Trading offers a wide world of opportunities to traders new and experienced alike.
It’s
unfortunate, but trading profitably with any level of consistency often
takes time and effort for a trader to develop their approach. Along the way are many hurdles and perhaps even more unfortunately, quite a few of those hurdles can be self-imposed.
It’s not abnormal for a trader to become ‘their own worst enemy.’
And once a trader has begun that downward spiral of self-doubt coupled
with eroding confidence, winning trades may seem like they can allude
for eternity.
This is
trading stress, and it’s an inevitable part of the game. But for traders
to find the long-term success we spoke of above, precautions must be
made to ensure that this trap of self-doubt does not snare another
victim.
What follows are
three of the most prominent ways that traders can reduce trading
stress, allowing them to focus on what matters most.
Trust the Trading Plan
Do you have a trading plan?
If not, you certainly should. This is advice that is similar to: ‘Eat
your vegetables,’ or ‘get 8 hours of sleep per night,’ that we all know
we should follow in interests of our long-term success, but for whatever
reason we might find it difficult to actually do.
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