This is a guest post by @BretKenwell shared by InvestorPlace.com.
Are you looking to become a better stock trader? Whether you’re swing trading or day trading, learning how to trade stocks isn’t really that difficult on the surface. Develop a system, follow your rules and makes tweaks to improve it along the way. The only problem? Emotions. They get the best of us over and over again. There’s a reason why algorithms don’t struggle as much.
Whether it’s greed when we’ve put together a nice win streak or panic when volatility picks up. We can make all sorts of stupid decisions thanks to our emotions. That’s what makes what could be a simple task of trading into one of the most difficult roles on the planet.
If you’re already going down the options, day or swing trading path though, you know all of this. So here are five tips for becoming a better trader. If you’ve heard some of these before, consider it reinforcement.
#1 Follow Your Trading Rules and Be Disciplined(거래규칙 준수 및 규제 필요)
From a psychological standpoint, it makes sense why traders have so much trouble taking losses. But to survive the swing trading game, taking losses is an essential part of it. Because here’s the simple truth: No one out there is going to bat 1.000. Every system has losers and we need to contain those losers in order to survive.
It doesn’t do any good to follow the rules on your profitable trades if you’re not going to follow the rules on the way down. Being wrong is an ego issue that traders have to get over.
내려가는 길에 규칙을 따르지 않을 거면 수익성 있는 거래에 관한 규칙을 따르는 것은 아무 소용이 없다. 틀렸다는 것은 트레이더들이 극복해야 할 자아문제다.
#2 Get on Twitter(Twitter에 접속하기)
Getting on Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) may seem like a weird(기이한) tip for traders, but it can help tremendously. Find others who trade a similar style to you. Whether it’s swing trading, day trading, options trading, trading FAANG — Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) — forex, futures, etc. It doesn’t matter.
Find traders with similar styles that trade similar time frames. It can help refine(정제하다) your trade system and gives you a glimpse into what others with more experience are seeing at the moment.
The caveat (주의사항)with Twitter? Be careful who you follow. I follow hundreds of finance, stock and business-related people. But my “traders” list (which is right here) consists of less than 10 people. Paying attention to too many people is akin(유사한)) to adding noise and that noise can be overwhelming and hurt your decision making.
It’s one thing to follow different traders with different timeframes for perspective and insight, but just know your timeframe when it comes to(에 관한 한) execution.
유사한 시간대를 거래하는 유사한 스타일을 가진 거래자를 찾으십시오. 그것은 당신의 가레 시스템을 개선하는데 도움을 줄 수 있고 당신에게 더 많은 경험을 가진 다른 사람들이 현재 무엇을 보고 있는지 엿볼 수 있게 해준다.
Twitter의 주의사항(통고) 누구를 따르는지 조심해라. 나는 수백 명의 금융, 주식, 사업 관련자들을 따른다. 그러나 나의 '거래업자' 명부(바로 여기 있는 것)는 10명도 안 되는 사람들로 구성되어 있다. 너무 많은 사람들에게 주의를 기울이는 것은 잡음을 가중시키는 것과 비슷하며 그 소음은 압도적이고 결정을 내리는 데 해를 끼칠 수 있다.
시각과 통찰력을 얻기 위해 다른 시간대를 가진 거래자들을 따르는 것도 한 가지지만, 실행과 관련해서는 당신의 시간대를 알아야 한다.
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#3 Enjoy the Wins, but Stay Humble(승리를 즐기지만 겸손하게 지내십시오)
Another seemingly simple piece of advice: humility(겸손).
Unfortunately though, like the other pitfalls(함정) of swing trading, being humble is usually learned the hard way. When traders are feeling stoked and on a “trading high,” it can become dangerous grounds. Overconfidence comes with a price and the market can be a master manipulator, hitting right where it hurts just when it counts.
Here’s a lesson: Eat a steady course of self-baked humble pie, else let the market serve you its own.
#4 Mindset, Mindset, Mindset!(사고 방식, 사고 방식, 사고 방식!)
Trading isn’t a game of physicality, it’s a mental game. It puts traders through (연결하다)a whole host주인) of emotions and each day, they need to come in prepared to make sound decisions.
But sometimes in life, we can’t help but be a mess. Maybe it’s a divorce, a sick family member, losing a loved one or any number of difficult situations. Trading is not everything, particularly compared to the things that are really important. Traders have to recognize these situations and have the willpower to step away if and when needed. Breaks can be refreshing and at times necessary to our success.
Beyond that though, mindset plays a pivotal role. Even if you’re swing trading or options trading, traders need to have the ability to start each day fresh. The gains shouldn’t get them too elated (북돋우다)and the losses shouldn’t get them too down. Some emotion is involved, yes. We’re not robots. But having a clear mind each day helps exponentially(기하급수적으로) when it comes to decision making.
For instance, a sound mindset and clear focus prevent traders from becoming overconfident. It also prevents them from revenge trading(보복거래), i.e. when we have a loser or set of losers and feel “cheated” by the market, we aggressively “revenge trade” to “get our money back.” Often times this leads to more losses or at the very least, reinforces bad habits. We don’t want that in our zen(선) zone of trading. If a trader is getting there, it’s time for a break.
#5 Evaluation Is Key for a Trader(평가가 거래자에게는 핵심)
We’ve kept score our whole lives, whether it’s how many points or goals that’s scored in sports, how fast we ran a mile or what grade we got in school. Trading is no different. Ultimately, our gain or loss is the year-end mark, but we can make improvements in the day-to-day.
Study charts after the market is closed and be prepared before the open. Know (to an extent) what different scenarios are likely and how you might react in those cases. Not every plan pans out, but having one is far superior to wandering onto E-Trade or Interactive Brokers at 9:28 a.m. ET and giving it a go.
Log each and every one of your trades. The entry, exit, initial stop-loss, profit/loss, etc. Keep a notes section detailing the trade, why it was entered, what went right/wrong and if there were any lessons involved. Make trading notes on the side of your spreadsheet to emphasize broader themes, rules and ideas.
스포츠에서 몇 점이나 골이 나오든, 1마일을 얼마나 빨리 뛰든, 학교에서 몇 학년이 됐든 우리는 평생 점수를 따왔다. 거래도 다르지 않다. 궁극적으로 우리의 손익은 연말이지만, 매일 개선될 수 있다.
시장이 마감된 후의 학습 차트 및 개방 전에 준비하십시오. 다양한 시나리오가 발생할 수 있는 것과 그러한 경우에 어떻게 반응할 수 있는지 알고 있어야 한다. 모든 계획이 실패하는 것은 아니지만, 하나를 갖는 것은 오전 9시 28분에 E-Trade 또는 Interactive Brokers를 돌아다니는 것보다 훨씬 낫다. ET를 해서 한 번 해보자.
당신의 모든 거래를 기록하시오. 진입, 출구, 초기 정지 손실, 이익/손실 등 거래 내역, 거래처 입력 이유, 올바른/잘못된 내용, 관련 교훈이 있는지 여부를 상세히 기술한 부분을 유지하십시오. 스프레드시트 측면에 트레이드 노트를 작성하여 보다 광범위한 주제, 규칙 및 아이디어를 강조하십시오.
Go through your notes daily, weekly or monthly, whatever helps the most. But just be sure to go through it. It will help you figure out what you do well and what you do poorly. And thus, you can do more of what’s working and less of what’s not.
Bret Kenwell is the manager and author of Future Blue Chips and is on Twitter @BretKenwell. As of this writing, Bret Kenwell is long AAPL, AMZN and GOOGL.
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가장 도움이 되는 것은 매일, 매주, 매달 당신의 노트를 살펴라. 하지만 꼭 이겨내도록 해. 그것은 당신이 무엇을 잘하고 무엇을 잘 하지 못하는지를 알아내는 데 도움이 될 것이다. 따라서, 여러분은 더 많은 일을 할 수 있고 그렇지 않은 것을 덜 할 수 있다.
브레트 켄웰은 퓨처 블루칩의 매니저 겸 저자로 트위터 @브렛켄웰에 출연하고 있다. 이 글로서, 브레트 켄웰은 긴 AAPL, AMZN, 그리고 GOOGL이다.
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