My first full month back trading is over. I finished the month down $27.24 so I'm actually very pleased as my goal this month was to just get my hand in this again and refine the shit out of my strategy.

Since I've come back from the summer my overall P/L is -$12.26 (1 green trade in July)

I've learned so very much about my strategy and myself this month. The biggest leaps I've made this month are knowing what not to trade and exactly what a perfect trade consists of.

My exit strategy has developed greatly, and I've completely rewired the way I scale into positions.

I'm not really overtrading, although I took several trades that I believed were perfect trades this month that I know now are not. I would actually be very green this month if I just cut out the imperfect trades.

I am also using StochasticsFull on ToS which really helps me decide if a play is overextended and time my entries/exits. Never thought I would use something like that but it's actually extremely helpful.

I took nearly two weeks off from real trading to refine my strategy and papertrade. This week was the only week I papertraded and I'm green 5/5 trades and up $107! It's really nice to see how waiting for these perfect trades and being able to time them correctly makes such a difference.

I start back trading with real $ tomorrow so I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and trade without eagerness/emotion.