Why YOU NEED a Slice of Humble PieAs a trader, you must approach the market with humility and an understanding that you are at its mercy.
And so you need to remember that the market, doesn’t know you, doesn’t care about you, and doesn’t work to reward you.
Let’s break that down.
The Market Doesn’t Know You
The financial market (Mr. Market) is a complex and dynamic system that is influenced by a multitude of factors.
These factors are beyond our control and are pretty much impossible to predict.
As a trader, you need to remember that the market doesn’t know you, isn’t out to get you and that your success or failure is not a personal reflection of your worth.
The Market Doesn’t Care About You
It can be tempting to think that the market is out to get us and that every loss is a direct result of our own mistakes.
However, the market doesn’t care about us as individual.
They don’t have some personal vendetta against us.
Every trade is simply a result of supply and demand dynamics along with risk, reward and probabilities.
We must accept that sometimes the market will work against us, no matter how skilled or experienced we are.
The Market Doesn’t Work to Reward You
There is such high competition with trading.
This environment is very high-pressured.
It sometimes feels like we are in some race to make as much money as possible.
However, it is important to remember that the market doesn’t work to reward us.
As a trader, you must be humble and understand that success in the markets takes time, patience, and you must be willing to learn from your mistakes.
Also need to approach each and every trade with a level-headed and open-minded perspective.
Focus on this, and you you’ll make which will help us to make better decisions and increase our chances of success.
Humble
Why You Need Humble Pie as a TraderHere's why you need to be a humble trader.
REASON #1:
Humility is required for losing
I’ve mentioned this for the last 20 years. And nothing has changed.
We are NOT in the trading game to be right.
We are in this process, to follow a proven and winning strategy in order to grow our trading accounts over time.
Not in a week, not in a month and not even in a quarter.
It is our job to take the trades, bank the medium sized gains and take the small losses along the way.
There should be no ego with expecting a trade or a sequence of trades to be right.
If you want to be right, go become a lawyer, accountant, swimmer or find another hobby.
REASON #2:
Humility betters your trading strategy process
It can also be tempting to try to change the system. This is where you act on impulse, bank a premature winner or cut a loss quickly.
This does nothing to your strategy except turn it into a discretionary, non-tested and a temporary winner in the short term.
But in the long run, when the markets rectify and become more favourable your winning, your strategy will stop working.
Instead, rather focus on your system, improve on your entries, look for conducive markets and master execution.
Your portfolio’s results will then take care of itself.
REASON #3:
Humility is not trying to avoid drawdowns
You need to be humble enough to believe your carefully proven strategy ‘knows’ better than your short-term ‘wise-guy’ ideas.
It’s not your job to avoid drawdowns (sequence of losses).
It is your job to manage your drawdowns with structured and consistent methods.
I have three strategies with drawdowns:
1. Trade your Equity Curve (portfolio) to know when to pause trading
2. Drop the level of risk per trade
3. Look for only high probability trades on other markets
REASON 4#:
Humility highlights your weaknesses
You have to be honest as a trader.
You can’t keep thinking you’re best at every aspect of trading.
Break down the processes including (Markets allocation, Methods and systems, Money and risk management and Mind and psychology).
Then ask yourself…
Where am I weak with trading and why?
Dig into your personality, traits and preferences.
Become vulnerable so you can see the truth where you may be lacking in your success.
Here are some thoughts:
Do you convince yourself your trades are going to be winners?
Do you look for confirmation signals that you don’t need to worry, when your trades move against you?
Are you scared your ego will be hurt from taking losses?
Are you only looking at a few markets because you’re scared to branch into international markets?
Are you feeling old to the point you don’t have time to make slow money as a trader?
Find your vulnerabilities, then look for solutions or research on how to improve them.
Treat the market with respect and you’ll find the answers you need to win.
Final words:
Trading is not a race – work on your own time line.
Trading might sound like an easy hobby, and it is.
But you first need to overcome your demons in order to streamline the process.
I tell you this because…
You need to be humble as a trader, or the markets will humble you!
The destiny of the Dollar.Inflation is soon over. What comes next is crazy deflation.
What goes hand in hand with deflation? You tell me:)
Prepare before it is too late my fellow humans.
"What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Thank you!
Trading Truths - how long to be profitable?Trading is hard work - But no one wants to hear that it is hard work. Everyone wants a short cut. A short cut does not exist. If it did - everyone would use it and the market would cease to exist. Everyone who starts out trading is lured in by the profit potential. You might get lucky and make a quick buck. But over time you soon realize that trading is a job, and a hard one at that. The markets offer the highest paid profession in the world - and it is the hardest profession. There are no set paths, clear schooling or achievements which put you into a position of earning a living.
This is an entirely different world. It is you and the market. You are responsible for the actions you make, and the repercussions or rewards which come with those actions. It takes a lot of time and effort on your part if you truly want to succeed long term in the markets. This does not just mean learning about the markets and how they operate. It also requires skills that no other job does - understanding and working on yourself internally.
Remain Humble - We all know of someone who brags about their position, their entry price or whatever. But there is something they likely do not have.. Profits. Ever wonder why the top traders dont brag or choose to talk about how much they make? Because they are humble. If you do not remain humble when it comes to markets, they will humble you. If you are attached to your Ego, you will fail in the market, without question. The only question is how long will you survive?
How long does it take to be a Profitable Trader? Every beginner wants to know how long it will take before they can make a profit. This is a loaded question - with no answer. I am often asked how long until you knew you had it? Or how long does it take to become a profitable trader? People are confused by my answer when I say "you never have it, or anything." Even wildly profitable traders lose money, sometimes all of their money several times.
Trading is not about getting something, or somewhere. It is a journey, a dance. Do you dance or play the guitar to get to the end of the dance or end of the song? No, otherwise you would play or dance really fast! (Alan Watts). You play to play. You trade because you enjoy the act of trading. In other words the act of doing is the goal, not the end result. The market is a teacher who teaches you about your self. If you chose to ignore it and instead focus on what you want out of it; you probably wont get it. If instead you open yourself up, give in to it and what it is showing you; you just might get what you want.
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The Truth About Trading - how long to be profitable?Trading is hard work - But no one wants to hear that it is hard work. Everyone wants a short cut. A short cut does not exist. If it did - everyone would use it and the market would cease to exist. Everyone who starts out trading is lured in by the profit potential. You might get lucky and make a quick buck. But over time you soon realize that trading is a job, and a hard one at that. The markets offer the highest paid profession in the world - and it is the hardest profession. There are no set paths, clear schooling or achievements which put you into a position of earning a living.
This is an entirely different world. It is you and the market. You are responsible for the actions you make, and the repercussions or rewards which come with those actions. It takes a lot of time and effort on your part if you truly want to succeed long term in the markets. This does not just mean learning about the markets and how they operate. It also requires skills that no other job does - understanding and working on yourself internally.
Remain Humble - We all know of someone who brags about their position, their entry price or whatever. But there is something they likely do not have.. Profits. Ever wonder why the top traders dont brag or choose to talk about a position or how much they make? Because they are humble. If you do not remain humble when it comes to markets, they will humble you. If you are attached to your Ego, you will fail in the market, without question. The only question is how long will you survive?
How long does it take to be a Profitable Trader? Every beginner wants to know how long it will take before they can make a profit. This is a loaded question - with no answer. I am often asked how long until you knew you had it? Or how long does it take to become a profitable trader? People are confused by my answer when I say "you never have it, or anything." Even wildly profitable traders lose money, sometimes all of their money several times.
Trading is not about getting something, or somewhere. It is a journey, a dance. Do you dance or play the guitar to get to the end of the dance or end of the song? No, otherwise you would play or dance really fast! (Alan Watts). You play to play. You trade because you enjoy the act of trading. In other words the act of doing is the goal, not the end result. The market is a teacher who teaches you about your self. If you chose to ignore it and instead focus on what you want out of it; you probably wont get it. If instead you open yourself up, give in to it and what it is showing you; you just might get what you want.
If you found this helpful please like! Feel free to comment or ask questions.
AUD/USD for the week ahead. Hey guys ,
The trend is bearish long term , and we look for short positions , as day traders or week traders we are also scalpers right?
so we wait the hourly confirmation , if we have a strong bullish candle at first hours of Monday we will aim for the main trend line the resistance trend line .
The main confirmation is the candle that we can see on the daily which called hammer , with allot of buying power to make this bullish candle, technically is that the price will move upward ,
some signals : ickimoku cloud--> on the daily is sell ,but in lower time frames become buy
the MA (10,20,50) on H1 ,H4 and daily is buy
The entry trigger is the hammer formation candlestick , for me its right combination to enter to 'buy' and then short it , I love that
The master is back , lets smash this week
The markets collapse , but we can make money with shorts !
Thank you