The biggest trap in trading is “always watching the charts.”

Many people think that the more often you look, the more opportunities you catch, and the better you can control risk.
But the truth is exactly the opposite:
Watch the charts for an hour, and your mindset will be thrown off for a whole day;
Watch the charts all day, and you’ll lose money for the entire year.

When your eyes are glued to the candlestick chart,
what you see is no longer the trend, but every cent of fluctuation;
what you think about is no longer logic, but “how much I can profit if I sell now” and “I won’t be able to hold if it drops again.”

The more you look at the candlesticks, the more panicked you become, and the more mistakes you make.
A plan you were once sure about will be thrown off by an unexpected big bullish candle;
a stop-loss you set will be delayed again and again because you keep hoping for the best.

Market noise will infinitely amplify your greed and fear,
causing you to act when you shouldn’t, and to sell when you should be holding.

Staying away from the screen isn’t because you don’t care about the market—it’s because you keep your distance.
Replace emotion with reason, and replace impulse with a plan.
You’ll find that many losses could have been completely avoided.

How many times a day can you resist opening your trading app?