Trade With The Probabilities
It is usual for us to try to find certainties in whatever we're doing. When we first begin trading, we may have been attracted by claims of getting a very high return on our money, guaranteed. You will soon learn that there are no guarantees with trading. It is just impossible for any person or system to guarantee a particular result trading in the markets.
No one knows where the market is going. No one knows when it will move. The best we can do is to realize that we are playing in a game where we need to use a strategy that over a period of time will return a profit.
Successful trading is about trading the probabilities. Those traders that are successful know that it is impossible to know what the result will be for each trade. Each trade is really only a best guess as to the direction of the market and the stock that we are trading. The key is to trade the strategy consistently and know that over time, if we have indeed traded according to the rules, the strategy should make a profit.
The strategy that is used, whether discretionary or mechanical needs to include rules that assess the general market and trading conditions. The system or strategy needs to determine if the general market conditions are bullish or bearish. It needs to assess the situation and through the use of questions or conditions, determine what is more likely to happen. The system needs to work out if there is a trade or if it is best not to trade. If the conclusion is to trade then it needs to understand the likelihood of one trading outcome developing over another.
To trade profitably, you need to have the discipline to trade and understand the probabilities. It is knowing that the outcome of each individual trade cannot be predicted and is unknown. It is having the consistency to keep trading through losses, knowing that over time, the strategy is sound and will return a profit.
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