Trading success does not fall into our laps, sadly. The reason is to do with our inability to recognise a few simple universal laws and follow them. Our trading psychology is dominated by our ego and this prevents us from opening up to new ideas and change our habitual thinking and our trading minds. … Read More »
Gambling and excitement The trader is trading the markets for excitement and for fun, rather than for profit; much the same as most people who play in the casino. Solution If your goal is purely to have fun and to create excitement, then you need to accept the fact that profitability is unlikely. If you… Read More »
It is very important that you understand the amount of capital required to trade the markets. You want to have the ability to continue to trade the markets for the next year to twenty years without being wiped out. Most traders have no capital trading plan, use fear and greed to trade by, and over… Read More »
Biggest misconception of Retail Trader I found during my trading session I am a trader so I should trade. Well, this is the biggest mistake a trader can make. The trader’s job is not to trade but trade right based on trading strategies he has mastered on during the course of time. Trading is a… Read More »
By Rande Howell “I don’t understand myself at all. I know what I am supposed to do. But that’s not what I do. Instead, at the moment I need to be disciplined, I get rattled and do exactly what I’m not supposed to do and that’s what I keep doing. I know the trading… Read More »
To become a successful trader, you have to stay rational and emotionally detached. To trade successfully,you have to turn this around: Embrace the short-term pain and seek long-term emotional gratification! Most of new traders ride an emotional rollercoaster, feeling on top of the world after a win, but down in the dumps after a loss.… Read More »
Failure is part and parcel of trading but till a certain limit. At first if you don’t succeed, try, try again. And when you fail as a trader repeatedly fail and bust your trading account, is it’s wise to continue trading ? Long ago psychologists mapped out something called the inverted U theory of stress and… Read More »
Most traders be it Swing trader,Day Trader i have interacted during my training session do trading on the fly, take a position when it “feels right” or “Based on Intuition” Not preparing for what lies ahead for the day, week or month can be a costly proposition and can eventually bust your trading account.Most of… Read More »
“For every style of trading there will be a “perfect” market environment. When the market is aligned to the strategy that you are trading, every trade will work itself out smoothly, losses will be far and few between, and you will feel on top of the world as you watch your profits accumulate! Sooner or… Read More »
During my trading session when I talk to my students reasons for losing trades , I noticed a pattern that seems to pop up pretty often when talking about losing trades. As it turns out, more and more traders are losing their trades and even getting their accounts blown up by trying to short at… Read More »