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Old 09-03-2008, 17:20   #180
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Smile Re: The learning cycle for a newbie trader

It takes most new traders WAY longer to get to the Eureka moment than it needs to because we just don't want to hear the truth, until we are forced to - and sometimes its too late.

Almost every book/training course on trading says the same thing - Money Management and Mindset are critical - more important than your system - and yet the majority of new traders put almost all their effort into their system and only a tiny fraction into Money Management and Mindset. We treat them like optional add-ons rather than the priority.

If every new trader got hit over the head repeatedly with the reminder "its 80% Mind and Money Management and only 20% system" and they allocated their time and effort accordingly, many more would make it.
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