Yes, well, you can have both. One can trade the boring, tried-and-true system with most of the trading capital and use a small fraction for something crazy. You just have to keep it corraled in terms of size.
I try to remain normal ,away from emotion while trading . I do deep analysis of forex market and decide according to my plan for profit and loss possibility . I try to follow my plan , take low profits that are sure not think as a greedy man . I must remain active when to close position if profit is not mine .
partial %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Study more than trade; trade-invest, then study more than trade. 7, or more years, helps also.........................................................................................
7 or more years will help but I've seen some traders trying to trade from last 4 years but still they are the same as they were in start. Its because they don't implement a trader's mindset which is very necessary in order to control emotions.
I've started trading for a year and I can tell you, from my personal experience, that I'm not that good at controlling feelings and emotions yet when it comes to trade.. at the beginning , the euphoria was so great that it led me to make stupid mistakes I could avoid.
Even if you automate the trading then you have to deal with negative emotions, for example when you lose a lot of money.