Jump Start Your Trading Results with a Trading Coach
Nov 28, 2009 Forex Currency
If you begin a new sport like tennis or golf, after getting setup with all the equipment, what would you do next? Sign up for lessons or find a coach? If you would like to study to become a pilot, would you think of trying to fly without an instructor? Yet many traders will start trading on their own, learning through trial and error and expensive mistakes. Trading stocks, forex or any other market requires guidance and skills that need to be learnt. A great way of gaining or improving trading skills is by using a trading coach.
You may be wondering what exactly is a trading coach. A trading coach is someone with many years of experience trading the markets. Trading coaches will help other people or groups of people get started or improve their trading skills. They can look at where you are in your trading career and offer unbiased advice on how to improve. Often someone else looking over your trading results will see something that you could improve that is obvious to them but not you. Some people wonder why a successful trader would want to be a trading coach. Trading is a lonely business and some trading coaches gain a lot of satisfaction from helping and seeing other people achieve success in trading.
You can work with a trading coach one on one in a private session or some coaches offer group sessions. Obviously there are pros and cons of each. Private sessions will be more expensive, but on the other hand you the trading coach will offer you advice specific to your situation and offer suggestions on how to improve on your current trading. Group sessions will be cheaper and although you will get less attention, you may find yourself learning just as much from the other people in the group. Both private and group sessions are done in person, on the phone or on the internet using Skype or another online communication tool.
One trading coach I know offers coaching only after the traders have completed a home study course. The advantage of this is that the trader will go through all of the basic concepts and materials and build up a base level of knowledge. Once they have a good foundation, they can then work with the trading coach on the more advanced topics. In this way the time and money spent is more efficient.
Some group sessions meet in person, and others use online forums for questions and answers. Recently online ‘trading rooms’ have become popular for trading coaching. In a trading room, the coach uses software that allows the group to see the coach’s screen and allow the group to ask questions and then hear the answer as the coach answers the questions in real time. Often the coach will be analyzing a live forex or stock market, and this gives the group a chance to understand the thought process of the coach and a chance to ask questions.
Traders often need help in different areas. If you are able to identify where you need improvement, you will be able to use the time with the coach most effectively. For example some people need to improve their trade selection, other need help to manage their emotions so that they don’t take profits too soon or leave it too late to take a loss. A trading diary can help to provide a record of all your trades and demonstrate if you have been consistent in following your trading plan.
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