Twice this week, I’ve been noticeably “scared” to enter a trade.

The first time was Monday, when I noticed an opportunity while watching the Market Forecast with TopstepTrader’s Senior Performance Coach John Hoagland. As he does every day at 8:15 AM CT live on TopstepTrader's Facebook page, John brought up the Crude Oil chart. It showed Crude was selling off hard to $51.26, slightly below a double swing low at $51.33 from January 17 and January 28. It was a clear opportunity.

But I missed it.

As the chart above shows, the price even came back to test that level two hours later. You’d think that this would be a great opportunity, but instead it just confirmed my thoughts that the market was “heavy.” The market looked heavy. It looked like the support was going to give.

It didn’t, and with the benefit of hindsight, we see that prices rallied that day $1.50 and have been rallying ever since. Opportunity missed again.

Was I planning on relating trading to Tiger Woods' epic 2018 comeback today? No.

Maybe I am doing it because I was caught watching The TOUR Championship in the office yesterday and said it was for "research." Or maybe there really are some parallels that you should take into your trading. 

You're just going to have to read on to find out. 

Ever since watching Trader, a PBS documentary on Paul Tudor Jones that he famously hates, I've been fascinated by the legendary trader. I've read and re-read his chapter in Market Wizards a dozen times to remind myself that even the best traders have setbacks. 

In this interview, Jones talks with Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, about those setbacks, including a time when his dad told him that he needed to find a new profession. Instead, Jones corrected his mistakes, learned from them and became a great trader and philanthropist. 

(For more on Paul Tudor Jones, read 7 Rules Paul Tudor Jones lives by.)