What I am saying is, the market is just a bunch of blinking lights on a computer screen. Up or down, good days or bad, your account is just a bunch of numbers. It is not life. It is not who we are. It does not define who we are. As Larry Miller once said, If you are healthy, if you have somebody who loves you, if you are able to get up out of bed in the morning and make your own coffee, the game is over — and you have won.
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Be very aware of your own emotions. Irrational behavior is every trader’s downfall. If you are yelling at your computer screen, imploring your stocks to move in your direction, you have to ask yourself, “Is this rational?” Ease in. Ease out. Keep your stops. No yelling.