Monday, July 6, 2009

Sell Stop:Everything

I've stopped out of everything, I'm 100% cash and I'm back in the penalty box for three weeks.

Might as well quote a friend here:

"you are talking the talk but not walking the walk..."

In short, I made two huge mistakes:
  • Ignored my penalty box rule - thought that I knew better than the system and didn't want to miss a move - this rule would've saved me my last 4 failed trades
  • Put far too much capital at risk. I've added a spreadsheet to make sure this number never exceeds 3%

Now the question is, will I keep developing a sound system and keep failing to follow it.

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