This is exactly the right answer.
Plain and simply, humans are not "hardwired" to be good traders. As many here no doubt know, to be a good trader requires that one do the uncomfortable.
Traders must be able to step into the abyss with relative ease and on a nanoseconds notice. But as is obvious this is an incredibly unnatural act. However it can be learned.
I've been trading since the mid-80âs and I still make the same mistakes that I made when I was a rookie the difference now is that I recognize it faster and correct it quicker.
So don't despair, it can be done. But YOU must find a winning way, then iterate, iterate, iterate.......... to train yourself to go against yourself.
You must teach yourself to go against millions of years of genetic imprinting of the hunter/gatherer and the fight or flight response. This is no small feat, right? This sort of built-in autonomous behaviour as worked for all of human history but now, for this endeavor, it's wrong.
You see now why "old salt traders" just roll up their eyes at youngsters who pontificate on the "fundamental truths of trading."
Good Luck!
Dr. Zhivodka
Always remember that when Wine, Women and Song get you down.......give up singing.
