Yes, this may seem a very strange goal for a trader, so let me further explain: The concept of leaving the market alone is simply avoiding the Obssessive-Compulsive Behaviour of checking price action every minute through the day.
I am trading options using non-directional Income strategies, this mean I'm not an active intra-day trader, my positions run through 2 to 3 weeks and are defined in a way that they can be managed using contingent orders on a daily basis.
Brett Steenbarger says in his "Power and Powerlessness in Trading" posting: "Real power is being able to walk away from the screen while a position is working itself out."
Some of my best trades this year, both financially and emotionally speaking, were the ones I was able to detach from the intra-day "noise" and simply trade the positions by using contingent orders and a trading plan.
Evaluating the positions by end of day instead of during the intra-day is the way to go for me. Therefore, this will be one of my performance goals for 2010.
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