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    Winning Forex EdgeBy: Matthew Lee

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Learn to ACT and THINK Successfully

    Chapter : The Art of Money Mana!e"ent

    Chapter #: Is $our LA%IN&SS Holdin! $ou Bac' (ro" Bein!

    Successful)

    Chapter *:Are $ou A Losin! Trader +ue to ,-&&+)

    Chapter .:Are $ou Cut /ut to Be A Trader)

    Chapter 0:Co"poundin! -is' Control and Le2era!e 3

    &2erythin! you N&&+ to 'now

    Chapter 4:(ine Tunin! $our Tradin! Beha2ior

    Chapter 5:How $ou Should Act and Beha2e 6hen

    $ou7re 6innin!

    Conclusion

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    Introduction

    What if I told you that being successful in trading Forex is 50% the

    responsibility of technical market decisions you make and 50% psychological

    decisions you make? Its true, almost 50% of hat makes a trader pull the

    trigger on lot si!es and entry and exit points relies on psychological and pre"

    determined decisions based on hats happening in the traders life at that

    present point in time# If more traders could make rules before they e$en sit

    don to trade and actually stick to their plan of action, there ould be many

    more millionaire currency traders in this orld#

    Instead, day after day traders push the button on their trades for

    psychological, emotional, and hesitant ays# ne of the most common

    mistakes I see traders make day in and day out is thinking about a large loss

    they had in the markets as they are making their ne trade# &he trader ill

    literally start to seat bullets as he executes a trade that he knos is

    technically right but fears emotionally# 'y ob(ecti$e in riting this book is

    to sho the inning Forex traders mindset and ho you can ork to re"

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    program your mindset to trade like a inner# Its not easy to change your

    psychological thoughts of trading or to lea$e your emotions at the door, but

    Im going to do my best to sho you the possibilities of trading like a inner#

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    Chapter 1: Learn to ACT and TI!"

    #uccessfull$

    I made this )hapter * because I firmly belie$e this is one of the most

    important aspects of being successful in anything in your life# If you cant

    learn to act and think like a successful person, then youre going to fail or be

    mediocre in e$erything you do in your life# +$erybody knos that pessimistic

    person ho looks at e$ery single e$ent, (ob, and action in his life as bad#

    Who ants to be around a person like that? If youre unhappy and you

    already think your trade is going to be a losing one then youre se$erely

    stacking the odds against you to in#

    In Forex, especially for ne traders, it seems as if they dont e$en care

    about learning the language and nature of the market# I$e seen countless

    numbers of traders that dont ha$e any business making trades solely because

    they dont e$en understand hat the ord I means# -et, these are the

    same traders ho are trading half of their life sa$ings in the market on a daily

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    basis# &here are many people in this orld you are setting themsel$es up for

    failure in e$ery ne business $enture, (ob, and relationship in their life#

    -ou ha$e to ha$e the determination to be successful in trading# -ou

    ha$e to be able to spot your flas that you make day in and day out and sit

    don to really fix them# eople act in hat I call .cycles#/ &hey make actions

    in a ne$er ending cycle that usually ill go on for their hole life, or until

    they learn they ha$e a real problem# In the human race this is most

    noticeable in social, relationship, and addiction problems# I hate to say it,

    but the decisions humans make ith money act in the same ay# &here are

    people ho ill li$e in debt their hole life and then there is the opposite

    end of the spectrum of those ho ill be frugal and sa$e their hole life#

    From this point on, I ant you to start to think 1))+F122-# If you

    dont understand something, back up and learn it3 Winning at anything in

    life is determination# 2ook at 4## 6oling, the author of all the 7arry otter

    books# &he lady as homeless riting her books on notebook paper# 7er

    determination to be successful is hat got her to here she is today, 8

    BILLI/NAI- If she can go from rags to riches riting books then you can

    sit don to thoroughly learn ho to be successful before exchanging

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    currency# It all starts ith education# If you do not understand e$ery aspect

    of trading Forex then from this point on you need to follo this plan of

    success9

    *# top trading3 -oure ne$er going to be as successful as you potentially

    could be if you do not stop to learn about e$ery aspect of the currency

    exchanging market#

    :# Write don +;+6-&7I

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    B# nce you understand e$ery aspect of trading, its time to trade 28-

    money#

    I ant to touch on this topic for a momentC some of the most successful

    Forex traders out there today got their start trading play money# Its true#

    &hese guys kept strict records and spreadsheets on their ins and losses ith

    F8+ 'o you e$en keep strict records and spreadsheets on your

    ins and losses ith 6+82 '

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    nce you sit back to reali!e the errors youre making in trading currently,

    its generally all uphill from there on# &he rest of this book is going to ork

    on finding your flas and errors in (udgment you are making as ell as ho

    to fix them so you can ork on changing the ay you make trades#

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    Chapter %: The Art of &one$ &anage'ent

    &he most important tool in any traders arsenal is their bankroll#

    For that reason, I am going to try and teach you the art of money

    management from the perspecti$e of a successful trader# First off, my E* rule

    in trading currency is .ne2er trade "ore then you can afford to lose89 If a

    losing trade is going to affect your standard of li$ing then youre trading ay

    too much money# -ou ha$e to learn ho to make trades ith money that

    has nothing to do ith your .li$ing/ money# Ay ha$ing a set bankroll for

    your trades, you ill not think of trading as9

    .If I lose 0 pips this trade, I shouldnt be able to go out to a nice

    dinner this Friday night#/

    r

    .If I lose G,000 this month, I shouldnt be able to go on a nice $acation

    next month#/

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    If youre making your trades based on emotional and real"life decisions,

    then its going to be impossible for you to e$er gro as a successful trader#

    &he second the money goes into your trading account, it needs to be

    remo$ed from any real life decision# When you lose 50 pips, you cannot

    compare it to losing hoe$er much in numerical dollar sense, it (ust has to

    be, I lost 50 pips today, Ill stick to my plan and get it back tomorro#

    6hat is the proper a"ount to e set aside for strictly tradin!)

    Well, nobody can anser that but yourself, but I alays recommend :0% of

    your sa$ings# If youre a beginner, I recommend e$en less, *0"*5% is

    sufficient#

    The Most Co""on -easons New Traders -is' More Then They Can

    Afford To Lose:

    *# If I can make H amount of dollars, I can ork from home ith no boss3

    :# If I can figure out to make enough money to pay my bills, I can @uit my

    (ob and trade full time3

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    # If I can figure out a secret trading strategy, I can become rich and ne$er

    ha$e to orry about dri$ing in traffic anymore#

    # I can @uit my (ob3

    +$ery ne currency traders has dreams of finding that golden techni@ue or

    system that ill allo them to turn the markets into their on personal 8&'

    machine# &he truth is that the market does not operate in that fashion#

    &here is no .set pattern/ that the market mo$es year after year# 8 real trader

    ill make smart financial decisions based on real technical patterns on a pre"

    determined plan# 8 proposition trader ill make not so smart financial

    decisions based on present financial needs, greed, and dreams#

    Which trader are you going to be?

    -ou ill be the real trader that has a +& trading bankroll# -ou ill make

    smart financial decisions on real technical patterns# -ou ill ha$e a pre"

    determined plan3

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    kay, enough ith my story, lets address the to different types of

    la!iness9

    ;roducti2e la

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    &his type of la!iness is $ery dangerous because its hard for the person to

    change to either producti$e la!iness or belie$e that he or she can be

    successful again#

    -ou ill see destructi$e la!iness commonly in people in the folloing

    situations9

    4ust laid off or fired from (ob

    Aad in$estment decision lea$ing them torn financially

    6elationship issues

    Aad business decision

    estructi$e la!iness is directly related ith depression and can at times take

    the ork of a licensed psychologist to mentally fix the person#

    &he 8merican ay is that e$ery citi!en ants more than can ha$e# eople

    ant the easy ay out and ill do anything to get there#

    2ets touch on ays you can moti$ate yourself to stop being la!y9

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    7a$e a set schedule +;+6->8-# 7ere is mine9

    4 AMM Wake up# Immediately drink a full glass of ater# Kater is said to

    be the best energy pro$ider of your bodyL# +at a healthy cereal ith

    banana and milk# 'ake coffee to drink as I check my e"mail, morning

    nes, and anything Im curious about#

    5AM 3 hoer# &hink of hat I ant to accomplish today# onder on the

    day of the eek and here I ant to be by the end of the eek#

    >AM 3 tart my day# =lance at morning currency nes and setup my

    charts#

    1?AM 3 N//N 3Follo my plan of trading# )ontinue to trade until

    lunch time#

    1:#? 3 2unch# =reen &ea ith either a sandich or a healthy fro!en

    lunch meal#

    1:#? 3 .;M 3 )ontinue my trading# Work on any other business that

    needs attention

    0;M 3Workout at the local fitness center and listen to my fa$orite music#

    onder on my days acti$ities#

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    &he rest of the day is (ust dinner, researching on the internet, and

    relaxing# I am as producti$e as possible for a good six hours, hich I$e

    learned is my most producti$e time of orking# 8ny longer, I burn out, any

    shorter I feel lackluster and non"producti$e# I$e orked on tuning my

    'onday through Friday schedule for the past couple years into the most

    comfortable but most producti$e ay of orking#

    &he hole purpose of ha$ing a schedule as that setup is it puts you in a

    routine here la!iness is not an option# If you find yourself performing non"

    producti$e tasks e$ery single day of the eek, then you 78;+ to put yourself

    on a strict schedule or youll ne$er get out of the habit# &he habit ill

    essentially follo you into e$erything in your life that re@uires your brain and

    any real ork#

    8ll the time I see loer and middle class people look at rich people in

    nice cars and nice houses and say, .Wo, that guy must ha$e got lucky/ or

    .7e must ha$e inherited all of that#/ For some reason, people ithout money

    ha$e a firm belief that its something that is (ust so damn hard to achie$e#

    Well, thats not true friends# &hese people used their mind and applied a

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    strong ork ethic to better their life# -es, there is a small percentage of rich

    people ho achie$ed their ealth through lucky occurrences such as the

    lottery, inheritance, or competition, but the ma(ority of upper class and

    higher income citi!ens orked hard to make it to the le$el they are at no#

    Isnt it time you rid yourself of all la!iness and made a change for the

    better? =et in a set routine and learn currency trading as much as you kno

    your fa$orite hobby or sport# Its a rearding hobby that could bring you a

    skill that pays you for life3"N

    : hours of orld currency market nes research# 8 good ma(ority of

    times you can tell the direction a market is heading during the day

    simply by reading about the current nes of the economy

    hours of strict chart analysis# +$en if you are not making trades for

    large sums of money its alays a good idea to get in the habit of

    analy!ing charts, pi$ot points, and indicators on a daily basis# In Forex,

    charts are your best friend and should be taken $ery seriously3

    * hour of Forex education# &here is so much to learn about Forex and

    nobody ants to learn it all in one day# =et in the habit about learning

    something ne about the markets e$ery day# >o research on a ne

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    Chapter .:Are )ou A Losing Trader /ue to

    0EE/-

    =reed is considered the E* reason that destroys corporations,

    partnerships, and businessmen and omen e$ery year# When does one reach

    a le$el of money that is +

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    based on current market conditions and hat my system is telling me#

    8bout hours later I reach my 0 pip in and think to myself, .'an3 &he

    market seems to really be mo$ing today, e$en though I decided earlier to

    only bank 0 pips, maybe I can try for another 0 pips before the end of the

    day# Im going to hold on to it for a little hile longer and see hat

    happens#/

    Well, Im sure you kno hat happens times out of *0 next, I end up

    losing the 0 pips I banked plus some more# It happens all the time3 Its

    such a rush to in that you dont ant to let it go and you truly belie$e you

    can (ust keep on inning for the next hour, day, eek, and months to come3

    'y E* rule of a$oiding losses such as the one I (ust described is9

    +eter"ine your entry and e=it points B&(/-& you "a'e your trade

    and STICK T/ IT N/ MATT&- 6HAT@

    If you can learn to control your urge for greed, you ill essentially put

    yourself ahead of 0% of other traders out there# 8ny professional in$estor

    ill tell you they alays ha$e a plan no matter hat3

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    7ere are a couple important facts to remember about greed9

    *# -our ill to in '1& exceed your greed# &his simply means you

    $alue being a inner at the end of the day as opposed to ha$ing a

    71=+ in or 71=+ loss# -ou $alue ha$ing a real stream of income as

    opposed to being on top of the orld or being at rock bottom#

    2. =reed gets its fuel from fear# >o you kno hat fear is? Fear is the

    emotion that results from belie$ing a negati$e outcome is more certain

    than a positi$e one# 'any traders ill F+86 that they ill ne$er see

    such a prosperous position in the market again, and for that reason

    they must take full ad$antage of hat is occurring in front of them#

    Well, I got nes for youC I find prosperous positions on a daily basis#

    ure, some of them $ery much so extend beyond my expectations after

    I sell, but I ne$er look back# 2earn to be comfortable ith entering and

    exiting the market as pre"determined positions3 >ont let your

    emotions take o$er your trades#

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    Chapter 2:Are )ou Cut 3ut to +e A Trader-

    I purposely made this )hapter 5 because I kno a lot of you are

    sitting there and thinking, .Wo3 I make all the common mistakes the

    beginning traders and unsuccessful make on a daily basis#/ ure, you

    might make some of them, but +;+6-&7I

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    -ou are cut out to be a trader if the markets honestly excite you and

    you ant to do nothing but continue to learn about e$ery aspect of the

    market# If youre here to simply make a lot of money ithout doing a lot

    of ork then you are not cut out to be a trader# >espite popular belief,

    being self employed as a trader is not easyC there are a lot of ups and

    dons that one must be able to deal ith on a eekly if not daily basis#

    Its been pro$en that people ho choose their career or make career

    changes solely based on financial moti$ation almost ne$er become large in

    the field they are aspiring to dominate# Its true3 &he people ho really

    make the big bucks are people that ha$e an undeniable passion for their

    (ob# 8 great example is a realtor# -ou can $isit almost any real estate

    association and

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    same realtor, thus the reason hy 5% of realtors in e$ery community

    through 8merica are making 0% of the money#

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    Chapter 4:Co'pounding5 is, Control5 and

    Le6erage 7

    &2erythin! you N&&+ to 'now

    )ompounding is simply ho you ill make money during you e@uity

    run ups or your inning streaks# 6isk control refers to ho you ill retain

    your account e@uity during the losing streaks or setbacks# -ou should alays

    try to adopt a strategy that uses money management as a basis for setting a

    strategy to maximi!e your e@uity gains and minimi!e losses to a minimum in

    order for you to gro at the highest rate possible#

    I$e learned through years of trading that the best money management

    scenario is to use the most aggressi$e strategy possible during the good times

    and exposing your account to the loest risk possible during the bad times#

    -ou must be able to change your psyche of thinking and be able to absorb

    losses, sometimes large losses# 8s long as you can deal ith the losses, youll

    be able to take full potential of the large ins# 6emember, one of the most

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    common mistakes failing traders make is exiting a losing position in fear that

    the position is going to continue to be a losing one# Fear is hat makes the

    seller bail hile many times the position ill turn around and make a nice

    profit for the traders ho ere able to handle the small loss#

    6hat is le2era!e how does it wor')

    2e$erage is basically using money you dont ha$e3 Isnt that the 8merican

    ay?

    -ou are essentially using a line of credit# 2ets say your account has G50,000

    and you$e decided you ill ne$er risk more than G50,000 at one point in

    time, then youll ne$er ha$e a use for le$erage# &he second your account

    controls a great position then G50,000 you are using le$erage# If you ha$e a

    G*00,000 position and your account only has G50,000 then your le$erage is :9*#

    Its really simple# -oure basically controlling a position ithout actually

    ha$ing the real money# With this concept comes a lot of danger, so listen up3

    8ny professional trader ill tell you that hile le$erage can be a blessing to

    ha$e it can also destroy your account and finances# -ou must learn to use

    le$erage to your ad$antage during a prosperous trade and minimi!e its

    effects during a negati$e trade#

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    2ets look at $arious pros and cons of using le$erage9

    ;-/S of Le2era!e:

    8llos the trader to reap the benefits of profits he or she ould of not

    ha$e been able to other ise accrue#

    Forces the trader to learn as much as possible about the markets in

    order to loer risk#

    8llos the trader to control a large position ith a small amount of

    money#

    C/NS of Le2era!e:

    8llos a trader to lose much more money then he or she had planned

    on losing#

    +xposes a trader to a great amount of financial risk#

    &raders belie$e its .play money/ and thus abuse it#

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    2e$erage is great for disciplined in$estors but disastrous for ne in$estors or

    compulsi$e in$estors KgamblersL# 2earn hat type of trader you are and act

    accordingly3

    How to "ini"i

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    youll @uickly find yourself back don to s@uare one# nce youre back

    don at s@uare one, youll finally learn that your risk tolerance is hat ruined

    you and hopefully not make the same mistakes again# 8$oid becoming bra$e

    and stick to a solid plan of in$esting3

    How do you control your e"otions)

    +motions are a $ery tricky sub(ect as it affects people differently# &here are

    many different ays in hich e$ery person has in dealing ith stress, (oy, and

    fear# 'ore often then you e$en reali!e your emotions ill @uickly take

    control of a situation#

    What happens hen emotions take control of a situation?

    'ore often than not, the outcome is horrible# -our angriness or (oy is the

    force pulling the trigger for the trade rather than hat is 6+82#

    8 $ery smart man once told me, .on, you gotta learn hats real in life and

    hats (ust feelings#/ I$e folloed that one sentence of ad$ice into becoming

    a professional trader# When the market turns south and you cant handle it,

    close out for the day and go do something non"trading related# nce you let

    your emotions take control of your trading position, you$e lost control and

    are no longer a professional technical trader#

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    +motions of anger hen Id take a large loss influenced my trading decisions

    for a long time, but sloly I ould analy!e trades Id make hen angry and

    reali!e ho much money I as actually losing#

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    Well, first off, if you are a beginner trader I highly ad$ise creating your on

    system of indicators# )hances are youll use false indicators hich ill result

    in you losing money#

    I dont ad$ise against using professional systems, but you must be able

    to sort through 0% of the A systems and find one that is suitable for you

    and really profits in the long run# I suggest looking for systems ith pro$en

    and documented track records# &he last type of system I ad$ise not using#

    &he trading softare orks ith a program that actually enters and exits the

    market for you# -ou ha$e !ero control of your money as ell as your entry

    and exit points in the market# &he reason I ad$ise against using automatic

    softare systems is the lack of control and the possibility for errors that can

    occur# &hink about it, hat if one day youre aay from your computer and

    the system crashes after it has already entered the market# -our position

    heads don *00 pips and you ha$e no ay of knoing hat is going on,

    meanhile your program has crashed3

    Aelie$e it or not, e$en ith a real system in place many traders do not

    follo the rules of their system# Its ama!ing to me ho many traders ill

    trick themsel$es into really belie$ing that their system is telling them to open

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    Chapter 8:Fine Tuning )our Trading

    +eha6ior

    In order to be the best and most profitable trader you can possibly be,

    you must learn to be able to thoroughly examine e$ery aspect of your trading

    beha$ior# Its your trading beha$ior that ill determine hether you are the

    trader that has G*00,000 in profits at the end of the year or don G0,000

    dollars#

    Are you really ale to ta'e action)

    Well, you should be able to kno this about yourself by no# -ou must be

    able to take action on your plans, ideas, and concepts if you ant to be a

    successful trader# &here are people that are born to act and ill take action

    e$eryday in their li$es# &hen there are others ho literally ha$e to be forced

    to take action on anything in their life#

    Are you ale to deal with the decisions you "a'e !ood or ad)

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    nce e make a decision, no matter the result, e ha$e to li$e and belie$e in

    the result that e are about to make# If the action of the decision you make

    does not act in a particular ay, e still ha$e to be able to li$e confidently

    ith the decision e ha$e made# If you think about life in general, its (ust a

    result of all the pre$ious decisions e ha$e made# 8 person simply cannot

    li$e ithout making decisions for him or herself#

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    For example, lets say you spent a couple of hours doing technical and

    fundamental research on the +16O1> pair# -ou belie$e the euro is going to

    rally on the dollar based on $arious researches you$e performed# In

    addition, your friend ho orks as an in$estment banker has also confirmed

    that he belie$es the euro is going to ha$e a strong rally on the dollar once

    nes is released# 8round pm 'onday nes is released in hich the exact

    opposite occurs# &he euro begins to drop rapidly and youre stuck ith the

    position#

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    times it leads the trader on a destructi$e path here the trader begins to

    make trades on hunches and beliefs rather than real statistics#

    Are you ale to handle ein! wron!)

    I kno it sounds like such a stupid @uestion, but its really a huge deal# If you

    cant handle being rong, then making trades on a daily basis is going to

    become a $ery difficult task to accomplish# &he sub(ect of being rong

    comes up $ery often in the trading orld due to the amount of times e$en

    the best trader in the orld is rong# Its a feeling of outright inferiority

    hen e follo through on a decision and it turns out to be dead rong#

    &he real danger of being rong is hen a person starts to attach their ego to

    the money they make# +go is a dangerous trait as it ill make people take

    actions and make decisions based on !ero merit# &raders ill build up such

    an ego about trading that hen they are rong they feel like a complete

    loser# When this occurs, the temporary loss of money fuels our anger and

    ants to get the money back into our account immediately# &his stage is

    here 0% of beginning traders ill break rules in an effort to recoup the

    losses that had (ust occurred hours before# * in or * in times the trader

    ill be successful hen breaking the rules of the system, but the other

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    B0"J0% of the time, the trader is rong and ends up losing more and more#

    -ou must be able to handle being rong hen youre rong about your

    trading decisions#

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    Chapter 9:o )ou #hould Act and +eha6e

    When )ou;re Winning

    Its often said that hen a trader is right you can begin to $ie his true

    skill and pride for his or her ork# &heres not a better feeling hen trading

    then being consistently right# I can remember times hen I ould go on a

    string of *5":0 trades here hat I predicted ould happen in the market is

    hat exactly happened# Its like the market as playing to the tune of my

    brain a$es# &he most common mistake people make hen ha$ing a string

    of good trades is upping their unit si!e ith the belief that their inning

    streak is going to keep going for months to come#

    6hat should you do when you are on a winnin! strea')

    When you are on a inning streak, instead of upping your unit si!e

    temporarily I recommend treating yourself in the outside orld# =o out for a

    nice dinner, take your lo$ed ones out for a mo$ie, buy something nice for

    yourself, but do not up your unit si!e3 +$ery trader should ha$e a ay of

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    rearding themsel$es for a nice inning streak# -ou deser$e it after you kept

    to your strict plan of trading and practiced great discipline to beat the

    markets#

    6hat you should not do when you are on a winnin! strea'

    -ou must learn to think that e$ery trade is .(ust another trade#/ Aefore

    you e$en sit don to trade you should ha$e a pre"determined plan of

    groing your account and gradually upping your unit si!e, under no

    circumstances should the unit be increased based on a recent inning streak#

    )ountless numbers of traders ill begin to feel like they are superheros in the

    market and ill start to enter the markets for @uick scalps# &he larger the

    ego, the more often a trader ill enter in an effort to ha$e a small rush to

    pick up a fe pips# 6emember the kid in preschool ho ne$er anted to

    follo the rules? &hats ho many traders ill act hen they are on a

    inning streak# &hey begin to honestly belie$e the market ill act in their

    fa$or no matter hen they decide to enter or exit the market# +$entually,

    this type of beha$ior ill catch up ith the trader and the result is the trader

    ill become stubborn and push him or herself into a hole that they ill ha$e

    trouble getting themsel$es out of# nly hen the trader really sits back to

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    $ie the beha$ior they$e (ust exhibited due to a fe inning trades do they

    reali!e the long string of mistakes they$e made due to their inning streak#

    8fter the trader starts to hit a small losing streak, no hat I call

    .market re$enge/ kicks in and the trader goes into full blast mode here they

    ill do anything to get their money, ego, and feeling of superiority back# Im

    sure you kno at this point hat happens next, the traders initial inning

    streak turns into a losing streak here the trader returns all the pre$ious

    innings plus a lot more pips and actual money# +$entually, a trader that

    acts in the ay I (ust described ill reali!e that a inning streak is actually

    detrimental to being a consistent inning trader# &rading on re$enge is a

    concept that (ust does not make sense# 6e$enge is usually an act of getting

    back at someone, but hen you make a rong trade and use re$enge as your

    moti$ation, you are actually (ust setting yourself up to get back at yourself#

    -oure trading against yourself, hich is impossible to do3 In order to be

    successful you must be able to take your ins and stride and not become

    emotionally in$ol$ed hen you make a rong trade#

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    Conclusion

    Aeing a professional trader is a lifelong experience in hich you learn

    one more skill of piece of information ith e$ery trade# If I ere to start my

    trading career all o$er again from s@uare one, I ould ha$e set aside six

    months of strict market education# Instead, I as gullible enough to belie$e I

    could (ump right into the markets and start to make a stable income

    immediately# I as lucky enough to meet experts in trading that taught me

    the ropes and helped me to keep e$erything in perspecti$e# If I hadnt of met

    those people, I probably ould of ga$e up trading a long time ago# Ay

    building a good support netork of both traders and non"traders, you ill be

    able to build more as a trader and a person#

    While the life of a trader may seem glamorous at first look, it actually is

    a long and hard grind for years# nce you become an expert trader and put

    in years of experience, trading ill appear as normal as aking up in the

    morning# -oull be able to steadily enter and exit the market ith no

    hesitation at all and ill ne$er second guess yourself# &rading could be one

    of the most rearding tasks you e$er learn# 8s long as you are able to keep

    your ins in stride ith confidence you ill be able to gro your confidence

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    ith the least amount of risk# &he loer the risk, the more comfortable you

    ill be able to feel on a daily basis#

    =ood luck out there, its a great orld3