Newbie traders - Learn from my mistakes
I, myself have not been a Trader very long, but now, I have a gist about trading. In the beginning, when I first started trading, I was stupefied by enormous number of things I had to look out for, inorder to place a successful trade and knowing when to exit the market. So many signals to look out for while keeping an eye on the markets. These things left me in confusion and ultimately, I lost a good portion of my capital.
I am aiming this article mainly for newbies who has recently started trading. I faced a lot of hurdles myself not knowing which side is up and which is down. In my state of daze, I sought all the wrong help that a professional traders avoid themselves from, which only made me lose more money and sinking me lower. I seeked helps from proclaimed trading gurus (them telling me when to enter the market and which cryptos I should invest in). All their predictions came at a price and nothing was free. But hardly any of their expert opinions made me any profit. So I kept jumping from one professionals to another, hoping that I'd find my golden goose. I was totally wrong. I didn't find any treasures at the end of a rainbow. All it did was lighten my pocket. It was excessively discouraging and almost made me give up trading.
Feeling depressed, I stopped trading for few days and looked at my past trades from every perspective and in doing so, I learned few things one should accomplish beforehand. After rectifying my past mistakes, I am fairly doing fine now. So let me share these few gems with all traders-in-learning.
First and foremost, it is imperative for a newbie to learn the chart and various signals such as MA, EMA, WMA, KJD, MACD, RSI, DMI, MTM etc. When I say learn, I mean thoroughly. If you are averse to reading, there are hundreds of directive videos in YouTube. These videos have really helped me out in understanding various concepts to trading. So, I am assured that it would help you too.
Never try to learn all the signals in one or two sittings. As complicated as it is to master oneself to reading particular signal, you are liable to find yourself in confusion if you try to cramp all knowledge at once.
Most importantly, learning to read the chart should come foremost. I use candlestick myself. Charts plays the most important role in making decisions. So you should learn each and every shapes and forms there is since every pattern depicts what the future outcome might be like. It is not 100 percent assured, but to some extend, the chart is often predictable, as long as the market is not extremely volatile.
Coming back to art of learning, initially, I would suggest that you learn to read two to three signals and see if the signals are aligning with the chart. I recommend you to use candlestick for chart since it has numerous ways to tell you how the future market rating could be by the past market chart patterns.
Now, coming to practical world, I don't suggest a demo account to test your knowledge. Demo accounts dosen't enable you to test your emotions because there is no account for you to lose or gain anything. As a result, you fail to give your attention fully and leads you to learn almost nothing.
I'd suggest you invest the least amount of capital that cannot hurt you even if you lose. And as I said earlier, try out few signals and see if they are aligning with the chart. If they are, then its time for you to enter the market and wait for it to see if you read the signals right. In the same manner, try out the rest of the signals according to your liking and try out. Try to experiment using different signals with another till you find your niche.
Placing your trade is all about timing. So patience is a major factor. Look out for the market, right along, reading signals and chart. If you find that the market is very unstable, I suggest you take a break from it. Wait for it to come back to a normal trend where you can most likely predict the future by reading the adjoining signals and patterns. Then, make your play. Anyways, who is to say that the market trend is normal.
Don't be discouraged if you fail to predict the market but consider it as a stepping stone. You remember that even the top professional traders also fail more than one-third of times they trade.
Trading is an art where you are the teacher as well as the student. One can teach you how trading is done or how to read signals, but eventually, the final outcome will be up to you.
So, I wish you good luck.
Viketo Sumi (Armani123)