Friday, July 30th, 2010

Trading Psychology

Unleash The Forex Killer Instinct In You

And Watch Your Profits Explode!

Understand the Psychology Of Trading To Max Out Your Profits…Be The Envy Of All Your Friends And The Most Popular Guy In Town!

So…

  • You’ve read a good Forex Training book.
  • You have a solid, well thought through and practised Forex strategy and
  • You have opened a Forex trading account with a reputable Forex broker

…Now What?

Perhaps this sounds familiar…

You have everything in place but you’re not consistently making a profit from trading the Forex market? Do you find you have a few great successes and think you have it nailed only to find the next trade goes against you and you lose your nerve and confidence?
I’m sure you’re not alone – infact I know you’re not alone. Many Forex traders (myself included) have gone through the same experience. Why? Because they don’t understand the Psychology Of Trading and haven’t created a Forex Killer strategy.

Get this…

Nobody can be 100% sure of what the Forex market will do next – not even the experts…so don’t have your own expectations. Nobody expects you to know.

How about that! Well it was a revelation for me I can tell you!

Take a look at this video interview from the World Money Show. It should help you understand this often under-estimated part of successful Forex trading.

The Money Show Interviews Online Trading Mastermind Stuart McPhee

OK, so you don’t have to know what the Forex market will do next and you have the tools to be a successful Forex Trader. That means you have to be able to react to the market as it develops. Yes…that makes sense.

So by by developing a Forex Killer instinct you can make quick decisions based on what you see and what your Forex Killer strategy is telling you. You can then take full advantage of the price movements the market brings to the table whether you trade using a Financial Spread Betting, CFD or Futures account.

The ultimate advice I can give to you is to trade what you see, not what you want to see!

It’s easy to get into trading the charts and then expect the same things to happen every day. Yes you may well see certain chart patterns repeating themseleves which is good but that doesn’t mean it will happen again for certain. There are levels you can add to your charts – like Support and Resistance lines just just keep in mind that these are guide lines only – the market will do what it wants….you are just a passenger! Some more information on this subject is over on the Forex training page.

Trading the Forex Market – Please Handle With Care

Please remember Forex Trading is risky. It is NOT to be thought of as get rich quick. It takes time to build the knowledge to trade consistently, understand the Psychology Of Trading and build a successful Forex Killer mindset.

But done right with a good well-rounded understanding and lots of practise, for some this Forex Trading DOES have the potential to make you a good living. Please be fully aware of the risks as well as the rewards before trading your hard earned money.

Let me share this with you…

When I’m not trading the Forex, writing about it or coaching others, I race cars. And for me the faster the better!! You have to be able to react to any situation within a split second.

Imagine…

You’re in a hot, noisy race car doing 200 klicks down the back straight and suddenly your door-banging counterpart has made a mistake – eeerrrkkk…he’s just out-braked himself at the chicane…he’s on the grass…you have to go for the gap to take the lead…you only have a second to react…what are you gonna do?

Have you heard this?…’Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway’

Whether it’s developing a strong mindset for racing or a good Forex Killer instinct, you have to go for every opportunity that fits your criteria. You will find it helpful to start with this technique when you are paper trading, using a demo account and then trading in very small sizes until you have amassed consistency with your trading. It will then become second nature.

Do you know…?

It is well documented fact that race drivers make good traders. We are all in good company as the ex-F1 racer Andrea De Cesaris is now making a living trading the Forex market. I bet he has developed a strong Forex Killer strategy and understands the Psychology Of Trading to make sure he maximises his profits!

Remember the Nike slogan….’Just Do It’!

But…ofcourse others have also written on this subject. Here’s a link to a video about taking trading too seriously causing blocks in your ability to read the markets…www.topdogtrading.com

A blog post by Sharpbrains also discusses this subject – just click on the link.

Fore more information, please visit my blog at Forex Trading Info

Read how Marty Schwartz featured in the book ‘Market Wizards’ sums up the psychology of trading. Here’s the link over at www.sharpeinvesting.com

A great article on trading psychology can be found here – www.moneyshow.com

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