{"id":40017,"date":"2015-02-27T13:39:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=40017"},"modified":"2023-05-24T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T13:00:26","slug":"when-to-be-hard-on-yourself-as-a-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/when-to-be-hard-on-yourself-as-a-trader","title":{"rendered":"When to be Hard on Yourself as a Trader (SMBU Daily Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, I outline one of our best trades of the month in $GENE, and more importantly, what we needed to learn after that huge trade.<\/p>\n<p>And I question why many traders are so hard on themselves when they are stopped out on a losing trade.<\/p>\n<p>It can sound like this after one of these losses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;How could I be so stupid!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I am never trading this stock again!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Expletive deleted (followed by) expletive deleted (with another) expletive deleted.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>Professional traders think differently, as I explain in this video.<\/p>\n<p>The stop outs are inevitable. 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