What's your negative emotion that you're most prone to when trading?

Everyone has emotions, if you don't have any emotions then you're not human lol. Tell us more about your emotions (negative ones) when you're in front of monitor screen, watching chart, and trading; as well as what your ways/efforts are to overcome or prevent/avoid them.
For me, stubbornness seems to be dominant among others, followed by fear. Well mostly my negative emotions come when I get tired, so I'd just take a rest and get refreshed to replenish my energy before I start trading.
I think fear would be the most popular among traders here. Let's see. Oh sorry, imo real traders have overcome all their emotions tho.

Well it is not exactly an emotion. Mine is sleep deprivation.

I tend to have to opposite problem.

i voted : others.... for ANGER !!!

Rhaaaa i hate when a trade is winning and miss your TP by 1 pip and reverse when your not in front of your PC

right there with you, i am starting to get bags under me eyes and i am 23, not cool...but well worth the trade off

...little patience, mm yeah, ooh yeah,
Need a little patience, yeah
Just a little patience, yeah
Some more pati... (ence, yeah)
'Cause I need you (Patience, yeah)
Yeah, yeah well I need you
Oh, I need you (Take some patience)
Whoa, I need you (Just a little patience is all we need)
Ooh, this ti- me....


I sing this song now whenever I'm about to put on impulse trade or whenever my signal has yet to show but I feel the need to get in the trade.

I hear that. I wind up sleeping away most of the weekend just so I can catch up...

i've got two punching bags. both in the shape of a candle. one colored blue other red. if the trade doesn't go my way, one of them gets it.

Now since I joined forex trading I tend to sleep more at night. Brain/mind works burns more energy than physical works, I guess.

boredom. boredom. boredom.

Well, as a newbie, I am still full of emotions that I am trying to get under control...I just demoed last 4 months, but played real my first year...(actually I started demoing when I found FF) I got any idea about the feelings involved on trading real money...And I got most of them...
I feel pretty well when the methods I am trying goes well...and I feel very excited and think life is about to change dramatically...but in the opposite...when my trades goes down, I feel like the market is just an illusion and it is to good to be true...and that kind of sensations do really affect my day...
last week I was thinking that, for sure, real traders, got the same feelings as they win than they lose...because at the end of the year, they know they'll end up with consistent profits...and they ultimatly know that...
It is just by coincidence, but this thread becomes a perfect opportunity to ask those profesional traders if it is a fact that they feel no difference as they win than they lose...and what they did (and maybe recommend to do) to achieve that goal...
thanks to TRAEX to start this thead...it's gonna be very useful...

Regards

LOL LOL LOL you made my day

I've market patience as well, but I'm dealing with it and soon I'll be a friggin' machine lol.

P.S. Guys, where are the positive emotions, like what emotions or charcteristics makes a profitable trader?

P.S.2 Never mind me, I guess it's all listed but opposite...

P.S.3 Patience...yeah....oh yeah (~whistles~)

I want it all, NOW

Hmm impatience is my worst enemy. Where are my pills??

you already answered part of your question.
knowing that you'll be profitable in the end undermines the negative vs. pos emotions.

that's just the part of it though. the answer to your question is far more involving then that however, which is different then it being a complex one.

one can probably write a book on this subject and you may read it. however, know that without going through intensive trading sessions yourself, most will not benefit from such readings.

i can however point you in the right direction.

what you are asking about (how to keep your emotions in check when you are trading) stems from discipline. i'm sure you've heard that word mentioned a lot within the realms of the trading environment.

before you even consider being disciplined(interpret that however you wish), know yourself first.

your ultimate goal in trading is to be profitable. in order to be profitable you need to learn how to trade. to learn how to trade in most efficient manner as possible, you need to know what will and will not work for you as a individual trader.

for instance, given there are 3 different ways to trade (all profitable), one will require more energy and effort on your part (discipline) then the other. your first task then is to find the method of trading that suits you the most.

discipline should never be forced upon you. the best kind of discipline should be awaken within you.

once you have this, you'll see that down the road you'll be less involved with emotion and more with trading.

finding the right method which works for you is your first step. know that this is much easier said then done. for many, it will take years.

a simple yet correct answer to your question then.. is experience.

My biggest negative emotion that I have to fight is elation. There are always two sides to a spectrum - I am at my best when I am suicidally(if that is even a word) indifferent. It is kind of harmful though as it tends to spread into my personal life. My wife thinks i am insensitive and my shrink is thinking about switching professions.

Fear (of losing the positive pips I've already earned), and impatience, a tiny bit, though I've almost conquered it.

Frustration!!!!!

Alright, so far results show that Fear is indeed traders' worst enemy, followed by Impatience (great 'Frog Song' there, imbiber! ).
This is the interesting part:
No emotion http://www.forexfactory.com/images/polls/bar5-l.gifhttp://www.forexfactory.com/images/polls/bar5.gifhttp://www.forexfactory.com/images/polls/bar5-r.gif 6 10.53%
Only 10% of voters voted this, does it represent ~10% consistent traders among the others (90% that are still struggling)? Sample size isn't large enough tho.

PS Good post there, bravado.

Fear here.....

After drawing down during a long string of losers....

You think "I could lose this many more times again without a win."

about fear.

that stems from not understanding:

1) the market
2) yourself
3) your trading methodology

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as i write this, i doubt it will help you any until you have helped yourself.