7 main mistakes of new traders List of deadly crimes committed by new traders
So far, you have created a new account, purchased your first Bitcoin. You are now prepared to become a trader in cryptocurrencies. You frequently trade on an exchange where the price of the first coin you purchase increases by 10% before you sell it. Self-satisfied that you did it. Using the ingenious "Buy Low, Sell High" method, you are advancing: a Twitter account. There is already a crowd of new employees awaiting your calls. It was going so well until you committed one of the following rookie errors.
1 - Waiting Pump and Dump
Observing a green candle that rockets up into the sky is one of the most beautiful sights a trader can see - if they purchased at the bottom. However, without a horse to race, envy might be overwhelming. You will experience lapsed profit syndrome and attempt to wager your entire bankroll. Occasionally it will pay off, but more often than not it will place you in an awkward situation.
A quick price swing in cryptocurrency is not always indicative of a pump-and-dump scam. Positive news or a major influencer's promotion might also result in exponential growth. Before purchasing a coin, it is essential to comprehend why its value is soaring. If not, you risk failure. Many inexperienced cryptocurrency traders try with pump-and-dump organizations that guarantee rapid gains with minimal effort. Failure once or twice will be sufficient to learn the lesson and pursue more intelligent trading tactics.
2 - Buying in illiquid markets
For your coin to continue increasing, someone else must want to purchase it. The issue with numerous developing altcoins and numerous tiny exchanges is that they have a dearth of orders. You can be certain that Sprouts (SPRTS) is the future of crypto, but if a sufficient number of traders disagree, you risk focusing on a currency that no one wants to purchase, or at least not at a price that you are willing to pay.
There is nothing wrong with long-term investment in a coin whose fundamentals you respect. However, these "undiscovered diamonds" are prone to a lack of liquidity in the short run. Traders who have grown weary of waiting for a coin's price to rise may be compelled to sell drastically below their desired price.
3 - Set the incorrect price
Raise your hand If you've ever missed a zero on a trade setup and your coins surged, set your sell order 10 times lower. This is easy to accomplish when dealing with altcoins that are priced in fractions of Bitcoin: you think you're making an order to sell 0.0000457 BTC, but you've actually placed an order to sell 0.00000457 BTC. The majority of exchanges will rise to the maximum rate. However, services like Etherdelta are not as user-friendly as others. Always double-check the buy or sell price before pressing the execute button.
4 - Transferring the incorrect coin to an exchange's wallet or use wrong chain
If you sent Bitcoin Cash to a Bitcoin wallet by accident, do not expect the exchange to bail you out. However, the larger exchanges are unlikely to be of assistance. You must exercise caution before sending funds to the wallet, as errors are nearly impossible to rectify. Sending Ethereum tokens to an Ethereum exchange wallet or requesting a mining pool payout directly to an exchange wallet are other rookie errors. Avoid doing that. The greater your trading motivation, the better you will become.
5 - Revenge of trader
You are unhappy because you refused to purchase a coin at the last minute, and then it flew to the moon. Or you purchased a worthless certificate - a sure loser - and it failed. Infuriated, you wager your entire fortune on the next green coin and attempt to ride this train to Profitville. In doing so, you overestimate your abilities and enter a market you have not yet explored.
Where do you enter and exit the market? Why is the coin's value increasing? You are ignorant because you act based on your feelings. Revenge trading is analogous to capturing your partner in the arms of another person and then grabbing the first item you discover. Nine times out of ten, it will end in tears. The greater your ability to detach your emotions from your trade, the more successful you will become.
6 - Overactivity
Too many chefs will destroy the broth, and too many traders will diminish your earnings. This is a simple trap to fall into, and every new trader does it. The day after purchasing a coin, you check to see if its value has increased by 20%. Isn't it preferable to sell and earn a profit? Not required Cut off your losses and let your winners run, as the adage goes.
A basic trading approach that can deprive you of some of your greatest rewards is selling assets for the sake of profit. There is nothing more disheartening than selling a coin for a tiny profit only to discover that someone else paid 10 times as much. Additionally, excessive activity for minimal income will result in an increase in assets conserved through exchange costs.
In certain ways, hyperactivity that generates tiny earnings is advantageous, but these profits will be consumed by commissions on any exchange. You comprehend the outcomes yourself.
7 - Self-confidence
Intuitively, you purchase a coin and observe its value double over the next week. You repeat the procedure with a second coin and the same result occurs. You are fantastic. You are a man. You convert everything you touch into gold. You are staking your next decision on boldness, which may feel like flying to the moon. Then... one loses everything. What occurred? You are impudent, that is what.
A little self-assurance is wonderful; it's what enables traders to go against the grain and make their own conclusions. Conversely, over confidence is a formula for disaster. When you disregard warning flags while feeling invincible.
Eliminating these seven fatal errors does not qualify you as a professional trader; years of expertise, late hours and early mornings spent watching two monitors and creating charts are still required. Nevertheless, if you eliminate your rookie errors, you may survive long enough to become a pro.
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5 Reasons why others trade VS why I tradeIn the last 20 years, I always love asking this one question.
“Why do you want to trade?”
Have you ever written down the reasons why you want to become a trader and what your true motivations are?
When you answer this question, only then you’ll become more clear with the goals you wish to achieve and how to achieve them.
Here’s one clichéd answer, I don’t want you to write down…
“I want to make money”.
This answer is lazy, impersonal and it tells you and me nothing about who you are truly, deeply and emotionally.
If you think trading only teaches you one aspect of your life… I believe your eyes are still yet to be opened with the incredible possibilities that trading will bring you.
And so, in this article I’m going to share a few reasons for why people want to trade.
And then, I’ll share a few reasons why I trade…
Here are 5 reasons why people want to trade…
Reason #1: Diversification
“I want to diverse my portfolio with different asset classes. This way I can produce a stream of income through long-term investing via stocks and property, short term trading with Premium MATI Trader and medium term investing through index ETFs.”
Reason #2: Hobby
“I have spare time and money. And what better way than to spend my time trading and making an extra income while doing something I love?”
Reason #3: Monetizing my ‘down-time’
“I’ve earned the same income for the last seven years and now I want to earn an extra income during my off-hours too. For the first time in my life, trading has helped me make money while I’m watching Netflix and spending time with my wife”.
Reason #4: Invest for my family and kids
“Most people depend on portfolio managers and hedge funds to invest their money for their family. I’ve decided to trade the funds I have for my kids instead and take control of the growth of their inheritance through trading.”
Reason #5: Keeps me sharp and well-informed
“Trading might not be making me super rich yet, but I got to tell you this. It is keeping my brain sharp, well-informed and helps with my skills with decision making.”
These are some of the reasons I’ve heard, which have stuck.
Now I want to share with you five extra reasons why I trade…
5 Reasons why I trade!
My reason #1: FREEDOM – Earn your own income when you want
I want the freedom to trade and build an income stream on my own terms, times and conditions.
My reason #2: Independence – Be your own boss
Trading gives me the platform where I am responsible for my own trading results. This gives me full independence where I take pride with my own financial decisions.
It gives me the place where I can grow my portfolio in a way that suits my personality and risk profile to a T.
My reason #3: Extremely fun – New career
Trading is not a job… This means, you don’t have to do it… But rather it’s an extremely productive and fun hobby to make your free time work for you.
This hobby is not like sports or gym where your reward is more on the physical side.
Trading is where you gain many different mental skills and bank a consistent income once you get it right.
My reason #4: Mind control – Control your emotions
Trading well means you have to lose at times. and when you do, you need to be able to cut out the ego and ‘baby tantrum throwing side’ away.
You learn to grow up, develop a thicker skin and become a mature trader.
This is one of the greatest benefits to learning to trade. It gets to the point where, after you’ve taken hundreds of trades, whether you take a loss or bank a profit, you’ll stay content.
You embrace failure with open arms, because you know that it’s one step towards winning.
My reason #5: Life skills – You learn risk, rewards and probabilities
Once you have mastered the four elements to trading success (Markets, Methods, Money and Mind) you develop a very strong understanding of concepts like:
Risk & reward management and probabilities.
This won’t only apply to trading but to almost every aspect in your life. You start taking accountability of events into your life.
Predictions turn into probabilities.
Risk evolves into calculated acceptance. And you start to see things as they are, rather than what you want them to be…
SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO TRADE?
20 Checklist Items in 2023 for YOUR TradingI wish you all the health and happiness, this year has to offer.
To kick you off this year on a strong note, I’ve prepared a quick 20 item checklist which you can use for your trading.
Save this as a guide for 2023.
Let’s go…
1. Save and deposit a portion of your money every month, into your trading account to grow it faster.
2. Cut down on social media and save 15 minutes of no distractions a day to trade.
3. Re-look and evaluate your watchlist, which fits your strategy.
4. Don’t let the news, your friends or anyone interfere with your trading signals.
5. Never extend your stop loss in a trade where you can lose more money.
6. Be more mindful and accept when market trends change.
7. Never miss a trading idea that lines up according to your strategy
8. Celebrate taking each trade that lines up according to your proven strategy.
9. Ask trading questions so you’re never left in wonder.
10. Journal and jot down every trade that comes your way to build your trading track record.
11. Screenshot and save every trading setup, to remind you on how your strategy works live.
12. Find the best time that suits your trading personality and system.
13. Stop overthinking everything, once you’re in your trade. Let it be.
14. Watch every reputable trading stream and lesson on TradingView you can, to boost your knowledge.
15. Don’t fall for scams, get-rich-quick schemes and sensationalised marketing copy or posts on social media.
16. Trust and enjoy the process, week by week.
17. Persist and persevere through your own trading time-line and don’t compare yourself to others.
18. Only take trades when your trading strategy gives you signals
19. Only do what you love and love what you do – don’t waste your time on anything else.
20. Remember to say this when you’re feeling down. “YOU CAN ONLY GET BETTER”.
I trust these resolutions will help you through the year.
53 Important Trading Acronyms and AbbreviationsHere are 53 trading acronyms and abbreviations to remember and apply to your trading.
I’ve also listed them in alphabetical order to make it easier to spot!
ATH - All Time High
ATM – At the Money
ATR – Average True Range
BB – Bollinger Bands
B/O - Breakout
Be - Bearish
BE - Break even
BOS - Break of Structure
Bu - Bullish
CFD – Contract for Difference
DD – Drawdown
DMA – Direct Market Access
EMA – Exponential Moving Average
E/R - Earnings Report
ETF – Exchange Traded Fund
FA - Fundamental Analysis
FOMC – Federal Open Market Committee
FOK – Fill Or Kill
FX – Foreign Exchange (Forex)
GTC – Good ‘Til Cancelled
HH - Higher High
HL - Higher Low
HOD - High of Day
HFT – High Frequency Trading
HTF - Higher Time Frame
ICO – Initial Coin Offering
IPO – Initial Public Offering
ITM – In the Money
JBTD – Just Buy the Dip
LH - Lower High
LL - Lower Low
LOD - Low of Day
L/S – Long or Short
LTF - Lower Time Frame
MA – Moving Average
MACD – Moving Average Convergence Divergence
MS - Market Structure
OI – Open Interest
O/N - Overnight
OTC – Over the Counter
OTM – Out The Money
NFP - Non Farm Payrolls
P&L – Profit and Loss
PIP – Percentage In Point
PRE - Pre Market
R/R - Risk / Reward
RSI – Relative Strength Index
S/R - Support and Resistance
SL - Stop loss
TA - Technical analysis
TF - Time Frame
TP - Take profit
YTD - Year To Date
Can you think of anymore?
Let me know in the comments.
Trade well, live free.
Timon
(Financial trader since 2003)
Don't lose a part of yourself when taking a lossLosing a part of yourself with a loss is a common experience for many traders.
When you're in a trade it's easy to get caught up with emotions.
When it's going your way, you almost feel like you've banked a winner.
When it's going against you it feels like you're a failure and have lost already.
You got to work on it and stop both feelings from taking over your trading.
There is financial loss but more important emotional loss.
Take the financial loss as a simple cost of running a business.
But NEVER get caught up with the emotional cost of failure.
Rather drop your risk per trade even more, until the point of losing or gaining has no significance to your emotions.
Achieve that and you'll know your risk profile and where you are right now as a trader.
Work on it and it gets easier over time.
Trade well, live free.
Timon
(Financial trader since 2003)
BEFORE and AFTER Each Trading Day you shouldA game-plan is a must, to see a potential goal, dream or vision.
You got to have a proper POA (Plan Of Action) and execute.
Whether it’s selling property, building a business, playing a sport or growing your wealth.
You need a BEFORE plan and AFTER plan.
Same with trading. You need to have a trading plan BEFORE and AFTER each trading day.
BEFORE Each Trading Day:
1. Know the main market’s trend direction
The first thing I want to know is, what the main market’s trend direction is.
Plot the resistance (ceiling) and support (floor) levels, so you know whether they are in an up, down or sideways trend.
If up – look for longs (buys)
If down – look for shorts (sells)
If sideways – look for potential breakout levels.
2. Scan through your watchlist
Once you know the main market’s trend direction, have a quick scan through your watch list (markets you trade).
Orientate yourself with where the markets are heading and whether trades are lining up.
This way, you won’t go into the trading day blindly.
3. Write down high probability trade setups
You know the main market’s trend direction, and have an idea of where the markets are heading – now you can plot your trade ideas.
Go through the watch list again, and write down any potential trade setups (with your written entry, stop loss, take profit and reasons for entering the trade).
4. Choose your TRADES for the day
Just because you have written down trade setups, doesn’t mean you need to take every one of them.
Instead, look at which ones which will yield a better probability at working out and has a better chance at winning.
All done before the trading day has even begun…
AFTER Each Trading Day
1. Journal every trade
When the markets’ have closed, and you have time to breathe, go to your trading journal and jot down the trade/s you took for the day.
Each entry should have the (Market name, date, type, margin, entry, stop loss, take profit and reason for entry).
2. Outline lessons of the day
If you’re just starting out or you’ve been in the markets for less than five years, I suggest this extremely useful step.
Write down any market lessons you learn for the day.
Here are some lessons you can write down:
How the market reacted to a news event
How you felt taking a trade or holding onto current trades
Mistakes of the day you learnt or made
Trading lessons that you want to incorporate into your trading…
Write these lessons down, as they will forever be part of your experiences to become a successful trader.
3. Re-check & confirm your open trades
This is extremely NB*.
Make sure your entry, stop loss and take profit levels are still in the trading platform with all open trades, at the end of the day…
Sometimes, brokers have certain glitches in their systems, that can remove your trading levels (automatically).
It happens on a continuous basis and it’s our job, to make sure everything is running smoothly and our levels are still in place.
4. Quick scan your watch list & look for potential trades for tomorrow
Last action you can take for the day, is preparing for tomorrow.
Go through your watch list, look for the next batch of trade setups and write them down. This is so you know what to do for the next day…
Trade well, live free.
Timon
Are you prepared to lose? (and what to do if you are not)A new trader, let's call her Sarah, has just started trading in the crypto market. She has been reading articles and watching videos about trading, but hasn't taken the time to develop a solid trading plan, or to gain a good understanding of the markets and underlying assets she is trading.
Sarah sees bitcoin's value is going up, she doesn't do any further research or analysis, she doesn't set a stop loss or take profit level, she just buys bitcoin, with the expectation that she will make a quick profit.
Unfortunately, the value of bitcoin doesn't perform as well as Sarah had hoped, and instead of going up, it starts to go down. Sarah gets anxious and starts checking the bitcoin's value frequently, and since she didn't set a stop loss, she watches as her position continues to lose value. Eventually, the bitcoin loses so much value that Sarah is forced to sell it at a large loss.
Feeling disheartened, Sarah starts to second-guess herself and her abilities as a trader. She didn't have a plan or a strategy, didn't manage her risk properly, and didn't have a clear understanding of the markets and the underlying asset. She didn't prepare for the possibility of losses and didn't have a plan for exiting losing positions.
😭😖😞Unfortunately, the story above is very common in trading, so how can we prepare for losing trades?
☝🏽 Preparing for the possibility of losses is an important part of risk management and can help traders to minimize the impact of losses on their trading capital. Some ways to prepare for the possibility of losses include:
1️⃣ Setting realistic trading goals: Traders should set realistic goals that take into account the inherent risks of trading and the potential for losses. By setting realistic goals, traders will be better prepared to handle losses when they do occur.
2️⃣ Establishing a risk management plan: This includes determining the appropriate size of each trade, placing stop-loss orders, and evaluating the potential reward relative to the potential risk. This can help to limit potential losses and protect trading capital.
3️⃣ Maintaining a proper risk-reward ratio: This means that the potential reward of a trade should be greater than the potential loss. This helps ensure that the potential reward justifies the potential risk.
4️⃣ Diversifying the portfolio: By spreading capital across a variety of different markets and instruments, traders can reduce overall portfolio risk and minimize the impact of losses in any one market or instrument.
5️⃣ Building a trading cushion: This means keeping a reserve of capital that can be used to absorb losses and maintain the trader's ability to continue trading. This cushion should be large enough to withstand a series of losses, but not so large that it affects the trader's ability to trade effectively.
6️⃣ Emotionally preparing for losses: It's important to remember that losses are a normal part of trading and to not let them affect you emotionally. By preparing emotionally for the possibility of losses, traders will be better able to handle them when they occur.
7️⃣ Have a plan for exiting losing positions: Having a plan for exiting losing positions will help to minimize the impact of losses on the portfolio. This could include setting a stop loss or taking profits at predetermined targets.
⚠️ Remember, it's important to accept that losses are a normal part of trading and that they are not a reflection of the trader's ability. By preparing for the possibility of losses and implementing a solid risk management plan, traders can minimize the impact of losses and increase the chances of long-term success.
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3Cs of trading - Must readI call it the
3 Cs of trading
Trading the financial markets can be a challenging and rewarding endeavor.
One of the keys to success in trading is making informed...
Choices - Choose the markets you want to trade, the strategy, the time frame, choose your mentor and choose your times and plans...
Next you need to take calculated:
Chances - Take a chance to execute, to deposit money in your account, to set up your trades and lineups.
And then be willing to adapt and make.
Changes - Changes to your strategy, journal, system and whatever you need to evolve with the current market conditions and environments.
Did you find this helpful? I'd love to hear your feedback
Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI Trader
Success is a self-introspection journey!You and I both know that financial trading the markets is an exciting and most definitely a lucrative venture for those who actually take the time and energy to get it right and trade well.
But!
Big But...
If you want to become a successful trader, it's not just about analyzing market trends and making informed decisions – it is also about self-introspection and personal growth.
This journey is one big self-discovery. And you'll find it's not only beneficial to trading but with life, love, work and even your true identity.
Aas traders must know our own motivations, behaviors, and beliefs in order to truly excel.
This means taking an honest look at our strengths and weaknesses, and being willing to make the necessary changes to become a more disciplined and effective trader.
Do this and you WILL develop a strong sense of self-awareness in order to make better decisions under pressure.
Trade well, live free. I'm off to bed.
Timon
MATI Trader (Financial trader since 2003)
6 Thinking Hats for a TraderIf you don’t know the 6 Thinking Hats by now, I have to ask.
How do you solve problems, deal with arguments or make decisions?
I do forgive you though, as these strategies are not ones we learn in school.
In fact, when I first read about this strategy, I got to say every aspect of my life changed (including trading).
I hope this article will change your life too.
Let’s start with the main man himself.
The Author of The Six Thinking Hats
Edward de Bono is a world-renown lateral thinker, writer and philosopher.
In fact, he was the first person to use the term ‘Lateral Thinking’.
Born in 1933, in Malta, Edward has achieved a number of degrees and has published over 85 books (mostly on thinking and the use of language).
But out of all his works of art, there is one of the most popular techniques that changed the world and changed the way we think.
It’s called The Six Thinking Hats or 6TH.
Here’s how it works
There are six different imaginary hats, with each having a different colour.
Each time you put on a hat, you change the way you think about something. It also helps you see with better clarity and with a different perspective.
Whether you’re having an argument, making a decision, solving a problem, building a business or creating a trading strategy – the 6 Thinking Hats will help streamline the process.
If you’re with more people, make sure everyone is wearing the same hat at a time, to avoid conflict.
Let’s now get into the inner workings of the 6 Thinking Hats, and how it can apply to your trading and other aspects in life.
HAT #1: WHITE
NEUTRAL VIEW
This is the hat that contains all of the information, facts, data, figures, metrics and statistics.
When it comes to trading there are certain facts that you need to have considered including:
The broker you choose
The affordability
The costs involved
What equipment you have to trade
Back testing, forward testing and real testing data and statistics with your strategy.
HAT #2: RED
EMOTIONAL VIEW
The second hat you’ll put on is the RED HAT.
When you put this hat on, come to terms with what you feel.
I’m talking about your intuition, your fear, your greed and your gut feeling.
Then when it comes to trading ask yourself these questions…
· Can you handle risking money you have?
· Do you feel you have the discipline to pursue trading on a weekly basis?
· Do you enjoy the idea of trading?
· How much money do you think you can easily deposit into your trading account?
· How much money do you think you can psychologically handle losing, if you take 10 losing trades in a row?
· Do you think you can sleep easily at night knowing you have your money tied up in the markets?
Once you go through all the feelings and you answer the questions, then you can move to the third hat.
HAT #3: YELLOW
POSITIVE VIEW
This is the hat you’ll find is the one, you want to leave on when you think.
It’s the hat that contains all the benefits and rewards.
When you put this hat, you’ll think of the following with trading:
What are the benefits to trade?
How much money do you want to make a year trading?
Why will your trading strategy work?
What are your goals as a trader?
Why is trading the best decision for your financial future?
Feeling good? Well you’re supposed to when you put on the yellow hat.
But we still have three more hats to go…
HAT #4: GREEN
CREATIVE VIEW
With every decision comes extra out of the box thinking. And that’s where the green hat comes in.
When you put on the green hat, this is where your imagination should help you with brainstorming, new ideas and add-ons to the think tank process.
With trading, there are just so many different ways to be creative. And you’ll find that with ever evolving markets, you’ll need to adapt and adjust course.
Here are some ideas to think of when you put on the green hat.
How can I let my winners run further systematically?
How can I increase my win/rate i.e. Trailing stop loss
What indicator can I use for peripheral vision to help with my confirmation on each trade?
I should create and print a few psychology sticky notes to help with my trading.
I should name my system to be more personal with it
I should find ways to tweak my system which will help with the performance
I should have a trading consultation with Timon to help build and optimise my trading strategy better J.
HAT #5: BLUE HAT
PROCESS VIEW
When you put on the blue hat you should think of three main things…
Systems, criteria and planning.
This is where you’ll choose the criteria you’ll follow with your trading strategy.
What indicators are you using?
What parameter’s are you using with the indicators?
What time frame works best?
What calculators do you need whenever you trade?
This is where you’ll find the main work takes place once all the planning is done…
And one where you’ll eventually marry a strategy to help grow your portfolio.
HAT #6: BLACK HAT
NEGATIVE VIEW
When you put on the black hat, four things should arise instantly.
Difficulties, problems, weaknesses and risks…
I saved this hat for last, because it’s the only hat that will most likely help you decide whether trading is for you or not.
But you can re-arrange the hats according to your won preference.
The main things to ask when you put on the black hat, with trading is:
What are the dangers of trading, risks, financial risks and time risks?
What if the system stops working?
Why are you sceptical about trading?
What if the current markets go into an unfavourable territory?
What if the market drops to zero when I’m in a long trade?
FINAL WORDS:
How awesome!
You now have The Six Thinking Hats to your every decision making process.
You’ll find that it will force you out of the mono-lateral way of thinking which you’ve habitually had your entire life.
You’ll see things with new perspectives and compartmentalize issues in new ways…
It might even pro-long your marriage or improve your relationships…
If you enjoyed this article, I would love to hear your thoughts
Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI TRader (Established 2003)
LEAVE ME ALONE! LEAVE ME ALONE!
Once you have entered a trade and set your trade levels (such as stop-loss and take-profit), LEAVE IT ALONE.
It is important to let the market play out and not interfere with the trade.
This way you'll follow your trading plan and not be swayed by emotions or external factors.
Also, if you leave it alone it will also stop you from taking impulsive decisions in the future, which can be super dangerous in the long term.
Once you've done your bit and left the trade to do its thing, once it hits your stop loss or take profit - you'll be able to track, record, evaluate and monitor your trading results.
This cuts out the subjective feelings, emotions and opinions.
It's the play of patience that will help you to learn how to trade well for your financial future.
How to achieve any goal in 2023?First you need to clearly define your goal, for this we use this simple tips
Technique that helps you better define and achieve goals. Goals formulated using this technique are usually more realistic and achievable.
S - Specific (specific)
The goal should be well defined and specific.
M - Measurable
It should be possible to determine if the goal has been achieved.
A - Attainable
The goal should be realistic and achievable, despite the possible difficulties.
R - Relevant (actual)
The goal should be related to your actions and goals.
T - Time-bound (limited in time)
The goal must have a specific deadline.
Goal setting example:
- Specifically: Increase the average monthly profit
- Not specifically: Earn more
– Measurable: Increase monthly profit by 10%
- Immeasurable: Increase profits
– Achievable: Increase monthly profit by 10%
- Unattainable: Increase profits by 300%
— Actual: Increase the average monthly profit by 10% from trading
- Not relevant: Increase the average monthly profit by 10% (in some other business)
- Limited: Increase your average monthly profit by 10% in 3 months.
Result: Increase the average monthly profit from trading by 10% in 3 months.
Once we have set a goal, now we need to sketch out a rough list of how we can do this.
1. Determine the current level of trading skills through a self-assessment and determine the necessary improvements.
2. Study various trading strategies and choose the one that suits you best.
3. Create a realistic trading plan by defining goals and risks for each trading day.
4. Open a demo account and start trading strictly following the created trading plan.
5. Gradually increase the amount of trading sessions and risks, observing the principles of rational risk management.
6. Open a real trading account after successful completion of trading on a demo account.
7. Continue to trade, strictly following the created trading plan and the principles of rational risk management.
8. Study, read books, take courses, constantly improve your skills
9. Regularly analyze your trades to improve your trading strategy and increase efficiency.
Once the list is ready, now you need to break it and your goal into smaller goals and set them every week.
For example: Goal for the week, read 1 book, master 1 new strategy, make 10 trades on a demo account.
Finally, you need to break each of these goals into daily goals. Set them for a day and just like a robot go to fulfill them without hesitation.
For example: Goal for Monday, read 20 pages of a book, watch 1 webinar, make 2 trades on the strategy.
And finally, every week you track and adjust your progress as needed.
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Every trader life cycleThe Trader's Cycle
The trader's cycle is the time span between the first replenishment of the deposit and its total loss. The cycle is divided into four parts, each of which corresponds to a different condition of the trader.
Every trader is in one of the stages of the trader's cycle; it is impossible to avoid the cycle by trading continuously. However, by splitting into a "cycle," you may lengthen the stages and reduce your losses.
The "trader's cycle" phases:
"Stability" is the initial step.
The trader is in a condition of equilibrium, regulates his emotions, initiates trades only on his system entry points, does not engage in high-frequency trading, employs stop losses, monitors risk management, treats losses properly, and lives his life throughout the first phase.
The second stage is known as "sudden impact."
In the second phase, an incident occurs in the life of a trader that throws him off balance psychologically. A stunning incident for a trader is a large loss that wipes out the results of his efforts for an extended period of time. In general, the major causes of "shock" include neglecting risk management and not employing stop losses, as well as a series of transactions closed by stop losses in system trading in accordance with all of the trader's trading system regulations.
A unexpected blow can also be caused by technical errors: a forgotten or failed order, technical issues with a broker or equipment at the worst possible time.
The core of the second phase is that the trader experiences psychological trauma, which causes him to lose his psychological equilibrium and engage in illogical behavior.
The third stage is referred to as "risk rise."
In the third phase, the trader awakens with a desire to recover his losses, which causes him to raise the volume of positions, increase leverage, refuse to apply stop losses, depart from risk management, and average positions, which leads to irreversible repercussions.
The trader deviates from another critical approach - consistent profit taking. He stops taking profits from the market, constantly desiring more, as a result of which he misses profits and awakens within himself the infamous feeling of missed profit - FOMO (The fear of missing out), which in turn feeds the trader's psychological trauma and causes him to behave aggressively in the market.
The trader has a "perception filter": he begins to automatically reject any market information and signals that contradict his established abnormally high confidence in the market's future direction.
The fourth stage is "collapse."
The trader's position is liquidated when the market moves against him, and he is left with no money. On the one hand, the trader has lost everything; on the other hand, he feels some relief and begins to behave objectively, abandoning wishful thinking.
After putting himself in order and returning to normal life, the trader begins to evaluate blunders. After dealing with the mistakes, the trader pledges himself not to repeat them and not to break from his trading strategy, but vows are broken over time, and the cycle continues.
Repetition of the cycle
After the "first round," most rookie traders abandon trading permanently, blaming the market and condemned "manipulators" for everything. Another, smaller group of traders has the courage to accept their mistakes and return to trading at a higher level.
After a period, the cycle repeats for most merchants, and they are once again separated into two groups, with the majority of them leaving the market for good.
How can you break the cycle?
Every trader should embrace and realize the fact that the trader's cycle is inevitable, therefore, he should take efforts in advance to assist "soften the fall". Here are some practical suggestions.
Rest and recuperation
Every year, the work of a trader becomes more difficult: new patterns emerge, more and more variables must be considered, which increases the emotional load many times over, so rest and recovery are critical: the right approach to leisure time will help to avoid emotional burnout and will "reboot" you, completely clearing from thoughts, allowing you to return to your favorite work with renewed vigor. Take regular breaks from trading, vacations, and living life, because the aim of your trade is to increase the quality of your life. Does your life improve if you make a lot of money but are miserable? Look for new interests and experiment with new things. Recommendations for healing include bathing, swimming in a pool, massage, meditation, winter swimming, spending time in nature, and traveling.
Lifestyle
Your lifestyle, whether you like it or not, will be reflected in your trading, so don't get too caught up in trading - satisfy yourself and your loved ones by spending gains and developing yourself.
Eat, travel, and live life to the fullest. This will undoubtedly boost your attitude and, as a result, the outcome.
Sport influences your physical health, which in turn affects your mental health, and mental health allows you to be more productive and balanced for longer periods of time. Also, keep your mental surroundings in mind and limit your time spent on devices and news sources.
Pay attention to your health, thoughts, nutrition, lifestyle, sleep, and connections with loved ones.
Trading strategy
The attitude to trading is the foundation that may both save you from the "trader's cycle" and push you into it. Here are a few highlights:
1. Risk assessment.
Maintain strict risk management and never, ever overstate dangers. Diversify your cash in several areas to ensure that you cannot gamble too much on one trade. Divide your trading deposit, for example, into four pieces and transfer cash to separate exchanges and wallets.
This strategy will have a significant psychological influence on you, so that if you lose, you will only lose a portion of the cash. Even if you let go a little when transferring cash from one account to another, your brain will remember why you split and withdrawn the funds, and your emotions will have time to settle.
2. Profit obsession.
Fix locations in sections, always leaving a little bit out of the transaction. Using this profit-taking approach, you will skim the juiciest milk from winning transactions and eliminate FOMO, which will benefit your trading.
3. Taking an asset from the watchlist.
Remove the asset from your watchlist and cease watching it for a time if you still did not follow the strategy of frequent profit taking and closed the position fully.
Why would you do it? Assume that once you've established your successful position, the price rises by another 10-20-30%. How will you react? Most likely, you will have FOMO (fear of missing out), return to the transaction, and the price will then reverse.
To avoid this, either fix positions in parts depending on the balance of the position rather than the beginning volume, or do not open the chart after closing the trade.
4. A sequence of stop losses
Leave trading for a day if you close two transactions in a row on stop losses, since failing trades produce unpleasant emotions, which lead to bad judgments, and bad decisions lead to a desire to recover.
It is critical to learn to track your mental condition and step away from the terminal as soon as possible.
Workspace
The workplace should be a quiet and pleasant setting where you can concentrate and nothing will distract you from your task.
The trading system
Your trading system is critical to your success. You must design it based on your trading strategy and risk tolerance.
The trading system should comprise the following components:
Risk administration.
A collection of entrance points.
A collection of indicators.
Self-control techniques.
Profit safeguard approach.
Transferring positions to breakeven is a strategy.
Various trading methods and tools are available.
Make plans for profit distribution and withdrawal.
A set of guidelines "What should I do if...".
Trader's journal, where you will keep track of your transactions.
Savings and income sources
To avoid an urgent need to recoup while incurring a major loss, it is vital to save - develop an airbag for 6-12 months of a pleasant living and do not squander it. Savings will be ineffective even in the best-case scenario, but the advantages of the "airbag" are difficult to overestimate. Such accumulations will improve your psychological state since you will be more confident in the future and will not tear your hair out by launching a "transaction for the sake of a deal" and anticipating a quick payoff.
It is also vital to generate "cash flows" (other sources of income) for yourself outside of trading in order to increase your passive profit.
Profits and interruptions are reduced to zero.
"Crashes to zero" and samsara in the shape of a "trader's cycle" are unavoidable, therefore you must plan for "rainy days" by taking action ahead of time.
The finest traders can maintain equilibrium for far longer, but they also have breakdowns. Don't think of yourself as an exception. End collapses, extract winnings, and build passive income streams since the ultimate purpose of your trade is to improve the quality of your life. Keep in mind that the funds in your brokerage account do not belong to you, and anything might happen to the broker.
Regular withdrawal of cash ensures a constant and comfortable quality of living, since if you lose control of yourself, you will lose just a portion of the assets, not all of them. Create bulletproof stages that will allow your capital curve to increase indefinitely.
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5 Habits of Successful TradingGet a pen and paper and write these five habits down.
Each habit you have, write down a 1 and each habit you don’t have write a 0.
Sum up the points at the end and you’ll know where you are, what you have to do to improve and whether you have the trading edge to be successful.
HABIT #1:
Courage
You need the courage to follow these basic steps.
#1: Open a trading account
#2: Deposit money in your trading account
#3: Adopt a trading strategy
#4: Take the trades that line up
#5: Follow your strategy (with the winners and losers)
Have the courage to do that today or have done it?
Mark 1 for YES
Mark 0 if you’re not ready…
HABIT #2:
Persistence
I’ve said this before…
Trading is a forever business…
It’s easy once you get it right. The hard part after a while is keeping persistent.
Do you have the PERSISTENCE to:
#1: Trade for a few minutes every week?
#2: Look for trading setups?
#3: Follow a proven trading strategy without changing the rules?
#4: Not give up on a trading strategy after a losing streak?
#5: Not go against a strategy after during a winning streak?
Mark 1 for YES
Mark 0 if you’re not ready…
HABIT #3:
Save Money
Look.
The more money you have in your trading account, the faster it will grow.
If you think R5,000 or R10,000 is all you need to retire in a few years – it’s time to wake up!
Every month, I deposit around 5% -10% of my savings into trading…
Now I know not everyone can deposit such a large portion of their savings in trading as they have other capital allocations to their portfolio…
Well, what ever you can deposit per month comfortably is better than nothing.
This will help you to grow your trading account at a faster rate.
Mark 1 for YES – I have the habit to save money per month.
Mark 0 if you’re not ready…
HABIT #4:
Evolve
The markets are constantly going through change.
In just a span of 20 years there have been a multitude of trading instruments.
For example:
Shares – warrants – Futures – Binary Options – ETFs and CFDs.
We’ve also seen a plethora of different markets including
Equities – Indices – commodities – currencies and Crypto-currencies
And as a trader, it’s our job to keep learning and evolving with the markets…
Do you have the habit to adapt to change and learn throughout your trading career? Mark 1
Not ready for change? Mark 0
Habit #5:
INDEPENDENCE
Once you have everything you need to succeed as a trader, it’s all on you.
You should not have anyone to hold your hand, influence your decisions or tell you what to do.
When you are sitting by your laptop or device – No one should be able to change your mind including from:
• Friends
• Family
• Mentors
• Your conscience
• Bloomberg
• Spouse and kids
If you think you have a good level of independence, mark 1.
If you’re not ready for being independent mark 0.
Final Thoughts
The points where you marked 1 – Great keep at it and remember your strengths…
The points where you marked 0 – It’s ok… Every successful trader started with doubts and weaknesses.
Trade well, live free.
Timon Rossolimos
MATI Trader
What is FOMO and how to avoid it? What is FOMO?
FOMO - Fear of missing out or Lost Profit Syndrome - an obsessive fear of missing out on an investment opportunity.
This syndrome can overtake in any everyday situation and make you remember missed chances to get rich all day: ignore the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies, not invest in bitcoin and many other short-sighted actions.
To determine the presence of the syndrome of lost profits can be on several grounds:
frequent check of the exchange rate of the asset in the portfolio;
obsessive fear of missing some important event or news;
dependence on a smartphone, discomfort in the absence of a gadget;
resentment if someone is luckier or more successful.
In trading and investing, the FOMO phenomenon is especially noticeable. Many investors under the influence of the syndrome make spontaneous purchases, make many mistakes and subsequently lose faith in the prospects of the market.
But the good news is that even this obsessive-compulsive disorder can be cured with a few tricks
✅ Forget about the past.
What once happened in the market is absolutely irrelevant. No successful investor looks at quotes in the past. He only thinks about the future. Chances never end, they always reappear.
✅ Increase your competence.
Master new skills, study the experience of professionals, All this will give not only the necessary knowledge, but also confidence in the correctness of your actions.
✅ Set clear goals.
You should always keep your strategy in mind and set target values when buying an asset. If the quotes reach your target, you should sell.
✅ If there are no ideas for investing - wait.
If there are no assets that fit into your strategy, then the most correct decision would be to save, increasing the cash position. And wait for the right moment. It will definitely come, and you will know about it when the crowd will scream about the next funeral of the stock market.
✅ Your strategy is everything.
Develop your own strategy and stick to it, improving on the way!
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DON'T TRADE ON HOLIDAYS | 4 Crucial Reasons Explained
In this educational article, we will discuss why is it recommendable not to trade during the holidays season.
🏦 The main source of problems comes from the fact that the big market players like banks, hedge funds and investing firms are absent. Similarly to ordinary people, bankers and investors prefer to spend the holidays with their relatives and friends instead of staring at charts on Christmas Eve.
But how does it affect the market? Big players are the main source of the market liquidity. The liquidity itself is the measure to which an asset can be quickly bought or sold in the market at a price of its quotes. Therefore, when the big players are missing, the market liquidity drops.
1️⃣ That fact instantly reflects in the market spreads. They become substantially bigger, directly increasing the costs of each trade and making it problematic to open a position at a desired price.
2️⃣ Secondly, low liquidity leads to a decrease in volatility. The market becomes weak and indecisive.
As traders, we make the money on market moves. Our goal is to catch a bullish or a bearish wave. Their absence deprives us of profits or, at least, dramatically decreases them.
3️⃣ Thirdly, when the liquidity is low, even small market participants can move the market. It dramatically increases the probabilities of false signals. Relatively low trading volumes may manipulate the market, substantially decreasing the efficiency of technical and fundamental analysis.
4️⃣ The increased costs of trading, low volatility and manipulations should have convinced you to stay from charts during the holidays season. However, the main reason to not trade on holidays is much simpler. Holidays give you an opportunity to stay with your family, to take a break, to recharge and relax. Even a part-time trading is very exhausting and requires a constant attention. Let yourself be distracted and return after holidays.
I wish you a great holidays season, traders!
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GoldViewFX - TRADING ETHOS & STRESS FREE TRADING
Here at GVFX, we constantly remind our followers to take profit off the table by banking in stages or protecting profit with a trailing stop after each incremental profit level has been reached as it heads toward the target TP. Far too many retail traders hold positions until it's too late and then the market turns against them and they end up breaking even or even making a loss in the hope that it will go back in the right direction and hit their ultimate, full-on dream TP.
Making money, or to use a specific example, getting into profit through a click on MT4/5 is an initial action. If that entry turns out to be profitable, it was either through blind luck or skilful analysis. Keeping that money, or profit on an open position in our example, requires learnt behaviour. Thus, you would either bank after a certain level of profit or trail your stop up/down depending on whether you're long or short using a habit that's now second nature to you. Growing money, or increasing your equity balance for our example, requires knowledge and discipline.
Growing your account size means not going in heavier with an increased lot size in relative terms to your account size simply because you've had a good run prior. It also means sticking to the same successful strategy that has made you profitable up to that point. Stay disciplined. Also, level up with your skills by gaining more knowledge regarding additional strategies (THAT FIT INTO YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM) and fine tune existing strategies to increase ROI. As an example of the latter, think about how you trail your entries. Advanced techniques on how to use trailing stops can significantly increase your profit on each entry.
Trading is a strategic business activity. It requires action, good habits and the thirst for knowledge. Trade safe and trade profitably.
GVFX - Stress Free Trading Strategy
If you find trading stressful, then one of two things is happening. Firstly, your trading strategy and risk management is not effective and the excessive drawdown (reversal) on each entry and/or the large number of entries you are having to chop is causing undue stress. Secondly, you may have a strategy and risk management style that works but you simply don't have the kind of personality/temperament that can tolerate any amount of stress. In the latter case, perhaps trading is not for you.
For those followers who occasionally want to take it easier for a bit of a break or for those who need to build up their resilience before being able to trade more aggressively, I suggest the following:
1) Risk no more than 1% even though we risk between 1 to 3 per cent.
2) Enter on a significant reversal to a key level. Do not enter on open even if it is a small lot as seeing this go into the red will cause you stress if you cannot handle it.
3) If you enter on a significant reversal, you can move the SL further back by the difference between where you opened your entry and the entry price on the trade setup. In that case, it will be unlikely that you will get anywhere near your SL so even if it reverses, you can relax.
Have a great weekend all
GoldViewFX
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EXPLAINED DIXIE (US Dollar Currency Index) What, why where, how?The US Dollar has been in the limelight and not in a good way. In fact, he US dollar has not been dimmer since 22 September 2022 where it was trading at 114.42.
Currently it’s at 103.90 (9.19%) down…
But what does it all mean?
Why is the Dixie such a popular index to understand, and trade.
You see it in the news every time you turn on Bloomberg and you see it in the publications. So we might as well understand it for the next time they mention the Dixie.
IN this short article I’m going to answer the 6 most important questions, to help you understand the Dixie is, how it’s calculated and how to trade it…
1. WHAT IT IS?
The U.S. Dollar Index – DIXIE - (USDX) was first intrpduced in March 1973 and is a measure of the value of the U.S. dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies.
2. HOW IT’S CALCULATED
The USDX is calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is based on the exchange rates of six major currencies: the euro (EUR) – Accounts for 57.6% - ,Japanese yen (JPY), British pound (GBP), Canadian dollar (CAD), Swedish krona (SEK), and Swiss franc (CHF) .
3. ECONOMY GAUZE
The DIXIE is used as a barometer for the value of the US dollar to base it on the potential strength of weakness of the U.S Economy.
4. TRADED BASED ON
The USDX is traded on financial markets, and its value moves based on certain macro aspects such as: Changes in exchange rates, economic conditions, and global market trends.
5. USE
Investors and financial institutions uses the USDX is often to hedge against currency risk, as well as to speculate on changes in the value of the U.S. dollar.
6. HIGHER VERSUS LOWER VALUE
If the Dixie goes up this means the US Dollar is gaining strength against the other currencies. The more it goes up the more it appreciates which indicates a stronger US dollar – Stronger economy – more confidence in the US dollar.
If the Dixie drops, it means the US dollar is getting weaker against the other currencies in the basket for the index. As it drops more, it depreciated which tells us the US dollar is getting weaker which means – a weaker economy and less confidence in the US dollar.
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Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI Trader
BEFORE YOU TRADE - Look - Calculate - RememberI don’t care if you’re new or old to the trading business.
This will apply to you, regardless.
In this short but vital article, we’ll go through 3 of “Before you do this – You need to do that”.
#1: BEFORE YOU TRADE – LOOK
Trading is a strategy game.
You don’t just thumb suck a trade and guess where the market will head.
No, you have your criteria on:
• The markets you’ll analyse
• The time frames you’ll use
• The criteria you’ll follow
• The entry, exit and risk levels you’ll apply
Before you take a trade, you need to first look and find synergy between your strategy and the market you’re looking at.
#2: BEFORE YOU SPEND – CALCULATE
Trading is a risk game.
You don’t just put in all your money in a trade because it feels good or looks too good to not risk.
You are not in the game to be right… You are in the game to play calculated risks with your winners as well as your losers.
I have a 2% risk rule per trade, in order to bank a 4% gain.
This is the best strategy that works for my 19 year old, 4 step strategy, 62.5% win rate MATI Trader System.
Whether the trade looks incredibly attractive and is almost a given, it doesn’t matter.
Calculate your risks, follow your rules and calculate before your spend.
#3: BEFORE YOU GET EMOTIONAL – REMEMBER
Trading is a mind game.
It can play with your emotions at times.
• A loss can ruin your week.
• A win can make you feel like a megalomaniac for a day.
• Your birthday can make you think you’ll profit that day.
• Your previous loss can cause you to doubt your trading strategy.
• Your previous winner can scare you.
“You need to remember that the financial markets don’t know you, care for you and remember that trading is a forever business.”
Next time when you feel those emotions taking over, just remember that sentence…
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Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI Trader
9 SIGNS You're Trading Well! Trading well is a marathon and not a quick race.
It doesn’t matter how much money you banked in a week, winners you took or how much money you have in your account.
What does matter is one word “Persistence”. And with persistence comes, 10 signs that you’re doing well with trading.
Let’s get to them…
Sign #1: You have the passion to LEARN how to trade
When you learn to trade, it’s not only a strategy game but also a self-introspection journey.
You get to understand who you are as a trader in a way that you learn:
• What time you wish to trade
• What markets you’d like to look at
• The instrument you want to buy/sell
• The broker that best suits your needs
If you have the passion to learn what fits your personality when trading, it’s a good sign you’ll do super…
Sign #2: You have a solid daily trading routine
There is no right or wrong way to go about your trading.
Once again, it’s what you feel comfortable with on a daily or weekly basis.
Maybe it is reading MATI Trader first thing in the morning, then going through your watchlist and seeing which trades are lining up.
Afterwards you set your trading levels and take your trade.
Whatever your trading routine is, make sure you have a checklist to follow.
Sign #3: You have strict rules to follow
Rules are the only way to find consistent opportunities within the chaos.
I have three rules with trading.
1. Never risk more than 2% per trade (no matter the portfolio account).
2. Never risk any money you can’t afford to lose
3. Never hold more than 5 trades at any one time.
If you have rules to follow, you’re doing well…
Sign #4: You have tunnel vision
There are no two traders that are the same.
This means, when you know who you are, you’ll know to ONLY follow your rules, strategy and vibe.
If someone tries to change your mind, put your blinkers on and remember the proven strategy you KNOW works.
Don’t listen to others and don’t care about where other traders are in their career.
Sign #5: You have a track record
Whether you’re still demo-trading or live-trading, it doesn’t matter.
All you need to make sure is that you have an excel sheet or written pad with all of your trades you have taken or backtested.
This is will remind you and give you proof of what works and will make you a consistent income during your trading.
Sign #6: You have the time to trade
You’ll need to choose the time, that suits you best to analyse and trade the markets.
It can be first thing in the morning, during your break in the afternoon or even 2am when you wake up and can’t go back to sleep.
Sign #7: You can psychologically handle it
Trading is mostly mindset.
How you deal with your winners, losers and with your trading longevity.
If you are prepared to mentally handle everything trading comes with – you’re well on your way to a bright trading future.
Sign #8: You have a dream
As much as trading is fun during the process, we all have a future idea on where trading will take us.
Some want to travel around the world and not have to worry about budgeting. Others want to just spend their time during retirement keeping their brain active and seeing trading as a forever-challenge.
Me, I love to trade, teach how to trade and create financial freedom for my future and for generations to come.
What is your dream?
Sign #9: You have your trading system
The game-plan…
Do you know where to enter, exit and place your risk levels every time?
If so, GOOD.
You have a trading system.
This is all part of trading well.
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Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI Trader
7 SIGNS You're Trading Well So, you’re probably wondering how you’re doing as a trader.
• Are you rich?
• Is your portfolio shooting up?
• How many winners did you bank this week?
If you think those are the questions to ask –
Then YOU’RE WRONG!
As I’ve mentioned many times before. Trading well is a marathon and not a quick race.
It doesn’t matter how much money you banked in a week, winners you took or how much money you have in your account.
What does matter is one word “Persistence”. And with persistence comes, 10 signs that you’re doing well with trading.
Let’s get to them…
Sign #1: You have the passion to LEARN how to trade
When you learn to trade, it’s not only a strategy game but also a self-introspection journey.
You get to understand who you are as a trader in a way that you learn:
• What time you wish to trade
• What markets you’d like to look at
• The instrument you want to buy/sell
• The broker that best suits your needs
If you have the passion to learn what fits your personality when trading, it’s a good sign you’ll do super…
Sign #2: You have a solid daily trading routine
There is no right or wrong way to go about your trading.
Once again, it’s what you feel comfortable with on a daily or weekly basis.
Maybe it is reading MATI Trader first thing in the morning, then going through your watchlist and seeing which trades are lining up.
Afterwards you set your trading levels and take your trade.
Whatever your trading routine is, make sure you have a checklist to follow.
Sign #3: You have strict rules to follow
Rules are the only way to find consistent opportunities within the chaos.
I have three rules with trading.
1. Never risk more than 2% per trade (no matter the portfolio account).
2. Never risk any money you can’t afford to lose
3. Never hold more than 5 trades at any one time.
If you have rules to follow, you’re doing well…
Sign #4: You have tunnel vision
There are no two traders that are the same.
This means, when you know who you are, you’ll know to ONLY follow your rules, strategy and vibe.
If someone tries to change your mind, put your blinkers on and remember the proven strategy you KNOW works.
Don’t listen to others and don’t care about where other traders are in their career.
Sign #5: You have a track record
Whether you’re still demo-trading or live-trading, it doesn’t matter.
All you need to make sure is that you have an excel sheet or written pad with all of your trades you have taken or backtested.
This is will remind you and give you proof of what works and will make you a consistent income during your trading.
Sign #6: You have the time to trade
You’ll need to choose the time, that suits you best to analyse and trade the markets.
It can be first thing in the morning, during your break in the afternoon or even 2am when you wake up and can’t go back to sleep.
Sign #7: You can psychologically handle it
Trading is mostly mindset.
How you deal with your winners, losers and with your trading longevity.
If you are prepared to mentally handle everything trading comes with – you’re well on your way to a bright trading future.
This is all part of trading well.
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Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI Trader
3 Sins of a Revenge Trader!Listen, there are only two types of market environments…
FAVOURABLE – Where the price movements yield high probability trade setups…
UNFAVOURABLE – Where the movements in the market do NOT offer high profitable trade setups…
For example… With my breakout MATI Trader System, I need a market that has broken out of a sideways range in order to ride and profit from it…
If the market stays in the sideways range, and I want to revenge trade… Whether I buy or sell, I will LOSE every time…
That’s why you need to remove the emotions and personal opinions from your analysis COMPLETELY.
The markets have no idea who we are and they don’t care whether we won or lost…
WAKE UP! There is no catch-up
If that revenge is flowing through every inch of your body, and you think you can play catch up – WATCH OUT.
Most revenge losers, will just try to reverse their trading positions and swing the other way…
This is JUST as dangerous for your portfolio…
You’re committing three sins when you try to revenge trade…
SIN #1:
You’re going against your proven trading strategy
You’re tempted to trade on impulse rather than following your logical and winning trading system.
SIN #2:
You’re over-trading
This is when you take more trades, to try to feel better about your loss you made…
SIN #3:
You’re trying to play catch-up
This is where you’ll take try to make up for your losses, by just taking trades by chance
You’ll need to stop the revenge trading before it becomes a habit…
Trade well, live free,
Timon
MATI Trader
PS: Next article I'll share my solutions to Revenge Trading
4 Problems when you Hold a Delisted ShareAs we are expecting Steinhoff to delist soon.
What if you continue holding shares in the company?
From my experience when a company goes from listed to private it means a few things.
1. Liquidity issues
Volume will be low where you might not be able to exit a position with a rightful buyer or sell
2. lack of transparency
This leads to uncertainty for the business as shares holders won't have the transparent information like they would with a public company.
3. Valuation
With a company listed privately, this can lead to investors pricing in the business rather than shareholders. This can result in slower performance in the price of the share.
4. Market perception
The fact that a company has been delisted can be seen as a negative development by some investors, who may view it as a sign of financial distress or poor management. This can affect the market's perception of the company and its shares, which can in turn affect the value of your investment.
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Trade well, live free.
Timon
MATI Trader