October update

No major news to report, apart from a 4% loss I copped whilst on holiday.  I was right about market direction (risk on premised on US deal getting done) but got the timing wrong by a day and a half...found out later I got screwed on flows which lasted a day. Lesson on the story, don't trade whilst on holidays.  Just take a proper break, reading some trading books, read some trading news, etc, but don't trade. You don't have all the usual luxuries of being in front of your habitual trading desk, so already you are handicapped. And you do yourself no favours either by cheating yourself out of a real holiday break.

Think this episode drags me back down to +45% for the year. So right now I'm taking a big step back, downsizing on my next trades, etc.  Been spending the last few weeks working on trader self-improvement. Thinking about market sentiment, expectations and crowd psychology. About economic fundamentals, technicals and positioning. About trade planning, personal emotional well being, trade execution and trade management. About global macro and turning an idea into a trade.

Lots of separate ideas and how to bring it all together into execution. Trying to systemize all of this thinking, and filter out unnecessary garbage. Lots of work to be done.