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What kind of music you hear while you trade?
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I am the only one who can't listen to music while trading because I find it distracting?
I dont hear any music its just a distraction.
I don't usually listen to music while trading, because it tends to distract me!
Once I thought of this in my starting of forex trading but soon I understand that music is only distract your mind, my advise is not listen music during trading this will distract your mind and you'll fall in loss.
Thong Song! Somebody listens to Thong Song! Are you guys "trading" or "partying" - ??? LOL! Because, that would distract me to know end...
{quote}...All I am saying is that trading is an activity that requires total concentration and focus, especially if you are scalping or day-trading the market, any outside distraction could only lead to bad trading decisions and costly ($$) mistakes. The idea that a trader could make 10 or 20 round-trip Forex trades daily while listening to AC/DC, Van Halen or Black Sabbath all day is simply unrealistic at best.
{quote} To be honest I don't listen to anything while I'm actually trading. I don't want the distraction. It's the boring bits - waiting - when I should be backtesting but just need a break that music just fits the bill...
{quote} Hi Blazer: Trading is a very serious business. For active day-traders like myself, any distraction (like music) is a total no-no. Do traffic control radar technicians listen to music while they are working in a busy international airport like JFK or Heathrow? I don't think so. Do 747 pilots listen to AC/DC music or even Mozart while taking off from Paris Charles De Gaulle airport, for example? Of course not, or they would lose their job immediately. That said, listening to music AFTER closing a winning position and calling it a day, now...
I find most music to be too distracting during active trading. However, I wrote and recorded my own music to trade/relax to. Sometimes I can listen these two albums, but most of the time I need complete silence. http://mopaditi.bandcamp.com/album/n...rth-experience http://mopaditi.bandcamp.com/album/sever-all-ties
Classical or ambient music. Everything else is too distracting
I had to switch any music off as it was influencing my trades. When it was up beat - I was making mistakes and being a little gung ho instead of following the plan, when it was really relaxing my focus was effected - so the sound of silence is the best for me. I definately don't listen to the news!! Much too distracting and makes for second guessing.
Actually.... Franck Sonata (cello) but this is just running through my head. (4th Mvt.) For trading would find it distracting to have anything actually playing. Here's a link to the good 'ol days: Menuhin & his sister. (Don't see cello version anywhere.) Note he's playing from memory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JBcvaK-B1M
{quote} That record is gorgeous, and EITS are not to be missed live. Amon Tobin and similiar are great for trading. Anything with vocals is too distracting for me.
I don't listen to music while trading. I can't focus on watching chart, it's the big distraction, I tried, but sometimes, I sing along with the song, and just forget the chart!!!
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- Jul 30, 2016 10:16pm Jul 30, 2016 10:16pm
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