DislikedGreat again DWE. This all ready makes half up for yesterday https://media.giphy.com/media/DYH297XiCS2Ck/giphy.gifIgnored
...Made my Broker happy today too, by trading a substantial volume (and adding to my monthly volume rebate, which figures into my trading strategy).
30 minutes after NFP, when there was a clear -U trend. GU and EU had settled a little, and my tiredness showed in hesitation and missing obvious 40+ pips over the next 20 minutes on long EU and GU trades. That tiredness was the result of my anger, frustration and lack of sleep from thinking about my GC long trade fromyesterday that got crushed by Merkel's G comment.
Lack of rest and calmness is expensive
This is the first month that I started making $2k withdrawals to pay bills. Trading now feels more adult and less like entertainment as there is a $100k mortgage and expenses to pay from this job.
Happy to see our Slack chatroom now having regular traders for Tokyo, Frankfort, London and NY openings! I appreciate, enjoy talking with, and learn from all of you guys--and you make it way more fun to get up in the darkness and start trading!
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