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  • #121
  • Sep 28, 2017 8:11am Sep 28, 2017 8:11am
I think, it’s a human nature! And being emotionless is not possible! But, it’s possible to check emotion during trading session! And that is what I am exactly doing in my live trading.
  • #122
  • Sep 28, 2017 9:02am Sep 28, 2017 9:02am
Stay long enough in the markets, lose a few accounts spend many many sleepless night and one day you will wake up emotionless to the markets. It is as simple as that.
  • #123
  • Sep 29, 2017 6:30pm Sep 29, 2017 6:30pm
It is not possible to be emotionless unless you have a diagnosed disease, or are under the influence of some type of drug. The fight/flight response appears because it is natural. Just tell yourself, Thank You for working, but I do not need you on this.

You might also lower your fight/flight response by having a trading system that provides you confident entries and exits. If think your trading feels more like gambling, you need to make adjustments because you will use more emotion than logic. If you are trading according to defined rules, and they make profit, then you are triggering logic, rather than emotions, so you can properly apply your process. Just my opinion.
You cannot be extraordinary by being normal
  • #124
  • Oct 1, 2017 6:16am Oct 1, 2017 6:16am
Quoting dkrock
It is not possible to be emotionless unless you have a diagnosed disease, or are under the influence of some type of drug. The fight/flight response appears because it is natural. Just tell yourself, Thank You for working, but I do not need you on this. You might also lower your fight/flight response by having a trading system that provides you confident entries and exits. If think your trading feels more like gambling, you need to make adjustments because you will use more emotion than logic. If you are trading according to defined rules, and they...
I couldn't agree more. The more structure one's strategy provides, the easier it is to learn to ignore and/or repress one's natural anxieties while trading. Trading isn't random, and the more you treat it as random the more you will fear the random outcome.
  • #125
  • Oct 2, 2017 10:18pm Oct 2, 2017 10:18pm
Emotions are not bad in trading. Only when you act them out. The way to do this, is to accept the emotions arise.
Being mindful and meditate is the the opposite of being "emotionless" there is no such thing btw. Allowing the emotions without judgement and meet yourself with kindness is a great way of not acting them out.

When making a decision, buy, sell, take profit, playing football, planning your next trip or should I take the bus today? these choices are made from emotions.

Even if you have an EA running in the background, it's still part of your emotional choice of switching it on or off.
By acknowledging that you WILL feel uncomfortable when dealing with risk in an uncertain environment, you can perhaps start looking at the benefits and create a profitable system based on your emotions.
  • #126
  • Oct 3, 2017 6:46am Oct 3, 2017 6:46am
Nice post. But playing football , planning next trip and others is no appropriate to compare about trading , no way to deny that’s we cannot avoid emotions in every making decisions but we have to focus how to control emotions , because it destroys proper planning , without controlling emotions Forex trading can make a imaginable losses and in your personal life you can fall a love with an immature girl if you don’t know how to control emotions.
  • #127
  • Oct 3, 2017 7:08am Oct 3, 2017 7:08am
Haaaa haa. Yes.. Don’t trade with an emotion and also don’t choose a girl. Both could be dangerous
  • #128
  • Oct 3, 2017 10:46am Oct 3, 2017 10:46am
Quoting Grabowski
Emotions are not bad in trading. Only when you act them out. The way to do this, is to accept the emotions arise. Being mindful and meditate is the the opposite of being "emotionless" there is no such thing btw. Allowing the emotions without judgement and meet yourself with kindness is a great way of not acting them out. When making a decision, buy, sell, take profit, playing football, planning your next trip or should I take the bus today? these choices are made from emotions. Even if you have an EA running in the background, it's still part of...
The problem is, how do you know when you've acted out on emotion when your judgement is already clouded by said emotion? It's a bit of a hen and egg situation.
  • #129
  • Oct 3, 2017 2:00pm Oct 3, 2017 2:00pm
Quoting mlawson71
{quote} The problem is, how do you know when you've acted out on emotion when your judgement is already clouded by said emotion? It's a bit of a hen and egg situation.
That comes down to finding out your true intentions. Easier said than done :-)
I find focusing on my intentions instead of long term. (i do have some long term goals based on my intentions with trading)

If you in a calm state of mind write down your trading plan position sizing, and you don't follow it, it's because you are acting out some emotions. In order to not act on those emotions in the future, you need to welcome the emotions and see them as it is, instead of denying them. You might never actually "solve" the emotion, but you have a better chance of not acting them out later on.

Mindfulness is a tool, but writing a journal of your trades is also very helpful. If you are not following your trading plan it should be fairly easy to see where you made the mistakes.

I recommend Denise Shull's book Market Mind Games on this topic.
  • #130
  • Oct 4, 2017 7:30am Oct 4, 2017 7:30am
Things goes up, comes down. In forex we need to understand time decay tolerance . If anyone understand it well , will be emotion free. You need to understand cooking needs time as trading too.
  • #131
  • Oct 4, 2017 9:47am Oct 4, 2017 9:47am
The more confident you are the less impact your emotions has on you... And this is true not only for forex.
  • #132
  • Oct 4, 2017 9:49am Oct 4, 2017 9:49am
Quoting Grabowski
{quote} That comes down to finding out your true intentions. Easier said than done :-) I find focusing on my intentions instead of long term. (i do have some long term goals based on my intentions with trading) If you in a calm state of mind write down your trading plan position sizing, and you don't follow it, it's because you are acting out some emotions. In order to not act on those emotions in the future, you need to welcome the emotions and see them as it is, instead of denying them. You might never actually "solve" the emotion, but you have...
I had never thought of it that way. That is actually very helpful, practical advice. Thank you so much.
  • #133
  • Oct 6, 2017 5:19am Oct 6, 2017 5:19am
Emotions cannot be eradicated totally in the Forex Trading, but you need to stay calm in the Forex Trading, if you wanna make some good bucks online.
  • #134
  • Oct 7, 2017 4:24pm Oct 7, 2017 4:24pm
The only thing which can help setting our emotions out while trading is going through educating ourselves how these emotions takes control of our mind when trading however we can overcome those by writing a proper trade management plan too and sticking to it whatever the outcome may be.
  • #135
  • Oct 19, 2017 12:52pm Oct 19, 2017 12:52pm
trade small lots. do not risk more than you can comfortably lose.
As Above, So Below
  • #136
  • Oct 20, 2017 3:11am Oct 20, 2017 3:11am
The problem is that we are not machines, its really hard to leave your emotions aside.. most of my losses came from closing a position to early after being scared of loosing more money.

you can try looking for a good algo program, thats the easiest way to eliminate the emotions factor.
  • #137
  • Oct 20, 2017 3:32am Oct 20, 2017 3:32am
Quoting Qu|cksilver
How to Become Emotionless Becoming emotionless can be a very useful tactic to deal with problems that might be better handled with less heart and more brain. The following is a list of steps to take in order to remove the heart from the situation, and start using your head. Steps Meditate. This is one of the better tools to become emotionless. There several are different types of meditation, including Vipassana and Huna, that you can investigate to see which one is right for you. Even the most...
well its your mind yes? or your mind wrong, but either way its your mind ... but now we're overthinking it

so don't think

it might not make you win but at least your next action will not be of emotional nature

there's no words to explain this
Time hides Nothing
  • #138
  • Oct 23, 2017 9:45am Oct 23, 2017 9:45am
emotions are just fine !
markets are a replica of mass-psycology ... so the emotions help you put yourself into the shoes of others.

what you need to terminate is ego, greed, and fear (okay that's emotions as well)
  • #139
  • Oct 23, 2017 10:27am Oct 23, 2017 10:27am
Quoting Qu|cksilver
How to Become Emotionless Becoming emotionless can be a very useful tactic to deal with problems that might be better handled with less heart and more brain. The following is a list of steps to take in order to remove the heart from the situation, and start using your head. Steps Meditate. This is one of the better tools to become emotionless. There several are different types of meditation, including Vipassana and Huna, that you can investigate to see which one is right for you. Even the most...
What I actually do is replace it with something that drains my adrenaline when I place a trade and feel the emotions coming in. I go play a game, go exercise or do anything that takes my mind off it.

One of the most effective ways is actually to place a trade before you sleep, and when you sleep, you're not able to meddle with the trade and hence your emotions are kept in check
  • #140
  • Oct 24, 2017 7:25am Oct 24, 2017 7:25am
Quoting ForexLLC
{quote} What I actually do is replace it with something that drains my adrenaline when I place a trade and feel the emotions coming in. I go play a game, go exercise or do anything that takes my mind off it. One of the most effective ways is actually to place a trade before you sleep, and when you sleep, you're not able to meddle with the trade and hence your emotions are kept in check
That only works if you are able to sleep while having an open position. I, for example, can't do that. I stay wide awake watching over the position and that rarely leads to anything good, because I lose sleep, when I lose sleep my judgement isn't as sound and that in turn leads to mistakes and more anxiety.
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