If you are a day trader, then you can relate to being guilty of at least one of these nine secret trader habits…
- Talking to yourself…
All day long I talk to myself about what’s going on… but no one is around.
- Dreaming of being the next Warren Buffet…
Trading is all about making money. So if you are a trader, of course you think about what it’s like to be Warren Buffett.
- Swearing at your monitor…
Things never go as you planned. Swearing is not productive, but it sure does feel good sometimes.
- When you lose, blaming the market instead of yourself…
This is so true… I am never wrong. It’s the market’s fault I lost money today, not mine…
- Sometimes feeling like you have no idea what you’re doing…
Admit it… you’ve found yourself in a trade with no idea what the market is going to do and you’ve just started praying you make some money so you can get out.
- Secretly, you still get super nervous when trading…
Doesn’t matter if you have been trading for one year or twenty. You get nervous when you put $100K down on a trade.
- Still getting a HUGE rush when making big wins…
Nothing feels better than locking in a huge profit on a trade that you planned out perfectly. It’s like hitting the perfect golf swing or draining a 3-pointer at the buzzer. It keeps you coming back for more.
- Pretending you are a hedge fund manager…
You have to be pretty confident to risk your savings every day… so when you start winning you can’t help but feel like a boss.
- Thinking you’re smarter than everyone else in the markets…
If you’ve ever made $2,000 in 15 minutes than you know the feeling. You can’t help but look around and feel like you know stuff that other people don’t.
