The quicker you learn this lesson about being a day trader, the quicker you will be putting yourself in a position for long term success. The lesson? Somedays you are the puppet master as a trader, other days, YOU are the puppet. I realize when I state the obvious that whether you are a beginner day trader or a day trader with lots of experience, we all want to be the puppet master. We all want those days where it seems as though we can do no wrong, every decision we make turns out to be profitable and every direction we turn, we find “yet another” winning trade! Sure, these days absolutely exists in the world of online trading, but so do others. Other times, you’ll feel like you’re running through mud. You’ll feel like the market is totally rigged against you and that you can do no right. It’s okay! It happens! It does not mean you are a bad trader that needs to fix anything about your day trading strategy. It does not mean you need all of a sudden go into freak out mode. Just accept it! Understand that it happens! Let me show you an instance where I was no puppet master, but rather, the puppet….