hey guys,does this sound like you? here goes so read carefully:
1) i lost 10k in 1 month. (rationale)-its normal for a business to lose money the first year so trading is a small business right?if i lose 50k my first year thats part of the business,i need time to learn.
2)if i only stuck to my discipline i would have been fine,next time will be different. damn ! i made the same mistake again,i knew i should'nt of made that trade. i will be fine if i just stay disciplined because after all,i am a good trader and i can do this.
do you find yourself using the "discipline excuse" time and time again?
3) i have to lose it will make me learn,afater all you cannot be successful if you don't lose once in a while. true,but you gotta draw a line somewhere,how many "trading lessons" need to be learned before you go bankrupt!
4) i will just use stops this way i don;t ever take a big hit. ok thats fine but how many .20 cent loses does it take to add up to one big hit? NOT MANY ! not to mention the commission costs that add up.
5) i feel i have a gift,i am great at stocks and i believe this is my calling. hahaha. of course its your calling. who would'nt want to wake up with the adrenalin rush every morning and have the p[ossibility to make 10k in one day? oh i know,i guy that plays black jack for a living.
guys,there are very few traders that consistently earn mony in order to make a STABLE living. i talk to to different OWNERS of daytrading firms in new york and they all gave up trading years ago because there is just so much money to make through commissions. they all say out of all their traders very very few are arond after 6 months or a years. what ahppens is guys will have one or 2 months and think they have FINALLY GOT IT and thtas the big breakthrough. then they take a big hit that wipes them out ann they are back to the discipline excuse again. not trying to be negativemjust don't want to see any of the young guys waste valuable time in their lives by chasing a dream that will get shattered. what happens with trading which is different than other dreams like being a pro ball player ,is trading becomes an addiction akin to gambling. for example,a trader just wants to "break even" for the day or make the moeny back he deposited in his account and he will quit for good. yeah right,they will be chasing that lost money just as a gambler chases his money or a drug addict keeps searching for the same high he got when he first did drugs.
1) i lost 10k in 1 month. (rationale)-its normal for a business to lose money the first year so trading is a small business right?if i lose 50k my first year thats part of the business,i need time to learn.
2)if i only stuck to my discipline i would have been fine,next time will be different. damn ! i made the same mistake again,i knew i should'nt of made that trade. i will be fine if i just stay disciplined because after all,i am a good trader and i can do this.
do you find yourself using the "discipline excuse" time and time again?
3) i have to lose it will make me learn,afater all you cannot be successful if you don't lose once in a while. true,but you gotta draw a line somewhere,how many "trading lessons" need to be learned before you go bankrupt!
4) i will just use stops this way i don;t ever take a big hit. ok thats fine but how many .20 cent loses does it take to add up to one big hit? NOT MANY ! not to mention the commission costs that add up.
5) i feel i have a gift,i am great at stocks and i believe this is my calling. hahaha. of course its your calling. who would'nt want to wake up with the adrenalin rush every morning and have the p[ossibility to make 10k in one day? oh i know,i guy that plays black jack for a living.
guys,there are very few traders that consistently earn mony in order to make a STABLE living. i talk to to different OWNERS of daytrading firms in new york and they all gave up trading years ago because there is just so much money to make through commissions. they all say out of all their traders very very few are arond after 6 months or a years. what ahppens is guys will have one or 2 months and think they have FINALLY GOT IT and thtas the big breakthrough. then they take a big hit that wipes them out ann they are back to the discipline excuse again. not trying to be negativemjust don't want to see any of the young guys waste valuable time in their lives by chasing a dream that will get shattered. what happens with trading which is different than other dreams like being a pro ball player ,is trading becomes an addiction akin to gambling. for example,a trader just wants to "break even" for the day or make the moeny back he deposited in his account and he will quit for good. yeah right,they will be chasing that lost money just as a gambler chases his money or a drug addict keeps searching for the same high he got when he first did drugs.