since september i've been getting more and more frustrated with panic dip buy's, currently i find that i'm hesitating 5-10 seconds before i'm pulling the trigger which is why i'm not getting fill's. so i've started to learn a few new patterns. i've got grittany's doji day one on standbye. i've backtested it this past week and now have enough samples to be willing to trade it, and i should have my money in tradezero so i can actually locate stock's to short. also now that we are going into earning's season i've started and am prepared to learn how to play earning's winner's... there is a surprising amount of trepidation in me about actually learning a pattern that require's the front side of the move. i don't even know how i should track it! like i'm thinking that i just track the stock's that gap 5% day one on earning's and use the open price as my entry and risk estimation's while also using the high's of the second morning as my exit price. but from there, i've no clue what data might be interesting or fun to collect. right now i'm expecting to shut down this account so i can afford a backtesting service next month so i can just test a few pattern's all at once. well mabey i just downgrade to trade alerts so i have the chat room. but i don't know what to decide yet, overall though i think syke's has me oriented the right way, and all i need is a small monthly resource of backtesting to get me to the next level. this has been a journey. right now i'll say that my emotions have basically been hopefull almost every morning for the last 2 or 3 weeks and i'm excited each day to a certain extent. though i just looked at my bank account yesterday and it was looking really stark cause i've been pushing money around so i can open these new account's for shorting. though i still had a great day overall. i don't know who's reading these, but if it give's you mindset on someone who's succeeded at the game in the future. great! if it show's you the thought's of just another loser? well that's probably good insight too. goodbye.