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You may not be aware of it, but there is potentially a silent and destructive force working against you.

Your Trading Success Relies On Your Mental Strength

You've probably heard that being a top performing athlete is 10% physical and 90% mental.

The same is true being a top trader - failure usually comes from within, i.e. from between the ears.

Over the last 27-years I have learnt some hard lessons but the key to success in the trading and investing world comes down to three core traits:

  • Find a strategy that works.
  • Validate it.
  • Do it.
The first two are rather easy. There are loads of strategies around (we have 7 within The Chartist). Needles to say there are thousands more out there and I hope in your journey you find the one that will be right for you.

Validation is also easy these days. When I started trading back in the 80's I did it all by hand. These days we can buy inexpensive software and build from the ground up to achieve proof of concept. Validation gives you the confidence to proceed - just like a road map.
However, a major point of difference between success and failure, between professional and amateur, is how you do it, or more specifically whether or not you can actually do it.

To 'do it' means how you think and act in various situations. The key to succeeding in the investment arena are the behavioural or qualitative traits that actually can't be taught. These traits must come from within and be developed over time with ongoing and cpnerted discipline.

If you're looking for some pointers to stay objective, become more aware of your own thought processes and become better prepared to overcome negative emotions when they occur, then you should tap into our series "Overcoming Yourself".

It's free and delivered every few days in bite size chunks for easy digestion.

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