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we're goodLet's talk the number one skillyou need to have as a trader,and I mean as a day trader,as a swing trader if you're trading stocksor options or Forex or Bitcoin.If you are trading any of those,you need to have this skillif you're gonna have success.This skill usually gets a little confusedand people have the wrong impressionof how everything's working together.However, when you understand what's going on,it's actually something that you should be applauded for.You should really try to build upon it as much as you can.The misconception pretty much plays out like this.We have a trader.That's Bob.And then Bob, something happens to him,and what happens to him is this.He wants to do something stupid.Maybe he wants to do,and he knows, it's like,"I shouldn't be doing that, I don't wanna do that."But he wants to do it,so there is some sort of, what, what's going on, here?Well, there is an underlying desire herethat's causing him to wanna do that stupid thing.And what a lot of people do is they say,"Oh, you know,"I had the desire to do something stupid."I am bad, I'm not good enough."I'm not studying hard enough."It's a bad strategy."You know, insert blank,something that implies something that's bad, right?They had some sort of negative attachment with thatbecause they have the desire to do something stupid.But let's actually think about this.That's what you want.That's a skill that you need to have.How so?Well, what did you just do?You have recognized the fact that, you know what?I wanna do something stupid.That's not good.When you recognize that you wanna do something stupid,then guess what, you can fix it.You can ignore that desire,or you know, as I like to use as traders,and this will sound crazy, but I assure you,as soon as you start trading with real money,you'll know what I mean.But, what I like to call the voices.Yes, we all have voices in our head,and these voices will come out to visit youas soon as you start trading with real money.These voices are gonna lead to the desire,and sometimes, like I said,it's just the voices lead to the desire,the desire makes you wanna do something stupid.But don't allow yourself to say,"Ugh, I'm bad, I'm not good enough,"I'm not studying hard enough."No, you're a human being.You're an emotional creature.That's totally normal.The problem is what you decide to do, right?Just because these show up,the real thing becomes, well,are you gonna listen to the voices?Are you gonna do that dumb thing,or are you gonna just say,'cause we're polite, we're polite here.Are you just gonna say, "No, thanks?"That is the big question.That is the big hurdle that needs to become,you know, that needs to be overcome.Whereas look at it like this, though.Let's say that you're just brand-new to the markets.You're just brand, or maybe you're just,no, I got it all figured out.But for whatever reason,you're in the camp where you're Bob,and then all of a sudden, this is it right herewhere he doesn't recognizethat he wants to do something stupid.So he just, what?Of course, there's nothing to listen to,so he's just going to go and do it, right,because Bob doesn't even knowhow to identify what stupid is.He doesn't recognize the voices.Now that is a situationwhere you're totally missing the skill,where you're totally just over,really, you're underestimatingjust how good it actually is to be able to say,"Oh, wow, I wanna do something stupid right now."That's awesome!Don't think that just because you have the desirethat means that you're not good enough.At least you can recognize it.I realize right now, yeah,I'm drawing up on the whiteboard and talking in theory,but what I wanna show you now is,before I forget,I wanna show you a portion of a live trade that I've done,and what I really liked about it in hindsightwas how I documented this journey for me.The key thing is that I want you to pay attention to,remember this quote right here."I want"to"buy"here."When I say here,and what I want, right,'cause that's the desire right here.My desire is to want,and I wanna buy here.Take notice of that location.Look where the price is when I admit that,you know, yeah, I wanna buy here.But here's the thing, not to pat myself on the back,but just to show you that this is a skillthat you need to have to be able to recognize the desire.I then throw in the, "But no thanks."But that wouldn't be good.So, just because I had the desire to wanna buy there,that doesn't mean that,oh, wow, Clay, you suck as a trader.Wow, you still have so much work that needs to be done.No, you're never going to be ableto get rid of the emotions.You're never gonna be able to get rid of the voices.The key, though, is can you recognize the emotions?The key is, the skill is,do you realize what's going on?Do you realize the voices that have shown up?As you're gonna see,I named this voice right here the chasing voice.Now, I don't know if this will work for everybody,but for me, and I realize it makes me sound psychotic,but I have names for all the voices in my head.For me, that just helps me to recognize themand it helps me to recognize the desire.So, I don't know, maybe this skill,you can improve upon it for yourself or your,just, you do start naming the voices.Like I said, you're about to be introducedto the chasing voice in my head.I guess I'll offer up a spoiler.Actually, I won't.Let's just watch what happens.Take note to where I say, "I wanna buy here,"and then I say, "But,"because I'm looking for something else to happen,and then I'll come back and offer upthe secondary part of this skill,which is, because I was able to recognize it,I was then able to benefit in another way.Let's go to my desktop,and you'll see this live portionof a live trade video that I've done.Market opens up here in about 25 minutes,watching the SES right now.Maybe a pre-market trade,or I might just let this overall pattern developbefore the actual open.But a nice priced stock here with good solid movement,over a million shares already.Like I said, maybe a pre-market trade,but if not, I'll see back at the open.Still about 10 minutes left,and SES has just really left me in its dust.I've watched it and thought, all right,it'll pull back some more, it'll pull back,but this thing is just grinding right now.Not gonna buy up here, don't wanna chase.That may prove to be very stupid.Who knows, maybe by the time the market opens,this thing's gonna be up over 11.But chasing, not a good habit to get into.But if it can at least show some sideways price movement,and consolidate out,that a little bit different story.But as of right now,it's just been green candle after green candle.As much as I would like to try to nibble some up here,I've learned through the hard way many times.Let's just put it this way, you don't wanna chase.We'll see if it can at least consolidate out now.If it pulls back,then I would definitely become a whole lot more interested,but as of right now, yeah.I'd like to buy here,and in hindsight, maybe I should've bought here,but as far as habits being formed,you don't wanna form bad habits of chasing,which is what it would be right now.Like I said, that market now opens up in about nine minutes,but yeah, this thing's lookinglike it'll be a pretty entertaining open.That is exactly why you don't wanna chase.You gotta think about it, put yourself in shoes.You know there's people,we were watching people buy right up there,so you gotta just wonder, what are they thinking right now?They're thinking, well, it's looking like my Mondaymight not be getting off to a good start.Now, this thing could very well work its way back upwardsand they may get bailed out,but just think about the habit that's being formed.Not a good habit to be buying up there,to have this big old pull back,and then all of a sudden, sure, it may work out for them,or who knows, maybe not?Maybe this is a bigger move to the downside.But there's a pullback,and I'm interested now at this pointhaving to order for 1,000 shares at 9.85 to buy,if you're unfamiliar with my screen.So, still got a little bit of ways to go,but looking for a flush down below the $10 mark.We'll see, still about five minutes before the market opens,so, maybe a pre-market tradeif it moves down there beforehand.If not, though, let's see what happens.Oh, I think I missed it.Yeah, I'm not sure what I got.But anyways, I got my first few thousand shares at $9.80,and all out there for a quick 150.Gonna go down to 9.55.Wow, the market opened up,and it just snapped right down there.I do apologize if I didn't get my 9.80 entry point.At least I got the exit point.Let's see if this thing wants to pull back some more.Okay, I'm in there, all out there for another 150.Gotta go to 9.25, now.Let's see, we're not even a minute into the day,and I'm up $300.Isn't all that pretty crazy, really, in two ways.First, where I say, "I wanna buy here."Basically, I would've bought the top.I literally would've bought the top within a few penniesbefore that big move happened.However, what happened in there?I threw out the word but, right?No, that's not showing up pretty good.Let's try this right here.I threw out the word, there we go, but.But I'd like what?I'd like to see the price pull back.So, think about it.I did wanna do something stupid,but I said, "No thanks,"and then I said, "Yeah, go away, chasing voice."I wanna see a pullback."And then when the pullback happened, you saw.Crazy, huh?$300 in basically a minute.Why?Because I recognized the stupid voice,I ignored the stupid voice,and then I just did what actually was the smart thing to do.That's actually what discipline is.Have you ever thought about that?I mean, the soundbite always is,well, you gotta be disciplined as a trader.But what does that even really mean?Well, it means this.Being disciplined is not,oh, I have the desire to do something stupid,that means I'm not disciplined.No, that's false!You're not disciplined if you listen, correct.Now, you're really undisciplined,now, some people, it's not really an excuse,but if you don't even know how to identify stupid,and then you go and you do something stupid,at least you can say to that person,well, I mean, they didn't really know that was stupid.That's still undisciplined, then that's still not good,'cause they're gonna lose money.But in a situation where you can identify stupidand then you still listen,yeah, that's being really, really badin the discipline department.But that's what discipline is.Discipline is a two-step process.First, can you recognize the desire?Can you recognize the voices that show up?Then the second part is,what are you gonna do after you recognize?Are you gonna listen,or are you gonna say, "No, thanks?"That is how discipline actually works.That is how you are disciplined.So, the next time you're just going,well, you gonna be disciplined.And I always wonder,yeah, follow your rules.Okay, that's true, discipline means follow your rules.But how do you follow your rules?Well, you have to be able to recognizewhenever the desires show upthat wanna make you break those rules,and then you just say, "No thanks,"'cause again, we're polite.But that's how this all works,and that's why the number one skillthat you have to have as a traderis you need to be disciplined.But not really.Let's peel that back.The number one skill you have to haveis to just recognize the desires,recognize when those,wow, I really wanna do something stupid right now,and then you need to be able to say, "No thanks,"and then proceed onand follow what you know needed to be done.Like I said, to equate this back to the real-world exampleso I get out of the world of theory right now,I wanted to buy, I wanted to chase,'cause yeah, that price was going up and it was going up.Oh, my, I'm missing out, Clay!I wanna buy here!But no, that was the desire of the chasing voice.But I would be interested if it, what?Pulls back.And when it pulled back, as you saw,$300 in a minute.That's how it works.That's the skill that you've gotta have as a trader.Do not allow yourself to thinkthat just because you have a bad desire that,wow, I'm just slacking off, I'm not,no, that means you're right on your A-game.That means you're ready to be disciplined,'cause you're being very self-aware,And that's what you want.Just make sure you say, "No thanks."I mean, some of you may be sailors that are watching this.You're probably, it's probably not quite,you probably have a few different,more choice words in there,and if that works for you, that's great.I mean, cuss up a storm, I don't know.Just don't listen to the stupid desireonce you recognize that the stupid desire has shown up.Get out there, start working and applying this skill,because yeah, it is the number one skill you must haveif you wanna have any sortof long-lasting success as a trader.First off, thanks so much for watching the entire video.Real quick, before you go,I wanna invite you to a live webinar, web class, training,workshop, online event, whatever you 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