I have learned a lot in this course and feel fairly comfortable designing momentum systems now. Working on mean reversion systems to expand my knowledge. One thing has become very clear this month, I still have a lot of psychology work to do. Yesterday after the close of the day, was a test. I was completely fine up until yesterday evening and I sensed the emotions starting to rise after ALGN announced earnings ( I was just checking my account to survey the carnage that had taken place during the course of the day and while sitting in front of my IB screen lost 5,000 dollars in a matter of seconds as I watched ALGN plunge about 20% and putting my account into a 24% drawdown. I have learned to ignore the voice of self doubt but yesterday, it was really strong and VERY LOUD. I could have responded by listening and closing all my positions and walking away but then what? If I am focusing on just money and not the process, this will never work and I might as well just stop trading now. Instead I walked away from my screen, took Nick’s advice and did a really tough Crossfit workout = ). During that time I had time to think again about why I’m trading and the drawdowns many of the great traders go through. This is apart of that process. I am in much clearer frame of mind today, not because of a mild recovery but realize all great traders must endure drawdowns and to embrace the process!