Chapter 12

Trading Is a Journey, Not a Destination

Finding a winning and proven trading strategy that works is only one small part of being a consistently successful and profitable trader. Just as important, perhaps even more so, is one’s ability to have patience and extreme discipline to follow the methodology. You say you already are patient and disciplined? For most traders and investors who are honest with themselves, this is an extremely challenging task that requires constantly keeping one’s ego, fear, and other powerful emotions in check. That’s why we devoted two entire chapters of this book to just the psychology of trading.

So far, we have taught you several new technical indicators, some of which may be confusing on the surface and ...

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