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Old 01-19-2008, 02:51 AM
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I think there are two kinds of people, either motivated by pain to succeed like Marty Schwartz who never wanted to be securities analyst and another failure in his family (his own opinion) and by pleasure who just love trading and does it successfully and take pleasure out of it. I myself from both, I never wanted a 9-5 job anymore and of course, I never thought I would enjoy trading so much, especially when the market and I are in synch.
I agree, I have a few main motivators for basically anything I do that's off the beaten path.

1 - People say I can't.
2 - The intellectual challenge and feeling of success (being in synch with the market is one of those feelings).

I can say I've taken a lot of the advice that has been given to me by many people on this board and I am turning into a better trader. I actually trade now, and from time to time I miss good trades but that is something I am working very hard with to overcome.

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Re: Analysis Paralysis and Fear of Losing

There comes a time when you just rise above the shoulda coulda woulda and just enjoy the moment until the next setup along because you know sooner or later a next great setup is just around the corner waiting for you to take it. The now moment is all I look forward to.

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I totally agree with you. There is always another trade waiting. The markets are HUGE !!
Lose the fear. Fear of missing a trade, fear of losing etc etc.

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Re: Analysis Paralysis and Fear of Losing

Here is the CBOT webinar by Denise Shull
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