How Professionals Really Think About Position Size

Quoting CoffeeFreak

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{quote} Be careful of falling into the "it must be my trading psychology" trap, it is the final graveyard for many failed traders. I am 99.99% certain that your problem isn't psychology. Instead I believe you're a discretionary trader that doesn't evaluate and trade market conditions. IMO, you're trading randomly but haven't realized it. A position that is aligned with the underlying market will win and a position that doesn't will lose. This is an undeniable fact. I struggled for many years because I obsessed over indicators, systems, strategies,...

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Quoting triphop

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{quote} You're on a roll. So few traders even get to realising this. *This* is what it's all about.

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Quoting triphop

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{quote} Psych issues = no conviction in your market read = lack of knowledge about what's going on. Not issues stemming from that time at bandcamp

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Quoting CoffeeFreak

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{quote} Be careful of falling into the "it must be my trading psychology" trap, it is the final graveyard for many failed traders. I am 99.99% certain that your problem isn't psychology. Instead I believe you're a discretionary trader that doesn't evaluate and trade market conditions. IMO, you're trading randomly but haven't realized it. A position that is aligned with the underlying market will win and a position that doesn't will lose. This is an undeniable fact. I struggled for many years because I obsessed over indicators, systems, strategies,...

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Quoting nguyenduy747

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{quote} I thought I was already kind of advanced, but now you’re making me feel like I’m still at step one. But anyway, thanks for sharing this. I understand what you’re saying. Right now I’m just trying to get out of this mental battle.

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