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#2 The first thing you learn isn't always the correct thing.
As children, we would often argue with others over who was right and who was wrong. We would learn a 'fact' from our father and we would defend that fact as hard as we could. It didn't matter if it was really true or false, daddy said that it's true. His reputation was at stake, and if he said that it's true then it is. End of story. We still believe many of those so-called 'truths' that daddy told us. We still argue with people over some little piece of information that daddy told us when we were five (not realizing that when we were five, daddy was much younger than we are now). To us it is a truth that stays with us, no matter how wrong it is or how much it hurts us. This happens to almost everyone in trading. The first thing we learn (technique, tool, indicator, system, etc.) we accept as gospel. Whoever taught it to us obviously knew more than we did (at the time), so it must be the best way to trade. This happened to another associate of mine. He had learned a particular gap trading technique from the first book he read on trading. Since then, he had read 40 - 50 different books on trading. I personally had spent almost 20 hours teaching him minute details about futures trading, trend identification, indicator usage, etc. When it came down to making the first trade, his plan was to go with the trend, follow an entry signal, and do everything right. The market gapped open. In a split-second he changed everything and placed a trade with the original gap strategy. The trend was very strong against him. He had entry signals in the opposite direction of the gap. Everything pointed to him taking a long position. He shorted it. He lost almost $1,000 within the first two hours, and then finally exited. Had he stayed, he would have lost much more. After reprimanding him for the change in action, he said that he would never do it again. His next three trades were the same gap system. Those three trades lost money each time. He came to the conclusion that the markets were not for him and he hasn't traded since. Am I saying that gap-trading strategies are wrong? Not at all. But some are definitely wrong (as with all types of strategies). He had learned a bad one as the first thing he ever learned about trading. Rather than accept the fact that it was an incorrect strategy, he was determined to make it work (just like he was defending a little piece of information that his father told him when he was five). Even after getting pounded every time and having been taught much better information by more experienced people. He refused to let it go. You may want to look at the strategy that you're using (or planning to use). Was it one of the first ones you learned, or was it developed over time to fit your style and personality? Is it profitable because the author/creator says it is, or because you consistently make money yourself? Some things are worth re-evaluating.
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