Trading Psychology Flashcards

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What are three qualities of a Forex Trader

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  1. Initiative - Do’er, Take risks, get going, do stuff!
  2. Discipline - System, remove emotion, stick to the system
  3. Patience - Keep on improving on the system, always test - improve - tweak and move forward
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Initiative - Why / Where do you need it

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Never be too lazy or too scared to do something to improve.
Think long term - Work towards it.
Get and stay motivated by improving.
You need it when thinking Risk - what is the worst that can happen and what is the best, the upside.

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What is the bottom line of Discipline

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Stick to system/rules.
Remove Emotion.
Part of the system is always learn/tweak/improve

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Summarize Trading Psychology

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Trust Your Trades
Why - because it is based on a system that you’ve developed, back tested, forward tested to put the odds of winning in your favor.
Fear - fear of FOMO and fear of Risk/losing should be removed if you are using your system - odds in your favor, yes, to win you must also lose.

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