courage day to carry over a trade into the next day. At least it was for me since I did something I haven't done in a long time. I left my fishing lines working into the end of the day for a pair of buy stops setting at 88.25. I was winning the argument to cancel them but was side tracked with a phone call and before I could get my thoughts back to the hog market I heard my fill. Now that there is no overnight we are at the mercy of the 1st 60 minutes of trade for a directional read. My stops were set and so was my deposit target at 89.20. The $1 momentum trade was in place if they open it higher. My risk stops @ 87.80 were doubled to put me in a reversal pair of shorts with a deposit order @ 87.30 if that's what the market would want to do. I'm glad it decided on up first because with mechanical reversal orders in place, the anxiety meter is always running high if the triggered move stalls out with an hour of sideways to put me between a rock and a hard spot.

It's gonna take some getting used to, not having any night trade for a gauge of potential turning points and how the first 60 minutes is used to set the mind games. I wasted an hour last night, with self name calling for my stupidity of setting myself up for a whipping. I lucked out and I sure don't want to make a habit of being so courageous. It's different during the day because I generally find out in 30 minutes whether I was right or wrong. Having to sleep on getting the results wears on me.