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.
By planning and placing stops you plan to win, but prepare to take losses and still live to trade another day. So we need to look at the trader psychology around taking losses.
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.
What are the answers to these questions?
1.) When should you stay on board and when should you bail out?
2.) Is there a set point that indicated to you to sell losing stocks?
3.) When do you move your stop so that you break-even?
If the answers to these questions elude you, you are not unique. What it says though, is that you need to get some regulations set for yourself, particularly when going to short stocks. But these trading rules won’t amount to a hill of beans if they aren’t used. If you aren’t using them you need discover why it is you don’t manage your risks in a professional and non passive style.
There are 2 base reasons why Investors won’t take a loss:
1. They can’t admit they’re wrong.
A realized loss is a great big unavoidable acknowledgment of wrongness. For many traders, this is just too painful to admit. It’s interpreted as an allegory for a total life failure or feeds a persistent, negative self-image.
The loss is personalized and pulls on their emotions. It is easier to deny the loss than own up to the pain of the loss. He will either lose everything before he will seek to change or he will quit trading.
2. Taking that large of a hit would damage their portfolio greater than it can recover from.
But in reality, there’s no such thing as just a paper loss. The stock (bond, option) is worth what it’s quoted and the loss exists whether you realize it or not.
These 2 situations are types of self-denial this problem is common with tons and tons of investors. Observe Merrill-Lynch, AIG, WAMU, Lehman.. and on and on…. you should be comforted to know that this self denial is not limited to just one income level or social status.
Are you squirming in your seat because as you read this article you feel powerless and/or angry? That is a good thing. It tells you that you are ready to make the 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.
Utilize faithfully my verified ETF Trend Trading System and develop winning habits. Practice the principles, keep an eye on your position size relative to your portfolio and the product will be an overall growth in your portfolio.
My constant reminders about proper stops and risks are one of the strongest parts of my one year mentorship program. Even after you understand my system 100%, it’s still good to hear me tell you, “Don’t move your stop” or “Be sure to take profits when the system says to, not too early and not too late.” Most my students like the mentorship part as much or even more than the course itself.
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