A trader is someone who plays the market, looking to profit from changes in asset prices. They dig deep into research and analysis. If you're not studying, you’re just gambling. Traders can be positional, swing, scalpers, or whatever you wanna call them. We can also categorize them by the tools they use for predictions. Fundamental traders focus on news, while technical traders rely on tools to identify market trends and movements. A smart trader keeps their emotions in check when making decisions. Trading is exciting, but remember, risk doesn’t discriminate, not even against the pros.
Understanding the Trader's Mindset
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alex.shardLegendary
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#2Jul 17, 2018, 01:52 AM
You can not group traders in this way. A good trader must know how to do both technical and fundamental analyses. They are both important.
What you can group traders in are scalping, swinging, day trading. It goes as far to arbitraging and P2P. There may still be others.
silentchainHero Member
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#3Jul 18, 2018, 10:07 PM
I am just confused with your post title and looking at the body of the post, I don't know if I should start arguing or discussing about the formats of a good trader.
Mindsets of traders is as simple as expecting every of their trades to be profitable to them and a good trader must be studious about the coins trading on and must learn to discover personalized a good trading strategy.
vault_nodeFull Member
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#4Jul 19, 2018, 04:10 AM
Mate, trading mindset and types of traders are two different things.
The trading mindset is when a trader understands when to buy and when to sell. This comes after years of practice and observing the market cycles. If they are logical enough they will gain this mindset in a few months time and when that happens they will no longer panic or drool during a bear or bull cycle respectively.
Also try not to post here using a translator, it is better to make posts in native language.
I do not agree with you, trading is not only related to knowledge, otherwise people who undergo intensive courses and deep knowledge of technical analysis are supposed to achieve good performance in trading and without a loss record/wrong orders.
Trading is related to risk management and related strategies, some trading strategies are low risk in the long term and some are more risky, your knowledge of these strategies and assessment of risk levels is what prevents you from losing.
ninja_atlasFull Member
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#6Jul 19, 2018, 07:45 AM
A trader is still a trader, even if theyre not successful, as long as theyre actively trading. Same goes for gamblers, even professional gamblers who consistently win are still categorized as gamblers.
The only difference is the strategy. Everyone has their own approach in trading, but some strategies work, while others dont, and thats what separates the winners from the losers.
If you are a trader you need to consider the market situation whats the current trends now ideal to seek a token suitable for your trading habit and make an analysis of the next price action if its good with your trade or not. Always manage the risk by having a good leverage and a possible entries and ideal to make stick with plan if you have, of course you will have no one want to fight in a war without a weapon. As long as you can get a profit with the market you are still an effective trader.
Tell this to many traders that until now are emotional. It's easy to say that they shouldn't be emotional and remain focused to what they are looking for and that's with profiting through their trades. They cannot profit if they are emotional and have a different mindset than what you have mentioned.
It is fun when you know what you are trading and the strategies that you are applying. But the risk stays and it is only reduced based on the knowledge and experience that you have gained.
silentchainHero Member
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#9Jul 21, 2018, 07:53 PM
And again there is always conflicts evolving the market which brings about the evaluations of demands and supplies based on each coins fluctuations.
So it is also important to have dynamic trading strategies so you can always resolute drastically with the market sentiments in other for you to apply suitable strategies according to the current treds that is to bring you profits.
Yeah, this is what most of the users have noticed in the room. IDK why there are lots of them lately. Is this the new narrative? . Anyway, I think what matters the most is the body or the subject of the thread. There is no need to argue mate, as/and I think you already did that earlier. So, all you have to do now is to discuss the formats of a good trader.
Yes and who doesn't want to win their trades anyway? As that means profit but it is just that not all of them are good. They also have this poor mindset of being greedy to ignore even the most important things like studying. When it comes to trading strategy, indeed that it usually comes from within and not just from someone else. If we found something, we must learn how to personalized it, tweak or modify, it because it can surely perform much better whether it is already performing well or not yet.
A trader is someone who thinks that they can predict the future outcome, and people have their own ways like analysis using different indicators or simply based on the news, etc. There's no right or wrong here cause we are dealing with the prediction so as long as they make profits from whatever method they follow they're considered as right one even if they are blinding taking their positions on random basis.
coin_sigmaLegendary
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#12Jul 22, 2018, 05:23 AM
I just want to add that this knowledge will only help you to determine the probability; there's no guarantee that you can predict where the price goes. Trading is extremely risky,, and the market is extremely volatile. If you do not learn how to manage risk, you may lose your capital.
Even if we study them deeply in technical analysis, the result is different without trading experience. That is why people always said that we can only improve if we experience some mistakes.
So, as a newbie or beginner, I always suggest that every time you learn something new in trading, always do it in paper money when trading or do it with a small amount that you can afford to lose.
Experience is what you need to improve any strategy that makes you profitable trades.
just_bridgeSenior Member
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#13Jul 22, 2018, 06:27 AM
As a newbie and I write this respectfully, you show focus at this time on reading than on creating new topics. When you read, you will learn how others structure their topics and passage the message or create discussions points to be deliberated on. And this is something that you missed out on in this thread.
Your topic is not well structured and I am getting confused as to the exact point which you are trying to make.
mr_satoshiSenior Member
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#14Jul 22, 2018, 10:32 AM
To be really successful in trading, you need to take into consideration the technical and fundamental aspects of the market. Traders who solely concentrate on technical analysis have a lower chance of success; similarly, traders who concentrate on fundamental analysis alone.
They are both important and should be considered.
ledger_novaFull Member
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#15Jul 24, 2018, 02:29 AM
Seriously the traders mindset is kind of different from what you're saying tho you might be abit on point cause a situation whereby a trader doesn't read or study but have a good positive outcome in his trades what do you specify that person as? But what I think is a trader needs all it takes to be successful but most importantly he should know when to take huge risks and make necessary decisions because there usually be a change in the market predictions and your decisions matters at this point, and again having the right information matters alot too.
If you are a good trader, you know exactly what a traders mindset should be. You dont only focus on fundamentals and technicals, but in general you do focus on trading as a business that gives you active and passive income. More than that, trading is a continuous learning process, so a good trader should never stop learning even at once, but will continue to grow and develop more, and make sure to manage high emotions in order to come up with rational decisions, and not just chasing quick gains due to ones excitement to experience profits.
diamond365Full Member
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#17Jul 24, 2018, 06:45 AM
Emotion and psychology control is more important because it decides what you do in the market with your money. Like if you don't have too good knowledge of fundamentals and don't have good technical analysis capability to assess one project, you can still avoid joining it, assumes as a scam project, by being careful and avoid being too greed.
It's emotion and psychology control, that matters a lot for your action in market.
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proto_pixelFull Member
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#18Jul 24, 2018, 08:49 AM
Some people are also unaware of the risks they will face.
They just do the analysis, make trades according to what they understand.
Knowing how to do risk management to avoid bigger losses will be very helpful in the trading process.
Not only the mindset of a trader, but also as an investor knowing what risks will occur will be very helpful in determining the strategy to be used.
It is also related to the psychology of trading, as every decision will affect the final outcome to be achieved.
viper_blockSenior Member
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#19Jul 24, 2018, 12:29 PM
That is why you should learn deeper about trading so you know what you need to do based on the current situation. You can not trading without making analysis because that can lead you lose your money. If you can analyze the market before you trade, you will see the chance to make a profit. You will know when you enter and quit trading because you can see that from your analysis so you can directly act according the situation.
A good trader will control their emotions and not involve it in trading because that can disturb their analysis and make them difficult to decide. Trading is fun but they know how to handle the risk not to become big.
max.wizardFull Member
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#20Jul 24, 2018, 05:04 PM
Trading is about knowledge converted into experience, and said experience - into profit.
However, emotions sometimes block the potential of your sessions - they may help in some situations, but mostly, they push you toward acting irrationally, which is bad, of course.
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