So I became a Challenge Student a few weeks ago and have been struggling to keep up with the action while the market is open and study as much as possible at other times. I have an insane amount of activity in my life right now, and I am stretched way too thin. Even so I have managed to put in 20 hrs a week of study and focused attention to the market or lessons or alerts. I have changed my routine into a morning routine after being a night owl for the last 30 years! I have another 2 months of this insanity before I see the end of the tunnel, so I think I need to revert to paper-trading until I can properly focus. 

Case in point: This trade on HDVY! I made the trade following Tim Sykes on an alert, and not by doing my own research, (already bad!). Then I held overnight because I hoped (more bad!) the price would open higher the next day, and this is something Tim said might happen. The next morning I got greedy and didn't take a small loss when I should have (more bad). I then got sidetracked and life took over. By the time I got back to this, the following day (brutal!), I was down a ton! The only thing I did right was to keep the position size small, so this loss is actually not meaningful to my overall account. 

So much to learn!!