Not So Good...

This has been a couple of tough nights. Last night was break even, which is better than a loss any day. Tonight is just plain ugly with three trades totaling -68. A little more caution was probably in order since Thursday morning's economic calendar is chock full of important market moving data releases.

The great thing about trading is there's always another day.

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