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The Paradoxes of Trading

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aworldnervelink
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The Paradoxes of Trading:
  • The longer you wait to confirm a trend reversal, the more you have missed the price
  • The tighter you set your stop, in order to decrease risk, the greater the chance that all trades fail due to random movement
  • The smaller you set your profit target, to improve chances of winning, the more your profits are eaten by commissions

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The market is attracted toward large orders, you would think the market would move away from a large order

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thinking that trading with a small account means less risk and less emotion but end up taking bigger % risk of account and equal if not greater emotions after taking losses and evaluating in %

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The more you learn about trading, the more you discard.

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This is real and profound.


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The more you learn about trading, the more you discard.


Chaos at one level of magnification is harmony at a higher level of magnification.
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The market will act in many ways to psychologically make you generate small wins and big losses, which is the exact opposite of what you should be doing.

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* The market attracts us with the promise of action, but then pays us for being patient.

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Haha, the thrill and exhilaration of patience.


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* The market attracts us with the promise of action, but then pays us for being patient.


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The more you analyze, the less you act.
The more you diversify, the more you're likely to get mediocre returns.
The more you focus on short-term gains, the less likely you are to achieve long-term success.
Traders prefer highly liquid markets for easy entry and exit, but increased liquidity leads to increased competition and less profitable opportunities.

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