I'm a loser, baby ....

So, more than a week has gone by since I have posted. I am a total slacker. I am also a total loser. This is pretty much evident in every part of my life right now.

First off, Kim and I coached our volleyball team this weekend up in Dallas. We did not do well at all. This was the second straight tournament where it felt like our team just didn't show up. After the tournament in Atlanta several weeks ago, we decided to add an extra practice each week. So, we did that. But, honestly, I could tell the girls just weren't into it. The extra practices ended up being a waste of time. Sure, they got a little better, but all in all, their performance this weekend was one of underachievement. I have been struggling with staying motivated to finish out the season. It is hard, especially since I am still struggling at work with trading and would like to work in the evenings to get better. Let's just put it this way. I have been coaching top level volleyball teams for over 10 years and this will be the first year where a team I have coached will not qualify for the end-of-year national tournament. This is a huge disappointment and let down.

So, to make me feel better each day, I go trade. I would like to say that I have continued to do well, but such is not the case. Last week, I was down about $230 for the week. I did not have a single positive day. I also only traded 4 days last week since I was gone on Friday for the volleyball tournament. I was hoping things would go better today, and they did. But I was still negative on the day - $7.

So, I wish I could write that things are great ... but they aren't. Don't get me wrong ... I am still thankful everyday that I chose to change from techie to day trader, but losing takes it's toll. I was telling my wife that I go to work and compete everyday, and lose. Then I go coach volleyball on the weekend and evenings, and lose there too. I just don't know if I can "compete" for this amount of time every week. I am going to have to decide whether to coach this summer or take a break. I might just have to do the latter. Something has got to give.

I do have some trading "trigger" ideas in the pipeline at work, so I am looking forward to trying those out. I still use my 2-day high and low trading methods and those seem to work pretty good for me. I have just been making some stupid trading decisions late in the trading day recently and it blows all the profit I make in the morning. I think I just have too much going on, and need to relax a little.

Oh well, I have started to ramble. Sorry again for the delay in posting. I hope everyone is doing well and hopefully, I can post more than once a week.