lilgreenback wrote:the important thing is; was that I decided that I was better off leaving it there and using the profit to lick the wounds from previous games and put a little green back.
What I need is just a little more confidence and bottle to deal with a situ whan it goes against ones judgement or the teams form.
And also what do others think cut and get out for green or less red or do you stay in there to try to salvage the position?
Don't trade football myself but from what I have read there it sticks out that you need to work on your confidence and judgement. There is no reason I can think of to say stop and take your green. Instead you should be looking for an opportunity, if an opportunity appears you should trade it, if it doesn't you shouldn't trade it. What you have won or lost previously should have no affect upon what you do next really.
Each trade should be taken on its own merits and not whether the previous trade(s) were winners or losers.
So my advice no matter what field you are trading would be to learn to forget what happened previously and remove emotion from your trading.
Easier said than done though - but you have highlighted a clear area you need to work on that will reap huge benefits long term.
IMO trading is about 80 to 90% mental/down to the individual, 5 to 10% or so down to the 'strategy' and the rest down to other factors.
Best of luck.