The Genesis:

Well I did it!

To some this might sound like something easy. What's so hard about starting a diary, chronicling the daily implementation of The Daily Trading Coach book? The hard reality is that it's very hard to do. My guess is that I'm one of a select few who would undertake such a task as it's just so much effort. There is no business like trading that looks so easy, but is so incredibly hard.

Just the sheer magnitude of this book is hard to wrap one's mind around. Page-for-page, dollar-for-dollar, word-for-word, it is the most valuable trader resource available today. It is 343 pages of blood-pumping challenges that will take the most diligent student many years to implement -- even marginally so. Each lesson is a sobering challenge that requires extensive homework.

I bought this book when it came out in March of 2009. I've read through it twice. Many times more in some chapters. Yet, I'm not changing and growing as much as I would like. My lack of discipline and desire to take the easy road are two of my most ferocious enemies.

Only through focused effort and daily implementation via this diary will I accelerate the learning process.

And I just might bring Brett's other two books into this process as well: Enhancing Trader Performance and The Psychology of Trading. But I'm starting out with the trading coach book for now.

I hope to share this blog with you someday, Dr. Steenbarger,