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Oct 03 2007

What are Your Expectations?

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Often failure is the result of not being clear of what success is.

I’ve had my own rollercoaster experiences as a trader. There has been an extremely wide gap in the euphoria of big gains, and the depression of large losses. I look back and think, what were my expectations? What was my trading plan? I don’t have answers to those questions.

Did I just assume that I would become a successful trader just by virtue of having a live account and being active in it? The answer is yes.

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