Can you become a great forex trader? Surely you can. Only, if you have a good trading plan: based on a winning trading strategy. Entering the forex markets without a well thought trading plan will get you crushed in no time.
I want to tell you about a great trading experiment that was conducted by two great traders. This experiment will teach you the importance of getting a good training in developing a winning trading plan. Read on to know about the Turtle Trading Experiment.
Richard Dennis and Bill Eckhardt were two great traders and partners who were arguing one day on whether great traders are born or made. This was the year 1983. Both were commodities speculators.
Bill was saying that great traders could only be born and not made. Richard had the opinion that great traders could be made through good training. To settle the argument, both agreed to select and then train a few traders to see the trading results after training.
An advertisement was made in Wall Street Journal, Barrons and The New York Times. 1000 applications were received. The great Turtle Trading Experiment had begun in history.
After short listing only 80 were called for interviews. In the end only 13 traders were selected for the training. The students were called Turtles.
The students were given a complete trading plan that contained exact rules how to trade. Richard used to say that he could teach his rules to anyone. But as long as someone was not consistent in applying those rules and sticking with them during rough stormy water, they were useless.
So, the actual success in trading whether forex, stocks, commodities or futures lies in having a good trading plan; You need to have a trading plan that is exact. In other words is mechanical and ruled based does not depend on your emotions. Learn to control your emotions in trading.
In the end, it is discipline and consistency that will make you a winning forex trader in applying your trading plan. Who says, you cannot become a Great Trader!
