One of the toughest things that traders have to deal with is handling their emotions after losses. I am sure many traders over the last week have experienced some pressure in their trading account with the large market moves in both directions. Processing that mentally and emotionally as well as deciding how and when to get back into trading is something you must learn to be successful in your trading business. Everyone Has Winners And Losers The first thing you must realize is everyone has winners and losers no matter how good they are at trading. It’s important, in the heat of the moment to try and limit those losses, but sometimes there are inevitable. One of the best ways to get over trading losses is to get back into the market once it settles down and trade smaller. Perhaps waiting for a day or two when the market has not moved a standard of deviation. You can also change up the way your trading style, for example, if you were trading non-directionally maybe do some spreads that are directional. Trade Directionally Also selling puts on beaten-down stocks that you would like to own is another way to trade directionally, […]