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Symptoms of fear- For Traders

  
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  • Jumping into unplanned trades because you fear being left out 
  • Hesitate in pulling the trigger because you fear the prospects of a loss 
  • Cut winners short in fear of giving prof its back, affected by noise 
  • Hang on to losing trades because you fear taking the real loss 
  • Feeling helpless about trading results 
  • Fear of missing out on trade 
  • Afraid to pull the trigger on a trade

     

    Feeling paralyzed once in a trade 
  • Living in denial about results 
  • Rationalizing poor results 
  • Chasing big moves only to find you bought top and sold low 
  • Not taking stops 
  • Take small gains to “catch up”, market leaves you behind
  • Winners turn to losers and then you get out 
  • Wanting to get back at market 
  • Experiencing large mood swings; big highs, deep lows, anger and /or depression

Mood Swings

  
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If you do experience mood swings around losing trades, it’s probably because you are evaluating yourself by the criterion of being right–not by the criterion of trading well. It isn’t the losing trade making you feel bad; it’s the perfectionistic expectation that you should always be right. By embracing uncertainty and staying open to learning from it, the threat of losing can turn into the opportunity of rethinking market assumptions.

Mood Swings

  
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moodIf you do experience mood swings around losing trades, it’s probably because you are evaluating yourself by the criterion of being right–not by the criterion of trading well. It isn’t the losing trade making you feel bad; it’s the perfectionistic expectation that you should always be right. By embracing uncertainty and staying open to learning from it, the threat of losing can turn into the opportunity of rethinking market assumptions.

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