Comments on: Afraid to Trade? Build Your Trading Confidence http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/02/05/afraid-to-trade-build-your-trading-confidence/ Information and resources for those looking to learn about trading and the markets Wed, 23 May 2012 13:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/02/05/afraid-to-trade-build-your-trading-confidence/#comment-13387 John Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:08:09 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/?p=886#comment-13387 Rod - As Brett Steenbarger has written on many occassions, development takes repetition. The less time you're able to spend with the market the slower your development necessarily is. Rod – As Brett Steenbarger has written on many occassions, development takes repetition. The less time you’re able to spend with the market the slower your development necessarily is.

]]> By: John http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/02/05/afraid-to-trade-build-your-trading-confidence/#comment-13386 John Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:06:39 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/?p=886#comment-13386 Mark - I wouldn't use the word "skill" where you do. Age, strength, and size are not skills - to use your examples. Those are attributes, perhaps, but skills are learned things. I'm not rejecting your point. Just clarifying. A 5'5" man can learn the skill of shooting a basketball and become highly proficient, but he ain't making the NBA at that size. Just about anyone can learn the skills of executing trades, reading charts, etc. That, however, does not mean they necessarily have the attributes required to be a good trader. Mark – I wouldn’t use the word “skill” where you do. Age, strength, and size are not skills – to use your examples. Those are attributes, perhaps, but skills are learned things. I’m not rejecting your point. Just clarifying. A 5’5″ man can learn the skill of shooting a basketball and become highly proficient, but he ain’t making the NBA at that size. Just about anyone can learn the skills of executing trades, reading charts, etc. That, however, does not mean they necessarily have the attributes required to be a good trader.

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I agree – except for one point.

“For some people it will happen relatively quickly while for others it will take longer”

Some people cannot do it. Trading is not for everyone and that fact cannot be ignored. I want to play professional football, but I lack the necessary skills. (Too old, too weak, too small etc)

Trading requires skills. And education, the right attitude, emotional control, discipline, etc.

]]> By: Rod http://theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/index.php/2009/02/05/afraid-to-trade-build-your-trading-confidence/#comment-13384 Rod Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:03:50 +0000 http://www.theessentialsoftrading.com/Blog/?p=886#comment-13384 John, Great post !! Sometimes I can't help wondering whether the learning process is supposed to be so time consuming. If you have a day job and a family it can be hard to find some spare time. Advice like this reduces the anxiety. Thank you. John,

Great post !! Sometimes I can’t help wondering whether the learning process is supposed to be so time consuming. If you have a day job and a family it can be hard to find some spare time. Advice like this reduces the anxiety. Thank you.

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