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Gold Psychology Principles

Trade with the trend only

Focus on the bigger market trends instead of trying to react to every single XAUUSD price move. The old saying goes, “The trend is your friend.” Stick with it. It's one of the main rules in market psychology: always trade with the trend.

Many novice traders jump into the market when the price chart displays a sharp movement. These individuals often neglect to investigate the underlying forces driving such volatility, causing them to err on the side of excessive eagerness to enter the fray. They rush to be the first to transact following an economic data release, unconcerned with the existing trend's direction, only to discover later that it was merely a temporary market fluctuation (whipsaw) once they are already in a losing position. In such scenarios, they often appear fearless of losses, preoccupied only with the profits others are making while they remain on the sidelines. Within Trading Psychology, this behavior is the antithesis of what is advisable. Your trading plan must explicitly document clear guidelines detailing how to avoid this specific error.

In XAUUSD, the rule is to never be too eager to enter the Market: learn to overcome the feeling of worrying that you will be too late to make a profit. Take time to analyze & interpret what is the impact of the economic info released.

Breaking news does not always determine the likely direction of price movements. You must carefully analyze and interpret whether it will significantly impact prices. Often, such data can produce false entry signals.

It is important that you overcome your eagerness to be the first one to enter the market using Gold psychology. You have all the time to analyze & interpret the impact of this breaking news before entering the market.

It takes extra time, but trades move the right way. We call this trend following.

Trade with a disciplined plan

Investors must avoid basing their trading decisions solely on intuition. Trade Positions should only be initiated and opened according to a comprehensively strategized plan. The Trading Plan must explicitly detail the rules for trade entry and exit. Refer to the psychology section to outline your mental approach when executing trade transactions.

Investors should carefully look at all things before starting a position and should not allow worry or wanting too much or what others say to make them start or end a position prior to their trading plan giving a signal. Do not let short-term situations change your mind: be disciplined to follow and stick to your trading plan.

Using a consistent and disciplined plan eliminates the need to make rush decisions based on short term price action moves.

Cut your losses & let your trading profits run continuously

Some traders maintain losing positions for extended durations, hoping the market will eventually shift in their favor. Alas, this rarely materializes: instead, the market often continues to move against these losing trades, resulting in even greater losses.

Another mistake that traders make is not taking profits at the right moment. All investors should try to get the most profit from each trade, but also know when the market changes direction. They should close trades then, instead of waiting while their trades are still open. Keep positions only while the trend continues and close them when it looks like the trend is weakening.

Losing gold traders view losses as total failure. Successful traders treat them as lessons. This mindset from market psychology boosts their gains.

When successful traders incur a loss, they do not perceive it as a failure, but rather as a valuable lesson learned about market dynamics. Profitable traders maintain a long-term perspective and adhere strictly to their established Gold trading plans.

Many traders who are losing money on a trade wait for the perfect moment to stop their losses. But the perfect moment to stop losing never happens, so the trade keeps losing money. The right time to get out of a trade is when you have lost a little - less than 30 pips, not hundreds. Your money could disappear completely as you wait for the market to hopefully move in your favor.

"A position that is losing from the outset is highly likely to remain in a losing state" - A well-known adage among traders.

Use trading psychology to cut losses fast. Don't hold losing positions hoping for a turnaround. New trades always wait as long as your margin stays free from bad spots.

A person putting money into something should let go of bad feelings and instead use their money for another buying and selling chance. A person who trades should quickly stop losses and instead aim for trades that make money. Some people who put money into something end up stuck with a losing trade: they usually let the price go against their trade by a lot of pips while hoping the price direction changes and goes back in their favor.

Profits are made when trades are closed not when they're opened, henceforth be ready to close out your open position transactions as many times as possible.

It is not right to think that every trade will make money. You can still make money even if only half of your trades are successful. The question is how you can make money when only half of your trades win, and the answer is to keep your losses as small as possible and open other trades that are likely to make money. This way, the larger number of profitable trades makes up for the losses.

To gain extensive understanding of trading psychology and methods for restructuring your mental approach via a strategic document, review the XAU/USD Planning tutorial.

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