September 23
How many times have you not taken a trade simply because you hesitated? I am guilty of this too. Upon closer inspection and deeper reflections, it dawned upon me that I didn’t trust my trading system entirely. Stick to your system and you will be rewarded in due time. Of course, make sure your system has been backtested and know the conditions that it works best in.
This is a deadly pair of emotions. If you are ill-informed, you may enter a position based on tips he receives from chat rooms, casual conversations, other people’s research etc. The more experienced trader is not immune to this deadly concoction of emotions too. I chase trades that are over-extended or enter early hoping that the stock will move in my desired direction. Fear can wreak havoc to your open positions too. You fear losing our paper profits especially when you see a couple of candles that are going against the direction of our trade. You either shift your stop loss or exit the trade immediately, which is often way too soon. When you see the price of our stock shoot in the direction of our trade, you get happy and greedy. You tend to extrapolate the move, resulting in adjusting your take profit level to be further than originally planned. *Please note that the adjustment of our stop loss and take profit level require discretion (read experience).
How many times have you not taken a trade simply because you hesitated? I am guilty of this too. Upon closer inspection and deeper reflections, it dawned upon me that I didn’t trust my trading system entirely.
Stick to your system and you will be rewarded in due time. Of course, make sure your system has been backtested and know the conditions that it works best in.
This is a deadly pair of emotions. If you are ill-informed, you may enter a position based on tips he receives from chat rooms, casual conversations, other people’s research etc.
The more experienced trader is not immune to this deadly concoction of emotions too. I chase trades that are over-extended or enter early hoping that the stock will move in my desired direction.
Fear can wreak havoc to your open positions too. You fear losing our paper profits especially when you see a couple of candles that are going against the direction of our trade. You either shift your stop loss or exit the trade immediately, which is often way too soon.
When you see the price of our stock shoot in the direction of our trade, you get happy and greedy. You tend to extrapolate the move, resulting in adjusting your take profit level to be further than originally planned.
*Please note that the adjustment of our stop loss and take profit level require discretion (read experience).
Pride or ego – another deadly sin of all human beings. This stretches further than the need to predict and then be proven right.
Pride blinds people to facts and new knowledge. Ego makes us believe that we know-it-all when all of us are always a work-in-progress.
Is there a solution to keep your inner demons in check? The best solution is to get a proper education on trading. With a solid foundation, it will be easier for you to discern and think critically. In addition, you’ll be introduced to aspiring and experienced traders alike, who can identify with you and be of good support.
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