A year ago, he would have called that a "fail" because it wasn't a "home run." Today, he logged it as a "victory of discipline".
Elias began with a "self-coaching" ritual. Instead of looking for "the big win," he identified his emotional state. He was anxious. In the past, he would have ignored this, fueled by caffeine and greed. Today, he used a technique from The Daily Trading Coach: Deep Breathing and Visualization . He visualized the market moving against him and practiced staying calm, focusing on his stop-loss rather than his ego. The Daily Trading Coach
That evening, Elias didn't count his dollars. He counted his "A-plus" setups and his "A-plus" reactions. He realized that the "Daily Trading Coach" wasn't a book on his shelf; it was the voice he had finally developed inside his own head. He was no longer just a trader; he was his own psychologist. A year ago, he would have called that