…But Why?

You may have heard the statement before; the biggest battles traders will face are within. If there was an explanation as to what these sorts of battles are it’s more than likely along the lines of overcoming bad habits, emotional issues, biases, beliefs and so on. But why are these so important to master, and why is it so hard to do so?

I’ll address why it is so important first, as a lot of traders believe that trading should not be so difficult in that if one set of rules works for trader ‘A’, they should work for trader ‘B’.

When a math teacher is attempting to teach a class the 12 times table, some students get it straight away, some take a bit of time, and some can’t grasp it at all. Now let’s just assume that it is important for children to learn the 12 times table, if some are grasping it straight away and some are not, then is it the method being used to teach it the reason some can’t grasp it? Well yes and no.

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