Trading and Visualization

I was wondering if anyone is using visualization before session. I think it gives you another edge in trading and mentally preparing yourself before trading. Basically going to quiet place and visualizing yourself in bad or good trade and your reaction to it. Visualizing yourself pressing a button and taking a loss and being proud of it cause you correctly managed your risk or in a good trade taking profit at right time and not being stupborn. Just curious how others do it if they do it.

Consensus among traders is that masturbation is more effective. It can also be combined with visualization.

My typical routine is to wake up and immediately do my visualization exercises, allowing for no interruptions. I have about 11 different elements I visualize from reading a chart like a professional trader to being happy to take lots of small losses while waiting for more profitable moves. Then I do some stretching, sit-up and push-up (actual workout is later in the day). Then I put on the "play back" and do at least 30 minutes of bar-by- bar VSA training.

But as for the Visualization it is useful. I plan on doing it Twice a day from now on. I figure if once is good twice must be better.

What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve. If you can see it, you can be it.

Visualization is very effective. Your more likely to succeed if you have the right mindset. Having this enables you to view the market in a better state, no fear, greed, etc. All those emotions gone as you keep your plan in focus throughout the day or in my case a few hours in the morning.

Cheers.

I also have a related question about Trading and Visualization.
My apologies if this is not the right forum to ask this question...

Just to give some context: I am not a currency trader but I do know how to develop software. I wrote a little Mac Desktop app that visualizes the Forex marketplace in a new, unique way. The app is called Gorex and free, I am not trying to sell you anything.

You can find Gorex in the App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gore...112?ls=1&mt=12

You can also watch a 4 minute video about Gorex on YouTube:


Since I am not a currency trader I am very interested in getting your feedback.
In a nutshell, my questions are:

Is this kind of visualization that Gorex offers useful to you?
What is missing, or should be added, or changed in Gorex in order to make it more useful?
Do you like it?
Do you hate it?

Please feel free to contact me directly if you don't feel comfortable giving your feedback publicly.

Thanks for your help and interest!

Best wishes,

- Bernd Paradies.

It appears to be very powerful tool which can potentially speed up the process of becoming successful. Does anyone have any good sites they recommend? I've found this after a brief search:

http://www.truestarhealth.com/member...10ML3P1A8.html

They are talking about visualizing a 'goal'.

I'm guessing for most people that ultimate goal could involve driving a nice car onto the driveway of a substantial house you've just bought outright with the proceeds of your forex account. However trading is a complex task, so I think the 'goals' you should be visualizing are as mentioned above, consistency, focus, following your trading plan, cutting loosers etc. Visualizing about being a 'millionaire' may not be all that helpful.

Nice little read on that topic:


http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/03/the...ualisation.php

Process versus outcome

Outcome and process have been put head-to-head experimentally by Pham and Taylor (1999) who had students either visualise their ultimate goal of doing well in an exam or the steps they would take to reach that goal, i.e. studying.
The results were clear-cut. Participants who visualised themselves reading and gaining the required skills and knowledge, spent longer actually studying and got better grades in the exam.

Completely agree. Nothing better to get me thinking clear and logically.