Short excerpt from a YouTube video in which the speaker reflects on early trading behavior: repeatedly checking markets throughout the day without a plan led to impulsive ‘quick trades’ and cumulative losses (several thousand dollars). The clip emphasizes the importance of schedule-based discipline to avoid emotionally-driven trades.
What I used to do early on in my trading career is I would randomly come back to my trading computer at 1pm, 2pm just throughout the day. If I have nothing going on, I would just come back and I would just start watching the markets, right? And I'm like, I'm not going to take a trade. I'm just going to watch. I'm just going to watch. Obviously, when we watch, we mentally create these opportunities in the market. Like, oh, my God, this is going to go up. Let me take a quick trade. Let me take a quick trade here, Let me take a quick trade there. As I start taking these quick trades, next thing you know, I'm down a couple of grand, and it just never really works out.
