1) Make the strategy as simple as possible. Okay, now make it even simpler! If it can't fit on a post-it note, it's too complicated.
2) Get comfortable refusing setups. There will be a bunch of "almost a trade" trades. Worse still, a lot of them will work spectacularly! It's like an Aladdin's cave of possibility...and we all know how that ends.
Be disciplined and "touch nothing but the lamp" (i.e. your exact setup).
3) Think super long-term (for results). For various reasons, I broke even in August AND November. But I've still managed 100% in 5.75 months. If I thought about the outcome of those months in the wrong way, it might cause me to lose faith and sway from the plan. Let's not even mention being concerned about a losing day...!!!
4) Think super short-term (for the process). Yes, it DOES matter if you take that extra trade. Or chase that market...or trade at night when you know you shouldn't. Lot's of small, repeated processes add up over time.
PS No longer with TST. Long story short, they don't really support the profitable trader looking for actual funding. The irony is I would never have become one if not for their program and the dream of getting funded that they promote.
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