Making More By Trading Less
4/20/2025 – What if we set a rule for our trading that said we’re only allowed one trade per morning and one per afternoon. That’s it: two trades per day. How would that impact our trading results? How would that impact our trading experience, including our psychology?
Clearly, if we could only place one trade per morning and one per afternoon, we would have to make those trades count. That means that we would have to be highly selective, trading only the opportunities that stand out. In turn, that pushes us to define very carefully what goes into a top opportunity worth trading. What instrument would give us greatest bang for our buck? What time frame/holding period would we pursue? How would we size our top opportunity?
What if focusing on the criteria of winning cements a winning mindset? What if controlling the frequency of our trading places us in greater control of our trading–and our trading psychology? What if we could use the time when we’re not trading to better understand what is moving, how, and why?
Making more by trading less and by trading very selectively: that pushes us to clearly define our rules and create experiences of mastery. When we are highly selective, we control our market activity; it can’t control us.
