Why is it that some people are successful in trading the markets? And why is it some people fail? Is it luck that determines if you are successful or not in making money from the market? Is it the system or strategy that a person uses which determines their success?

1. Your Sure Way to Lasting Success in Trading
Why is it that some people are successful in trading the markets? And why is it some people
fail? Is it luck that determines if you are successful or not in making money from the market? Is it
the system or strategy that a person uses which determines their success?
A lot would say that it is the system or strategy that they employ which ultimately determines if
they come out winning from the market.
Every system that exists on the internet will show you how to make money using it. Without a
doubt, it will make money for you. The question is usually how much money will the system
make for you. All the system that out there will show to you how their system has work based on
historical data or activity and then at the bottom of the page there would be a disclaimer clause
that states .. Historical data does not determine or guarantee future earnings….
So why is it that these sites or pages include this disclaimer clause?
The disclaimer clause is incorporated in it because they know that there are certain elements
which they can not control. Human emotions.
Human emotions are always the key to either success or failure in any business. And it is no
difference when trading the markets. Read all the books about trading that you want, buy all the
successful systems that you want. If you can't control your emotions, you can't succeed in the
markets.
That's the reason for the disclaimers clause because the one thing that the author can not
control is their subscribers or customers emotions.
In the market there are but only two main emotions that every trader will experience; GREED
and FEAR. When this emotion appears it is not how we eliminate it but rather how we act on it.
There are natural emotions that can not be eliminated. These emotions force us to action, thus
how we act on it will determine the outcome.
Like anger, when we are angry at someone, it's either we say something nasty or we can just
kick a bucket or we can just dive into a pool of water. Whichever action that we take, it produces
a different outcome or result.
All too often when we begin to see two to three consecutive losses on our trading activities, we
would begin to have doubt. When this happens we are already in a state of fear, we fear losing
more of our money and thus begin to doubt that the system is working.

2. While no system is absolute, meaning no system will guarantee that you will make money ALL
the time. The system seller would say that we would be able to make money consistently,
provided we follow their system to the dot.
Your Sure Way to Lasting Success in Trading

4. On the other hand, when we begin to see two or three consecutively we begin to feel on top of
the world. We begin to feel that we can start making good money from the market and then start
tweaking the system or maybe putting more money in the market to leverage our earnings or
maybe begin to take on more positions, which ultimately make us deviate from the system which
we were using. This is when greed has already stepped in to rule our thoughts.
There is a saying : The system is only as good as the person using it. So if we don't follow the
system either when we are making losses or when we are creating profits. We would ultimately
fail. And to follow the system requires discipline. The discipline to act on our fear and greed
when it sets in, will determine how well we do in the market.
Once again discipline is the key. We must have the discipline to say I have reached my target. I
should take profits now even though it may go higher when greed sets in. And when fear sets in
one should say I have to take a position even though the market does not seem to be moving in
my favor
While these are but two circumstances when greed and fears arise, there are, and will be many
instances when we need to make a decision to either enter or exit the market. And these are
very two most important decisions to take in order to succeed in the markets. The discipline to
follow the system diligently no matter what happens to the market
So no matter how good the system is, the only and sure way is to have lasting success in the
market depending on the discipline to overcome our personal emotions to follow a particular
system religiously.