Don’t Fall For These Big Mistakes
Wednesday, March 31st, 20101. Giving up too shortly
Be careful not to throw in the towel on a good system simply because it goes through bad times. Look to the long term results. It is true that infrequently the behavior of the forex capital market changes and makes a formerly workable system unprofitable, but if you believe that’s happening, simply paper trade or demo trade it for a bit. Hopping into a new system isn’t going to unravel the issue.
There is no system that works a hundred percent of the time. Losses are a part of the method should be accepted as such. So long as your overall results are lucrative, don’t get excited by successes or unhappy by screw ups. Treat them both as numbers and keep emotions out of it.
2. Acting too shortly
If you’re impatient you won’t be trading at the right time and your results will suffer. Impatient currency exchange traders do not wait for the signals to be right but jump in and open a trade because they believe things could be about to go their way, or because they’ve not had a trade opportunity for a bit and they are bored. Big mistake!
3. Acting too late
Hesitation, on the other hand, customarily occurs because you don’t trust your foreign exchange trading system. You have the signals but you need to wait for another movement or another suggestion before you act. If you frequently find yourself in this situation, you might need to check your system further or reduce your position size so that you do not feel so afraid. Fear will hold you back from making your move in the foreign exchange capital market at the right time.
