Why do traders fail?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by market-boss, Mar 21, 2019.

  1. padutrader

    padutrader

    yes good stuff....fading the spike as i have done many hundreds of times is painful!
     
    #31     Mar 22, 2019
  2. padutrader

    padutrader

    brilliant stuff.....what experts write in hundreds of pages you have done in a few lines...am saving this...THIS IS ALL YOU NEED TO TRADE...Brooks wrote 3 books saying the same thing!!!!!!!
    thanks for this post...you have a big heart!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Last edited: Mar 22, 2019
    #32     Mar 22, 2019
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  3. padutrader

    padutrader

    In India,once a trade is confirmed by the broker, you may check online with the exchange and see if your trade was actually executed in the exchange records....i am not sure this can be done in others countries but you can check:if that is true you can even now get proof of fraud by checking with the exchange
     
    #33     Mar 22, 2019
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  4. Visaria

    Visaria

    If u like what he wrote, you should rewrite it in your words, to make sure you understand it.

    And then of course do your own research and make your own observations.
     
    #34     Mar 22, 2019
  5. Most trader fail because of a couple of things but the major ones in my opinion are as follows:
    • Emotions
    Many traders especially the fresh ones are normally affected by emotions whenever they get into particular trades. For example, they feel great when the market is favoring them but when the market turn and all the see is negatives, they start panicking. Some of them even get out of trades that might have been profitable otherwise.
    • Greed
    Most traders think of trading as an easier way to join the millionaires club. They want to get rich overnight, most of them will risk more than what they are supposed to risk per trade. Sometimes when their daily targeted profits have been hit they still want to make more and since market is unpredictable things go against them very fast and once they have lost a certain percentage of their portfolio, panic kicks in and they end up gambling now instead of trading.

    • Not relying on the trading systems.
    The rule is always stick to your system no matter what, but most people will only stick to their systems when it's profitable only. The moment it starts losing money, the jump on to another system.
     
    #35     Mar 22, 2019
  6. volpri

    volpri

    Mickey are you saying we can create our reality and drive the market with our thoughts? Or our thinking drives us to align ourselves with what the market is doing? That success in the markets or success in anything else is connected to our thoughts? The power of thoughts? Stinkin thinking leads to stinkin results? Metaphysical theory?
     
    #36     Mar 22, 2019
  7. padutrader

    padutrader

    oh! i have......i made my first trade in 1994
     
    #37     Mar 22, 2019
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  8. apo99

    apo99

    Most traders simply dont have any real edge.
     
    #38     Mar 22, 2019
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  9. padutrader

    padutrader

    yep....you have to understand the market better than the other guy
     
    #39     Mar 22, 2019
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  10. volpri

    volpri

    Relationship between TF's Es Right after opening 3/22/2019

    5 min chart... PB in form of a Flag likely trend continuation
    es 5.GIF


    what does it look like on 1 min...a bear channel likely BO of channel ?.... south
    es1 min.GIF

    10 min chart..
    es 10 min.GIF

    15 min chart ...PB
    es15m.GIF



    30 min chart...pause no PB yet
    es 30 min.GIF

    1 hour chart..pause no PB yet
    es 1hour.GIF

    OK so starting general context. Gap down opening. OK with 5 min chart we see gap down..followed by two bull bars then a bear bar cannot close gap. weakness ,likely headed south.

    On 1 minute gap down opening 4 bull bars sideways motion triple top BO south of range ..then bear channel..likely resolution ..BO south of channel for at least 2 legs trend cont, that is. tactic...average down during channel ..wait for break south. If it doesn't but does opposite exit double up and reverse. odds favor a BO of bear channel south.

    10 min Gap down followed by bull bar ..cannot close gap..then big bear bar..weakness..followed by PB in form of some sideways action ..likely resolution = trend continuation ...short on lower low or short at end of bear bar and add onto position during PB

    15 Gap down..followed by bull bar..cannot close gap..followed by two big bear bars..gotta be short...followed by PB likely resolution ...trend continuation..short on lower low after PB or short after close of either big bear bar. Just get short! Can add on during PB..weakness...weakness!

    30 min Gap down Spike closing on low ..Pause..likely resolution could go either way but strong gap down makes odds lean towards trend continuation..plus spike closing on low ..more downside likely ..so short..gotta take a chance and get short.

    1 hour Gap down spike closing near low no PB yet so has not entered a channel ..just a pause at this point but could reverse but unlikely. likely resolution trend continuation into a channel with PB's

    I gotta run. Just watch and see what happens after all this. Can't watch anymore. other things to do.
     
    Last edited: Mar 22, 2019
    #40     Mar 22, 2019