Cheers for the plug Fug but I no think I smart, just another idgiot in ze market
Anyways, I reckon this thread has gotten a bit off topic, so heres mine
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1) martingaling
2) using too much size
3) using stops
4) scalping using stops
5) using size with tight stops
6) doubling down
7) trading ala doomberg
8) buying high
9) selling low
10) setting targets then doing nothing when price gets there
11) trading breakouts
12) waiting for confirmation
13) thinking that you know something
14) thinking that your a star
15) trading scared
16) trading with money you cant afford to loose
17) trading for divis
18) relating your winning to margin reqs
19) relating risk to stops
20) ooops
21) ignoring risk for divis, joe
22) trading with borrowed money that you cant cover
23) thinking that you know something (see 13)
24) acting on that thought^ again and again and again
25) always trading with the trend
26) always fading the trend, with a tight stop
27) trading the 1% way
28) thinking that youre trading the 1% way
29) have the lines of the 1%
30) not taking the trades of the lines of the 1%
31) puking em up
32) not pulling the trigger
33) being overly concerned with live calls
34) using risk blinkers
35) using comon sense blinkers
36) using reality blinkers
37) blogging 24/7
38) basing tardes on lagging indicators
39) placing all your faith in linear regression
40) labelling yourself a scalper but still paying spread
41) using key time zones
42) not knowing yourself
43) not considering the effects of losses
44) thinking your way is the only way
45) narrowing research to support that view^
46) not considering the psychological side of the market
47) having the fear
48) having the fear
49) having the fear
50) focusing on 99 ways to blow an acc
instead of 99 winners in a row,,,, maybe :cheesy:
51) trading full retarde but still thinking your a champ
52) trading whilst drunk
53) trading the ma crossover on the 1min
54) trading methods that rely on brokers generosity
55) putting the technical side before the psych side
56) using key time zones
57) not considering whats not working in your trading
58) taking it too seriously
59) not finding time to have a laugh
60) using market orders
61) thinking your line on a chart will repel a huge order
62) approaching trading as a battle
63) not aiming at prices in your favour
64) spending too much time on zulu
65) buying gold with tight stops
66) again...............ding
67) and again.............ding
68) and again.................ding ding a ringer ding ding
69) then posting that
EVERYTHING IS KNOWN IN ADVANCE :smart: and expect no lulz
70) trading the news after the announcement
71) with tight stops ^ :smart:
72) believing youre a loser
73) thinking that you can never win
74) thinking 'they' are out to get you
75) blaming your broker for your losses
76) not taking action when opportunity presents itself
77) cherry picking trades
78) changing from system to system when you draw
80) using bows
81) and arrows ^
82) its mr spreadbet but follow him anyway, ya never know rodders
83) following some muppet on a forum cos he tells you he has the knowledge of the 1%
84) doubling up on said muppets calls ^
85) then not taking profits but get out at break even
86) not using limit orders
87) not making the most of the tools provided to you
88) trading the methods of the 70%
89) trading the money rather than the market
90) personalising your losses
91) being unaware of your lack of emotional intelligence
92) being unaware of you ignorance
cheesy:
93) buying on the uptick
94) selling on the down tick
95) not having some understanding of what money is
96) putting 'being right' before being 'profitable'
97) not having your charts scaled correctly
98) failing to be as water
99) and last but by no means least
