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Ten Characteristics I See Among Successful Traders

  
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Ten CharacteristicsThere’s no one formula for trading success, but there are a few common denominators that I’ve tracked in my years of working with traders:

1) The amount of time spent on their trading outside of trading hours (preparation, reading, etc.);

2) Dedicated periods to reviewing trading performance and making adjustments to shifting market conditions;

3) The ability to stop trading when not trading well to institute reviews and when conviction is lacking;

4) The ability to become more aggressive and risk taking when trading well and with conviction;

5) A keen awareness of risk management in the sizing of positions and in daily, weekly, and monthly loss limits, as well as loss limits per position; (more…)

3 Trading Nuggets

  
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  • 3NuggetsRemember that becoming a profitable trader is a journey, not just a destination. The perfect trader does not yet exist. Try to become a better trader each day and enjoy the progress you make. Concentrate on learning the craft of technical analysis and on improving your trading skills, rather than focusing solely on the amount of profit or losses in your trading.
  • Congratulate yourself and feel good about a trade when you have done what you were supposed to do, according to your trading plan–regardless of the profit or loss on the trade.
  • Don’t get overly excited about the winning trades or too depressed about the losing trades. Try to maintain an even keel and a professional outlook regarding your trading.

    • 5 Lessons From Legendary Traders: Michael Marcus

      
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    Lesson #1: Each Trader has A Distinct Style
    “You also have to follow your own light. Because I have so many friends who are talented traders, I often have to remind myself that if I try to trade their way, or on their ideas, I am going to lose. Every trader has strengths and weaknesses. Some are good holders of winners, but may hold their losers a little too long. Others may cut their winners a little short, but are quick to take their losses. As long as you stick to your own style, you get the good and the bad in your own approach. When you try to incorporate someone else’s style, you often wind up with the worst of both styles. I’ve done that a lot.”
    This is a very important point: You have to find out your strength and weaknesses and develop a trading style that suits your personality best. If you are good at holding winners – trade trend-following systems. If you are comfortable with several consecutive small losses and several big wins – trade chart patterns. If you are highly disciplined and not too aggressive – you could focus only on high-quality trades which come rarely. Let your personality choose your trading style.

    Lesson #2: Always Use Stops
    “Always use stops. I mean actually put them in, because that commits you to get out at a certain point”
    This one’s a no-brainer, but worth mentioning. Many beginners tend to discard stop losses after seeing several trades touching their stop loss and then continuing in their direction. Very wrong approach. Putting stop loss is crucial for your trading success and performance. If you stop loss is placed in logical place (A.K.A: Support or Resistance level), you should have no reason not to respect it – if price touched it, the basis for your position has voided and staying in the position is highly risky. Also, always have an emergency stop in case of sudden news or catastrophe. (more…)

    The PROPER Use Of Hope and Fear

      
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    If you’ve been involved in the markets for any length of time you will no doubt have heard of the twin pillars of market psychology, Hope and Fear (or sometimes Greed and Fear).

    In fact, if you’ve ever been involved in an endeavour where you have something on the line – a business, a wager, a job, or even a date – you will have experienced Hope and Fear in some form and the devastation it can play on your psychology.

    Experiencing Hope

    For most traders, Hope looks like this:

    They’ve just bought a stock or commodity, and they hope that it goes up.  Of course, this is the name of the game, we all hope it goes up if we are buying!  But then the stock starts to fall, and instead of selling out, the trader holds on with the hope that it will rise again.  The more the stock falls, the more they hope and pray that it will rise.

    But they don’t realise – Hope does not equal Action.  And only our Actions make money in the stock market.

    Experiencing Fear (more…)

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