Losing a trade or being
wrong about the market direction doesn't mean you're inferior in any way.
Not exact matches
This is an important point to consider as a trader, because as traders one of the things we have to learn to deal with on a regular basis is losing, A.K.A. being
wrong about the
direction of the
market.
As I will show you below, you can be
wrong more often than you're right
about the
direction of the
market and still be a profitable trader.
About the only bet I am willing to make is to bet that whatever call I make on
market direction in 2009 will be
wrong.
When you lose on a trade there are two things that happen; 1) You lose money, and 2) You are
wrong about the
direction of the
market.
We have to learn that both losing money and being
wrong about the
direction of the
market on a trade are both just «part of the game».
Lost in the bull
market euphoria is the reality that economists have been dead
wrong about the
direction of asset prices, particularly bond prices.