You want to be trading opportunity, not your mood of the moment. – Brett Steenbarger Many traders I have interacted during my training session, one of the basic reason for loss is trading on mood, Somehow trader gets a feel and he does some aggressive trade which ultimately lead to “BIG LOSSES”. So lets discuss… Read More »
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. In… Read More »
You might be treating the market like your own personal casino right now and not even know it. In fact, if you are like many people trading the market, you are probably more of a gambler than a trader. Traders who fail at making money consistently in the market have a gamblers mindset; they do… Read More »
Eric Barker has a new article (link here) on how to win every argument. The article had a point which made me think whether the same situation happens in trading. So it quoted an experiment by psychologist Drew Westen, which showed to supporters, footage of their favorite candidates completely contradicting himself. The experiment found that as… Read More »
As a trader, if you are carrying overnight position, Are you glued in front of computer screen once trading in India Market is over, continuously tracking financial news around the globe. Do you continuously track European market, US markets. Do you have Eagle Eye on SGX nifty and any move against your position increases your… Read More »
During our training sessions with students we are very specific t0 make them understand you have lost money not because of market but the main reason is Your brain doesn’t like to lose.Its all there in your subconscious mind which is responsible for profit and loss for a trader. Brain remembers everything. How you trade… Read More »
There are five general brain types Among traders People with Compulsive Brains tend to get stuck in a particular thought about the market. “It’s too high.” “It’s too manipulated.” “It’s too risky.” It’s too…” whatever. People with Compulsive Brains tend to operate entirely on their own terms and are generally not open to feedback or… Read More »
Most of us want to be as perfect as we can. We do not want to experience failure or setbacks or roadblocks. In fact, most of us have been raised that failure, in any case and at any time, is ‘bad’ and success is ‘good’. So if that is the case, then thinking in a very simplistic and… Read More »
1. Losing traders think that because they reviewed price performance history, and saw patterns or results, trading in real time would be simple . They don’t understand that real time trading involves risk management, discipline, and a developed trading plan and probably never will. 2. Losing traders believe that what they learned in textbooks will… Read More »
Some describe trading as purely based on “LUCK” , “Tukka marna” as we call it in Hindi, but from my perceptive trading is all about “Skills” . Skills take time to develop. Take an Example of Engineer, To get an Engineering degree a student has to study for 6 years ( 2 Years for entrance… Read More »