A traders emotions, ego, and thinking can become very distorted when real money is at risk in the markets. Hormones like serotonin, dopamine, and adrenaline can cause impulses and emotions to drown out thinking and decision making skills. Emotional intelligence is one of the most important skills a trader can possess, this is the ability […]
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Panic and stress love company. Staying calm when other traders and investors are emotional gives you an edge trading. When they’re making mistakes you are making good trading decisions. When they are panicking into a chart rising fast you are locking in profits, when they are getting stopped out lower you are getting in at
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One of the biggest errors that new traders make is trading too big. If you trade too large of a position size you will inevitably give back any profits you earn with your first losing trade or string of losses. When you are starting out as a new trader: “Trade small because that’s when you are
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“Discipline is the practice of making people obey rules or standards of behaviour, and punishing them when they do not. Discipline is the quality of being able to behave and work in a controlled way which involves obeying particular rules or standards.” – collinsdictionary.com Trading discipline involves making yourself follow your own trading rules. Self
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A risk management process for a trading system is not just math but also includes human psychology. The psychology of execution is just as important to profitability as the trading dynamics of the entries and exits of a trading method. Humans have fear, greed, and egos and these elements can interfere with the process of
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The original stoics were members of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism started in Athens, Greece in the 3rd century B.C. In modern times a stoic is thought of as any person who can endure mental pain and hardship without being emotional or complaining about their circumstances. This philosophy can create a good mindset for
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This is a guest post from Tino @tradersreality of tradersreality.com. My day to day routine, involves various activities that must be completed within a certain time frame, otherwise when things roll over, there is a good chance I will start to become lackluster in each task I have set myself to complete throughout the day. Once
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Even if you have a valid trading system and good risk management if you don’t have the right trading psychology you will not be able to execute it consistently over the long term. Here are the 10 principles of trading psychology that separate the winning traders from the losing traders. Stop looking for a Holy
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A trading journal is a trading book you write about yourself. A trading journal has two uses, the first is to move your feelings, thoughts, and ego issues out of your mind and on to paper so you can see patterns of psychological error. Creating a profitable trading system is only the first step to
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The phrase ‘Scared money don’t make money’ is used in many ways by diverse people from the Hip Hop community to the trading and investing world but what does it really mean? People that are too afraid to take on risks in business, life, and financial markets are unlikely to make money because rewards only come from
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