Becoming successful trading the commodities market, stock market, or any other trading venue is a long process. It takes literally years of proper trading education. You need to learn successful strategies, methods, and principles. You must become proficient at technical analysis. Even after learning all of the above, there is another major factor that must be overcome. It is the psychological part of trading.
Proper trading psychology is what keeps most traders from becoming successful in the long run. Emotions such as greed, fear, and hope must be controlled, or better yet, eliminated. This is much easier said than done. Greed can make you risk way too much when trading. Fear can stop you from making a trade, even though your signals tell you to, and the odds are in your favor. Hope can keep you in a losing trade too long, when you should have cut your loss short. You hope the market is going to turn around in your favor. It might not happen, and you could be ruined financially and psychologically.
You must be able to control or eliminate your emotions when trading commodities. Emotions will cloud your thinking, and you will not be objective in your analysis. Without clear thinking and objectivity, you really have no chance to be successful in the long run. The world’s best traders not only use successful strategies, but also understand, and implement proper trading psychology.
Just how does one control or eliminate emotions when trading? Here are a few techniques proven successful by some of the best traders in the world. These are the traders who have amassed fortunes.
Concentrate on the trading process, and not the results. Worrying about future results will get you nowhere, and will cloud your thinking and judgement. Implement successful strategies, methods, and principles. Combine that with sound money management, and you could well be on your way to making a fortune trading commodities.
Speaking of sound money management. Pre-determine the amount of money you are willing to risk, before you take a position in the market. If the market goes against you, and you lose that amount, get out immediately. This can be achieved by putting in a stop-loss order when you initiate your trade.
It is important to think in terms of probabilities when trading commodities, or any other market. Put as many factors in your favor as possible before making a trade. Only trade when the odds are firmly in your favor. Do not think about the last few trades, whether they were winners or losers. You will not win on every trade. The key is to have the odds in your favor on every trade you make. This way you know success will be yours in the long run. Fortunes are made trading commodities, and if you use successful strategies and methods, along with implementing proper trading psychology, you could also make a fortune.
Hi, I’m Gary E Kerkow, founder of Tradingmarkets4u.com. This site provides information to help traders and investors become successful. I have over 20 years of trading experience including stocks, futures and options. I implement the strategies, methods, and psychology of the world’s best traders and investors. This includes Jesse Livermore, William J O’Neil and others. Visit my website at http://www.tradingmarkets4u.com