Articles for: Trading Psychology

What goes through your mind is reflected in your body. Have you noticed that those who continually worry and stress about their problems tend to develop tense muscles, get tired quickly or suffer from headaches and migraines?

When is the best time to make decisions? When you are squeezed in a corner or when you have choices? Let’s say the Global Financial Crisis has got your business to the point of collapse. Would that be a place to make the best decisions from? Would it be better to make the decisions from a place of having choices?

In trading there are times when everything seems easy. Most of our trades are winners, our morale is up, our bank balance is overflowing and life is good! Then, there are times when the volume drops out of the market, trends aren’t as long or strong and money is harder to make. Sometimes we need to sit out of the market altogether if it is too volatile, or not volatile enough.

"I am not good at maths. I just freeze in front of the computer. Numbers confuse me. Calculating when to buy when to sell is so hard, why doesn’t someone just tell me?" Does this sound familiar to you? Is someone you know in that situation? Is it you?