Pro traders know what their trading edge is without a doubt, and they simply analyze the markets at their favorite times to do so, look for their trading edge, and then either trade or walk away. If they don’t see anything obvious forming that meets the guidelines of their trading plan, they go play golf, read a book, go to the gym, play with their family; but what they never do is trade just because they’ve rationalized some ‘trade setup’ in their head, simply because they have an urge to trade. When your hard-earned money is on the line you don’t want to assume you will ‘make a trading plan and trading journal later’…you need to do these things before you start trading real money, not after.