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Trading Plan
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” — Benjamin Franklin
What your trading plan should include:
  • The rules of your system
  • The times you plan to trade
  • Trade vs no-trade conditions
  • A playbook of entries
  • Journal of trades
Sticking to your trading plan is arguably the most important part of your trading experience. Your ability to stick by it, is the difference between a profitable trading career, and the unfortunate results of 80% of retail traders. 
For many traders, failure does not stem from a lack of skill at reading charts. It’s the inability to withstand the psychological woes of losses. As we’ve explored earlier, losses can come in many forms — positions taken based on greed, revenge and even fear of missing out.
Not having a plan leads to you flipping between looking for buying and selling opportunities throughout the day — leading to destructive habits like *overtrading*. It’s extremely unhealthy to have two biases for the day.
Some days, you won’t catch anything sticking to one bias. Understand that this is FINE. Take it as a character building day to fortify your discipline. You should be proud of yourself for sticking to your trading plan.
Accept it. Fortify your discipline, realize rewards over the long term.
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Trading Plan
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” — Benjamin Franklin
What your trading plan should include:
  • The rules of your system
  • The times you plan to trade
  • Trade vs no-trade conditions
  • A playbook of entries
  • Journal of trades
Sticking to your trading plan is arguably the most important part of your trading experience. Your ability to stick by it, is the difference between a profitable trading career, and the unfortunate results of 80% of retail traders. 
For many traders, failure does not stem from a lack of skill at reading charts. It’s the inability to withstand the psychological woes of losses. As we’ve explored earlier, losses can come in many forms — positions taken based on greed, revenge and even fear of missing out.
Not having a plan leads to you flipping between looking for buying and selling opportunities throughout the day — leading to destructive habits like *overtrading*. It’s extremely unhealthy to have two biases for the day.
Some days, you won’t catch anything sticking to one bias. Understand that this is FINE. Take it as a character building day to fortify your discipline. You should be proud of yourself for sticking to your trading plan.
Accept it. Fortify your discipline, realize rewards over the long term.
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