Keep Losing Money 😿 Time to Change These Bad Habits?

It’s said that 85% of people don’t make money trading stocks. Even someone as brilliant as Newton wasn’t spared. That’s because trading isn’t just about technicals and fundamentals—it’s a game of human nature. What do you think is the hardest emotional bias to overcome in investing? Which bad habit do you have in your investing?

$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ I was down almost 30k after crazy Trump Tariffs announcement but have since recovered. Invested  in AI stocks and blue chips stocks for long term.Traded Tiger stock at low and made decent profits.  Strong holding power and bold decision to enter when price is low. 
avatarAh_Meng
05-13

When do we buy?

This article follows the other piece written a while ago, titled, "Buy or Sell? That's the question". Have a read if you have not had that opportunity. Buy low, sell high. That's how we make money, right? Or is it? What about this? Buy high, sell higher? Possibly. The mentality of wanting to buy at the price bottom is understandable and what we humans are like... A bargain! How many times have we waited for a change of season sales, a year end or Christmas sales to buy something we had wanted all along? Especially if there's a 50% off written all over the display windows. What about a 70% off? Why not make it 90% then or a "closing down" sale?! It's the same thing as purchasing the stock of a company. When you spot a fire sale, will you scoop it up? Or will you be too scared to do so when
When do we buy?
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ its the same as a game of poker.

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No I focus on long term growth so I just keep keep the stock
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ yes, difficult to change. I will just average down
Great article. Guilty of all of these, trying to be aware of all these in each trade and set hedges and stop losses.
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ I think the most bad habit of mine is never cut lost. I never sell my share that is at lost. I olnly sold off my shares with profit. Those share at lost, I will hold on to it till it os being delist.
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ capital loss- the most fear
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ greedy is the worst and bad habit that i have to keep remind myself to get away from it. 
Keep Losing Money in Stock Markets? Do You Have Bad Habits? Losing money in the stock market is a common experience for beginners—and often a painful one. But behind the numbers, there's a deeper story: your behavior. Most investors don’t lose because they lack intelligence, but because they fail to develop the right habits and mindset. Yes, when I first started the green journey in investing, I made many of the classic mistakes. Chasing hot stocks, panic-selling during dips, overtrading, ignoring risk—these were all rooted in emotional decision-making. But like any discipline, investing rewards patience, self-awareness, and continuous learning. Today, I've cultivated good investing habits and behavior, and now enjoy modest, consistent returns—what I call ā€œmodest harvesting.ā€ The goal isn’
avatarArion
05-11
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ just wait and wait. Simply wait till the price is cheap to buy and wait till the price is high to sell. My own experience. I bought Boston scientific at USD42. It dropped to USD 5. Now it's over USD100. Profit is coming from your patient, not your intelligence or even experience. There is no time limit for you to wait. That's our advantage, different from the big investment company. we can take that advantage.
This is a game of learning human behavior and emotions, u will learn from the experiences and most importantly, how to treat your own life differently . A lesson will never be good enough, it have to be key in the wisdom library to be accepted and unlock the life changing acknowledgment of investment pattern . It takes courage and patience and constant upgrading , a lot of self questioning, self blaming, self reflection, for losing a lot of money , how to bring yourself back together and move up again, so much more … not easy but if your passion is there for investing , you will eventually get your answer . šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™ Happy trading and find yourself ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø PS: if your not happy trading , then don’t trade , don’t force it .
Sell and then buy again—and always go all-in, never holding cash : this apply for the super gamblers Wrong take-profit and stop-loss method: Take quick profits but hold onto losing trades : this only the god can do it ... those said they can do it only shows the win not the losses. No patience: Think the stocks you don't buy is better and then switch = depends on luck Buy penny stocks: Ignore market leaders and chase cheap, speculative stocks: depends on luck . Betting on the small odds: Catch falling knife= this is only what the writer thought šŸ¤”
avatarShyon
05-11
For me, the hardest emotional bias to overcome is FOMO. I’ve definitely felt that urge to jump into a trade right after selling, just because I didn’t want to ā€œmiss out.ā€ It’s tough to sit on cash when the market seems to be moving without you, but I’ve learned (the hard way) that patience usually pays off more than chasing. I’ll admit I’ve also fallen into the trap of taking profits too early while holding onto losing trades for too long. It’s easy to justify a loss by saying ā€œit’ll bounce back,ā€ but that’s usually just hope talking. Now, I try to focus more on the actual fundamentals and stick to my stop-losses. Overall, I’ve realized trading is more about managing emotions than analyzing charts. Recognizing these bad habits has helped me become more disciplined—and hopefully, more prof
[LOL] it's really true, besides getting the falling šŸ”ŖšŸ”ŖšŸ”Ŗ, I always enter at the peak [Facepalm] & when it's recover to my cost price I will trade all my stocks but in actual fact, it's moving up! then I repeat the buying pattern at the peak again [Duh] hope I have more patient with better holding power for great companies Tigers, how about you? come share to win Tiger's šŸŖ™šŸŖ™ & stand a chance to get voucher! [Smile]
avatarkoolgal
05-10
🌟🌟🌟One of the hardest emotional biases to overcome in stock investing for me is Loss Aversion.  This bias makes me feel the pain of loss much more intensely than the pleasure of a comparable gain.  This may lead to decisions that are driven more by fear of losing money than by rational analysis of potential returns. One of the best examples is Top Glove $Top Glove(BVA.SI)$.  This stock is particularly popular during the Covid 19 Pandemic.  However its share price has dropped like a rock to the bottom of the ocean. I should have sold my shares of Top Gloves when it was riding high, but I held on till now, as a reminder of my loss aversion bias when the tide reversed for the stock. So now I have learnt a valuable lesson on lo
avatarECLC
05-10
Time to change bad habits: tends to take quick profits but hold onto losing trades.
avatar1PC
05-10
Wow 😮 it kind of rekindle what I did [Surprised].... I did All 5 [OMG] when learning the ropes [OMG].... Painful šŸ˜– .... I have learned to avoid the mentioned 5 bad habits and things have turned Positive Since [Miser].... well sometimes can still "All-In" la [Happy] [Happy] [Happy] @Jes86188 @yourcelesttyy @Shernice軒嬣 2000 @Barcode @JC888 @Shyon
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