that is why we need close our eyes to trade.
in that way, we trade using our mind (the not seen thing).
but our mind is kind of funny. the big problem with our mind is association and generalization.
in the trading field, this creates confusions for our minds. when we see a dip, it bounces, next time, your mind will tell you: buy dip.
but this time it does not bounce and break down, your mind will learn something again: do not buy dip, it will drop.
so next time when you see a dip, you hesitate since your mind tells you the dip may continue to dip.
after several rounds of being wrong and being right in this situation, your mind definitely will suffer.
trading is not a learning activity. actually there is nothing to learn. I see people wrote journals after journals. that only creates problems for them. since no matter what you do, it always produces wrong answers, you can not avoid being wrong.
some said betting using those high odd strategies. actually it does not matter. there is no so called high odd betting system. periodically, any strategy works greatly and poorly.
the worst part of our brain is association, this leads to generalization.
when we are bitten by a dog accidently, our brain will associate "dog" with danger of being bitten. this will make your barin think "dog" are dangerous, you generalize this experience.
so in your mind, the odd of being bitten is suddenly raised to almost 100%.
for a person who once came across a nice dog,she/he will associate dog with "nice, friendly, loyal". but actually dogs are animals, they do attack other animals, they are dangerous. for this person, he/she will not see those dangerous things in a dog.
in my conclusion, whatever, human brain is no better than a computer CPU chip. that is why we make those obvious mistakes over and over.
Quote from Pipflow:
Its just like answering the question we see brain but we do not see mind, we see heart but do not see love, we see eyes but we do not see sight. Complicated but simple.
