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The reason why trading IS gambling (Why it's important)Hello everybody and welcome, First of all, thank you for the interest you show. The goal of this content, is to empower you with the tools you need to shift your psychology and level up your trading. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before we start, let me just say that I do not have any product to sell. My content is free and my only goal is to provide valuable information to help traders being more successful and consistent when trading. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some explanation regarding the introduction above : What I want to emphasize through that example, is that often times, when trading, you will face losing streaks . It is inevitable and we can also assume that it is recurrent . It is important to note what happens in the mind of a trader : doubt . Why ? Because of not accepting the fact that trading is gambling. I know ... It might be hard to "accept" because people often times think that trading is all about skills, but it is not. Let me explain : When you trade, whether you are long or short, you rely on nothing else than other people to make profits. The problem is, you do not know if these people have the same convictions and beliefs as you do regarding what the market is going to do in the future. So there's randomness involved in trading because every moment is unique, i.e. it involves different people. But, if you have an edge, meaning a "strategy" that puts the odds in your favor (whatever it might be, trading pullbacks, momentum trading, morning panics, gap strategies, etc...) : YOU ARE THE HOUSE . You win over a LONG period of time no matter the outcome on a trade-to-trade basis. Now, considering what we just said, should we care about what is going to happens to the trade I highlighted above ? Absolutely not. Why ? Because we have accepted the fact that the distribution between wins and losses is RANDOM in the market . Therefore, whatever the outcome is, we know, that we will be profitable in the long run. Why does that actually matter ? Well, it matters, because as I stated above, traders doubt when they encounter a losing streak. They question their edges, their skills, they start questioning their rules and strategies. What is likely to happen ? They blow their account. Fear, the biggest enemy in trading Apart from doubt, the trader that just has gone through 4,5,6,7 or more losses in a row, is afraid. He is afraid to put on that next trade, even though that trade could be a homerun and wipe all his losses. Fear paralyzes us, it reduces our focus and narrows our attention to what we fear the most. You probably recall the time when you put on a trade and you kept bagholding a loser, you were paralyzed, you just couldn't sell. There's a funny thing that happens everytime when you hold on to a loser, whenever you decide to sell, the market bounces back. This is because you are not alone on that boat and human psychology is universal. Once you have accepted that, you will be able to focus 100% on your actual trading errors, which are related to your knowledge and your skills. You will never doubt or have a moment of indecision if your edge appear on the chart. You will take the trade and don't care at all what happens next, because you know that trying to figure out if it's going to work or not has no sense. Thank you for taking the time to read me. I really appreciate that. Make sure you comment below if you have questions or just wanna add something. Thanks a lot, MyTradingJournal
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by UnknownUnicorn6734025
4
EURJPY SHORTHello, I wanted to show a great example of how small account holders can maximize their profits whilst minimizing loss and this trade is a great example. in about 7-10 days I have taken £200 to £650. I am documenting this journey to £1000 to show how easily it can actually be to trade and build a small account into something bigger. If you are a small account holder you know how hard and tempting it is to risk more than 1-5% of your account per trade. This always done by over leveraging, wide stop loss or no stop loss. Risk management is 'boring' but essential to traders and we need to loose money for us to see how important this is so don't be down if you have blown an account because we all have. These Instagram cowboys make trading look so easy which for new comers it isn't. If you have found yourself looking to trade your savings maybe after loosing your job due to the virus then please do anything but this, you need the correct guidance and education. Most of it is free when you start digging on YouTube! I have taken this trade this two times this week both gaining me 100+ pips each time. Take a look at the risk reward ratio! you can see the difference between the profit and loss! you want to enter trades that are at least 1:3 minimum! loosing trades like this one with such a good r/r barely does damage to your trading account but wins make great gains. taking trades where the r/r is 1:1 is not an effective way of building your account up. My advice is to look up how to trade support and resistance zones (supply and demand). This is often overlooked by new comers but it's a great tool to add to your trading mindset. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LEARN FUNDAMENTALS in trading! all these people that pose with their phone out in front of four screens which are lit up like a Christmas tree make this industry toxic!. The real players analyse and trade for big banks and institutions...learn to trade like these guys because these people move the markets. If this get good feedback then I will post a tutorial on how I take trades and look for those perfect entries.
Education
by XHRISTIE
$10,000 x 1 YEAR = ???Dear trader, something to think about. Is it possible to make millions of $$$$$$$$ from $10,000 in 12 months? For sure! Check out this great story. *Daniel J. Zanger is a technical stock and equities trader. Zanger hit the media spotlight after audited returns showed he turned $10,775 into over $18,000,000 in under 2 years. Personal history Dan Zanger holds a world record for his trading one-year stock market portfolio appreciation, gaining over 29,000%. In under two years, he turned $10,775 into $18 million. Fortune magazine, wrote an extensive article on Zanger, covering his trading results after reviewing his IRS tax returns and trading records. Zanger grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. His father was a physician & his mother was a psychologist. He started college but dropped out to snow ski for a few years in Colorado and Idaho. He had a few odd jobs, such as bell hop, cab driver and prep cook to support himself during his early twenties. Eventually, he moved back to LA with a high school education and no professional trade. He started working for a landscape company and eventually got his California contractor's license. He ventured into pool building in Beverly Hills as an independent contractor where he made a modest living from then on. His mother Elaine loved the stock market and Dan would often watch the Business Channel with her. One day in 1978 Dan saw a stock explode across the ticker tape at the bottom of the screen hitting $1. He made his first purchase and sold the stock a few weeks later at over $3. From that sale on, he was hooked on the action of the market tape, usually carrying a quotetrek device with him on his contracting jobs to stay up on stock prices. The Internet bubble As technology and internet stocks took center stage in the stock market in 1997, Dan began to see powerful moves underway. He sold his Porsche for approximately 11,000 dollars to have the necessary capital to jump fully into the market. Over the next year, he parlayed the 11,000 dollars into 18 million with the knowledge acquired over two decades playing the market and re-reading the works of William O'Neil. With this success, Dan was able to become a full-time trader and leave contracting behind. *From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is not possible to get rich with normal job! don't forget it. I will soon show you a very powerful tool here on tradingview... I wish you a very good start in the new year. Best regards
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by i-like-profit
4
QUICK UPDATE WITH GN PLAY - GBPNZD 25/12/2019 Hello Traders! We would like to show you a game... While Penguins are on the hunt, you can easily join them as well! It is easy, all you need to do is to collect the hearts and watch for the pig and thunder signs. Targets are marked on the chart as a crosshair. Heart in the box - a place to jump in/out Sign with exclamation mark - places to be aware of a few different types of reactions from this level Target sign - the first target to focus on Thunder sign - spot to react - possible jump to push into reversal Penguin - expected direction Have fun with it, and remember - this game is about the patience. Keep yourself cool, whilst not being greedy. Like it if it was helpful to you. We appreciate the likes and comments. Provided feedback helps us with the future service. Got questions? Feel free to PM us! Thank you for your attention, GOD BLESS U ALL!
by Snipers-Academy
2
QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. And this is quality!There is a common problem people have, they see a set-up because it "sort-of" fits their strategy and take the trade. This is because people encounter FOMO (Fear of missing out). The markets will continue to play out long after any of us are still alive. There are endless opportunities, so why take any old trade? Always choose the best QUALITY trades over LOTS of trades! You will only be successful when you take quality trades. Even if your trade looses and you look back and can say to yourself "Ahh well its one loss, I did everything I could to my full potential it didn't work out.I'll Move on" There is an opportunity presenting it's self soon here I think, but in the opposite direction I am fundamentally driven. So I move on, if it goes where I expect without me, that's fine. At least I can look back and be glad I didn't go against myself just to be in the market. This is a big part of the Psychology trades always talk about. I'll go further into detail in the future but for now stay away from poor trades. QUALITY over QUANTITY always! Go get it!
by joebrownFX
2
EURJPY 8/11/2019Hello Traders! Witaj! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we focus mostly on price action to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SmartMoney). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SmartMoney must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SmartMoney. Don't forget to like if it was helpful to you. We appreciate likes and comments. Jesli podobal Ci sie material zostaw like:) Masz pytania - pisz smialo :) Thank you, Dzieki za uwage :) GOD BLESS U ALL!
by Snipers-Academy
3
USDJPY 23/10/2019 VIDEOHello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we focus mostly on price action to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SmartMoney). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SmartMoney must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SmartMoney. CHARTS AGENDA: BITCOIN - MONEY POCKET ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS BLUE LINES - ENTRIES MARKED LINES - PREVIOUS ENTRY POINT BLUE BOX - GAP's COLOR BOXES - FOCUS POINT TO REACT Don't forget to like if it was helpful to you. We appreciate likes and comments. Thank you, GOD BLESS U ALL!
by Snipers-Academy
3
BTCUSD 10/11/2019Hello Traders! As we can see, we are bouncing on the 78,6% fibo lvl from last push up, so if we'll be able to hold this lvl, we can expect price moving toward 8800+, but we might as well won't be able to hold this lvl, so in this case we expect to drop towards violet box with blue eye, and then depends on showed price action we may expect a move upside towards yellow, and green boxes.. There is as well a GAP marked up on blue, so before next sharp move down, we want to see price run up to around 10.000 and then drop lower towards 7500 lvl... Thank u for attention! God bless u ALL!!
BITFINEX:BTCUSD
by Snipers-Academy
EURCAD 5/10/2019Hello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we focus mostly on price action to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SmartMoney). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SmartMoney must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SmartMoney. CHARTS AGENDA: BITCOIN SIGN - MONEY POCKET - LIQIUDITY ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS - LIQIUDITY MARKUPS BLUE LINES - ENTRIES WITH SMARTMONEY MARKED LINES - PREVIOUS ENTRY POINT BOX - GAP's GOD BLESS U ALL!
by Snipers-Academy
GBPAUD 5/10/2019Hello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we look mostly on PA to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SM). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SM must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SM. CHARTS AGENDA: SM - SMART MONEY PA - PRICE ACTION BITCOIN SIGN - MONEY POCKET ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS - LIQUIDITY <- TARGET SM BLUE LINES - POTENCIAL SNIPER ENTRIES WITH SM BOX - GAP's GOD BLESS U ALL!
by Snipers-Academy
XAUUSD 2/10/2019Hello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we look mostly on PA to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SM). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SM must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SM. CHARTS AGENDA: SM - SMART MONEY PA - PRICE ACTION BITCOIN SIGN - MONEY POCKET ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS BLUE LINES - ENTRIES WITH SM MARKED LINES - POTENCIAL ENTRY POINT BOX - GAP's GOD BLESS U ALL!
FOREXCOM:XAUUSDShort
by Snipers-Academy
US30 2/10/2019Hello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we look mostly on PA to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SM). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SM must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SM. CHARTS AGENDA: SM - SMART MONEY PA - PRICE ACTION BITCOIN SIGN - MONEY POCKET ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS BLUE LINES - ENTRIES WITH SM MARKED LINES - POTENCIAL ENTRY POINT BOX - GAP's GOD BLESS U ALL!
OANDA:US30USDLong
by Snipers-Academy
GBPNZD 2/10/2019Hello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we look mostly on PA to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SM). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SM must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SM. CHARTS AGENDA: SM - SMART MONEY PA - PRICE ACTION BITCOIN SIGN - MONEY POCKET ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS BLUE LINES - ENTRIES WITH SM MARKED LINES - POTENCIAL ENTRY POINT BOX - GAP's GOD BLESS U ALL!
by Snipers-Academy
USOIL 2/10/2019Hello Traders! We play with Smartmoney concepts, that means that we look mostly on PA to determine what will happen in future. As we all know, price is moved by BIG players: Banks, Institutional traders, HFT bots (we call them all of them SM). They can't play as we do, cause of a HUGE lot sizes, so cause of that they need to SELL to BUY and BUY to SELL for positioning them self in the best possible spot. If u were learn about trading from free and accessible knowledge, u probably heard about BUYing LOW and SELLing HIGH? So SM must BUY LOWER and SELL HIGHER :) We as retail traders are just a small fish in this ocean, so we need to catch the waves which are created by SM. CHARTS AGENDA: SM - SMART MONEY PA - PRICE ACTION BITCOIN SIGN - MONEY POCKET ARROWS ARE ABOVE AND BELOW OF EQUAL HIGHS AND LOWS BLUE LINES - ENTRIES WITH SM MARKED LINES - POTENCIAL ENTRY POINT BOX - GAP's GOD BLESS U ALL!
TVC:USOILLong
by Snipers-Academy
Trading MindsetWELCOME TO WORLD OF TRADING Hi everyone, what I am about to talk right now is concerned with trading psychology. Everything that I am about to say right now is also a crucial aspect of my psychology and mindset that is fueling me to write this for you guys. Hence, we can deduce one thing from this. Psychology is the most important factor in deciding your future as trader. I will be honest upfront with you guys. So you’ve been introduced to the world of trading by your friend, family or anyone that doesn’t matter, so you’ve been told how the guy next door is making thousands of dollars with just few hours of work while you out there hustling yourself to exhaustion and making just about to survive your month doesn’t seen fair right? And exactly this guy has results to show for it to make you believe how if he can do it anyone can. Or you’ve seen couple of stories, Instagram post, Facebook post promising exponential gains in a few hours. With that said I want to address 2 main problems associated with trading which I believe are significantly important to understand before you step out there or if you’re already out there and struggling. 1) Holy grail in trading (a way or a method that will promise you returns on daily basis) Holy grail in trading what is it and does it exist? To answer this question, I want you to ask yourself a question first: why you are trading and what do u want to achieve from it Now that you’ve asked yourself that kindly note if the answer to these questions is (firstly: I want to accumulate wealth as soon as possible and drive a luxurious car next month. Secondly: I only want to find a way in trading that works 100% and gives me return on my investment daily) If these are you believes I am afraid to say you have work to do on yourself not on your system of approach of trading. Financial markets are a world of chaos there are millions of possibilities out there every day (imagine you just focus on 1 possibility consistently every day, where will that take you in the next coming years think about it) There are successful traders out there, trading and making living out it (the so-called narrative only 5% of people can make money in the markets) where’s the difference? The difference lies not on support was breached, trend line was broken or respected but on their mentality and mind set these people very well understand how market moves and work but be cautious they will never follow the market: no one in world has the intellect and memory to remember each and every tick movement of the market these people are focused on themselves and their performance in the market. They know exactly when to trade and when to stop trading. The approach of such people is not irregular but systematic and disciplined. To sum it up financial world is a world of chaos with billions of possibilities (FOCUS ON THE ONE THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU AND COINCIDES WITH YOUR PERSONALITY AND ROUTINE) anyone can trade Weather your doctor or an engineer or just a high school student provided you are consistent, disciplined and motivated (YES UNDERSTANDING OF MARKET MOVEMENT IS VERY CRITICAL BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO FOLLOW AND TRADE EVERY MOVE). 2) More importantly your Mind set (psychology) Now if you remember I asked you 2 question in the beginning 1st paragraph. If you focus on the fundamentals of that question, they are based on you and your way thinking (NOT ON YOUR METHOD OF TRADING LIKE I STRESSED EARLIER THERE ARE BILLIONS OF WAY OF MAKING MONEY IN THE MARKET STICK TO SOMETHING U BELIEVE IN ) I myself have been trading for almost 1 year am I a millionaire? No, I am not (and I say it proudly) I too was introduced in a conventional way just like many of you are. But trading (IS NOT A GET RICH QUICK SCHEME) (THIS NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE) but rather a skill set and unregulated chaotic state of mind that needs correction and discipline of execution which will I guarantee you results which brings me to my final and most important point YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR TRADING JOURNEY Focus on yourself (yes u do need to understand the dynamics of market and its movement but alone with that I’m sorry to say you can’t achieve what u hope to achieve Let’s do some simple math’s in term of percentage shall we to give you an idea what I’m talking about Account size USD % return on investment USD ROI Account size X10 USD % return Usd ROI 1000 2 20 10,000 2 200 10000 2 200 100,000 2 2000 100000 2 2000 1,000,000 2 20,000 Don’t exhaust yourself trying to get rich fast as possible that won’t work at least not in the long run focus on getting solid return percentages first weekly, monthly, yearly consistently and get a job to build yourself step by step don’t rush the process and always believe in yourself give me a like if you agree
Education
by Danialhassan
1