- The market pays you to be disciplined.
- Be disciplined every day, in every trade, and the market will reward you. But don’t claim to be disciplined if you are not 100 percent of the time.
- Always lower your trade size when you’re trading poorly.
- Never turn a winner into a loser.
- Your biggest loser can�t exceed your biggest winner.
- Develop a methodology and stick with it. don�t change methodologies from day to day.
- Be yourself. Don�t try to be someone else.
- You always want to be able to come back and play the next day. Once you reach the daily downside limit, you must turn your PC off and call it a day. You can always come back tomorrow.
- Earn the right to trade bigger. Remember: if you are trading poorly with two lots you must lower your trade size down to a one lot.
- Get out of your losers. (more…)
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rss25 rules of trading discipline
- The market pays you to be disciplined.
- Be disciplined every day, in every trade, and the market will reward you. But don’t claim to be disciplined if you are not 100 percent of the time.
- Always lower your trade size when you’re trading poorly.
- Never turn a winner into a loser.
- Your biggest loser cant exceed your biggest winner.
- Develop a methodology and stick with it. dont change methodologies from day to day.
- Be yourself. Dont try to be someone else.
- You always want to be able to come back and play the next day. Once you reach the daily downside limit, you must turn your PC off and call it a day. You can always come back tomorrow.
- Earn the right to trade bigger. Remember: if you are trading poorly with two lots you must lower your trade size down to a one lot.
- Get out of your losers.
- The first loss is the best loss.
- Dont hope and pray. If you do, you will lose. (more…)
Discipline Trading
-The market pays you to be disciplined.
-Be disciplined every day, in every trade, and the market will reward you. But don’t
claim to be disciplined if you are not 100 percent of the time.
-Always lower your trade size when you’re trading poorly.
-Never turn a winner into a loser.
-Your biggest loser can?t exceed your biggest winner.
-Develop a methodology and stick with it. don?t change methodologies from day to
day.
-Be yourself. Don?t try to be someone else.
-You always want to be able to come back and play the next day. Once you reach
the daily downside limit, you must turn your PC off and call it a day. You can always come back tomorrow.
-Earn the right to trade bigger. Remember: if you are trading poorly with two lots you
must lower your trade size down to a one lot.
-Get out of your losers.
-The first loss is the best loss.
-Don?t hope and pray. If you do, you will lose.
-don?t worry about news. it?s history.
-Don?t speculate. if you do, you will lose.
-Love to lose money. What I mean is to accept the fact that you are going to have
losing trades throughout the trading session. Get out of your losers quickly. Love to get out of your losers quickly.
-If your trade is not going anywhere in a given timeframe, it?s time to exit.
-Never take a big loss. Only a big loss can hurt you. consistency builds confidence and control.
-Learn to sweat out (scale out) your winners.
-Make the same type of trades over and over again ? be a bricklayer.
don?t over-analyze. don?t procrastinate. don?t hesitate. if you do, you will lose.
all traders are created equal in the eyes of the market.
-It?s the market itself that wields the ultimate scale of justice.
27 Motivational Quotes for Traders
1. IF A TRADER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM PSYCHOLOGICALLY WHILE IN A TRADE, HE IS DOOMED TO LOSE UNTIL HE DOES OR HE RUNS OUT OF MONEY.
2. THE MARKET PAYS YOU TO BE DISCIPLINED.
3. BE DISCIPLINED EVERY DAY, EVERY TRADE AND THE MARKET WILL REWARD YOU.
4. ALWAYS LOWER YOUR TRADE SIZE WHEN YOURE TRADING POORLY.
5. NEVER TURN A WINNER INTO A LOSER.
6. YOU’RE BIGGEST LOSER CANNOT EXCEED YOUR BIGGEST WINNER.
7. DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY AND STICK WITH IT.
8. BE YOURSELF. DON’T TRY TO BE SOMEONE ELSE.
9. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PLAY THE NEXT DAY.
10. EARN THE RIGHT TO TRADE BIGGER.
11. GET OUT OF YOUR LOSERS.
12. THE FIRST LOSS IS THE BEST LOSS.
13. DON’T HOPE AND PRAY.
14. DON’T SPECULATE.
15. NEVER TAKE A BIG LOSS.
16. HIT SINGLES NOT HOME RUNS.
17. CONSISTENCY BUILDS CONFIDENCE.
18. LEARN TO SWEAT OUT YOUR WINNERS.
19. MAKE THE SAME TYPES OF TRADES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
20. BE A BRICKLAYER.
21. DON’T OVER ANALYZE.
22. ALL TRADERS ARE EQUAL IN THE EYES OF THE MARKET.
23. IT’S THE MARKET ITSELF.
24. ITS BORING. ITS A JOB. PATIENCE.
25. 70% OF THE MONEY FLOWING COMES FROM INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS.
26. STRONG VOLUME IS 150% OF NORMAL VOLUME.
27. TRADE WHAT YOU SEE, NOT WHAT YOU THINK.
5 Thoughts for Traders-Must Read
1. We want all trades to be winners. The foolproof system for trading profits is attractive and the seller of such systems can be convincing, yet the profits are elusive. The market could care less about our system, a past trading record, or the trading record of the one selling the system. You do know that the market’s attorney requires that the following be posted in a prominent place…like on our foreheads beside the big L sign!: “Past results are not indicative of future returns.” By the way, the market says, “you’re doing it wrong”.
2. We want to add to losers. The last time I checked the only reason we add to a loser is when the discussion is about our weight! Get on the scales and add up more losing pounds! Be the BIGGEST LOSER! The market, however, says the way to tip the scales in our favor is to add to the winners and lighten up on the losers. To do otherwise is to “do it wrong”.
3. We want to be right. Two wrongs don’t make a right in life but in the stock market two wrongs (and plenty more) will help you get on the right road to making money. The market says the trading game is about making money not about stroking the ego. The “right” road is the “wrong” road when your on Wall Street. Hey, if you doing it to be right, then you’re “doing it wrong!” (more…)