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Last updated: October 14, 2026

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Day Trading Journal (www.helixtrader36.com) shares a personal trading journal, process notes and education. helixtrader36 is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, or financial, tax or legal advisor. Nothing here is personalized advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security, and no post promises or guarantees any result.

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

— Sun Tzu

“Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive. Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.”

— Chang Yu