4 Months In, MES Capital & Pushing When Winning.

Per contract of initial risk...some trades were scaled into.

It's been a long time since I've been on the back of such a consistent stretch of trading. What's more, the leverage involved has been smaller on average which makes the result even more significant. It's nice to see that the distribution is what was expected as far as the summer months are concerned. The graphs also tell the story of the resistance of the Combine target in August and the fearful trading of the FTP during the latter part of August into most of September. It'll be interesting to see what October will look like as volatility has arrived in full force and I'm free to put the pedal to the metal!

I've been doing a trial with MES Capital over the last week of trading. I'm doing well there so far but may have to sacrifice that for a bigger and better opportunity (which I'm keeping under my hat for now!). My initial experience with trying to learn more about the company was met with a less-than-warm welcome to say the least. This isn't encouraging as how you deal with people personally will often translate into how you deal with them in business, but I'm leaving my options open for now.

I've also thought about a comment that was made in my last post regarding pushing when winning. This is something that a lot of people struggle with in life in general, trading in particular. Our aversion to loss has us fighting the tape when we/the market isn't conducive to profitable trading and running away once we have some gains when the market suggests that there is much more to be had. I think a lot of this comes from our upbringing ("a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"- Mum) and the way we were taught to think at school and in society in general. Winning is good, losing is bad....being right is honorable, being wrong is shameful...etc.