Before taking a trade how many times have you thought i will buy at bottom and sell at top.
How many times have you removed your Stoploss after feeding it but removed it once price started coming near Sl.
How many times have you lost all profits earned in a trade and end up being a losser
If you have the above mentioned problems in trading

Reason is need for perfection

A common trait among newer traders, or among traders that are not profitable is a need for perfection. With so much noise in the …

 
Trading is always a high return high risk game and it needs nimble trading approach with tons of discipline.
Traders say its  the Big traders who move the market and we end up making loss.
Well i do not buy this reasoning. The most Important part in trading is trading discipline and trading system(Throughly Backtested)
Some general reason why traders loose money

Mistake # 1: Jumping in with Both Feet

Would you perform a surgery, or fly a plane loaded with passengers without any previous training? Of course not. That would be insane.
But when it …

By: Terry Ashman

If you take a long or short position in the market, the market doesn’t care what price you got in at. It doesn’t care what price anyone got in or out at. It doesn’t care about your analysis or your trading methods.
The market is totally impassive. It is always right. It rolls along and no-one can tell it what to do. If it doesn’t go where your analysis and your trading methods say it should, and you are losing money, it’s no good blaming the market, your broker, …

As 2011 come to an end let me share an important aspect of trading
Keeping losses small in order to avoid huge losses
Why is that so?
From a psychological point of view nobody wants to sell at a loss as in most situations in life making mistakes and admitting them is associated with being a loser. That’s why most people prefer sticking to a losing position. They don’t want to be labeled a loser. So they start hoping their position will turn around and end up being a huge winner. The stock …

How much training you need depends on the job you want. If you want to be a janitor, an hour of training might do. Just learn to attach a mop to the right end of the broomstick and find a pail without holes.If, on the other hand, you want to fly an airplane or do surgery, you’ll have to learn a great deal more. Trading is closer to flying a plane than to mopping a floor, meaning you’ll need to invest a lot of time and energy in mastering this …

By Jason Van Bergen
It is simply not possible for any trader–whether amateur, professional or anywhere in between–to avoid every single loss. The disciplined trader is fully cognizant of the inevitability of losing hard-earned profits and, as such, is able to accept losses without emotional upheaval. At the same time, however, there are systematic methods by which you can ensure that losses are kept to a minimum.
The System
Every trader should employ a loss-limit system whereby he or she limits losses to a fixed percentage of assets, or a fixed percentage loss …

Happy Mahavir Jayanti
 
01. Anger over a losing trade – Traders usually feel as if they are victims of the market. This is usually because they either 1) care too much about the trade and/or 2) have unrealistic expectations. They seek approval from the markets, something the markets cannot provide.
2. Trading too much - Traders that do this have some personal need to “conquer” the market. The sole motivation here is greed and about “getting even” with the market. It is impossible to get “even” with the market. Trading too much is also …

Learn to Lose Money to Make Money
Unfortunately, it is the sad reality that the majority of people reading this are not profitable traders. If I could single out the most common culprit for sabotaging your trading it would have to be not being able to take a loss. This is especially prevalent amongst new traders, but I’ve seen this single trading mistake cripple even more experienced traders. In fact, I’ve run across countless traders that are generally successful if not for a few outsized losses. The problem is that these …

One of the Best Article I have read in recent memory!!
The mental part of the game. Its an aspect of trading that can easily be ignored, we all choose how we approach this game. Some see failures as opportunities to learn and progress, while others see them as outright failures and road blocks which should be avoided at all costs. Its all about attitude.
I feel that trading should be ‘easy’ It should be effortless and without conflict. If we are going to be in this game for 20+ years. I feel its important …

Many people think trading is the simplest way of making money in the stock market. Far from it; I believe it is the easiest way of losing money. There is an old Wall Street adage, that “the easiest way of making a small fortune in the markets is having a large fortune.”
I discuss below eight ways of undisciplined trading which lead to losses. Guard against them, or the market will wipe you out. I am qualified to speak on this subject because I was myself an undisciplined trader for a …