| Everyone always searches for the infamous holy grail | | | | 1. All traders have a system or multiple systems. |
| of stock trading. The magical trading system that will | | | | Remember there is no holy grail that will make you |
| make them rich and allow them to never lose money | | | | right every time but there are systems that are right |
| again. | | | | more than they are wrong. |
| So does it exist? Is there a trading system or | | | | 2. All traders manage their risk. If you lost 10% of |
| oscillator that will allow them to never lose money | | | | your account on 1 stock you are not managing your |
| again? No, there is no magical system out there that | | | | risk. No single trade should set you back more then |
| will make you an instant stock market millionaire. | | | | 2-5% of your total account value. This way a loss will |
| Yet so many people pay thousands of dollars looking | | | | not hurt you too much and it can easily make it up |
| for that one special system. They go to seminars | | | | on your next trade. |
| after seminars or buy systems after systems. All of | | | | 3. No traders will get their stock picks from the news. |
| this to find the famous holy grail of trading, a system | | | | All successful traders are able to weed out |
| that will not fail to make them money. | | | | everything they are hearing on the news and make |
| There is no such thing. Many people who try to find | | | | rational decisions based on technical analysis. |
| the best system just switch from Stock market | | | | 4. All traders control their emotions and make rational |
| program to stock market program. Getting nowhere | | | | decisions based off of their own trading plan. |
| and spending a lot of money doing it. | | | | So there you have it. The Holy Grail, build a system |
| But there has to be a way to trade right? There are | | | | and follow it, control your emotions, and minimize |
| many people who consistently make money in the | | | | your risk. If you can do those things you can |
| stock market after all. There are a few things all | | | | succeed in the markets. |
| stock market professionals have in common. | | | | |