🍀 WHY THE ANXIETY?
I asked myself this question in relation to trading, why the anxiety?
Why do we feel stressed, unsure, insecure, uncomfortable when making a decision? After the decision is made while waiting, why the doubt and uncertainty?
Let's dive into this topic together because it is really important if you want to start trading or already trade and face this very much a common problem.
If you are feeling anxious before making a decision, before "pulling the trigger" on a pair, this might mean that you are not ready to bear the weight of your actions. It might mean that you are not prepared for the different outcomes, it might mean that you are not ready to make this move, to follow through. When we do our homework, our decision making process should be flawless, it tends to feel good.
No anxiety before buying but stress, doubt and insecurity afterward, why does this happens?
If you are doing just fine but become anxious after you made your move, this might mean that something is wrong. It can literally be a signal your body is sending you, trying to reach you, your mind, communicating that what you are doing and what you belief are not in agreement.
Your body has infinite intelligence, divine wisdom.
Your mind tends to express itself through the ego.
Your body runs all of the systems you need to survive, i.e. breathing, creates all of the chemicals that are needed every second, the hormones, proteins and such. Your body controls the temperature as well as the ph balance of your blood, your body knows everything because it is guided by divine wisdom while your ego can only react and know things that are present in the conscious memories of your mind.
If anxiety and stress become apparent after a decision is made, step back and review your plan, there might be something missed, for example, the size of your position might just be too big, a loss might be too tough and thus the anxiety.
Trading should be easy.
Trading should be profitable.
Trading is bound to be fun.
If you are feeling anxious, insecure, full with doubt or worse, it just means that you need more time to study, to prepare, better planning, maybe even better health before you start the show.
Take the time to prepare... What would you do if things don't go your way?
What would you do if everything goes fine, the market moves in your expected direction, when will you sell and buy how much?
What if there is a sudden crash in one of the pairs you are trading, will you hold? If yes, for how long? Will you close at a loss? If yes, when and which criteria needs to meet for you to move forward?
It is unwise to change your stop-loss after the drop has already started...
It is unwise to change your resistance and move your targets higher...
It is all a waiting game... But at one point, we have to take action and for this moment we have to prepare.
Do your research and anxiety goes away.
Namaste.