It's really not about the money. It's all about the difference between taking risks and accepting them. Doing the former without the latter is financial suicide...
Taking a stance in the face of conflicting market information- such as in the last trade- is a sure sign of my needing security outside of the strategy. I noticed it, but continued to trade what was. Pretty much fell prey to all the biases I mentioned on Monday!
I prefer to think of my trading in terms of distance from the absolute edge (i.e what was available from the method minus damaging thought patterns/behaviour).
Monday- No gap between performance and absolute edge. Still a marginal down day though.
Tuesday- Target-sized gap. (Target was obtainable a couple times over...I managed a hair under break even)
Wednesday- Huge gap. Again, target obtainable but finished 60% of the target under break even. Terrible.
The profitable days are always easily explained (namely, "follow the f***ing plan, despite what you feel!!").
Let's see if I can't get back to doing just that....
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