Really. They seem like simple concepts to me. Open a position. Set a stop. There you have the keep losses small concept. Once the position moves in your favour trail the stop. Can it be anymore simple?
because your body doesnt trust your brain to consciously do the breathing Thing. Just like trading Some people forget how to breathe sometimes
All psychology, time for a babysitter to sit next to the trader and talk the person through the process, this is why 94% lose money, the streets are paved with broken people. the longer the habit exists the longer the babysitter has to work,
Trading is like a tightrope. Many will never be able to walk across, few might consistently get half way and very few can do tricks on it and own the tightrope. Knowledge of self, control of self and much experimentations of charting, goes a long way to right direction. Knowing intraday drawdowns is so important and intraday equity curve, more one knows the answers, then less fear enters and less unknown. Once one knows more of what our Trading Plan shows us, more faith in what we design and able to put on all the trades instead of what "feels good".
I do in very long term commodities but recent testing shows my style of "day trading/scalping, best to just take 2pts for me. I think it is awesome for those who figured out how to trade and stay into Swings within intraday. Guess it was never my forte.
There is zero deception in the market. No one is sitting there trying to trick you. The market is doing what the market will do. Sometimes people will pull bids to see if anyone steps in, sometimes they will do the same with asks. They're not trying to screw you in particular.. I would like to hear evidence to the contrary. Are the markets rigged? Yes, of course. See @federalreserve on twitter.