Once I have entered a trade, then the action to follow will be very simple:
1. Stopped out (1,2, or 3)
2. Target reached
3. Time stop
Therefore, there is no need to follow it or look at up and down results, especially during live markets. It may make me feel good when my positions are up, but it can make me feel bad when my positions are down or I have lost back money that I made.
This emotional up and down has nothing to do with trading success. In fact, combine the negative emotions with a thought, and you will get an action to disrupt your trading in the worst possible way. I have recently entered 4 trades that have no value at all in my plan. I never planned to enter them, because they did not meet the criteria for entry, but did it hoping they would work out. All because I was watching the performance of my positions.
However, through this journey, I have learned to be objective in my entry selection. This was the biggest lesson, I was hoping to learn this year, and I am glad to have come across it so early.
I have learned, hopefully, that it is futile to watch my trades fluctuate during the day. I am still going to be absolute discipline to my trading rules, therefore there is no reason to watch the trades at all. They will take care of themselves.