Six hurdles to successful trading
Trading for the thrill of it
Trading for revenge
Lack of money management
No well-defined trading plan
Inability to pull the trigger
Inability to admit you're wrong
Condition yourself to be unemotional
If you are trading for the thrill of it, you trade when the conditions favor your methods, and you also trade when they don't. Because you are trading emotionally, you overtrade, which is an inevitable outcome of thrill trading. You also overstay your welcome on trades that are not going your way, and this invites disaster. It might work for a while, but there will come a time when thrill trading will wipe you out, plain and simple. The other side of this is those people who trade for the adrenaline rush but are subconsciously ...
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