Improve your trading decisions

Number 0: Master your mind. Cultivate discipline. And conscientiousness

Conscientiousness is the ability to follow a plan. So basically, you need to cultivate the mental mettle to stick to the plan. You also need to be immensely patient and immensely disciplined.

Number 1: Always have a written trading plan.

If you are taking a trade, then it must be written down at least on the previous trading day. Once you have written down a trading plan, do not deviate from it. Which is why it is important to have a trading plan

Number 2: Sit on your hands. Literally

It is easy to get impulsive and jump onto some stupid reactive trade on the market. Resist that temptation. Do not be trigger-happy. If you feel like doing a trade, stop your hands. Count to 30. Take 5 deep breaths. And see if you still want to do it.

Number 3: Always have a stop loss.

Your stop-loss is not a number in your mind; it is an order in your system.

Number 4: Never trade in an emotionally unstable place

The mother of all mistakes. Enough said.

Number 5: Take the bets which are small enough to get you unemotional

If you are playing with money you cannot afford to lose, your psychology — fear, greed, and anxiety will interfere with your mind. Not a nice place to be in. Keep a level head by taking smaller bets

Number 6: Do not trade to get rich or because you need the money

If you trade with a set number in your mind, chances are that you will not hit it. You cannot trade to get rich. Your only reason to trade should be that the trade has a positive expectation and good odds, and it makes sense.

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