Which of these trading paths would you choose?

When successful trading isn't defined by profits [Company Logo] When the market or trading "gets tough", I recall some advice I got when I was just starting my trading journey... Most active investing pros would advise struggling traders to recognize that your best days ARE NOT always your most profitable. If your profits don't define your best trading days, then what defines a "best trading day?" Consider this... Imagine a great string of months in your trading where you're consistently winning with your favorite type of trade. You take losses, but they are manageable. As a result, your losses actually boost your confidence in your ability to be consistently profitable because you don't have to fear significant drawdowns. Also imagine that your winning trades do exactly what you expect them to do. These winners are not perfect every time, but like your losses, small wins and big wins both prove that when it come to trading... You know what you're doing! HERE'S THE CHALLENGE.... With this positive trading period clearly in your mind... YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR TRADING FUTURE... For the next several years your trading will be as described in ONE of the following two scenarios - which would you choose? - First, you have to give away all your recent trading gains to charity. However, for the next several years you will continue trading as you've been in this exercise - without stress, confident, profitable, and with enjoyment. Or.... - First, you lock in all your profits so you account is in 100% cash and you feel "flush." However, the market conditions change and your trading struggles with big losses and inconsistent gains. You need to find your way back to consistent profitability. You believe you will, but as you know, there are no guarantees in trading. Either outcome may be correct for your situation. Which did you choose? 1. The ability to rely on trading as a source of many future benefits. 2. Take the cash now, and face an unknown future. You are already making this choice more often than you may think! Every time you take a loss or bank a profit you have a chance to look at your decision this way... ...Did I just take the money, or ...Am I following a strategy I have confidence in? Every time the market "feels ripe for a reversal" and you have profits that have run up in your open positions, you'll have this same decision to make... Is that true now? Take The Cash, or Trust Your Trading Skills? Most active investing pros would advise struggling traders to learn that your best days ARE NOT always your most profitable because... When you have trading systems, strategies, and tactics that enable you to consistently identify trading opportunities, and manage your winning and losing trades effectively, your best trading days are defined by how well you trade according to the rules of your strategies, not how much you make. The best way to be a successful active investor over the long term is to have a repeatable process for identifying trades and executing them consistently so that you can measure, monitor and maintain a trading process that works. When you approach trading as a repeatable process, your best trading days are the ones in which you do a good job following your trading process (or plan). A proven trading strategy (process) + Good execution = What most people want from trading... ...Greater flexibility to enjoy life ...Enjoyment of the trading process ...and a lot of other things that are more than money. How To Find A Successful Trading Strategy? At MarketGauge we like to approach trading with an edge and a strategy to profit from it... Which of these sound like you? - Some of the edges we profit from come from discretionary trading strategies where you make all the buy and sell decisions. - Other edges are exploited by computerized models that hand you buy and sell instructions. - Sometimes you can put multiple strategies or systems together to have a diversified approach to your trading that makes it easier to "sleep at night." Trading and investing is NOT a one size fits all activity, but... YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN piggy-back off the success of others to FIND YOUR SOLUTION to becoming a consistently successful trader. We have over a dozen strategies and systems that... ...we personally use ...we've taught to thousands of others ...are used by professionals (some managing other people's money) ...any person interested in active investing can use! Are you so confident in the success of your trading strategy that you can judge the quality of your trading day by how well you traded rather than the day's profit? 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