Risk Management
You flip back through the notebook. Three months. Six months. A year. Charts glued to pages with a glue stick you swiped from your 4-year-old. Then you stop. There's an entry you don't remember writing. Good day. Stayed with the plan. Huh.
Self awareness
Your setup appears. You've been waiting all morning. Entry, stop, size — it all matches your plan. You take the trade. Your stop gets hit. Down $400. Everything was where it was supposed to be. A thought appears. What did I do wrong?
Self awareness
The market hasn't opened yet. Coffee in one hand. Mouse in the other. Your setup is already there. You know your plan. Still you keep looking. Just one more thing. Maybe one more chart will make the decision easier.
Self awareness
The market closes. You lace up your running shoes. You haven't even reached the end of the block and you're already replaying the day. You already know which trade you shouldn't have taken.