1. 1 goal is capital protection better goal is, "capital appreciation", rather than protection
2.Focus on following a process
3.Rarely committing trading errors
4.Discipline
5. Focus
6.Trading with the predominant trend instead of your opinion
7. Using entry and exit signals instead of emotions
8. The goal is trading with discipline not trying to make money in every trade no need for strong discipline if you make trading your "calling", then you dont require anything else as you are in a blissful state of doing it
9. No regrets on a trade that followed your plan
10. Patience
11. Look at charts of the next highest time frame
12. Trade for capital appreciation not to pay monthly bills
13. Trading your own capital
14. Having realistic trading return expectations
15. Previous trade, irrespective of profit or loss has no influence on next trade – (Srinath Madas)- it must have an influence as keep repeating the process, setups, approach of previous profitable trades and lean from losses
16. Trading with a position size that keeps your emotions out of your process
17. Living a healthy lifestyle
18. Living a balanced life- living "extraordinarily wonderful and blissful life" and using my trading profits to achieve this life
19. You know that you are the weakest link in the trading process - for me "i am the strongest link in my trading", as i can improve, control, discipline, consistent etc. rest are all uncontrollable factors as they are external.
20. “Tons and tons of evidence that the models work over time as long as risk management criteria is adhered to.” – Richard Weissman