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7 Things for Traders

  
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The definition of man·age:number7

  • To direct or control the use of; handle.
  • To exert control over.
  • To make submissive to one’s authority, discipline, or persuasion.
  • To direct the affairs or interests of.
  • To succeed in accomplishing or achieving, especially with difficulty; contrive or arrange.

1. Traders must be great risk managers.

“At the end of the day, the most important thing is how good are you at risk control.” -Paul Tudor Jones

2. Traders must manage their own stress.

 Trade position sizes that keep your stress level manageable, if you can’t talk calmly to someone while trading you are trading too big.

3. Traders have to be able to manger their emotions, we have to trade our plan not our greed or fear

“There is nothing more important than your emotional balance.” – Jesse Livermore (more…)

How can you enhance perceived self efficacy

  
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Self efficacy is built through four processes:
Mastery experience
Role modelling
verbal persuasion
psychological cues.
These four are in order of importance. Most critical way to build self efficacy is through a mastery experience.

Mastery experience is basically a successful experience of mastering a task. Mastery experiences happen when the learner has reached the point where they understand the content knowledge enough to perform a task on their own or masters the task. It happens if the learner goes in to sufficient depth on material he trying to learn. It happens as a result of immersion in a particular field or task. It happens with plenty of prior exposure to the content.

At some stage the learners are able to interpret the results of their actions and use those results to develop their own capability to engage in future actions or tasks. Then the learner become auto learners. They are able to participate in tasks on a first hand basis with little or no assistance from outside influences. When you experience a intense mastery experience you get a feedback on your own capabilities. Long and sustained efforts are required for mastery experience.  (more…)
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