It seems almost inevitable that I have one very bad day during the middle of the month and this month hasn't disappointed. Having lost £25 on the first evening race I traded, my broadband router decided to reboot just as the following race was about to start leaving me with an open liability of £164. There was no time to put the backup plan into action as the 5f race started and I just kept my fingers crossed that Piazza didn't win. It had a bad start but typically it came through just as the finish line fast approached.
What is even more frustrating is that my decision not to chase cost me too. I know it's the best decision over the long term but if I would have taken the plunge I would be in the green.
Am I superstitious? I am not sure, but this is the second time that I have seriously thought of withdrawing some cash on the morning of a big loss and as I look through my records I can see that I have one big loss of over £101 per month which seems to occur during the middle of each month.
13/4 243.94
9/5 192.17
14/6 357.68
15/7 175.35
Oh well....onwards and upwards!
2 comments:
Hi,
I enjoy reading your blog, would you like to swap links? I've added yours to mine already.
Thanks
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Hi Andy,
Hardware faults are a pain in the bum. It doesn't help that those 5f races are decided very quickly leaving little time to get out of trouble, even with a backup computer to-hand.
Fair play though for posting up the good and the bad - most bloggers seem to disappear after a fall.
Your progress is fairly similar to mine, ups and downs but overall up.
I've withdrawn a fair bit of my bank now to protect my profit. That way, even if it goes terribly wrong I can only lose the little bit in there.
With so many factors against us traders, it takes a lot of resolve to overcome adversity and plough on.
Keep on ploughing! :)
Mets
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