Is the trading psychology your biggest enemy?

Rambo35

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We as humans are naturally emotional. Our egos want to be validated and we want to prove to ourselves that we know what we are doing and we are capable of taking care of ourselves. As a human being you cannot eliminate the effect of trading psychology completely, but to be a successful trader you must keep yourself away from some major psychological problems as greed, fear, euphoria revenge etc.
 

Rob Taylor

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The biggest enemy for a Forex trader is a lack of knowledge. Most Forex traders believe that they know how to trade, but blame their losses on other things like a lack of discipline or emotional trading.
 
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inggo

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yeah i agree with rob, when traders start trading with so little knowledge then trading in that sense can be considered as gambling, coz they dont know what they are doing. emotional hindrance is a given even I get stressed infront of my hotforex mt4 platform, we all get emotionally attached to money if you ask me, lol, but seasoned traders tend to supress these emotions and focus more on logic. dont let emotions decide what you are gonna do next.
 

triplet

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Emotion is part of every trading but controlling it during trading is always very challenging for traders. Sometimes even when a trader has all the necessary tools to make profit emotion becomes a threat.
 

nalu

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Controlling of emotion can be challenging because it is part of us. But being discipline can help keep your emotion in check to prevent it from affecting our trade in a negatively way.
 

olivine

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We can say our personal psychology effects on trading . Our emotions are different at the same time one is happy other is feared from loss. A trader should differentiate between emotions and trading of market. Market not cares your feelings it gives you what you deal with it .
 

inggo

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i cant really say its the biggest, i guess my biggest enemy is distractions, but definitely psychology is a problem needs to be contained!
 

Fxpipper

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To an extent, psychology kicks trader's "you know what"..the point is that we are all prone to distractions, lose focus, get stressed out, but when it comes to trading, psychology takes it up a notch further, and add emotion to the mix, and you would end up wiping your account clean in a single hour..
 

Gerrard Hank

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Restraining our negative emotions can be very hard at times, but when we direct our thoughts properly, then we can control our emotions.
 

inggo

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i ahve to agree its not easy, that crazy urge, that failing 6th sense lol. so discipline is the key really. stick to the plan and waalk it through for better or worst.
 

Mohdfx

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I think it may be a problem, but for me as a newbie the main issue is mistakes in defying price action patterns and the right time for entering the market. I see that my results become better every month with hours of practice
hope it won't be a problem further.
but sometimes it's hard to leave a losing deal, and it's about psychology...
 

Alexfx79

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The biggest enemy for a Forex trader is a lack of knowledge. Most Forex traders believe that they know how to trade, but blame their losses on other things like a lack of discipline or emotional trading.
You are absolutely right but there isn't any guarantee that emotions and psychology are not the main issue. I believe that people with emotional lability can't be as effective as those who has more stable psychological sphere. People remain the same when they get knowledge.
 

wisetrada

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Yes, psychology is really very important. Of course forex trading is largely technical; but it is not all about charts and EAs. A very powerful trading system when combined with the wrong trading mindset will not work either.
 

Martin Gaptil

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Well, in my demo account I worked on technical, fundamental and sentimental analysis with details! As a result, know I know, how to deal with emotions and greed! In addition, now I can control my emotions after losing a big trade! Now I focus on my whole trading process not on any specific trade position! But, its true maximum novice traders lose here since their sentimental trading skill is zero!
 

Ary Barroso

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Yes, many traders lose their money here because of low trading skill on sentimental trading! Trading is all about psychological game! That’s way, traders need to ensure their trading skill first on sentimental trading before playing with real money!
 

Michelle Yeoh

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The biggest enemy for a Forex trader is a lack of knowledge. Most Forex traders believe that they know how to trade, but blame their losses on other things like a lack of discipline or emotional trading.

This is correct; I have also seen; many new traders started their live trading too early before completing their education process! Here knowledge is the power, that’s way pro traders take the risk but they don’t lose at all! Because they know how to do and when to do.
 
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Ary Barroso

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This is correct; I have also seen; many new traders started their live trading too early before completing their education process! Here knowledge is the power, that’s way pro traders take the risk but they don’t lose at all! Because they know how to do and when to do.

Same opinion from me; I have seen, new traders are very hurry on live trading; unfortunately they focus on earning instead of learning.