Why Not Trading Is Sometimes the Best Trade
In trading, one of the hardest lessons to learn is that you don’t always need to be in the market . You Don’t Need a Trade Every Day Trust Your Trading Strategy The Worst Thing You Can Do Is Force a Trade Patience Is Part of Trading Stop Measuring Your Success by Trade Frequency Final Thoughts Improvements Summary I haven’t taken a single trade in three days—and I’m happy as shit about it. Why? Because my trading strategy is designed to keep me out of the market when conditions aren’t optimal for my style of trading . If my setup isn’t there, there’s nothing to force. And that mindset can make a huge difference in your trading performance. If you go one day without trading, you start wondering: “Am I missing something?” Then a few days become a week, and suddenly you feel like you need to do something. That’s where problems begin. If your trading strategy is built around specific market conditions, there will naturally be periods when those conditions simply don’t appear. That do...