I'm losing money and can't stop. How do you be patient?

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by jinxu, Jul 26, 2016.

  1. comagnum

    comagnum

    Forex is a great market to trade - but you have to know how to use leverage. Most Fx novices are taking on way, way to much leverage trying to over compensate for being under capitalized, a certain road to ruin. Many are in casino mode trying to live off a $2,000 account - contrary to popular Fx madness, it still takes money to make money.
     
    Last edited: Oct 11, 2016
    #151     Oct 11, 2016
  2. jinxu

    jinxu

    I took a look at FX. Still not sure how anyone can make money off that alone. The price actions are either chaotic or boring.
     
    #152     Oct 19, 2016
  3. d08

    d08

    Forex seems like the worst class of instruments to trade. CHF, GBP for example, you have normal volatility and then it goes insane in a matter of minutes. You can't size down enough to avoid catastrophic losses from these events because you also want to earn.
     
    #153     Oct 19, 2016
  4. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    There are plenty of currencies to trade, not all of them are like those two.
     
    #154     Oct 21, 2016
  5. d08

    d08

    You're saying this after the fact. No-one thought they'd behave like this before it happened.
     
    #155     Oct 21, 2016
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  6. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    I've never touched the CHF with a ten-foot pole and I think it was clear that the GBP was very dependent on news and the like after the Brexit vote. That said, even with knowing how dependent the GBP was on the news no one did expect such a random spike without any visible reason, I very much agree about that. :(
     
    #156     Oct 21, 2016
  7. GotherL

    GotherL

    When you lose money you want to chase and you become even less patient. What makes things worse is the market tends to go against you when your feeling this way. I've been there before all too much...
     
    #157     Oct 23, 2016
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  8. mlawson71

    mlawson71

    True, revenge trading is almost always a bad idea. You want to fix things but you just end up making them worse.
     
    #158     Oct 24, 2016
  9. Michael89

    Michael89

    I do something that calms down, which most of the time means for me going to the gym or for a run to clear my head from everything and then i come back to trading. You need to find smth that will do the same for you
     
    #159     Nov 1, 2016