Trading rules are vital to ensuring a trader stays on the right path toward success.
Here’s everything you need to know to become a consistent trader.
1) Treat trading like a business
- Set realistic goals & expectations
- Respect your cash and account size
- Pay yourself at the end of each week
- The more time you invest in understanding yourself and the market, the higher chance of achieving consistency in trading
2) Never average down on a losing position
- If a trade is going to work, there’s no need to buy more
- Averaging down may work 50% of the time, but one day you may avg down too much and blow your account
- Focus on high-quality trades and following your rules
3) Never have a bias
- Having a bias will hinder your ability to see trades objectively
- Follow price action & never trade counter-trend
- Don’t try to be “right” all the time
- I’d rather be wrong and make 100k by following price action than try to be right and miss a trade
4) Always take profit on the way up
- You don’t need to hit home runs/grand slams to grow your account
- Systematically take profits (30, 50, 75, 100%+) on the way up
- Each partial sell can help remove emotion while reducing risk, which can help you trade objectively
5) Protect your capital/manage risk
- One, two, or three trades should never have the ability to wipe out your account
- Never risk more than 20% of capital in weekly options
- Learn to trade smaller size and you will see how much easier it will be to manage your positions
6) Always stay grounded
- It doesn’t matter if you make $100 or $100,000 in a day, you need to learn how to appreciate your profits regardless of the amount
- Never compare yourself to other traders, you don’t know what they’ve gone through to get to the level they’re at
7) Cash is a position
- Mental & physical capital preservation is key to long term success and consistency
- If you do not see any trades you would take 90% of the time or feel FOMO, stay cash
- If the market is stuck in a range, it’s best to sit/observe & protect your capital
8) Follow your stop loss
- Always follow your stop loss no matter what
- If a trade doesn’t feel right, cut it
- Losses are a part of trading. It’s important to never let one loss affect your mental and capital ability to take the next trade
9) Formulate a plan and follow it
- You MUST have a plan before you enter a trade
- A plan consists of a trigger, target, and stop-loss
- Create a plan, execute your trade, secure the profit or loss, and move on
- Accept all outcomes before you enter a trade
10) Study and learn from your mistakes
- Journal & study your trades every day
- A losing trade is only a loss if you didn’t take the time to learn from it
- The road to consistency always begins with losses/mistakes so don’t be discouraged if you struggle in the beginning
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Here are 10 trading rules that I've been following for the past 13 years that have helped me become a consistent trader 👇🧵
1) Treat trading like a business
- Set realistic goals & expectations
- Respect your cash and account size
- Pay yourself at the end of each week
- The more time you invest in understanding yourself and the market, the higher your chance of achieving consistency in trading
2) Never average down on a losing position
- If a trade is going to work, there’s no need to buy more
- Averaging down may work 50% of the time, but one day you may avg down too much and blow your account
- Focus on high-quality trades and following your rules
There's many different ways to make money trading options. I'm going to explain my journey on how I grew my account big enough to generate at least $100,000 each month 💡
When I first started trading, I had to wait weeks at a time for high probability trade setups that had the potential to move at least 5-10x. This helped grow a 4 figure account to 5 figures and eventually 6 figures within the first 2 years.
After trial and error and backtesting many different strategies I learned that less is more. There's no need for ten different indicators to see the direction of the market. In simple terms, the market moves either up, down, or sideways. It's your job to identify the trend.
I’ve been in thousands of losing trades and had sleepless nights, but I never gave up.
Here’s what I learned to help me continue trading and become the successful trader I am today… 🧵👇
Trading is a lifelong journey. You must accept you will not get rich overnight. You have to learn to survive.
In order to survive, you have to be willing to learn. Learn price action, learn risk management, learn about your mindset, and most importantly learn from your mistakes
Here are 10 trading rules that I've been following for the past 12 years that have helped me become a consistent trader 👇🧵
1) Treat trading like a business
- Set realistic goals & expectations
- Respect your cash and account size
- Pay yourself at the end of each week
- The more time you invest in understanding yourself and the market, the higher chance of achieving consistency in trading
2) Never average down on a losing position
- If a trade is going to work, there’s no need to buy more
- Averaging down may work 50% of the time, but one day you may avg down too much and blow your account
- Focus on high-quality trades and following your rules
Here are 6 things I put/write in my trading journal that has helped me become a Consistent Trader over the past 12 years
1) Date/time/ticker
It’s important to know which tickers and time of day you perform best in and trade within that window of time. It’s also important to focus on trading a core group of tickers rather than trading 20-30 names per month.
Less is more.
2) Confidence (1-5)
How confident was I in this trade setup? Rank it 1-5
Does my confidence level align with the outcome of the trade?
Higher conviction trades should produce positive outcomes. If this is not the case, then consider adjusting your strategy going forward.