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I have scalped back $1000 tonight. Puts a weird perspective on things. Pure luck. Catching tiny moves, not understanding any of them, all short in an upward market. All had stops so tight they were silly.
The thought that I can make nearly what I lost, by not even trying, and to have lost today by working so hard to find the right trade...
I read about a trader who scalped bonds, made $1M a year supposedly, with a reward of 1 and a risk of 8. That comes to mind as I sit here, staring at an exact 1000.00 in green numbers. He went for the opposite end of the spectrum from what I do. Took tiny little moves, and dared to market not to hit him a 1 tick away. Try trading with a 1-tick stop loss...
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
I did get up and walk away again after that 4 contract short. Just sitting here poking at it with 1 contract, more like a cat batting at a dead mouse than any real hunt. Digesting my first max down on 6 contracts. And some Dreaming Tree red wine. Reflecting, absorbing.
I am so used to watching dollars that it is just something I need to let wash around some. $1.2k on 6 contracts is noise, but it is 2+x my prior max down, and I am going over that concept with myself more than I am trading. The small trades are actually a part of the thought process. I am feeling being in a trade as I think.
My only other concern.... LOL... is it is 9pm, and market is virtually dead, I am concerned you were trading very large size in order to realize that kind of return.
Just lookin' out for your brother.
Enjoy your evening. And I hope you have some plans with friends and family this weekend, it is a good weekend to spend with family. Family is what matters.
I appreciate it Mike. I am not apathetic or sad or anything like that. Just trying to undertsnd myself a little deeper. The first trade at 4 contracts, yes that was just a bad attitude. And since I have laughed that off. I took a hot shower, grabbed a beer, wrote what I did wrong, working it off, and now just, being here with it.
