What a day ... ended at +19 ... was a "just missed it" fest ... good practice though ... getting closer to steady good entries. I decided that if I have a loss day in live mode, I will trade in sim mode until I have a profit again and then only ...

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Not at first, the emotions will mess with you, but overall I agree, you will have "muscle memory" and that will help to get you on track in live mode faster than someone who does not have the practice in sim mode. The time it takes will vary from ...

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I agree in principle but my main point is that even though you can trade top notch in sim mode, the emotions of live mode is going to mess with your ability to make decisions and thus affect your results. At some time you have to open a live account ...

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I decided to continue in live mode to continue to practice to tame my emotions ... although I ended at -41 I remained calm ... stopped trading at 5 trades, so no overtrading ... I was a bit less cautious with my entries than yesterday so got more ...

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That was a good one ... I saw it but felt it was too quick after the loss and I might start "machine gunning" again, so I rather left it ... I must say the mental issues that pops up with a live account is a beast of a different nature. Most of us ...

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I ended at -13 with only one trade taken ... missed quite few ones ... I think I am perhaps too cautious in live mode ... will go to sim mode again for a day or so to practice and build confidence.

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Eish ... still no entries ... missed another one by a tick just now .. would have gone to 10 and stopped out at 1 anyway ...

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No entries so far, missed a few by a tick or two ... patience ....

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Thanks Mr D ... much appreciated ... was good to follow the trades as you did with the emotions of a live account. Practice makes perfect. I ended with +19 ... stayed calm but also missed quite a few opportunities by a tick or two because I was more ...

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Testing my live skills today .... +19 so far ... saw both trades Mr D took but I missed the first trade by a tick or two and got the second one ... must be patient now and wait for clear tails and supply/demand candles .... so far my head has not ...

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Ended at +21 today ... sticking just to tails makes this session so much calmer. I am trying out one variation ... I removed my TP and changed the settings so that the SL jumps to 20 as 25 is touched, so if there is a lot of momentum I stay in, but ...

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Everyone is green ... wow ... Mr D, you are a good teacher ...

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Stopped at 5 trades with +48 ... my middle trade was a bit of a long shot, used the S/D level of before the open ... if I used the level just down with a nice tail I would have gotten a 25 ... those tails are powerful stuff!

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4 trades taken ... +23 so far ... 1 trade left ...

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Strange ... no problems here.

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Ended at +13 ... getting a feel for the S/D levels ... the last trade should have been a 25 but I messed with it ... got jittery because it was the 7th trade and I should have stopped at 5 :-)

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Quite true ... Forex is a challenge ... sigh ... I have been battling with it for so long, I think something deep in me wants it to work somehow ....

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Agreed .. I also think (know) that NQ on Futures is the answer to a traders cash flow issues and more - only an hour or so a day and a limited target so no analysis paralysis ... clear cut. But Forex has so many instruments and I see the exact same ...

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I think THAT is the crux of successful live trading ... practicing on demo and then live small volumes until you have so much confidence that you stand 100% behind a trade ... or TOTALLY accept the risk, as Mark Douglass "Trading in the Zone" states ...

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