What are your Trading Breakthroughs?

Discussion in 'Psychology' started by mmm, Dec 5, 2003.

  1. Ansare

    Ansare

    Yeah, well, I might have beaten you by about 45 minutes as far as how long it took me. But, yes, HUGE difference. I would absolutely encourage people to learn how to do it with confidence. Or without. :p
     
    #171     Feb 13, 2012
  2. I second that. Also helps if you can focus on more that one intrument at times. Its easy to become too fixated on something.
     
    #172     Feb 13, 2012
  3. sumfuka

    sumfuka

    Whats even more interesting is that you have a more bearish strategy which matches up with the time you registered. And Ansare have a more bullish strategy and s/he registered during the bull market.
     
    #173     Feb 13, 2012
  4. Handle123

    Handle123

    I concentrate on only one market as I don't want to be influenced by something else.

    Buy the highs/sell the highs.
    Sell the lows/buy the lows.

    Just takes a ton of hours to learn when and ten times that amount how to get out.

    Just love to play the game. Almost like a Nike commercial....
     
    #174     Feb 14, 2012
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  5. when I realized discretionary trading didn't work. it was like AHA. since most daytraders do discretionary, most daytraders lose.
     
    #175     Feb 14, 2012
  6. Redneck

    Redneck

    When I am wrong – I will get out, and move on

    When I am in doubt – I am out

    When I am right – I will sit tight


    Moral of the story

    Doing makes me money

    Thinking, hoping, praying wishing, wanting, whatever else – does not


    Btw – for anyone wondering – sitting on hands – is doing

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    Patience, discipline, and focus – in vast quantities – are also necessary

    Along with the ability to wash, rinse, repeat (think assembly worker-esk)

    RN
     
    #176     Feb 14, 2012
  7. Without context you may be both saying the same thing.. You could be buying a 3 min chart high breakout in Ansare's 4 Hour chart low area..

    For me it has been capitalization... enough to put stops where they SHOULD (invalidated trade) rather than to simply limit loss. Two VERY different things. If you don't have the capital find a market that suits your account.

    Then simply trade S/R in bigger picture areas while favoring the higher time frame trends.
     
    #177     Feb 14, 2012
  8. piezoe

    piezoe

    ditto
     
    #178     Feb 14, 2012
  9. ammo

    ammo

    congrats on your stop success,i find that one of the hardest,i just put them way outside
     
    #179     Feb 14, 2012
  10. =============
    Rule of 72;
    6 days a week work;
    12 hours a day.[72=

    7 years of that may help also-not a prediction
     
    #180     Feb 15, 2012