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Study Guide for Come Into My Trading Room - Forex Factory

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136 ANSWERS AND RATING SCALES<br />

your selling grade above 50%. This is much harder to accomplish than<br />

it looks.<br />

Answer 91<br />

C. 1, 2, and 3. Give yourself four points <strong>for</strong> choosing the right answer<br />

(two points if you chose B).<br />

Rapidly changing prices affect people like the noise and flashing of<br />

slot machines, tempting them to put in another quarter. Making decisions<br />

to buy, sell, or stand aside when the markets are closed offers<br />

traders the luxury of time. Comparing your stock or future to others adds<br />

an extra dimension to your decision-making process. It is a bad idea to<br />

ask <strong>for</strong> advice on specific trades be<strong>for</strong>e taking them—those trades are<br />

yours and the decision is yours alone.<br />

Answer 92<br />

1. A<br />

2. B<br />

3. C<br />

4. E<br />

5. D<br />

Give yourself a point <strong>for</strong> each correct answer.<br />

Having to describe a chart <strong>for</strong>ces you to focus on specific signals that<br />

led to a trading decision. Live charts often seduce traders into joining<br />

emotional crowds; reading your orders from a printed sheet rein<strong>for</strong>ces<br />

discipline. If you planned to buy a stock if it trades flat, but it gaps up<br />

the next morning and you have not planned <strong>for</strong> it, there is no reason to<br />

trade. When a stock does something you have not anticipated, that is a<br />

clear signal that your decision making was not in gear with the market,<br />

and putting on a trade is not a good idea.

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