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trade journal so far:
The first large drawdown (in Equity) was a result of holding euro with high leverage, alongside the larger bearish trend and being surprised by a large bullish correction, which came back in my favor so I closed in profit. Close Call.
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Also I have been busy at my job and trading poorly or not at all in some cases.
Trying to balance effective trading and living an active and healthy life.
It seems I really need to follow the market closely or my 'fore-radar' becomes very inaccurate very quickly.
I guess after athletes train for the Olympics, the hard part becomes staying at their peak performance.
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My latest large drawdown, which totally ruined my dd score, was long in spot silver 'XAG/USD' pair and lo and behold the dollar rallies and the commodities markets suffer (except oil which is a story unto itself...)
so instead of holding longer and watching negative numbers grow, I finally severed it like a surgeon does gangrene, but it's hard when you have to cut off say 25% of yourself to save the other 75%. Logical, but painful if you personify the numbers in your account as 'yours' and emotionally attach yourself to it.

That's why I am detaching my emotions from my trading, and mitigating myself of mundane automatic emotions and instincts. Don't get my wrong it's still a process. You don't have to be a Vulcan to trade forex, You just have to stay out of your own way
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salutations and happy trading, and I hope my fx-book helps other people as much as it has me.
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go with the flow; just be on the right end of the wave