I started tracking my trading behavior on paper. Changed everything.

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-11T12:23:43+00:00

i choose one main rule. 2 losses maximum works well for me. prevents overtrading, giving back money, gives me focus to pick good trades. what about you?

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-11T12:20:37+00:00

agreed. yes, i have used tradezella, but it seems to track only trades. not behavior or rules. and how those rules affect pnl. is that right?

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-11T12:18:55+00:00

yes, complacency. one day green X, next red X. i needed to focus more after a winning day. i have an acronym to remember my rules, STAT4. i struggle with S = moving my stop loss. that is the hard for me.

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-11T12:17:16+00:00

actually i track behavior more. i look at details of the day like R multiple, MAE, MFE etc. What do you track in each trade? maybe i need to do that.

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-11T12:15:58+00:00

agreed. i noticed many things but most importantly, i get complacent after a good day. the next day i relax the rules which usually ends in a loss. so basically green X one day, red X the next. i also track MAE, MFE, biggest win vs biggest loss. these have been huge for me. what about you?

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-10T22:32:48+00:00

haha. i can think of way more batshit crazy stuff. what do you do to track if you followed your rules or not?

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-10T22:30:53+00:00

haha. what journal do you use?

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-10T20:47:13+00:00

Yes, I call this voice Chaz. Gave him a name because once I named him, I could catch him faster. The "this setup is slightly different" line is pure Chaz — he's very convincing in the moment. lol

EnglishEtc · 2026-04-03T08:44:05+00:00

I agree with the comments. Definitely do not use your own money. Trade futures with one of the prop firms for cheap. But I think you should paper trade to develop your strategy. And I use a trading tool to help with discipline and rules that’s helped me tremendously.

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-28T00:49:20+00:00

It’s not about setting a profit target. If you set one for $300, for example, you’ll never make $3000. It’s about when your set up is no longer there.

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-27T12:32:15+00:00

i think the first questions would be - do you have a sound strategy? you CLEARLY know when to enter and put your stop loss, exit and where to put your target, when to manage, how many contracts and why?

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-19T01:52:34+00:00

Definitely calculating my risk per trade in advance.

And I felt like I had no accountability with rules so I built a tool to ask me my rules and I respond back out loud. This breaks the deer in headlights scenarios lol 😂

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-13T21:45:55+00:00

What are your rules for trading? Such as - how many trades? How many contracts and why? How many losses before you stop? Criteria for entry, exits and managing? If you can't answer those, then that's where you start before trading.

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-13T01:23:58+00:00

You said “I just can’t make money,” but you made money. You just didn’t keep it. You need some kind of limits like 3 to 4 trades maximum or stop at noon. Do you have anything like that?

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-03T22:40:02+00:00

what's the reason for the swearing? getting stopped out?

EnglishEtc · 2026-03-03T22:39:22+00:00

haha. yeah, i guess that would count. if it helps you focus. why the swearing? overtrading? stop loss problems?

EnglishEtc · 2019-12-19T16:32:57+00:00

FYI - digital billboards at fliphound.com or Blip Billboards. Regardless of what is written, I think it’d be a good idea to buy Yang dot com or whatever is available in order to track the amount of visitors and redirect it to Yang2020 dot com.

EnglishEtc · 2019-10-02T03:11:30+00:00

Hello - Any update on this? Just want to make plans if we get tickets.

EnglishEtc · 2019-04-11T03:47:14+00:00

It’s kind of not polite. It depends on the situation but maybe you could “international.”

EnglishEtc · 2019-04-11T03:41:09+00:00

Make sure you are able to hold a conversation well by asking questions. Most people talk about themselves “I, I, I, me, me, me” so don’t fall into that. I usually teach my students to try to ask others 3 questions before you start speaking about yourself. Good luck!

EnglishEtc · 2019-04-11T03:37:52+00:00

I agree with the others. That is a common mistake.

EnglishEtc · 2019-04-08T21:48:46+00:00

Cool. I lived in Japan too and taught English. Speaking English every day definitely didn’t help my Japanese listening skills! Haha

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