I turn bullish at the instant my buy stop is hit, and stay bullish until my sell stop is hit.

To avoid whipsaw losses, stop trading.

Be sensitive to subtle differences between 'intuition' and 'into wishing'.

There are old traders and there are bold traders, but there are very few old, bold traders.

Markets are fundamentally volatile. No way around it. Your problem is not in the math. There is no math to get you out of having to experience uncertainty.

Dramatic and emotional trading experiences tend to be negative. Pride is a great banana peel, as are hope, fear, and greed. My biggest slip-ups occurred shortly after I got emotionally involved with positions.

My style is basically trend following, with some special pattern recognition and money management algorithms.