:thumb::thumb:
everybody will crack beyond their risk appetite …….. while trading only fool don’t know how much he can risk (afford to loss)
Agreed. But '
knowing' something is in the platonic stage, '
doing' is where "the poet cried". We all know smoking is injurious to health, still the smokers smoke. It is similar.
How it works in trading (giving example of my failures, none else, albeit 5-6 years ago, these days it is rare).
1st trade -correct trade size - Loss, setup failed
2nd trade - correct trade size - Loss, entry was wrong
3rd Trade - correct trade size - went in profit, hold it too long to cover earlier losses, market went aganist, gave away the profit
4 trade - really anxious now ("Knowing the right thing" is just being thrown out of window) - 4 X normal trade size = Market swinged a MAE, Panicked and exited with decent loss only to see entry was right and trade would have gone in favour if held
Sounds familiar? If not, you are a born trader (yes, they exist) and got good control on greed and fear
or
you are yet to see this happening, just matter of time.
I probably did all the possible mistake a trader possibly can do in his life. Probably if I write a book on my Failed Trades, it will be a good read. I never had any quality of a trader, the market litterally smoked me, grilled me in its fire to make what I am today.
Even now, Far from perfect, but this is why I know - Knowing somethingg and Doing samething is most difficult when you are in trading.