faked me out, lol
copy/paste from years ago, applies to today sharp.
"surround yourself with positive people
life(live) in the moment
gratitude
The past is history, the future a mystery... but the PRESENT is a GIFT!
conclusion
i've arrived at this somewhat reluctantly,after more then twenty years looking for answers in all the wrong places.
searching for the holy grail without success all these years,the realization that the answer was right in front of me all this time comes as quite a revelation. the fact is,the battle for short term trading profits becomes much easier once you stop hitting your head against the hard wall.
the market can not be forced. no more than you can ride the flow of a river upstream.
knowing about time and price allows you to ride the market the only way it can be ridden-----namely,downstream
with the trend
this should be obvious. but you'd be surprised how often the would-be successful trader tries to
MAKE THINGS HAPPEN in the market
i'm convinced that the harder you try in the market,the worst things become
learning to surrender
to the market,thanks
trying is not the answer.
understanding the forces at work,on the otherhand,will stand you in good stead from first to the last.
how do i know this? aside from personal experience,trying to extricate myself from the inevitable setbacks and adversities that every trader encounters,i've seen a virtual standard pattern among countless novice traders who,with the best of intentions,manage to repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
so common are these mistakes that i suspect they are deeply ingrained in the human condition.
why else would they be so commonplace?
you know the old saying about every trader walking a path between fear and greed. and the importance about not being caught up with either one.
yet,just about no one owns up to either being fearful or greedy.
when was the last time someone posted,"you know i'm a very fearful trader?" or "i'm very greedy"
you don't read those things. yet,successful trading is one-third a winning profitable system or method and two-thirds MENTAL!
we are all greedy and fearful.
and when we trade highly leveraged futures and option contracts,these all-too-human emotions will come into play whether we acknowledge it or not.
AI
