Two Attempts – Then Reassess (2)

 

The quicker you can recognise that you're wrong… the quicker you can become right.

Here is a useful rule:

• Two Attempts – Then Reassess!

After two attempts at a trade idea, if it hasn’t worked, it’s clear that something is not right. You’re not in sync with the market.

Either:

• You have misread the situation and you're wrong, or
• Your timing is out (which still means you're wrong).

 

Break the pattern!

Two Attempts – Then Reassess!

Confirm your position is flat.

Step away from the charts.

Clear your mind.

Then reassess from first principles.

Try to see the picture from the perspective of someone who might have the opposite bias to you. What are they seeing? Could they be right?

You may choose to get back in for a further trade (assuming session drawdown limits are not hit).

But you may also have prevented a meltdown; stopping a good trade idea which didn’t work from turning into an absolute mess of a session.

 

The quicker you can recognise that you're wrong… the quicker you can become right.

Here is your rule:

• Two Attempts – Then Reassess!

Happy trading,

Lance Beggs

 

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