Winning and Loosing Lies With The Traders Not The Trades

You know the difference between winning and losing trades — we’ve all experienced both and know the joy and the pain well.

But, when we look at losing trades, most of the times it’s not the strategy that has failed but, rather, the trader.

Uh huh… that is most likely you! However, help is on the way…. I am going to discuss ways to stop financial losses, and begin being a winner at the trades. Prior to placing orders, you have to decide where your stop loss order will be placed.

You can’t delve into the topic of position entry thoroughly without speaking of stops. The question is, “Why are stop losses used by so few investors?” If not using stops is a weakness for you then you want this info. This info could mean the difference between on time retirement with a fat nest egg or just ‘getting by’ at a later retirement date.

Plan and place stops equals your plan to win, and you are prepared to have a loss but make it through to continue trading. A look at the traders psychology of loss taking is in order here.

All professional traders understand they must know where they are getting out before they get in. They have to know ahead of time what a wrong trade looks like so they can exit it quickly. This is a rudimentary fundamental that EVERY professional trader knows the answer to.

Are you able to respond to these questions?

1.) How do you know if you should sit tight or cut your losses?

2.) Do you have a rule to tell you when to sell a losing stock?

3.) Do you have a rule of when to move your stop to break-even?

Are you unable to answer these questions? You aren’t alone. This indicated that you should be establishing some rules, especially when going to short stocks, but trading rules don’t mean a thing if they aren’t used. This is why we need to have a frank discussion about why you aren’t managing your risks in a hands on way, like a pro should.

Refusal by an investor, to take a loss falls under two headings:

1. Inability to admit they are wrong.

Though not really avoidable, a loss is seen as a personal failure. This is a painful thing to admit for a large portion of traders, like it illustrates failure at life. It also takes away from their positive self image.

A trader like this experiences real pain from the loss, and would rather deny it than fess up to the fact that it is giving them the pain. Quite often it requires a total loss before he can begin to change. To quit trading is the only other alternative.

2. The losing position is too big relative to their overall portfolio value so they can’t afford take the loss.

The loss is a real loss, it is not solely on paper, the stock/bond option has the value of the quote, even if you don’t see it.

These two categories of people are not looking at the trading business with clear eyes. They are looking at it with blinders on and this narrowed vision is plaguing traders everywhere. Big business, small business, large portfolio and small, the elite crowd and the common man.

If this article is making you uncomfortable or bringing up feelings of anger or powerlessness, then that’s a good sign. It means you have enough self-awareness to change.

Winning and losing traders have a different view of the pain from a loss, winners don’t take it personally. They look at the loss and see that they need to change their approach or execution not that they are personally flawed.

Separating themselves from what they are doing is what a winning trader does. Either they know it or learn that the problem is either in their approach or their skills not in their worth as a human being. Changing the pain of a loss into a motivational factor that increases their quest to be a better trader.

Both are learned responses and within your control. The opportunity for growth from the pain of losses is the same. It’s what we do with the emotional pain of a loss that matters, not the loss itself.

Stay true to my tried and true ETF Trend Trading System and develop the habits of a winner. Apply yourself, ask questions, and observe your position size as it relates to your portfolio and your trading trends will move to the winning side.

“Proper Stops and risks” are main points in my program and reminding you constantly of that is an important part of my mentorship program. Once you have gone through my program completely and thoroughly understand it, you will still want me to tell you “Don’t move your stop” and “Be sure to take profits when my system tells you to, not earlier or later” In fact the mentorship program is probably valued higher than the course itself.

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