In order to be a
great trader you have to perform like a well oiled machine. There is no room
for error. A momentary lapse of concentration or focus can spell disaster.
Great traders DON”T MAKE MISTAKES. You will never see them…..
1.
Try to close a position but accidentally DOUBLE it instead.
2. Put a
swing trade on and realize AFTER the close that earnings are coming soon. Like
the next morning. Before the market opens.
3. Buy the
CALLS in a stock that is breaking out at what they think is a bargain price,
only to find out later that they actually bought the PUTS.
4. Constantly
drive by their ex girlfriend’s house to see if she is dating that idiot biker
guy with the tats who will never love her the way they would….
5. Knock off
early for the day to go rollerblading, sure that they put a hard stop in on
their position before they left (but didn’t).
6. Be so
quick on the trigger that they get a trade down in $AAPL at the open before a
20 point run. Then realize that they actually bought $APPL.
7.
Continuously hit the “submit” button on their trading platform when their order
“hangs up” only to find out that they bought their position eight times.
8. Listen to
the whole “Best of WHAM” album online, unaware that Spotify is auto-posting
that info to their Facebook timeline.
9. Think they
have a “one cancels other” limit and stop in place and take a long lunch after
their position hits it’s profit target. Then come back later in the day only to
learn that price reversed, hit their stop (making them net short), and then
rallied.
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