In this episode, I dive into the trap of judging trades by their results. Sometimes we get rewarded for doing something sloppy, and other times we take a clean, disciplined trade that just doesn’t work out. I talk about why a “good trade” might not be as good as it looks — and why a “bad result” might still be one of your best trades of the week. It’s a simple idea, but once you really understand it, it changes how you look at every trade you take. This is also a key reason for new traders to fail or struggle, tune in for the details.

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Two podcasts ago, I talked about trading plans for the first time in this series. Now, it’s not because trading plans aren’t important — they’re actually critical — but they’re not always the easiest topic to break down in a podcast format.

That said, I got a lot of great feedback and a few interesting questions, so in this episode I want to take a little time to follow up and dig deeper.

If you haven’t listened to that earlier episode yet, it’s Podcast #68, “Trading Plans – Just Some Tips.” You might want to go back and check that one out first.

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The Pattern Day Trader Rule essentially prevents people from day trading stocks unless they have a $25,000 balance. This rule was enacted in 2001 and was intended to protect traders. In my view, it has hurt those it has tried to help. This video explains why, and also what an opportunity it may open up for the average person.

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In all this time, this is Podcast 68, I have not had a full presentation on trading plans. The answer is partly because I just haven’t gotten around to it yet, partly because the detailed topic of trading plans may not be best for a podcast, and partly because many people feel this to be a boring topic. However, it is among the most important topics. So listen a little even if you don’t want to.In all this time, this is Podcast 68, I have not had a full presentation on trading plans. The answer is partly because I just haven’t gotten around to it yet, partly because the detailed topic of trading plans may not be best for a podcast, and partly because many people feel this to be a boring topic. However, it is among the most important topics. So listen a little even if you don’t want to.

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A while back I did a podcast that was simply titled “Time frames” which discussed some of the basics and what you may choose to focus on as a trader. This podcast is a little more advanced and based on constant questions I receive, so I will try to clear up some misconceptions about the differences in time frames and how we make money from the different time frames. If you are very new, by time frames I’m talking about the difference between long-term investing, which may use a weekly or monthly chart, to swing trading which typically uses the daily chart, to intraday trading which may use anything from a 60 minute down to a one minute or even a “tick” chart.

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While on one hand this may seem like a fairly basic topic, I get a lot of questions that let me know that a lot of traders are confused about risk management versus trade management. I have talked specifically about the “risk unit” back in Podcast #35, and a lot of comments in general about trading management back on podcast #25. However, this podcast is devoted to discussing how they tie together and emphasizing how they both are critical for success and perhaps the true number one reason for failure.

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Sorry about using one of those “top-five” titles. But that’s what this one is. It’s a new topic to discuss these as a group, but naturally each one of these may have had some partial discussion in prior podcasts. Here is the redacted list:

1. Over xxx-ing…
2. Dxxxxxxing Inappropriately…
3. Risking amounts that xxxxxxxxxx…
4. Listening to xxxx xxxx…
5. Trading with xxxxxxx which leads to xxxxxxxx.

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There is an entire category of comments you’re not likely to ever hear when you’re learning to trade. That is because they are unsavory and not things a lot of people like to talk about. That’s exactly why they can be the most helpful comments. I discuss these all the time. I have a fairly long list I will discuss in this podcast. It includes things like, as one example, dealing with losing trades, not just from a technical analysis perspective, that’s easy, but rather from a psychological perspective.

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Some recent events and a new DTS Question of the Week email sparked several comments and questions that generated this podcast topic. I don’t want to describe it too much or I may ruin the effect of this podcast. I do want to add that perhaps I didn’t and with the correct concluding line. If it isn’t obvious, the conclusion is simply this. If you follow these misperceptions, it is a factual certainty that you will lose money.

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While it is not normally the case, this podcast is a takeoff from an hour-long live DTS Educational Event I did last week. The reason I’m doing that is because this is what seems to be a very hot topic. Everyone has tons of questions about how these technologies may or may not affect traders, whether they are long-term or short-term, and whether there’s any way to benefit from them. Also this topic is one that is near and dear to my heart in terms of what I teach so deserves some special attention.

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