A very common occurrence for a trader
If you don't remain flexible and stay detached from your trades, you will not become successful in this business. No matter how strongly you feel about a trade, you need to be willing to give up on it in a moment's notice.
A very common occurrence for a trader is to get caught up in the particular trade they are in and put much more weight in that trade than it deserves. For instance, you feel as though you have to be right on this particular trade. This causes you to be inflexible about getting out of the trade. Even if the market is showing you signs that it is not going to continue in your direction, many traders get so attached to their trades that they cannot be flexible enough to act in their own best interest. (Which is the only way to be successful.)
Many times when this happens, the trader feels as though this is the last trade they'll ever be in. Inflexibility will kill your trading in a hurry. You see, to be a successful trader you need to be willing to change your mind quickly and easily. You certainly can't be fighting with yourself back and forth when you've got an open position in the market. It will be a disaster. In the real world, having a large ego can sometimes be helpful.
Many people who've got large egos and think they are usually right also have the ability to also convince others that they are right. This works for many people. But in the trading environment, being inflexible and unwilling to admit you're wrong will do nothing but drain your trading account dry. Of course, nobody wants to admit that they are wrong.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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