The constant back-and-forth battle between your rational mind and emotions can be draining for a new trader.
They can make you hesitate and lose confidence in your ability to trade.
These key perspectives will help you master your mindset & trade with more confidence. 👇🧵
As a beginner, it's important to understand that losses are a natural part of the trading process.
It's impossible to win every trade, and accepting this fact can be challenging, especially when emotions are involved.
One of the biggest challenges beginner traders face is detaching emotions from individual trades.
It's easy to get caught up in the moment and focus solely on the short-term outcome of a trade.
However, it's important to step back and look at the big picture.
Successful traders understand that trading is a game of probabilities.
They realize that they will have winning trades and losing trades.
They take a long-term perspective, knowing that losses are just part of the cost of doing business.
It's important to have a trading plan that includes risk management strategies, such as stop-loss orders.
These strategies can help mitigate losses and provide a level of comfort when trades don't go as planned.
Another strategy to help detach emotions from individual trades is to keep a trading journal.
By writing down your thoughts and emotions before, during, and after each trade, you can gain a better understanding of your trading behavior and make adjustments as needed.
Avoid over-trading by setting daily or weekly limits on the number of trades you take.
This can help you stay disciplined and avoid making emotional decisions based on recent losses.
Finally, seek out a community of like-minded traders who can offer support and advice, and share valuable insights.
Having a support system also helps you stay motivated and accountable,
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When it comes to position sizing, way too often I see new traders still making the same crippling mistakes.
It goes against our innate desire for quick profits, but if you want to maximize your learning and performance as a trader, avoid this at all costs: 👇🧵
In trading the same patterns repeat themselves over and over again.
With time and practice you’ll learn how to recognize these patterns and how to trade them based on your specific style and trading profile.
However, beginners often make the mistake of jumping into large share sizes without a proper understanding of the patterns or sufficient experience behind the chair. This is something you can only learn by having small share sizes.