Becoming a student of the market

[eightbo]

:looks around:

Fact: About 80% of your brain is water
and judging from this thread, the other 20% must be psychology

[stueytrader]

Even bots were programmed by humans, with their own psychology at work during that time. And if we move into manual trading then of course every single action comes essentially from a person's psychology.

Cor blimey, you've really blurred the lines with that one

That's like saying "exams are all psychology". True, but not applicable.

To be fair, my post was partly tongue-in-cheek, but only partly. I did post earlier that of course you need more than a good mindset, and of course knowledge about how to trade is also essential.

But, the point I'm trying to make clear is that everything we do comes down to our own (fallible) psychology in essence, and that this is a far wider issue than simply not losing discipline. So keeping that 'in mind' (pardon the pun) is pretty important to all traders IMO.