Overcoming nervousness · InvestCEO with Kyle Henris

Overcoming nervousness

I have never studied or traded futures before but I did subscribe to this platform and tool a few years ago and followed this "guru" on day trading and jumped right into trading with real dollars right off the bat. I won't make that mistake again. I am approaching this slowly and with healthy skepticism before I jump back into it. But one thing I recall vividly during my brief and unsuccessful first attempt at day trading was how nervous I was during each trade. I almost couldn't take it and that's one reason I quit doing it. I didn't lose much money as I was being smart with how much risk I was exposing myself to but even with a small amount of money at stake, I was super nervous. There was some psychological element going on internally. I don't even think it was the money that made me so nervous. I felt some overwhelming need to not lose and I just had this unexplained anxiety and nervousness. As soon as I entered a position, I felt a need to get off the roller coaster quickly. So I'm still wondering if that means I don't have the psychological makeup to do this successfully and if this is really for me. Is this normal? How do others get this under control? I know part of the answer will be things suggested here like start out by practicing before jumping in with real dollars and learning the strategies to increase probability of success, however I know even with that, I have the personality that will always experience anxiety doing this. Maybe that just gets better the more you do it and I just didn't stay in it long enough to overcome that hurdle?

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