I don’t want to suffer a loss... what to do with that feeling
Hearing loss is something I don’t want… everyone feels that way. That said, I don’t want to cling to a useless mistake I made just because I had to
to deal with the regret by shouting "Darn!" and quickly letting go of the useless mistake—that would be the ideal way to promptly and calmly handle defeat.
Even if we can suppress the intensification of emotions, we cannot help but have emotions arise. Practical steps suggest thinking “I’m frustrated, it hurts… but I’ll deal with the defeat,” taking necessary action, and making efforts such as shouting “Darn!”
By the way, to process emotions, don’t blame yourself. Attribute the cause to someone else or something around you, and“a convenient lie”is created.
So it’s okay to think, “Perhaps other investors don’t understand the value of this stock.” The key is not to逃避 the action of cutting the bad positions.
When you drop and break the dishes you’re washing, Japanese people often express it with the subject “I” as in “I dropped the plates.”
It carries the nuance of “It’s my fault.” However, if you’re washing many dishes, using the logic that there can be zero mistakes is unrealistic, so saying “the dishes broke” might be fine. Many countries or regions use this kind of expression, don’t they?
Well, in most cases someone is involved, so it’s troublesome if it’s perceived as “I don’t know. The dishes broke by themselves.” Therefore you tend to say, “I ended up breaking them,” but since the market is an act where one person moves their own money, no selfishness, inconvenience, or mean-spiritedness will ever occur.
That’s right!
Since it’s about the market, there’s no need to interpret it as “I made a mistake.” Just“we didn’t share the same opinion”is enough.
If you recognize too many misjudgments, you’ll reassess your own standards.
But since perfection is impossible, at the very least you don’t need to deny yourself due to individual misjudgments.
Whispering to yourself, or muttering in a place where no one is around, a phrase like “the market is wrong” seems just right for maintaining mental balance.
When writing about your own trading in a blog or similar, how should you express a stop loss?
You’ll consider the reader’s feelings and choose your words, but don’t express it as “we made a misjudgment”; instead, say “I cut due to a mismatch,” which reduces worry about harming your own mental health.
“This time didn’t work out…” is enough.
■Stock Investment [Tiger’s Den] (Hayashi Investment Research Institute Channel)
On Wednesday, April 13, I uploaded the latest video.
Foundational knowledge and basic techniques for making profits
【Is that really true?】 Increasing your win rate leads to profits in stock investment
Whether the bought stock rises to take profits or fails to rise and you’re forced to cut losses… Because many people participate in the market, there are winners and losers—so how should you think about win rate?
■YouTube Channel: Market Scramble
Tonight, the latest video of Market Scramble will also be released.
Please watch at the URL below. Enjoy!
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