Resolutions to Ponder Upon

• Trade less. Exercise more patience.


• Be patient, buy right and buy big.


• Be sure, be not afraid.


• Don't sell out on fear at the bottom of corrections.


• Only make pre-planned trades; do not chase the "stock of the day"


• Learn everything I can from others who know far more than me. Try to apply what I have learned in a more consistent way. With more discipline.


• Investigate before you invest.


• Don't fight the tape.


• I am paid to wait for the best opportunities.


• Work harder, trade less, research more, be patient.


• Keep your feet on the ground and expections reasonable.


• Sell when all the news too good and buy when all the news too bad.


• Stop listening to experts.


• The market will always be there and so will good opportunities.


• Plan the trade and stick to the trading plan.


• Keep educating yourself. It never stops.


• You do not have to be "in" the market all of the time.


• Do more homework.


• Create lists of stocks that will perform well when any type of news is released and constantly evaluate those lists.


• Devote more time.


• To learn more from those that succeed.


• Pick my trades more carefully.


• Don't let one or two day counter-trends influence decisions that were made with a medium term goal.


• Maintain focus and a positive mindset.


• Let my trades go at the end of the day and enjoy life to its fullest.


• Do not trade on emotion.


• Be willing to be in cash.


• Cut losses more quickly.


• Observe my thinking/mind during the trading day.


• Make a plan and follow the plan. Otherwise, do nothing.


• Stick with one approach.


• Trade more to my strengths.


• Remember "it's money and not my ego."


• Take small profits if nervous.


• Always have a pre-planned exit point on bad trades.


• Step back from the noise and spot the longer term trends.
• Boring is better.
• Selling too early is better than selling too late.
• Trust my instincts.
• Narrow my focus - eliminate all distractions.
• If wrong - admit it and move on.
• Trade fewer stocks.
• Don't buy stocks just because you think it's cheap.
• Learn to trust the signals of patient, well-resarched strategies.
• When all the indicators say buy, BUY! Don't hesitate!
• Learn to outperform the market while preserving capital.
• Play the devil's advocate on every trade.
• Be smart! Be nimble! Be quick!
• Customize my trading system to fit my personality.
• Keep meticulous records current and reevaluate every trade. Ask what went right; what went wrong; what did I learn for each trade.
• Find a trading niche.
• Stop repeating the same mistakes.
• Think less - just revert to being a trend following moron.
• Set reasonable goals.
• Be more consistent.
• Discipline, not emotion.
• Plan your work and work your plan.
• Diversify globally.
• Eat less. Exercise more. You are right - health is more important.
• Integrate a shock collar with my trading screen that would issue a jolt every minute once my stock fell below a pre-determined threshold thereby forcing me to take losses when I know I should take them.
• Don't get caught losing a decent profit trying to make a great profit.
• Work harder and smarter.
• No strategy works forever.
• Hang tight and give myself time to experience and learn. Don't rush ahead.
• Keep all trades on a tight leash.
• Never move a stop.
• Cut my losses, cut my losses, and cut my losses.
• Make every trade my best trade.
• Do more sector analysis.
• Keep a better eye on things.
• Win every month--doesn't have to be much, just not down.
• Spend 30 minutes every day on my trading journal.
• Develop an easy and steady temperament.
• Stop comparing your performance to the indexes in the short-term.
• Save, save, save and get ready to pounce when it drops.
• Write down my trading plan.
• Set aside a period of daily uninterruptible quality time to reflect and strategize.
• I need to keep better records.
• Don't make stupid trades following the hype.
• Don't try to hit the home runs.
• Keep reading but take everything with a grain of salt.
• Get up earlier in the morning, exercise and relax more.
• Get more serious and professional about my trading.
• Remember what's important. And it has nothing to do with the stock market.
• Sell and move on. Quit fretting about what I've left on the table.
• Be more disciplined, more conservative, more evaluative, more prudent, more selective, more wise, more wealthier.
• Spend more time planning for my family's future.
• Don't make decisions by looking in the rear view mirror (old financials or priced in info).
• Size positions at 2% level.
• Buy stocks only in large corrections.
• Become more self-reliant.
• Having the courage to be not bothered by daily market fluctuations.
• Play the game well and the goals will come.
• Be quick to adapt to any market condition.
• Take a simple idea, and take it seriously.
• Incorporate a better exercise plan into my trading day.
• Focus more on ETFs.
• Trade what I see rather than what I think.
• Get as much information available, then trust yourself.
• Study more, save more, consume less.
• Be better at gettin while the gettin is good.
• Listen to myself...we are, after all, our best source.
• Don't lose money.