Successful Day Trading Strategy is dependent on many variables.
The day trader’s skill level, for example. Or her experience level. Or the quality of her training.
But there is one variable that is often overlooked when people assess their overall day trading strategy, and/or try to figure out why they can’t seem to win a trade to save their lives.
There are many Traders out there, new and experienced, that have lose trades before they ever hit “execute”
These Traders can’t seem to win trades consistently.
But they can’t figure out why (or, rather, why not).
They are doing everything right, following the strategy to the “T”, charting their course.
So why is that some Day Traders are so successful, and other’s just aren’t?
There may be many reasons why, but I know of one BIG one.
Day trading is an art, not a sciene. An artist’s attitude and outlook is reflected in his art. If an artist has a negative attitude, a defeatists attitude, then that is reflected in his art.
Successful Day Traders have a Winner’s Mentality.
They go into a trade with a positive outlook, fully expecting to win that trade.
Sure, they don’t win every trade. But they are mentally prepared for it when they don’t.
But most importantly, they are mentally prepared BEFORE they ever enter a trade.
If you have a Defeatist attitude, you will lose far more trades than you win.
Why? Because your thoughts affect your actions.
Your Fear of loss will cause you to hesitate, and get into a trade too late, or miss it outright all together.
Your Fear of Loss will cause you to panic if a trade starts to go against you, and hit the EJECT button, locking in your losses, rather than trusting your strategy.
Your defeatist attitude can even skew how you see the market’s behavior. If you have a defeatists attitude, you might see a positive indicator as negative, and enter a trade in the wrong direction.
You might misinterpret what is happening leading up to your trade, causing you to execute poorly.
On the flip side, if you have a Winners Attitude, you won’t hesitate. You’ll KNOW what to do in every instance.
Day Traders with a Winners’ Mentality also realize that day trading is an ART, NOT a Science. You don’t automatically get output “X” if you input “Y”.
By day trading with a Winners’ Mentality, you’ll BELIEVE in your system. And most importantly, you won’t compound losses with losses.
You know that day trading is inherently risky, and that there exists the potential for real and substantial losses.
But with a Winner’s Mentality, you can get past losses, and you can secure strong wins, much more easily than the Defeatists.
Get in, hit your target, get out…like you were never there.
Before you bail, share this article with your friends on Twitter. Just click the green “Retweet” button above. And then, once you’re done with that, use the tabs below to Share and Enjoy with your friends on Digg, Stumble, Facebook, and Myspace, etc.
p.s. Do you subscribe to The Guerrilla Trader? Enter your name and email in the form below to receive regular day trading tips, special announcements, and free training!
{ 1 trackback }
{ 0 comments… add one now }