{"id":42964,"date":"2016-01-11T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T21:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=42964"},"modified":"2016-01-11T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T21:23:49","slug":"dont-call-it-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/dont-call-it-a-comeback","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t call it a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"699\" data-orig-width=\"1143\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-orig-height=\"699\" data-orig-width=\"1143\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/56.media.tumblr.com\/d33270c30b72730677892e3a2f78b5dc\/tumblr_inline_o0t5nmd1Ol1slheli_540.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>One of our best traders was down near 18k and my partner slacked:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>(trader name deleted) may be on tilt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I checked in on this trader with a chat to see how he was and if he was on tilt.&nbsp; He wasn\u2019t happy, but he analyzed he was mostly just early in a trade.&nbsp; He was waiting for a bounce in SPY and reversal in UVXY.&nbsp; All the time hawking oil as a tell.<\/p>\n<p>Be bounced into the close.&nbsp; As I write he finished the day up over 5 figures.<\/p>\n<p>There are four points to be made here about the losing trader and winning trader:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The losing trader basks in his closing PnL.<\/li>\n<li>The winning trader studies why he was early.<\/li>\n<li>The winning trader studies his better trading.<\/li>\n<li>The winning trader is proud of his resilience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Don\u2019t call it a comeback. <\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/premium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joinpremium.gif\" alt=\"joinpremium\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Banners', 'clicked', 'SMBU Premium GIF');\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our best traders was down near 18k and my partner slacked: (trader name deleted) may be on tilt. I checked in on this trader with a chat to see how he was and if he was on tilt.&nbsp; He wasn\u2019t happy, but he analyzed he was mostly just early in a trade.&nbsp; He was waiting for a bounce &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/dont-call-it-a-comeback\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[511,2387],"class_list":["post-42964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-call","tag-comeback","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Don&#039;t call it a comeback | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/dont-call-it-a-comeback\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don&#039;t call it a comeback | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of our best traders was down near 18k and my partner slacked: (trader name deleted) may be on tilt. 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