What would you say to the trader who says, “I’m making money overall, and I’m using stops to limit my losses, but I still have a lot of anxiety about trading. I still can’t stand to lose.”? I would tell that trader to think of each trade as one of the next one thousand trades he’s going to make. If you start thinking in terms of the next one thousand trades, all of a sudden you’ve made any single trade seem very inconsequential. Who cares if a particular trade is a winner or a loser? It’s just another trade. Do you do any mental exercises to relax, or is that not necessary now that you’re
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