For me when I first started it was the long hours of screen time.

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DislikedI second posts #2 & #3
My own is "Immediate Draw Down" You find the trend, place your order, and immediately the market shoots the opposite direction of you order. I hate that. Every entry order I place always experiences immediate draw down. Always.Ignored
DislikedHahahaha that's exactly me ! ! !
I tested this theory one day by using 2 pips take profit and 20 or 70 pips stop losses, and guess what happened![]()
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Thank God I stopped trading that way.Ignored
DislikedI second posts #2 & #3
My own is "Immediate Draw Down" You find the trend, place your order, and immediately the market shoots the opposite direction of you order. I hate that. Every entry order I place always experiences immediate draw down. Always.Ignored
DislikedLet me piggy-back off that and say, at time I think too much. Sometimes thinking too much about the direction of the trade has hindered me at times. Instead of just taking a second to get the direction and place my entry, sometimes I'll go over every possible scenario and usually miss a good opportunity.
I have a friend thats pretty good at trading without any knowledge of the market. He goes with the flow. Doesn't know how to trade with indicator, price action, or s/r level. He'll look at the market and place the order. Of course his results...Ignored
Dislikedi don't know if there are really any trends going right now, just lots of fear....Ignored