Introduction to ‘notepad mistakes’

As a continuance of my post on ‘learning from mistakes’ I thought that I ought to share some of the mistakes I’ve made (and occasionally continue to make).

We pay a lot of money for our mistakes, so we may as well learn as much as we can from them. I would like to think that ‘once’ for each mistake would be sufficient, but no, daft as it seems, I can make similar mistakes many times over.

The best way for me to learn was to write out the mistake, and lesson it provided, in a note pad. At least that way I’m acknowledging and taking responsibility for the mistake and, hopefully, I will refrain from repeats.

Such posts will be called ‘note book mistakes’. There may be some lessons here for others (albeit I wouldn’t expect the Slow Trader fund investors to gain solace).

The mistakes are based on short-term trading with a price action bias. However, they are broad in context and may apply equally to any trade duration or system.