You can learn more from a well planned trade that went wrong than a blind trade that went right. A planned trade takes time, time to analyze the stock historical price action, current news and filings but if you have a winning trade especially from an alert you don't really know the meat of the trade, you just took what someone else worked on and went with it, you had no skin in the game so you only reap the rewards but you have not gained any knowledge.
Don't beat yourself excessively for taking a trade and it goes wrong but do learn from them, they are the best teachers that your money can buy. I'm assuming you are writing out your trade plan, step by step. Why a particular stock, what caught your interest. What time frames are you looking at and I know your are checking many time frames and not just one. How far back are you searching. What are the important levels. Keep notes no matter if no one else can make sense of them so long as you can.
When a trade goes wrong check your notes and add new notes highlighting what went right and what went wrong, your note book should look light shzzt to anyone else but it should look like the Mona Lisa to you. You will be surprised just how many times you will trade the same stock over a period of time and you will be glad you have your notes to review.
The Warrior Knows Of His Failings And Strives To Eliminate Them, His Adversaries Seek To Exploit Them If Given The Opportunity
The markets are not our friends, be merciless in your trading yet compassionate on the vanquished
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