Before the opening bell rings, you may have clearly outlined your trading plan. You know where you will enter, and which signals will indicate the plan has gone sour. But when you try to execute the trade a few hours later, you find that you can't control your emotions. You enter, the market moves against you, and you panic. Stuck and frozen, you don't exit as you had planned. The market continues...
Under what conditions would you like to trade if you had your choice? You would probably want to trade in a strong bull market, be way ahead so that a loss wouldn't hurt at all, and have a foolproof trading plan. In addition, you would want to have a mental edge. You should be in a good mood, alert, and ready to take action. We can't always trade under such ideal conditions, however. If you are a ...
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