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Overcoming Emotions and Zen TradingOvercoming Emotions Most traders want to "overcome" their emotions. They view thoughts and emotions as the enemy which prevents them from succeeding in the market. This is a false perception. Yes emotions and thoughts can lead to actions in the market, but they are impossible to remove. So long as you are human you will have emotions and thoughts. There is an alternative to removing them, and that is to use them to your advantage in the market. By practicing mindfulness, which is awareness of thoughts, emotions, and perceptions, you can learn to recognize how these affect your trading performance. By recognizing and being aware of them, you have a chance to change the outcome. For instance if you consistently enter poor trades due to fear of missing out. When you become aware of this fear you can learn to stop yourself from entering and avoid the poor trades that hurt your performance. There is a direct correlation between how you feel about yourself or the market, and how you perform. If you are worried about money you will overly focus on risk or prices going against your position even if only slightly, and likely make a mistake by exiting too soon. Or you do not want to take the loss and will hold the trade too long, hoping the market will let you off the hook with a smaller loss. What is Zen Trading about? Zen trading is a mindset of flowing with the market without hesitation, being aware of and trading along side emotions, and making actions intuitively rather than forcefully. A Zen trader remains in a relaxed, effortless state of mind; without any internal struggle. He does not attach his self worth to his performance at any given time, and is unhindered by market outcomes. He acts on his edge when it is present without hesitating, and takes what the market gives him when it is time to do so. He trusts himself, his strategy, and the market to provide him with a consistent performance over time; whether or not he makes money on this trade, today, or this week. He is aware of the bigger picture; the Tao or life, and knows there is more to life than trading or money. Trading is not his life. It is simply something he does to earn a living, and he seeks to maintain a Zen spirit in his trading and actions in the market. *If you find this analysis helpful please like! Feel free to comment or ask questions.
by tradersmentality
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Lessons from an Experienced Trader #2Lesson 4     Know what you want in the market  Contrary to what most believe, successful traders do not actually trade constantly.  Attempting to trade constantly leads to increased commission costs, random trading, and compound mistakes.  In fact, successful traders spend most of their time doing absolutely nothing!  How long does it take to enter an order?  A click of the button.  A few seconds.  Maybe a few minutes at most to create bracket orders.  So what do Professional Traders do the rest of the time?  They wait.  They wait until the market offers what they want or are looking for. Then after entering they wait some more to see if they are right.  They wait for the market to provide them with the information to either hold, or exit. They allow themselves to Be, the trade to Be, the market to Be and do what it is going to do.  They do not force actions or attempt to make the market do what they want.  They wait until the action comes about on its own, until it is natural, a reflex.   If you do not know what it is in the market that you are looking for, you will fold under pressure and confusion.  A Professional Trader knows exactly what he wants (not just to make money), he knows what he is looking for in the market, and is willingness to wait for it to arrive.  By doing so, he is rewarded and paid by the market for his patience and willing to do nothing.  Even if this means not trading for hours, days, or even weeks depending on the time frame.   It is far better to do nothing and avoid unnecessary losses, than to try and create tensions, forced actions, and lose money.  You have to ask yourself "What is more important?  The actual act of trading, or making money?" Lesson 5    Define your edge An edge is what you have defined as being what you want from the market in the previous lesson.  This can be anything from a specific setup, to just plain context like a strong market.  If you do not know what your edge is, you will struggle to perform consistently due to randomness. Many new traders, especially those who follow price action, believe they should be able to trade the market no matter what the context is.  If you think you are just going to walk in to the market, trade based on whatever the market is doing and make money; you are fooling yourself.  Doing so will lead you to trade randomly, entering willy nilly at the market, and make many mistakes which will cost you your profitability.   Do you walk into Walmart or Aldi's without knowing what you want to buy until you get there?  No, you have a list of items, or at least an idea of what you need before you go.  Do you start a business because you woke up this morning and thought it would be nice to own a car wash?  Hopefully not.  You first identify an opportunity, and then create a business model after a lot of research.  Then finally you open the business. Of course everyone thinks or says  "well so and so does this and that, and he seems to be making money."  Sure, maybe he is, maybe not.  If he is, he has defined his edge and is simply employing it.  What someone else does has absolutely nothing to do with what you should be doing.   Once you have defined your edge, you must wait for it to arrive.  If the market is not offering what you want or what your edge calls for, you do nothing until it is.  If your edge is a trend trading method and the market is in a trading range, you do not trade until the market is trending.   If you have not clearly defined your edge, you should not trade.  If you do not know what it is in the market you want and are looking for, you have no business in the market.  Simple as that.  If you chose to do so, you are putting yourself at unnecessary risk and trading randomly. Yes this sounds harsh, but it is the reality of the market.  The market will not give you anything, especially if you don't even know what it is that you want!
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Lessons from an Experienced Trader Lessons from an experienced trader. Lesson 1. Never scalp. Although scalping seems to be the most profitable and best method in today's market, it is certainly not. Scalping is the hardest method to achieve a consistent performance. High frequency trading firms scalp, but they have many advantages over the retail trader including direct access to exchanges, highly developed algorithms with no emotions, and extremely low costs to name a few. When you are scalping you are competing against these firms or trying to manually do what they do with a computer. This above is only one problem. The bigger issue is the risk involved. When scalping, you must use a wide stop and be willing to scale in. One bad trade will erase 20 or more good trades. You must be extremely proficient at reading price charts, and be able to act without hesitation. This is virtually impossible for anyone who has not been trading for at least 3 years and has done extensive work on himself to develop the ability to flow with the market, constantly, without any internal conflict. And worst of all, scalping leads to bad habits. Once you get into the mindset of "get out quick" it is very hard to correct down the road. This makes swing trading more difficult later on after you realize it is a better method. Lesson 2. Swing Trade the best setups Swing trading is much more forgiving than scalping, offers a larger reward, and allows for a smaller risk (usually). This makes it much easier to make money long term. When swing trading you only have to win on around 40% of your trades to make a profit. If you can develop the patience to wait for strong setups, you can increase the winning percentage to anywhere from 50-70% and greatly increase your traders equation. A swing trading approach is also more forgiving when it comes to reading price charts. Some of those who discuss Price Action would lead you to believe you can predict what the markets are going to do next. This is simply not true, no matter how good you are at reading a chart. There is always a degree of randomness in the market, with any edge, any setup, or any context. When swing trading, you can afford to be wrong and make mistakes. So what setups should a swing trader take? Well, it depends if you want to always in trade or swing trade with signal bar stops. Either is fine, although an always in approach takes more practice and is harder to get right until you are good at reading charts. An always in trader has two choices. One to take every logical reversal (hardest to accomplish), and constantly reverse when necessary. Or two; wait for the always in direction to be clear and enter any in any fashion until the market flips. The second method is easier, although still tough, and slightly less profitable. An always in trader does not trade when prices are in a trading range. The reward is simply too low, and there are too many reversals to take and that fail, resulting in repeated losses and increased commission costs. What about a swing trader? A swing trader typically uses a signal bar stop, but can also use a swing stop to increase his probability. A swing trader does not have to take every trade he sees (unlike the first always in trader). In fact, it is best to wait for the best and clearest setups. What setups are these? High 2's, Low 2's (large) reversals and flags, Wedge reversals and flags, failed breakouts, and failed reversals. The first two are much easier to identify correctly for someone with less experience. The later two often trick newer traders, or fail once or twice before succeeding, making it a bit harder to get right. Lesson 3. Work on your self Like discussed before, most new traders and even those who have been around but haven't reached consistency believe that eventually you can read prices well enough to predict what will happen next. It does not matter how long you have traded, you will never predict the market. If it were possible to do so, the market would cease to exist! So instead of only focusing on reading charts and price action, you must work on your self. You must understand your strengths and weaknesses. You must be aware of your emotions and how they affect your performance. If you do not believe your emotions are directly related to your performance, you will not achieve consistency long term. We are all humans, a computer cannot do what I do. And you cannot remove emotions, no matter how hard you try to do so. So what is the alternative? Develop awareness of them, and use them to your advantage! It is as plain and simple as this. Trading requires you to understand your self, on a deep and internal level. You must be in tune with your self and the market. If you chose to ignore this fact, you may succeed temporarily, but it is only a matter of time before your performance diminishes. In order to make a lot of money, you must feel you deserve it. If you do not work on yourself, this simply will not happen. Does a professional athlete become a star by waiting around for his coach to tell him what to do? No. He dedicates himself in every possible way to his sport, including conditioning his mind to outperform his competition. Rather than waiting 2 or 3 years before realizing this, start working on your self from the very beginning. Not only will you become a better trader faster, you will become a better person; a better you.
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by tradersmentality
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Lessons from an Experienced Trader Lessons from an experienced trader. Lesson 1. Never scalp. Although scalping seems to be the most profitable and best method in today's market, it is certainly not. Scalping is the hardest method to achieve a consistent performance. High frequency trading firms scalp, but they have many advantages over the retail trader including direct access to exchanges, highly developed algorithms with no emotions, and extremely low costs to name a few. When you are scalping you are competing against these firms or trying to manually do what they do with a computer. This above is only one problem. The bigger issue is the risk involved. When scalping, you must use a wide stop and be willing to scale in. One bad trade will erase 20 or more good trades. You must be extremely proficient at reading price charts, and be able to act without hesitation. This is virtually impossible for anyone who has not been trading for at least 3 years and has done extensive work on himself to develop the ability to flow with the market, constantly, without any internal conflict. And worst of all, scalping leads to bad habits. Once you get into the mindset of "get out quick" it is very hard to correct down the road. This makes swing trading more difficult later on after you realize it is a better method. Lesson 2. Swing Trade the best setups Swing trading is much more forgiving than scalping, offers a larger reward, and allows for a smaller risk (usually). This makes it much easier to make money long term. When swing trading you only have to win on around 40% of your trades to make a profit. If you can develop the patience to wait for strong setups, you can increase the winning percentage to anywhere from 50-70% and greatly increase your traders equation. A swing trading approach is also more forgiving when it comes to reading price charts. Some of those who discuss Price Action would lead you to believe you can predict what the markets are going to do next. This is simply not true, no matter how good you are at reading a chart. There is always a degree of randomness in the market, with any edge, any setup, or any context. When swing trading, you can afford to be wrong and make mistakes. So what setups should a swing trader take? Well, it depends if you want to always in trade or swing trade with signal bar stops. Either is fine, although an always in approach takes more practice and is harder to get right until you are good at reading charts. An always in trader has two choices. One to take every logical reversal (hardest to accomplish), and constantly reverse when necessary. Or two; wait for the always in direction to be clear and enter any in any fashion until the market flips. The second method is easier, although still tough, and slightly less profitable. An always in trader does not trade when prices are in a trading range. The reward is simply too low, and there are too many reversals to take and that fail, resulting in repeated losses and increased commission costs. What about a swing trader? A swing trader typically uses a signal bar stop, but can also use a swing stop to increase his probability. A swing trader does not have to take every trade he sees (unlike the first always in trader). In fact, it is best to wait for the best and clearest setups. What setups are these? High 2's, Low 2's (large) reversals and flags, Wedge reversals and flags, failed breakouts, and failed reversals. The first two are much easier to identify correctly for someone with less experience. The later two often trick newer traders, or fail once or twice before succeeding, making it a bit harder to get right. Lesson 3. Work on your self Like discussed before, most new traders and even those who have been around but haven't reached consistency believe that eventually you can read prices well enough to predict what will happen next. It does not matter how long you have traded, you will never predict the market. If it were possible to do so, the market would cease to exist! So instead of only focusing on reading charts and price action, you must work on your self. You must understand your strengths and weaknesses. You must be aware of your emotions and how they affect your performance. If you do not believe your emotions are directly related to your performance, you will not achieve consistency long term. We are all humans, a computer cannot do what I do. And you cannot remove emotions, no matter how hard you try to do so. So what is the alternative? Develop awareness of them, and use them to your advantage! It is as plain and simple as this. Trading requires you to understand your self, on a deep and internal level. You must be in tune with your self and the market. If you chose to ignore this fact, you may succeed temporarily, but it is only a matter of time before your performance diminishes. In order to make a lot of money, you must feel you deserve it. If you do not work on yourself, this simply will not happen. Does a professional athlete become a star by waiting around for his coach to tell him what to do? No. He dedicates himself in every possible way to his sport, including conditioning his mind to outperform his competition. Rather than waiting 2 or 3 years before realizing this, start working on your self from the very beginning. Not only will you become a better trader faster, you will become a better person; a better you.
by tradersmentality
Horizen (ZEN) | +47% PP | FREE TRADING SIGNALPair: ZEN/BTC Exchange: Huobi/Binance Trade Duration: Medium Risk: High Signal Strength: High Introduction Horizen (formerly ZenCash) is an incentive-driven application platform with optional zk-SNARK based privacy features that aims to provide everyone with complete control of their digital footprint. Launched in May 2017 (no ICO and no pre-mine), the leading-edge platform enables real-life use cases beyond the ZEN currency, including the ability to privately chat with others, publish information and go anywhere on the web with complete privacy. Our Entry Zone 0.001638 - 0.001792 Our Targets 1: 0.002020 2: 0.002401+ Our Stop Loss: 0.001595 To make sure you don't miss out on any FREE signals, FOLLOW us on TradingView by clicking on our profile and then clicking the green 'Follow' button. If you liked this analysis, hit that thumbs up! Comment your thoughts below. And most importantly, enjoy your day! Axsonex Team ------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: Axsonex are not registered financial advisors and no information we provide is intended as financial advice. It is our opinion and nothing more. This report is for informational use only. Trading and investing in Cryptocurrencies is extremely high risk. Ensure that you conduct your own due diligence before deciding to invest in any asset. We have not/will not be(en) paid to endorse this project. You are responsible for all actions you take as a result of reading/viewing this page.
by Axsonex
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ZENBTC Price Analysis: ArisingHorizen has been laying low, but some key announcements reignited interest in the project. Horizen has a bullish short-term bias against BTC, with the ZEN / BTC pair correcting back towards the April monthly trading high ZEN / BTC pair has a bullish medium-term trading outlook A large inverted head and shoulders pattern is present across the daily time frame Horizen / Bitcoin Short-term price analysis ZEN has a bullish short-term trading bias against BTC, with the ZEN / BTC pair trading well above its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame. The four-hour time frame is showing that the ZEN / BTC pair is gaining bullish trading momentum and attempting to correct back towards the April monthly trading high. Technical indicators are bullish on the four-hour time frame, although they are starting to appear overstretched. Pattern Watch Traders should note that an inverted head and shoulders pattern will form on the four-hour time frame if bulls move price back towards the April trading high. Relative Strength Index The RSI indicator on the four-hour time frame is bullish, although it has moved into overbought territory. MACD Indicator The MACD indicator on the four-hour time frame is also bullish, although it is starting to appear overstretched. Fundamental Analysis In April, Horizen partnered with Horizen Labs which has raised 4$ million from Digital Currency Group (DCG) and Liberty City Ventures. Horizen Labs will be working with businesses to help them build their own sidechains on top of the Horizen’s public blockchain. This is likely the reason why ZEN’s price has been growing for the past several weeks. Horizen / Bitcoin Medium-term price analysis ZEN has a bullish bias against BTC over the medium-term, with the ZEN / BTC pair trading back above its 200-day moving average. The daily time frame shows a large inverted head and shoulders pattern, with buyers rallying the ZEN / BTC pair back above the neckline of the bullish pattern. Technical indicators across the daily time frame are currently rising and issuing a strong bullish signal. Pattern Watch Traders should note that the November 18th, 2018 swing high is the overall upside target of the inverted head and shoulders pattern on the daily time frame. Relative Strength Index The RSI indicator is also bullish on the daily time frame, although it is approaching overbought territory. MACD Indicator The MACD indicator is bullish on the daily time frame and is currently generating a strong buy signal. Fundamental Analysis Horizen looks interesting on the fundamental level. It has a good development team and plans a number of technological improvements to its platform in 2019. Along with Horizen Labs the project can potentially increase the level of adoption of its platform, which can have a positive effect on the value of the network in the medium term. Conclusion ZEN is growing increasingly bullish against BTC over both time frames as the cryptocurrency attempts to recover from last month’s trading losses. If bulls can maintain the bullish momentum and continue to rally the ZEN / BTC pair, a much stronger rally towards the November 18th swing high may occur.
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by IgorPorokh
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ZEN-BTC Long Trade PlanCommodity : HORIZEN Trade Type : LONG Trading Against : BITCOIN Entries : Double-UP Entries throughout the Buy Zone Profit Taking : 25% at each TP point Profit Locking : Move SL to break even once TP1 is hit, to TP1 once TP2 hits, to TP2 once TP3 hits and so on Duration - 1-4 weeks Investment in trade : 10% of the total Trading Balance. Prospective Profit : 4% to 15% Prospective Loss : 2.5% RRR : SL to TP1 is 1.6, SL to TP2 is 3 , SL to TP3 is 4.3 and SL to TP4 is 5.9 Buy Zone/TPs/SL price points are marked in the chart as follows Greens - Profit Targets (TPs) Blue - Buy Zone (Entries) Red - Stop Loss (SL)
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by CryptoTherapist
There is a possibility for the beginning of an uptrend in ZENETHTechnical analysis: . HORIZEN/ETHEREUM is in a range bound and the beginning of uptrend is expected. . The price is above the 21-Day WEMA which acts as a dynamic support. . The RSI is at 62. Trading suggestion: . There is a possibility of temporary retracement to suggested support zone (0.03790 to 0.03320). if so, traders can set orders based on Price Action and expect to reach short-term targets. Beginning of entry zone (0.03790) Ending of entry zone (0.03320) Entry signal: Signal to enter the market occurs when the price comes to " Buy zone " then forms one of the reversal patterns, whether " Bullish Engulfing ", " Hammer " or " Valley " in other words, NO entry signal when the price comes to the zone BUT after any of the reversal patterns is formed in the zone. To learn more about " Entry signal " and the special version of our " Price Action " strategy FOLLOW our lessons: Take Profits: TP1= @ 0.04420 TP2= @ 0.05170 TP3= @ 0.05780 TP4= @ 0.06390 TP5= @ 0.07260 TP6= @ 0.08360 TP7= Free
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by ForecastCity
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Horizen (ZENBTC) Breaks Above EMA10 (Long Term)Horizen (ZENBTC) is now breaking above EMA10 on the weekly time frame, which is a very strong bullish signal. Take a look at the chart here: On this same chart, you can see the RSI coming out of oversold and the MACD curving up strong. Perhaps you want to hit like now and we can continue with the daily time frame. Horizen (ZENBTC) Daily Time Frame: You can use shorter time frames you can confirm signals from longer ones. On the main chart above, you can see now that ZENBTC is trading above EMA10 and EMA50, with the next target being EMA100 (blue line). The EMAs are having a bullish crossover and the RSI is at its highest since ZENBTC was added to Binance. The MACD is only now entering the bullish zone, telling us that there is still plenty of room left available for growth. Thanks a lot for reading. Feel free to hit like if you enjoyed this post. Namaste.
by AlanSantana
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ZEN - 196%+ Potential Profits! [FREE TRADING SIGNAL]Pair: ZEN/BTC Exchange: Binance Trade Duration: Medium Risk: Moderate Introduction Horizen (formerly ZenCash) is an incentive-driven application platform with optional zk-SNARK based privacy features that aims to provide everyone with complete control of their digital footprint. Launched in May 2017 (no ICO and no pre-mine) , the leading-edge platform enables real-life use cases beyond the ZEN currency, including the ability to privately chat with others, publish information and go anywhere on the web with complete privacy. Technical Analysis - Descending Triangle - Bullish Divergence - Volume Spikes - Oversold - SQZ Signalling End Of Bearish Momentum Our Entry Zone 0.001080 - 0.001200 Our Targets 1: 0.001400 2: 0.001800 3: 0.002400 4: 0.003200 Our Stop Loss: 0.000990 Don't forget to hit that like button and give us a follow , we really appreciate it! Comment your thoughts below. And most importantly, enjoy your day! Crypto Eye Team ------------------------------------------ DISCLAIMER: This analysis is not financial advice and the Crypto Eye are not financial advisors. We are sharing our opinion, nothing more. Please do your due diligence. Trading cryptocurrencies is very high risk and you can lose your entire investment.
by Axsonex