Still not abiding rules.

I will start fresh and see what I am able to do. I will use this experience and take heed to it, my future as a trader depends on this. I can never have a relapse day as a gambler. I need to stick to treating it as a business, A-quality or NOTHING, avoiding chop, taking my profits for a scalp if my entry isn't ideal, and holding for a big rip if my entry is ideal. I need to obey my rules, I will meditate and vision myself as the right trader. Hopefully all goes well. I vow to change after this and elevate my skill, my psyche, and my consciousness to a whole new level after this and be reborn.

Total shit show lately wiped out everything down $500 commission but trading is breakeven. Win ration means nothing when you dont obey rules, Had a complete breakdown and traded emotionally all out today. Made some back Flipping long, could've even made more. HMNY pushed mid day only to dump on longs, No follow through but still had a few decent scalps I screwed up i might stop trying to hit it big just be a scalper. GLYC I squeezed tf out of two rule breaking impulse shorts, later made some back my day could've been clutched out by regaining my composure later in the day but I screwed it ll up. Just terrible I will wire in money to stay above pdt, clear my head and vow to give up my old habits and really be strict and calculated obeying rationality and intuition vs impulse emotional trading

Trading update. Bounced back a bit off my losing streak caused by trying to hit it big each long, my losing streak consisted of not waiting for the perfect setups on the short side based on defined clear risk levels. Also it consisted of me trying to hit it big each long trade versus letting the trades come to me. I try to trade longs with rapid stacking bids and heavy volume pouring in while i'm still fairly early and theres range. Short's I try to stay within a certain strategy and avoid the heavy volume names that steam roll people like the MTBC's etc What should help me finally get out of break even trading is letting my trades develop, sticking STRICTLY to the A quality setups, managing my psychology and hopefully the rest will be history. I sit on hands if I don't see my setup.

5/10/2017 EMMS SHORT, coming out with vengeance looking for Day 2 gap down short setup. Today didn't obey my rules first long, didn't obey the resistance and my A+ strict setup strategy. Took a crappy setup missed my better fill then messed up my stop. That was my failures. The key advancement was that in real time I truly gauged and was actively telling myself to stop out and gauging the key levels to accept the turning point action. The last step now is to listen when I have to. Also to read my checklist before each entry as it would've avoided this trade altogether and if anything took it short as yes it was SSR but it wasn't crazy volume, crazy buying trapped tape like CLNT today it was a better daily resistance first bounce short.

Forced a trade cause its friday, I tried to short again which was a good idea on CALI and I didn't. I need to swallow my pride and stop out when I make a bad mistake or even just take smaller profit when I'm in a 50/50 setup I force. I can't keep raising my stop thinking that will fix it. Totally lacked discipline today. Lessons: 1) Learn to stop out when necessary and swallow your pride. Don't keep raising your stop on a trade accept the pivot points and key levels you use as risk. 2) Don't take 50/50 setups 3) Don't short for more backside after it has collapsed over a point the previous day and while it is at support and holding. The chart spoke everything I just didn't want to listen. 4) If you're in a 50/50 setup just take profit quickly. Other trades like DFFN let it roll. 5) Tighten stops stay disciplined. 6) Flip short to long even if its a good setup. 7) Clear your mind, study and get back to the grind. 8) If there was shares I'd have re-shorted, only do it when its necessary not out of revenge. First they pumped HTGM then CBIO after hours then they moved to CALI I could've waited for a spike. then shorted. If it was an offering then I could've looked for a day 3 small support bounce then take out support and collapse. If no offering don't look for too much.

3/30/2017 Missed all the setups today, I wanted a bounce closer to hod for me to short into on PRAN, CBMX wasn't feeling the .05 cent spreads so I did not take the trade. DFFN no shares. CNAT I was on the phone missed the long, PRAN I could've longed too but I did not unfortunately. Missed everything being too careful with my recent higher profit day.

Recap: Late to the day, chickened out of late day short which would've went well, wasn't too late to the party after all. PULM short 3.15 it hit my .30 cent target even late day. Watchlist for 3/23/2017 Shorts: PULM: Short this on any pop at open tomorrow, or a gap down. MBRX short. Longs: Will scan more later and update, IDRA potential gapper.

Daily Recap: 3/20/2017 ESPR Wanted to short didn't see the right setup, no trades today.

Daily Recap: 3/17 DRYS lured me in, wasted my time and took my money, I also stretched out my stop on it again for no reason which cost me extra. GLBS small L to get in DRYS from overnight PULM, Time to test out my short strategy, missed the long so I patiently waited for a short, didn't short at 3.19 as massive volume was flowing in, no fill on my short order 10:47 at 3.59 so got in on a pop to 3.43 later. Holding till EOD. Short's doing great I timed the backside well, covered it up nicely. DFFN saw this as a PULM sympathy extremely early at 2.80's it ran to 3.80's but failed to keep it on my radar as I was too focused on watching PULM. I should've shorted this instead as it had much less volume being a PULM knockoff play, way easier Lots of losers that could be avoided by being patient, its been tough to stick to A-quality setups as I always feel the need to be in a trade I need to lay out my strategy as a systematic process, and probably pick up a book on trading psychology. Emotional trading is my biggest enemy right now.