February

If you are a regular reader of the blog you will know that I didn't do a great deal for Febuary for personal reasons.

You will be interested to know however, that I still did almost as well as I did in Feb 2006! Based on the fact I only really did the last week, that shows you the sort of growth that has taken place since then. On my return to work at the end of the month things were pretty settled and fairly normal so I am looking forward to March with much interest. Of course the feature is the Cheltenham meeting. It was spoiled a bit last year by the weather and that made it super tough. I hope that this year is a bit easier. March should see an uptick in your fortunes. I like this time of year as the garden starts growing and it's a good reminder that spring and summer are not far away.

The problem I find, having been in the market for nearly nine years, is that I can't help comparing results with prior years. No matter how clever you get, it is always difficult to compare as many things occur that influence results and shape your results. So try not to get hung up on a bad week or month, they will occur for any number of reasons. It's more important what you achieve over the year. Like wise, don't think you are a god because of a great month.

When you start to think you have it cracked you start to get complacent and that ultimately leads to failure. Seeing others fail or clearly head off down the wrong path acts as a constant reminder to me to keep pushing forward and to be self critical.