Herein lies the official journal and general adventures of BRM the 2nd.
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Why am I doing this?
1) to make myself accountable.
2) to improve my reasoning and thought process
3) as a public record which hopefully will help me to be the best that I can be
4) some other reasons that I've forgotten
I have thought about having some form of blog for some time now to do with Forex. Be it my own journey of trading, or be it to help others not fall into the traps that I have along the way.
For now I will record some thoughts on here, hopefully weekly. I do not trade full time but the more I do this the more I have decided I need to take this seriously and treat it like a job. It's time to get ****ing serious now. First thing is to become profitable then to start my blog. Journal will suffice for now. I will endeavor to constantly edit and add to this front post.
I have been a member here for years, in fact I had an alternate name when I first started I can't even remember what it was now. But at least 3 years I have been here. While there have been some successes there have also been failures. Until now the failures more than outweigh the positives if I'm brutally honest. BUT luckily for all you buggers that have only been here since 2015 then you've come to the right spot as you are able to literally walk and trample over the skulls of the many that have fallen before you. There are a few of us that are still around from the beginning days. But not many. RIP unknown trader friends......<minutes silence>
I have copped every single loss via signal that connectforex.com could line up, that forexsignals.com could line up, and to top it off I have been a really shitty trader now for going on 3 years. Consistently OK and quite profitable but essentially never been able to trade with SL's or to add to trades etc etc. What happens is that a small loss quite often becomes a large loss. I thought I was done with it after 2014 but I did have another loss this year a couple of months after the CHFbomb (where my account was margin called by following TA and Smart). I got hit and basically knocked out by Smart Scalper and DayFox @ the end of 2014 which I thought was going to be the end of my Forex days but I have dug in, and despite this loss midway through 2015 and the CHFbomb of 2015 I am determined. In fact that DayFox escapade was sadly worsened by a copier issue on a few accounts which really hurt. I basically lost almost everything to my name, and not only that but I had lost the love of my life at a similar time. Needless to say that there have been some immensely dark days. Sometimes you need to hit these deep lows to appreciate life. Sigh.
I have excelled at everything that I have ever put my body or my brain into in the past, so I see no reason why this cannot continue.
Failure to me is not an option.
That being said I have strict trading cut off date this year. If i cannot show myself that I can be profitable from now until that date then I will have to walk. If I am profitable in signals but not in manual then i will stop manual trading and just become the boss of EA's and signals. No shame in that.
The site seems to have some great traders for now. Vijay, Jeff and Phil look solid. Steady Capture obviously we need to watch as of course we all got hit there. Yet, looks good. Sorry to see Tony fall by the wayside. Just goes to show you how hard this game is. I want to be the 5% and NOT the 95%. This site hopefully is going to make that a reality via signals. BUT why not see if I can actually make money myself while I am at it.
I have been through the RINGER so many times that this thick head of mine doesn't want to feel those emotions again.
So can a bad trader become good by learning his lesson? We'll see.
Tune in and subscribe if you have any interest, all good to me, I don't care so much either way, I am going to try out this journal for my own productivity anyhow to see where it takes me.
Much love to all.
big_river_man-640x540.jpg
Why am I doing this?
1) to make myself accountable.
2) to improve my reasoning and thought process
3) as a public record which hopefully will help me to be the best that I can be
4) some other reasons that I've forgotten
I have thought about having some form of blog for some time now to do with Forex. Be it my own journey of trading, or be it to help others not fall into the traps that I have along the way.
For now I will record some thoughts on here, hopefully weekly. I do not trade full time but the more I do this the more I have decided I need to take this seriously and treat it like a job. It's time to get ****ing serious now. First thing is to become profitable then to start my blog. Journal will suffice for now. I will endeavor to constantly edit and add to this front post.
I have been a member here for years, in fact I had an alternate name when I first started I can't even remember what it was now. But at least 3 years I have been here. While there have been some successes there have also been failures. Until now the failures more than outweigh the positives if I'm brutally honest. BUT luckily for all you buggers that have only been here since 2015 then you've come to the right spot as you are able to literally walk and trample over the skulls of the many that have fallen before you. There are a few of us that are still around from the beginning days. But not many. RIP unknown trader friends......<minutes silence>
I have copped every single loss via signal that connectforex.com could line up, that forexsignals.com could line up, and to top it off I have been a really shitty trader now for going on 3 years. Consistently OK and quite profitable but essentially never been able to trade with SL's or to add to trades etc etc. What happens is that a small loss quite often becomes a large loss. I thought I was done with it after 2014 but I did have another loss this year a couple of months after the CHFbomb (where my account was margin called by following TA and Smart). I got hit and basically knocked out by Smart Scalper and DayFox @ the end of 2014 which I thought was going to be the end of my Forex days but I have dug in, and despite this loss midway through 2015 and the CHFbomb of 2015 I am determined. In fact that DayFox escapade was sadly worsened by a copier issue on a few accounts which really hurt. I basically lost almost everything to my name, and not only that but I had lost the love of my life at a similar time. Needless to say that there have been some immensely dark days. Sometimes you need to hit these deep lows to appreciate life. Sigh.
I have excelled at everything that I have ever put my body or my brain into in the past, so I see no reason why this cannot continue.
Failure to me is not an option.
That being said I have strict trading cut off date this year. If i cannot show myself that I can be profitable from now until that date then I will have to walk. If I am profitable in signals but not in manual then i will stop manual trading and just become the boss of EA's and signals. No shame in that.
The site seems to have some great traders for now. Vijay, Jeff and Phil look solid. Steady Capture obviously we need to watch as of course we all got hit there. Yet, looks good. Sorry to see Tony fall by the wayside. Just goes to show you how hard this game is. I want to be the 5% and NOT the 95%. This site hopefully is going to make that a reality via signals. BUT why not see if I can actually make money myself while I am at it.
I have been through the RINGER so many times that this thick head of mine doesn't want to feel those emotions again.
So can a bad trader become good by learning his lesson? We'll see.
Tune in and subscribe if you have any interest, all good to me, I don't care so much either way, I am going to try out this journal for my own productivity anyhow to see where it takes me.
Much love to all.
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