Sunday, September 9, 2018

Trading in the Zone


  • I started reading the book Trading in the Zone.   I took the Attitude Survey
  1. To make money as a trader you have to know what the market is going to do next
            Agree
        2. Sometimes I find myself thinking that there must be a way to trade without having to take a loss
            Disagree
        3. Making money as a trader is primarily a function of analysis
            Agree
        4. Losses are an unavoidable component of trading
            Agree
        5. My risk is always defined before I enter a trade
            Agree
        6. In my mind there is always a cost associated with finding out what the market may do next
            Agree
        7. I wouldn't even bother putting on the next trade if I wasn't sure that it was going to be a winner
            Agree
        8. The more a trader learns about the markets and how they behave, the easier it will be for him to execute his trades.
            Agree
        9. My methodology tells me exactly under what market conditions to either enter or exit  a trade
            Agree
        10. Even when I have a clear signal to reverse my position, I find it extremely difficult to do
            Agree
        11. I have sustained periods of consistent success usually followed by some fairly drastic draw-downs in my equity
            Agree
        12. When I first started trading I would describe my trading methodology as haphazard, meaning some success in between a lot of pain
            Agree
        13. I often find myself feeling that the markets are against me personally
            Agree
        14. As much as I might try to "let go", I find it difficult to put past emotional wounds behind me
            Agree
        15. I have money management philosophy that is founded in the principle of always taking some money out of the market when the market makes it available
            Agree
        16. A trader's job is to identify patterns in the markets' behavior that represent an opportunity and then to determine the risk of finding out if these patterns will play themselves out as they have in the past
            Agree
        17. Sometimes I just can't help feeling that I am a victim of the market
            Agree
        18. When I trade I usually try to stay focused in one time frame
            Agree
        19. Trading successfully requires a degree of mental flexibility far beyond the scope of most people
            Agree
        20. There are times when I can definitely feel the flow of the market; however, I often have difficulty acting on these feelings
            Agree
        21. There are many times when I am in a profitable trade and I know the move is basically over, but I still won't take any profits
            Agree
        22. No matter how much money I make in a trade, I am rarely ever satisfied and feel that I could have made trade
            Agree
        23. When I put on a trade, I feel I have a positive attitude. I anticipate all of the money I could make from the trade in a positive way
            Disagree
        24. The most important component in a trader's ability to accumulate money over time is having a belief in his own consistency
            Agree
        25. If you were granted a wish to be able to instantaneously acquire one trading skill, what skill would you choose?   
            Consistency
        26. I often spend sleepless nights worrying about the market
            Agree
        27. Do you ever feel compelled to make a trade because you are afraid that you might miss out?
            Yes
        28. Although it doesn't happen very often, I really like my trades to be perfect.  When I make a perfect call it feels so good that it makes up for all of the times that I don't
            Agree
        29. Do you ever find yourself planning trades you never execute, and executing trades you never planned?
            Yes
        30. In a few sentences explain why most traders either don't make money or aren't able to keep what they make.
            Most traders don't make money because they are not consistent in executing trades.  They do not keep a record of their gains and/or losses to check if they really did well on their trades.  They aren't able to keep what they make probably because they don't manage risks properly and has never build the safety net to protect their gains


"...novices discover that trading can turn into one of the most frustrating experience they will ever face" - Mark Douglas, Trading in the Zone

After attending the IMPACT seminar I found out that if want to make profits in trading, I need to put in the additional work on top of my daily routine.  Even though I have learned the basics of stock trading, that is only the tip of the iceberg that I need to face and I need to endure.  I started involving myself in stocks last 2013 and I only gained interest in pursuing a trading lifestyle last 2016.  I hope and pray that I make it in the end and reach that 9-digit portfolio

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