>>62882951Because we are humans, not robots. Don't listen to sociopaths.
>>62882958So how do good traders overcome emotion? Drugs?
>>62883017They don't trade with their own money
>>62883017stop losses
>>62883017They just stick to their plan and cut early.
>>62883017Staying strictly rational.
>>62882951They make a plan and stick to it no matter what. Read about the famous diver John Chatterton and how he survived 200 feet under water during extreme nitrogen narcosis, which makes you extremely emotional and reactive. He made a plan and stuck to it no matter how he felt in the moment.
>>62882951Your decisions reflect on you. Making wrong decisions proves you are retarded, which hurts the ego when you find out. It feels like losing in chess even though it is more like losing/winning in poker.
mmmmm big carl
>choose to not panic sell when I was only 1% down on a rally after being 30% down>now I'm 70% downSometimes your emotions are right.
