyway, not bad for the old sod on this dimension: Cheers

Hey ol' man, you've knocked the ball out of the park !

I'll come and catch up with you...maybe still during THIS year...

Enjoy your beer, you really deserved it !

Done for the morning session with 6 Sprint trades, 4 winners, 2 losers for net +24T.

A fair enough result but I took a family phone call mid-session then felt a rush of blood to the head and know it's time to stop when I realise I've lost count of the number of trades. Overconfidence and distraction are never far away from a trader's patch and I could tell that I was starting to look for things to be there - as opposed to trading what was there.

i need to give it another try

ratfink 

A well deserved and rewarding pint of Theakston's to be precise. I had set myself a 90 day target and smashed it early this evening - Lumosity has simply become part of the job. Last week it seemed to have helped me get into a trading performance zone I hadn't been in before and it will be interesting to see how the other curves play out this year. I will be looking out for the psychology management to keep pace, avoid the major emotional disasters and stay on a level track for the long haul through the year. Yeah, Right. Anyway, not bad for the old sod on this dimension: Cheers