Yesterday someone asked me about how I don't go on tilt, how do you "get past" it. I told him you don't get past it. The potential is always there. The moment you think it can't happen to you, you've lost already. Well, I do go on tilt, and I told him that one thing I do is to monitor myself. I stand up and walk away. I also picture myself later in the day. When I have tilty/emotional trading days, even if I wound up in the green, I feel exhausted, stressed, and frankly a bit of shame. A grown man losing control of his emotions is not a good feeling. OTOH, regardless of the outcome, when I execute cleanly, don't overtrade, and objectively see the market as it is, later on I have a feeling of satisfaction. It's that simple. Another thing I do is try to zoom out and see myself and coach myself as I would a fellow trader. Well, I have made quite a few execution errors on this EOM/EOQ day. It's choppy, algo-driven, not clean at all. I found myself on the precipice of tilting and objectively looked at the character of the day and how poorly I've responded to that. What would I tell a fellow trader in this case? I'd ask him why he is trying to force something to happen when he knows it's beyond his control. I'd tell him to look objectively at what IS happening, not what he thinks is BOUND TO happen. Then I'd tell him to go to lunch, come back with fresh eyes during the last hour, confidently put on risk if a trade idea into EOQ close presents itself. That's what I'm going to do. Thanks, coach! LOL :-) #ES_F #NQ_F $SPY $QQQ