Is Market timing essential and possible for succesful trading?

Knowing that the timing strategy you are following will be profitable over time builds the confidence needed to take all of the trades. It also makes it easier to continue to execute new trades after a string of small losing ones. Psychologically said:
Yes.

Size has something to do with it, too. At the plug-pulling point, traders who are too big will pull the plug; those who are small enough feel comfortable enough to continue with and ultimately profit from the method.

People should stop trying to change their emotions and just let them be. When they do not allow you to sleep well, you are too big. The greed/fear/wish to be right may never disappear, but they do not need to. When you can simply notice them without acting on them, you are trading at the right size.
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Impatience Throws Off Your Timing
Have you ever bought right before the price drops? Then, on the next setup (if you even see it through your frustration) you don't buy because you're disheartened or don't have enough time to place the new trade? You then watch in frustration and anger as the price takes off in the anticipated direction. Does this happen often?

When this situation occurs traders often say "My timing is off" or that "I'm out of sync with the market." That's true, but a better way to think of it is "My patience is off."
 
Sometime occured on these situation when open order but then suddenly price against and causing loss floating, and usually I am use stop loss to manage the risk when price move not like as early analysis
 
Might if only read simple theory is easy to making profit, don't against the trend
but this still left next question about the trend itself which easy to changed
 
Trading Education Buyer said:
Would any real trader here give a good debate ?I usually follow studies and articles of researchers rather than useless people who write "It is very easy to time the marketso_O , I know WHERE PRICE IS GOING o_O, I can time two intraday trades a day (when market hardly trends during the day)o_O"

Is it probably possible for traders to consistently time markets ?.

The day trader is trying to time the markets.How easy is it to time the markets trading noise and intraday chop?Many of you are succesful profitable or FAKE day traders .:D:D:D:D:D

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/trading/07/market_timing.asp

THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM? TIMING THE MARKET?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/b...1e9df2859&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss


http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/2016/03/07/the-myth-of-market-timing/#19ca219733ce

Most of you also suffer from phsychological handicaps in like emotions , need to be right , stress responsers and delusions /handicaps in processing information ?These are available in the phsychology sections.

My personal experience was , it was difficult , so I found alternative method of making money from trading .I don't attempt to time the markets.

https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-writing-option-spreads-by-dr-spreads.304319/
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Hello,

Good debate. I do not know how to time the market day-to-day or no way to predict if prices will go up or down.

I don't think noone can time the market and state "it will go to price at this day or time".
I believe traders think "I have seen this similar situation before and it made money, so if I do this again, there is a possibility I will make money. And if it I do it over and over again, I may lose money, but I will make more money then I lose overtime"

That is how I think.
 
SimpleMeLike said:
Hello,

Good debate. I do not know how to time the market day-to-day or no way to predict if prices will go up or down.

I don't think noone can time the market and state "it will go to price at this day or time".
I believe traders think "I have seen this similar situation before and it made money, so if I do this again, there is a possibility I will make money. And if it I do it over and over again, I may lose money, but I will make more money then I lose overtime"

That is how I think.
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You can't make money betting on past price behaviour , you can only make money if u understand the fundamentals diving future prices.

You can only time markets , if you were god or you are a very patient trader .You should understand patience , it is a very special skill , not available in 98% of traders.

If you knew what news will come out , if you knew what price will do on news releases , you can time markets , but only deluded traders know it.


even if you know where price is going , traders self sabotage themselves.
 
Trading Education Buyer said:
You can't make money betting on past price behaviour , you can only make money if u understand the fundamentals diving future prices.
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Hello,

I disagree. If a trader can not make money "betting on past price behaviour", then what is trading all about? Why do people backtest ideas with historical data that can possibly make money?

I am referring to day trading.
 
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