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Hi Michael

I live in South Africa, I’ve only been trading for about 6 months and have doubled and halved my account 4 times now (boom and bust as Mark Douglas puts it). I grew up with nothing and has worked myself up into a very good corporate finance position (which is not my passion) but I think growing with without any money left me with some subconscious challenges which might be holding me back. I’m open to any suggestions with regards to helping me overcome this if you have any.

I find that when I’m successful in my trading (i.e. doubling my account) I become to aggressive and as a result I pyramid my leverage to quickly which results in my stop becoming to narrow and expensive. I guess my biggest challenge is sticking to my rules, being too impatient and over trading.

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[Name]

A great place to start.

Also? My books.

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The biggest problem that I faced was once I first created my first system, I had serious problems using way too many indicators and constantly switching them when I lose a few trades. This for me was the hardest thing to get over. The best thing was that I started with a very small amount of money, so I didn’t lose any significant amounts. I am know a trend follower in heart and use indicators but only to guide me on the strength of the trends I am trading. I have your trend following book and can relate to everything written. I currently just bought your complete turtle trader book. I one day hope to be featured in books like these, trading is my life. I have a full time job that allows me to pay bills and constantly add funds to 1 of many accounts that I have. I currently trade Forex, Stocks, Options and Cryptocurrencies. Use my same trading methods on all but with different time frames. Sorry that I went a little beyond the scope of the question, its just this is what I love to do and its very hard to find like minded people to even discuss this stuff with. Thank you for your time.

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Hello Michael, first of all thank you for this opportunity…biggest challenge that’s a tough one…I would say coming to a point which i have a clear plan, strategy or analysis that’s understandable without having to study every type of analysis…I would say once I read your post it made sense to me to focus on the 200 MA if I understood correctly and that’s not the first it me I have come across this idea, but today it clicked…and it’s not that I am lazy, it’s just which way to go and just how much TA and how many years will it take…

And to my credit I am not a big trader, but I seem to have latched onto, for short term scalping, an ability to at least be correct more often than not…but the issue is off uncertainty and I end up not being patient enough once I have a position there is this desire to get out because I don’t want to watch it constantly…so lately I have been listening to [name], [name] and I like this longer term trend approach…

Thanks again for reading,

Darryl

Uh oh. Scalping?

I would leave that ASAP.

And the TA made popular in all of the books? Run from that. Read more.

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Hi Michael,

In hindsight, my biggest challenge was my biggest mistake.

I did not know when to cover my position be it profit or loss.

I let my losses run and took my profits immediately which resulted in a slightly positive to negative ledger.

I realised that mistake too late in the day.

Also, I thought that a trading strategy should be “perfect”, which I later on realised was an incorrect notion. (Also realised that my understanding of the term “strategy” was quite narrow)

I did not pay attention to the risk associated with options trading (especially time decay)

This resulted in me blowing my initial capital set aside for trading in 2016.

The current challenge that I face is understanding how a mechanical trading strategy works and how one can design, set parameters and test the operating effectiveness of a mechanical trading strategy.

I will be reading [name] by [name] to gain some insight into this.

Regards.

I recommend my book Trend Following as a primer. Dive in!

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I’ve been a student of futures trading for some time now. I’ve read Van Tharp’s books, which are appealing to someone with an undergraduate degree in psychology. I’ve opened an account with Trade Station, and mastered at least most of the platform over the last couple of months. (Easy Language is a skill for the future. but clearly one worth investigating.). I can identify with Ed Seykota’s somewhat zen-like approach to trading, and life in general. As I suspected, I’m not temperamentally cut out for day trading. (Too much of an emotional roller coaster, plus a need to have one’s nose pressed against a quote screen all day long.). I don’t need “action” to feel happy and fulfilled.

Trend following makes great sense to me. No one can ever completely master the fundamentals of a particular entity, but price gets a lot closer to incorporating all the various relevant pieces of information. I’m agnostic as to market direction and predictions. The market does what it does, and no one has a perfect crystal ball in terms of future moves. Short or long doesn’t matter to me as long as there is up or down movement.

I purchased your Trend Following book a couple of years ago, and am currently re-reading it. It is time to bring my career as an orthodontist to a close, but simply being idle is not something I enjoy. I’m ready for a new, mentally stimulating challenge! Your input and accumulated wisdom would be welcomed!

Dave H.

Thanks Dave. A good extra read here and here.

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