Trading psychology explained

[Gabfly1]

 

[wave]

yes

http://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Your-Step-Step/dp/188655417X

 

[jinxu]

Quote from wave:

yes

http://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Your-Step-Step/dp/188655417X

This book shows you 27 self-sabotaging characteristics, how your family background effects your career, how to escape negative patterns of the past, how to form positive personal and business relationships, the 9 rules for defining success, and the importance of "imagineering."

What is it with these 27's and 9's that keep popping up?

 

[SWScapital]

Quote from Gabfly1:

So true.

 

[Fractal]

Quote from jinxu:

What is it with these 27's and 9's that keep popping up?

You choose to recognize them.

When faced with chaos, certain people compensate for the fear of uncertainty by creating meaning. If the part of your brain that concedes to magical thinking decides that "anteater" is significant, every time that word appears in some random smear of words, your brain will register it. It won't register <i>what</i> its significance is, only that there is significance... somewhere. This is comforting for some people who do not have the tools to deal with uncertainty.

It's also called apophenia.

Depending on how far down the rabbit hole you go, you'll start seeing -5 everywhere, as 2-7. And then 14, as 2*7. And then adding -5 to 14 to get 9, which confirms 27 is magical because 9 is 2+7. Etc.

The unfortunate reality is that your subconscious is much more powerful than your conscious mind, and you are succumbing to it. This tendency will be reflected in your trading (and, in fact, already has).

Sorry, but you've got a multiple levels of emotional pain ahead of you.