A truly great song by Basement Jaxx but not a great question to be asking yourself when you're trading. This however, is what I asked myself when I was trading this week because I allowed the losses to get to me. I don't think the issue is trading though, I think it's the frustration with my life as a whole, where I work, where I live, the lack of freedom and so on, and when I lose at trading, it simply magnifies the frustration and it boils over.
My account dipped below £100 and I actually said to myself 'Fuck it, I can always drop another £100 if I need to.'. Those are not the words of a composed and level headed trader. But as I said before, it's not the trading that is annoying me, it's the pressure to succeed and escape my life that is impacting my discipline, or rather lack of. I find myself missing a signal, and then forcing another trade to try and make up for it. It's a vicious circle and one which I am trying to work out how to get out of, but I know it will take time and patience and for now I am just going to have to roll with the punches as they say.
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