Monday, March 30, 2009

Penalty Box

I just realized that I neglected to mention in my previous posts that I'm now in the penalty box through April 16th.

Because I failed on three consecutive trades, all buys of SDS, I must now abstain from any trading for a period of three weeks. This rule protects me whether the problem is me or the market, though in this case it was clearly me.

So, as I said previously, this will give me ample time to work more on my trading plan and be ready when the market turns.

-Geoff

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Good job on being disciplined and having your penalty box. I too need to do that for myself when I or the market is off. Why wait around to figure out which one is off. The fact that you were wrong three times in a row says to get out.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Unknown said...

Thanks los - the truth is I really lack discipline which is why I need to write these rules down and look at them before any trading activity.
I won't be successful in the market until I get my ego uninvolved!