York
Well I have had my best day ever.
The races with big fields at York were good and in the evening the Newmarket and GP back to back have worked really well.
I think it is a combo of Thomo over exagerating the chances of closers at Newmarket and GP horses running into the sun.
Any way pre easter was awful, so I will enjoy the current good run.
The races with big fields at York were good and in the evening the Newmarket and GP back to back have worked really well.
I think it is a combo of Thomo over exagerating the chances of closers at Newmarket and GP horses running into the sun.
Any way pre easter was awful, so I will enjoy the current good run.
Hi Rhys,
hope you don't mind me making an observation but to help with the battle mist, when sailing close to the wind why not buy a punch bag for the trading room and a pair of gloves.
When hittin a losing 'mare knock seven bells out it, then head under the cold shower and get back at them thar markets. Be better than stabbing the desk!
cheers hope the winnin ways return
hope you don't mind me making an observation but to help with the battle mist, when sailing close to the wind why not buy a punch bag for the trading room and a pair of gloves.
When hittin a losing 'mare knock seven bells out it, then head under the cold shower and get back at them thar markets. Be better than stabbing the desk!
cheers hope the winnin ways return
Hi Rhys
'Working on it'. That reminds me of myself when I've been on diets and cheated big time, and gotten nowhere quickly! The problem with that kind of thinking is it's too wishy washy. IMHO, it allows you to convince yourself that you're taking action, when in fact you're largely doing what you want to do, rather than what you need to do.
I'd say the solution is simple, but not easy. Turn the 'shoulds' into 'musts' - these videos explain what I mean:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3024&p=20015&hilit ... ons#p20015
If you make it so that something like going in play is as abhorrent and as unacceptable to you as committing a crime you despise, you won't have to worry about rectifying any underlying issues. The problem will simply disappear. And IMHO, once you're back to being disciplined, you'll accept losses easily, as you know that they're unavoidable. In my experience, stupid decisions come when you take a loss and think 'Here we go again! I wonder how much money I'm going to lose today!'.
Jeff
'Working on it'. That reminds me of myself when I've been on diets and cheated big time, and gotten nowhere quickly! The problem with that kind of thinking is it's too wishy washy. IMHO, it allows you to convince yourself that you're taking action, when in fact you're largely doing what you want to do, rather than what you need to do.
I'd say the solution is simple, but not easy. Turn the 'shoulds' into 'musts' - these videos explain what I mean:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3024&p=20015&hilit ... ons#p20015
If you make it so that something like going in play is as abhorrent and as unacceptable to you as committing a crime you despise, you won't have to worry about rectifying any underlying issues. The problem will simply disappear. And IMHO, once you're back to being disciplined, you'll accept losses easily, as you know that they're unavoidable. In my experience, stupid decisions come when you take a loss and think 'Here we go again! I wonder how much money I'm going to lose today!'.
Jeff
rhysmr2 wrote: I understand what your saying and unfortunately I do often have bad losing days. I am working on it and trying to identify my issues as I have a few, the hard part is rectifying the underlying issues once identified but it's not easy!
Yeh I've got nothing from York the last few days, rubbish.
Jeff, Cheers, I'll have a look at those vids when I've finished trading, I don't actually have the problem of going in play anymore, thankfully! But I still do some silly things like use big stakes and get involved with markets I'm not to comfortable with.
Noeyedeer, thanks for the suggestion. My anger issue has chilled out a bit since I stopped doing weights about a month ago, I hate not doing them though so I'm going to try doing them on a night.
Jeff, Cheers, I'll have a look at those vids when I've finished trading, I don't actually have the problem of going in play anymore, thankfully! But I still do some silly things like use big stakes and get involved with markets I'm not to comfortable with.
Noeyedeer, thanks for the suggestion. My anger issue has chilled out a bit since I stopped doing weights about a month ago, I hate not doing them though so I'm going to try doing them on a night.