Are Your Images of Your Trading Day Motivating or Frustrating?

The images of today’s society are thrown attrading day will either serve you well or they will work
us to encourage us to want bigger and better, more,against you in the long run. Images of physical
and faster. We are literally bombarded with high pricedpossessions generally do not motivate a trader on a
images and images that draw on our human desire tobad trading day in the same positive way that images
succeed in our lives. Status symbols are all over theof the most exciting trade of the week do. It is all
place and often we know from the beginning whichabout focus.
ones will excite us. Whether we want large yachts,When you focus on the reward, you become terribly
expensive cars, million dollar homes, or a life of financialfrustrated when the reward seems to be slipping
freedom, we all want something and we focus on thefarther and farther away. This has the potential to
images that spark desire in our lives.rock your confidence and bring negative emotions into
The day trading lifestyle often conjures up images ofyour trading day. This of course, can lead to some
successful people playing hard with their expensivepretty costly mistakes if you allow it to. When you
toys. Day trading attracts the people who want somekeep your focus on the process you can often take a
of the biggest and most expensive toys because it isloss without harm and walk away to the next trade
a known profession built off of success and money.with a little more knowledge under your belt and a little
However, since there isn’t a quick short cut intotime to refocus your energy on the next event. Focus
the mainstream of monetary award, many peoplecan either create energy of take it away, depending
who came into day trading with hopes of a financiallyentirely on what you choose to focus on during your
rewarding experience are now finding those sameday.
image that once motivated them a source ofAs you go through your trading day, you are bound to
discontentment, overwrought with feelings of failurefind different motivating images that flash across your
and impatience, and frustration. A successful image nomind. When you find the ones that really seem to get
longer feels good.your juices flowing in a positive direction (regardless of
Those who hold onto their frustration or even thewhether you are coming off of a winning trade or a
images that once spurred them into trading often dolosing trade) then you will know where to redirect your
not do as well as those who realize that trading ismind when it starts to lose its focus.
nothing more than a process that deals with skill,The use of motivating images has been used for
knowledge, and a basic understanding that theirdecades in order to inspire athletes, artists, trading
chosen path is not an easy one. Setbacks do notexperts, and all kinds of people who deal in a rather
mean failure when you are more focused on theaggressive and unforgiving environment. When you
education and experience than the big reward at thelearn to harness your images and help them to help
end of a really good year. You can get there, but youyou, your trading day will be inspired, not frustrating, no
will get there faster if you hold the process abovematter what happens.
these images of fast cars, hot women and men, andIn the mean time, Good Luck on your journey to
large scale life. You didn’t walk onto a moviesuccess…
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and the next big toy or are you feeling the thrill of thepreparations that you can use immediately to instantly
trades that brought the house down, the good callsimprove your trading and investing performance.
you’ve made, or the adrenaline rush as theThat’s my GIFT to You as a way of saying
ticker tape climbs right before the closing bell? Thethank you for reading my articles.
images that you flip through your mind during the