The grand majority of your problems trading will stem from breaking the following rules...

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Not every trade works out for me. Far from it! I lose half the time. But EVERY trade is a good play at the time, because my risk is always a fraction of my likely reward. And that's the secret... I always get odds on my money. In trading, that's the definition of a "good choice."
In any performance business the bottom line is winning, hitting the goal, getting the job done. Winners do what they have to do to win. Losers make excuses why they didn't perform. A way to win and a way to lose ALWAYS exists. It's a matter of the quality of the choices we make. pic.twitter.com/RXvu4o4FBC
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) April 15, 2021
Oil, copper and other commodities came under heavy selling pressure today and that's a good thing because it's mounting evidence that inflation may be peaking.
Positive signs on inflation include fertilizer prices peaking and trending downward. Used Car prices are also down (which led inflation). The recent price break on the $XLE - which emerged almost to the day the market topped, could be an indication that we are close to a low. pic.twitter.com/2MtcKjjmAz
— Mark Minervini (@markminervini) June 23, 2022
Visualize what you expect to happen and how you will react. More importantly.. see in your mind what can go wrong and how you will react. Make this routine contingency planning.
According to your 3rd book, could you please explain how to practice visualization in trading? @markminervini
— KoRn (@kornkonthorn) July 24, 2021