Day Trading - It’s All About Winning & Losing
January 16th, 2008 by admin
Day TradingTrading to Win
Trading for your life
The urge to learn is the urge to win, and this urge to compete to win belongs to everyone.
When you win, you satisfy your brain (dopamine, the chemical released in response to winning) and you feel good, having pleasurable emotions and conversations.
This drive to win is found in every cell of your being and underlies everything you do. It’s at the core of every business, every relationship, and every sporting game, including the game of day trading - and, you got it, the Day Traders Win game.
The drive to win is foremost the drive to survive (procreate and replicate – the continuation of the species). We do whatever we need to do to survive (win) - to stay alive long enough to pass on our genes, knowledge, and wealth - fighting, at times, to the death over mates, knowledge (insider information, technology), and money.
We live competitively to fulfill our purpose – to survive, to learn, to have our needs and aspirations realized - then we use our success to help others survive, learn, and have their needs and aspirations met.
Should you buy into this philosophy, you can easily see that every aspect of living is about games. From the moment of life to the moment of death, all we experience is about games - rules (principles, values, and policies), winning or losing. Oh, and in the middle, when we take a break from the winning and losing experiences, we find a peaceful state (sleep, meditation, nature, art, fun, and so on). All three must be present - winning, losing, and rest - for success in any game.
The trading game is no different. So, what distinguishes what we do? We learn to lose with dignity and power. We learn to win with humility and power. And, we learn to take care of ourselves in between the two. Simple, yes?
The challenge of learning and serving, the big game, is what makes life worthwhile. That’s what our business is all about. That’s what your trading and your life can be all about.
Yet we are never 100% satisfied. We always want more - to learn more, have more, and win more. Winning helps us come close to being fully satisfied. As winning is temporary, we always want more—in golf, in tennis, and while trading stocks
Real satisfaction is the result of solving problems (learning), contributing with people (serving) = winning (whatever you choose to do in life).
Winning, whatever your endeavor, keeps you feeling alive.
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Trading to Lose - trading with your emotions
Conversely, the fear of losing brings on unpleasant feelings of trader insecurity, anxiety, and stress.
Your nervous system releases another chemical (adrenaline) giving us a need to fight (trade recklessly) or to take flight (exit a winning trade before the real profits, or quit trading (by choice or by “blowing out” another account) altogether.
As we know, while trading, fear both prevents/delays an entry and you exit trades prematurely.
Trader resentment and anger in losing makes you want to recklessly get your money back - to get even.
All of these emotional distractions are drains on our energy and cause negative, disabling stress.
As you know, too much negative stress weakens the immune system, overburdens the heart, and, yes, excess stress can kill you.
In addition, excess negative stress, like post traumatic stress syndrome (Vets returning from Iraq), the brain will just close down. We don’t want to go there in this conversation.
Stress is as common as breathing. You want to rid yourself of stress, lop your head off.
Now managing stress is another matter. First, you want to distinguish between positive stress and negative stress. Then, you deal with any negative trading stress to be able to win. You know that.
Dealing with negative trading stress (losing) while enhancing positive trading stress (winning) is what we are here for - to quickly and powerfully help traders manage who they are while you are trading stocks. By the way, you learn to do this well while trading, you will find yourself doing this in all other areas of your life.
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Day Trading - Losing
There is no other trading game I know of than the Day Traders Win game where winning and losing can be so rewarding. (not trading futures, not trading options, not swing trading, not investing, not commodities or any other trading venues –just day trading stocks).
“What are you nuts, losing is rewarding?”
Yes, rewarding.
Our way of losing is so infrequent, so temporary, and we learn to make it so insignificant. You are now open for more opportunities to win.
Saying this another way. When we lose a trade in our game, it’s small, fast, and fleeting - as we are now free emotionally and financially to move on to win again.
You learn to lose small with us and you’re out - no brooding, no pain, no suffering - losing becomes just another step toward winning.
By the way, learning to lose like this may seem simple enough to do on your own - I don’t recommend it.
It would be like learning to drop volley in tennis or successfully exiting sand traps in golf - on your own. Not Possible. Not going to happen. All champions have an objective observer with proprietary game strategies, guidance, and support to get you to—and stay on top of - your game
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A little more Trading Philosophy
The urge to win, to feel “alive” is why we learn.
We learn to survive and strive yet our brains are never totally satisfied no matter how much success - winning. We learn to be good at something to offer
It’s not even possible to be fully satisfied. So winning is about learning - so we can get what we want, then help others learn and win to get what they want.
Winning and losing is the ongoing, never-ending game of life that, when more become aware of life’s simplicity, this world can become a much better place for all to live in, win, and feel alive.
To win/feel alive trading stocks is why we risk. We risk to win – at the casino, at war, in relationships, in business, and in the game of day trading.
Yes, winning, trading stocks, is addictive.
“Why?”
Trading is about living fully, in the moment, on the edge with risk, awake with emotions, fully engaged in the game to win, and while trading, to win - period. While trading, is not about the money, the accumulation of wealth, the philanthropy—it’s all about winning!
Learning to trade masterfully, your trading can become your source of financial power for all that matters in and for the rest of your life - your energy, health, dignity, relationships, serving others, and whatever you set out to accomplish and who you choose to serve.
Your quest for success, the need to be challenged - the urge to learn and win - and the urge to win while trading stocks - is all about being fully human—alive.
Done well, your life feels full and you come alive - winning.
By the way, we know of no other game on the planet that allows as much winning as our game - the Day Traders Win game.
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