Being a trader exposes you to challenges every single moment. What happens during your trading day has an effect not only on your profit (or lack of it), but also on how you feel and how you experience your life when you are away from your screens.

To handle the pressure and assure that you can wake up and go to bed with peace of mind, you need to have a clear understanding of what to expect and be willing to accept it. 

• Trading is something that you can either go through, or grow through – it requires the willingness to grow and adapt.
  
   
• Trading has peaks and valleys. It is always changing. You need to be willing to go slower, or maybe even to take a step back from time to time. If you're able to accept this, you'll find that you're more motivated to get curious about the lessons of each moment.
  
   
• The more you expose yourself to challenges the stronger you become. Exposing yourself to incalculated trading losses creates small cuts that will heal easily. Taking big losses creates deep scars and puts you way back on your journey and further away from your dream life. 
    
• Market will trigger you to make decisions and to react to what’s in front of you. But you don’t have to do it! You have the freedom to choose your actions instead of being reactive. Your emotions and thoughts are not facts that you need to act on.
  
   
• What you see happening in front of you on the trading screens is just an interpretation of what’s happening. You have the power to reframe any situation in order to see it from a new, fresh perspective and avoid mind-reading or predicting the future.
  
   
• Your desire to make money will drag your attention into the future and your fear of losing money will keep pulling it back into the past. You need to practice to direct your attention to the present moment, so you can see what’s happening in front of you. This way you will be able to make rational decisions.

• It is impossible to be perfect all the time. We all make mistakes because we simply cannot always know what the right thing to do is. In trading, trying to be right is what can kill your account. Admitting that you made a mistake will increase your chance to succeed and understanding that trading is not about being right at all will help you play by the rules.

TIP: The biggest mistake you can make in trading is not following your plan.

• Trading requires a great degree of flexibility.  Exercise is an excellent way to get your body moving and remove any energy blocks and stagnations. Since body and mind work close together it positively affects your mind, keeping it flexible and strong. Exercise also reduces anxiety, depression, and stress, and also helps build confidence and self-worth by changing your neural pathways in your brain.
  
  

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