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Borrowing again from Way of the Turtle: This is "the tendency to draw unjustified conclusions from too little information". How could I have switched trading methodologies so quickly when things weren't working. I mean, I was switching the way I traded when the system didn't work after a few days. Buy Tramadol Without Prescription, What kind of indicator of performance is that. At most you would think I would have stayed with CANSLIM investing from the beginning. There's decades of examples that imply this system is profitable. Not that I am advocating trading on the implications of a system's past performance, but I had no experience in back testing at the time. Ultimately, the belief in the law of small numbers was just another nail in the coffin.
As I write this post, I get a pit in my stomach, Buy Tramadol Without Prescription. If I had known about how important psychology is to trading successfully, I would be farther ahead, and would not have blown out twice.
However, experience is the best teacher. Without making all those mistakes, I never would have become the student of the market and of trading that I feel I have become.
How did I recover. Buy Tramadol Without Prescription, I got a mentor, learned a system, and focused on trading that system as best as I could. I still grapple with these cognitive biases. I'm not a machine and being a discretionary trader doesn't help.
I've learned to deal with my cognitive biases in three ways:
1. Focusing on being the best trader of my system that I can be.
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3. Trade longer time frames. The less I am in the market, the less these biases can impact me. I still day trade occasionally, but trading with a slightly longer time frame really helps.
Hopes this helps. If you haven't read Way of the Turtle, I highly recommend it.
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Brian on 31 Oct 2007 at 2:40 pm #
Good post! I’m currently reading this book for the second time. I agree with your recommendation. It’s very good.
Jonathan on 01 Nov 2007 at 7:10 pm #
It was a great book. Glad you liked the post. Thanks for stopping by.
Dave on 02 Nov 2007 at 1:26 pm #
I read that your turn around begin after you got a mentor. I’m curious as to how you got a mentor. I ask because I would like to speak with a ‘mentor’, or someone that trades full time to ‘pick his or her brain’ in research for my own trading plan. I’m not well connected here in central Indiana, and I’m not sure where to start looking for a mentor.
Thanks.
Jonathan on 02 Nov 2007 at 6:31 pm #
Hi Dave,
Hands down, the best mentor I have had was Toni Hansen and Trading from Mainstreet room. I don’t frequent that room anymore, but when Brandon and Toni were trading, it was very good. I mentored with a trader by the name of Ivica, I don’t know if he is around anymore, but I think he’s on the elite trader boards.
Really what did it for me was picking a method and sticking with it. All a mentor did was give me the confidence that the method would work over the long run. I don’t trade systems, so if I can’t really backtest. The only way to get confidence was to be taught by someone who had success.
In any event, I would check out Toni’s blog. I know she sells a course, but I haven’t tried it. If you have questions, just shoot me an email. Good luck!
Tony Chai on 02 Nov 2007 at 8:47 pm #
Hi :
I like to comment that you have a great trading blog, and this is not just any generic answer from a robot
Like your article about trading based on volume observation. I’ve read it on books but you gave a real trade to illustrate it. Thanks.
Tony Chai
Jonathan on 03 Nov 2007 at 6:03 am #
Thanks for stopping by Tony.
I can tell your not a robot because you’re not trying to sell me Cialis.
It’s my experience that there’s very little that’s original or new in trading. Most indicators are just a derivative of price and volume. I try to incorporate my own twist or provide a clear example of what has worked for me.
Good luck!
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