How to become a successful trader?

Discussion in 'Forex' started by Coner1980, Jan 21, 2021.

  1. padutrader

    padutrader

    i am telling them to copy brooks

    but let me be clear i lost money because i did NOT follow him....that is how i learnt his method has value.

    by doing everything else and then coming back to him. Ironically that is how i understood him.

    how i found out the true value of his technique. i am now trying to follow him to the letter...IT WILL TAKE TIME
     
    #41     Jan 21, 2021
  2. sef88

    sef88

    Follow a scientific framework and diversify. If you know how to code, that would even be easier.
     
    #42     Jan 21, 2021
  3. sef88

    sef88

    Agree. This puzzles me immensely.
     
    #43     Jan 21, 2021
  4. sef88

    sef88

  5. padutrader

    padutrader

    this is a taste of Brooks. sample it and decide.DO YOUR OWN DILIGENCE.

    he does NOT give set up stop target......so it is not simple as some others...but it is very powerful.....you become self made trader if you do the hard work and it is hard

    you have trend line break so white line is second entry short...second attempt down https://www.tradingview.com/x/qApTYzjf/


    target is second test of the trend line https://www.tradingview.com/x/34xty58Z/


    red line second attempt to break the swing low https://www.tradingview.com/x/WYEshSSS/


    you have trend line break so white line is second entry short...second attempt down https://www.tradingview.com/x/qApTYzjf/



    target is second test of the trend line https://www.tradingview.com/x/34xty58Z/


    it is also a lower high test of the uptrend it is trying to break....if you get a 2 entry long it will test the high of the swing up to the left.........it will test the ema trigger a l2 and if that fails then the a target is the high on the chart....


    white line first test of bear bar high........red trend line .L1 triggered. https://www.tradingview.com/x/VrxwnVn5/
     
    Last edited: Jan 21, 2021
    #45     Jan 21, 2021
  6. padutrader

    padutrader

    do they explain trades?

    follow them and learn to think like them.....do not stop after two days or two months and follow someone else.
    keep following them
    trading takes time.
    i made the same mistake

    i plan to follow brooks eat sleep trade like him for years.....

    i have seen enough in my 30 years and one is as good as the other but all of them together are all no good....

    stick to one

    trading is not a mechanical process.....you have to think your way to money and not be emotionally driven
    best of luck and be a happy trader
     
    Last edited: Jan 22, 2021
    #46     Jan 21, 2021
  7. padutrader

    padutrader

    i bought my first share in 1987 and read my first book in 1990.

    the only place i make losses is in day trading and that is what i show here.

    it is just one of my many activities......

    i have investments from 1994.....in companies and real estate

    so this is just to kill my time..... till time kills me.

    maybe this will put things in perspective....

    but my day trading monthly losses are less..... than any average weekly house hold expenses.... in the USA.
     
    #47     Jan 22, 2021
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  8. sef88

    sef88

    Trading is not a game. You trade for additional positive cashflow.

    If you do not have an edge or not profitable in the long run or forseeable future, you should divert your effort and time to activities that will general marginal positive returns.

    But if you treat it as gambling. And the act of placing trades with no regard to wins and losses brings you incremental pleasure - feel free to do so.
     
    #48     Jan 22, 2021
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  9. Pegrinn

    Pegrinn

    You cannot treat trading as a game. Because it will give no result other than disappointment and loss.
     
    #49     Jan 22, 2021
  10. And then started earning money after he became a vendor? :)

    The main problem with Brooks and similar teachings is that it requires interpretation and quite often you'll find yourself with conflicting signals. If you find a solution to that, fine. But in the end the only thing which matters is results ($$$).

    But we can leave Brooks out of this. The bottom line here is that after 13 years you're still not making money and at the same time gives advice to beginners on what to do. I think it's a general problem on ET because I can only assume that most here who hand out advice are not profitable traders so it's mostly the blind leading the blind.

    If you'd rather say, "OP, after 13 years I have not yet made it, but Brooks philosophy seems to have some promise." I would have no objections. :)
     
    #50     Jan 22, 2021
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