Let us talk about such a thing as goal-setting in trading. Earlier, my colleague has already touched on this topic in his post👇, which is a practical guide to setting goals in trading. In this post I decided to return to this topic and will try to delve into this problem from psychological side.
All posts
Psychologists recommend formulating your goals as precisely and carefully as possible, projecting them on your subconscious and controlling your progress towards them. Systematic investors and traders have managed to secure themselves at the top of the market not just because they own some super system or insider information; the reason is, their goals are based on their long-time experience, their knowledge, technology, psychological stability and skillfull risk and money management. Trading without a clear idea of what, when and how we are planning to reach washes the main part of "plankton" off the market very quickly. The more detailed and realistic your goals are, the lower the risk of losing your deposit.