Improving Discipline Latest Topicshttps://forums.bearbulltraders.com/forum/64-improving-discipline/Improving Discipline Latest TopicsenWhy do I start losing when I increase my share sizehttps://forums.bearbulltraders.com/topic/3994-why-do-i-start-losing-when-i-increase-my-share-size/ I've been trading off and on for a few years, and daily now for about eight months. I got my $25,000 account up to $40,000, keeping my share size relatively small (in the 100 share range). About eight weeks ago, i started increasing my share size to 200 or 300, trying to increase my profit and basically blew up my account (back down to $25,000 and change). I've had weeks where I was treading water and a couple of dismal weeks, the complete opposite of the slow, steady growth I was having before.  I was jumping into trades that weren't there, getting in to a trade too early or too late, revenge trading, etc.  My nerves also tend to get jangled as the share size goes up.  When I hit $25,000 mark I took a few days off, then dropped my share size back down, stopped trading the first five to ten minute of the open and started waiting for the trades to come to me instead of anxiously searching for trades and using my gut instead of clear setups.  I'm doing fine again - incremental, but steady growth-more up days than down days, etc. I feel much calmer and enjoy the trading again, but I want to figure out how to maintain that mindset as the account grows again.  Any thoughts?

]]>3994Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:47:57 +0000How i turn a green 6.6R day into a red -4R day in 16 minhttps://forums.bearbulltraders.com/topic/3049-how-i-turn-a-green-66r-day-into-a-red-4r-day-in-16-min/ Hi all,

I need to write this down as a kind of punishment for myself.

Today i broke one of my rules: stop trading if i reach my dayly goal.

And what kept me from stoping? GREED! Yes greed! I've read about it so many times! 🤬

I didn't lost much money. But it is still a lost.

So much to learn. So much to improve. Need to focus on DISCIPLINE.

]]>3049Wed, 04 Aug 2021 22:03:53 +0000I dig my hole, then I'm an expert at climbing out...https://forums.bearbulltraders.com/topic/2139-i-dig-my-hole-then-im-an-expert-at-climbing-out/ So I notice a pattern I tend to have with trading...

I tend to go negative fairly consistently when I first start my day, then it's like my brain kicks into overdrive and I go "I can't fuck around anymore..." and I land some good trades and almost always end the day positive. 

It works, but it's sloppy. There is overtrading, FOMO, and poor trade management. 

How much better would I be doing if I didn't consistently did myself into a hole at the start of my trading!

Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips/advice for getting over it?

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