Psychology is a massive part of trading IMO.
As an intraday trader with great education. Even as clear as targets and timings were, it still took a great deal of experience/effort to overcome not reacting to market makers and/or weak levels that were in the way. There are many ways to trade I guess, however, the rules of timing, liquidity are things all of us must follow. Anyway as a swing trader (albeit micro swings) getting break even, reacting to SRs/MMs are strategy killers. Trusting in process and seeing targets achieved over and over again (after reactions) was the only way for me to become comfortable trading serious money.
You can have the greatest strategy in the world but experience is what will make you great. Unless of course you were born for this. Which not many are. I certainly wasnt, I can tell you. Good news is you dont have to be a wizard, just experienced.
As an intraday trader with great education. Even as clear as targets and timings were, it still took a great deal of experience/effort to overcome not reacting to market makers and/or weak levels that were in the way. There are many ways to trade I guess, however, the rules of timing, liquidity are things all of us must follow. Anyway as a swing trader (albeit micro swings) getting break even, reacting to SRs/MMs are strategy killers. Trusting in process and seeing targets achieved over and over again (after reactions) was the only way for me to become comfortable trading serious money.
You can have the greatest strategy in the world but experience is what will make you great. Unless of course you were born for this. Which not many are. I certainly wasnt, I can tell you. Good news is you dont have to be a wizard, just experienced.
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