大部分交易者都在寻找提高交易盈利的方法，甚至有一些人将毕生精力致力于寻找圣杯——可以带来100%盈利的完美指标或交易系统。他们中的许多人都已交易多年并且测试了很多良好的交易系统，但是这些交易系统似乎并没有引起他们的重视。每当发现最新的、流行的交易系统，他们便会立刻放弃自己正在测试的。
完美主义和躲避
完美主义者的动机通常是逃避：逃避不愉快的经历。那些不断寻找完美交易系统的交易者也很有可能是为了避免不愉快的交易经历。
除了交易亏损之外，你唯一的痛苦就来自于自己因亏损产生的情绪——通常比手被大头针扎了更疼。如果你将注意力集中在亏损上，而不是想办法扩大自己的整体盈利，那么你的交易就不可能取得成功。
性格类型
A型性格
A型性格的交易者有可能都承担相同的损失，但是却会有完全不同的情绪反映。这与他们的过去经历有关——不仅包括交易经历，还包括人生经历。你的竞争意识越强，你就越难以接收亏损。我们从很小的时候开始就注定要竞争：去成功，成为班级第一，永远追求对的等等。亏损相当于失败——要不惜一切代价避免。
完美主义者
不是所有的完美主义者都是A型性格。他们中的许多人为了避免失败，推迟或避免一起交易。
初学者
初学者通常具有一系列的积极经历。他们不熟悉资金管理，往往过度自信，并会投入大量的资金希望取得进一步盈利。
创伤性经历
过去的创伤会影响我们如何看待相关的经历。一个几乎溺水的孩子会更倾向于怕水。同样，许多交易者在经历过“震慑”性的重大损失之后便一蹶不振。他们完全的放弃交易或者在整个职业生涯中都在努力的避免负面情绪的发生。
Searching for the Holy Grail (and Dealing with Losses)
Most traders are on the lookout for ways to improve their trading, but some dedicate their lives to searching for the holy grail -- the perfect indicator or trading system that will provide setups with a 100% success rate. Many of them have been trading for years, and have tried and tested a number of successful systems, but they seem to suffer from a short attention-span. They drop what they are doing at the first opportunity and head off after the latest fad.
Perfectionism and Avoidance
Perfectionists are often motivated by avoidance: the need to avoid unpleasant emotional experiences. Traders who seek the perfect system are also likely to be motivated by the need to avoid unpleasant experiences.
Avoidance
Imagine taking part in a game where participants are divided into two groups, blindfolded and asked to stick out their right hand.
The first group is given ten dollars each time they extend their hand. They soon learn how to play the game and, no doubt, enjoy playing at every opportunity.
The second group is also given ten dollars, randomly, about 80% of the time. The remaining 20% of the time, instead of being given a dollar, their hand is jabbed with a pin. Most participants in this group are likely to quit fairly quickly -- they focus on the pain and ignore the reward.
With trading losses, the only pain that you will suffer is the emotional reaction to a loss -- often far worse than being jabbed with a pin. If you concentrate on avoiding losses rather than on maximizing your overall gain, you are unlikely to succeed at trading.
Personality Types
A group of traders may all incur the same loss but suffer vastly different emotional responses. A lot depends on their past experiences -- not only while trading but in the broader arena of life.
A-type Personalities
The more competitive you are, the more uncomfortable you are likely to be about incurring losses. From an early age, many of us are programmed to compete: to win; to accomplish; to be top of the class; to always be right; and to succeed at whatever we set out to do. Losses are equated with losing -- to be avoided at all costs.
Perfectionists
Not all perfectionists are A-type personalities. Many procrastinate, or avoid competing altogether, to avoid failure.
Beginners
Newcomers to trading often start off with a string of positive experiences. Unfamiliar with the basics of money management, they are often over-confident and prepared to bet large amounts of their capital in the expectation of further gains.
Traumatic Experiences
Past trauma affects how we view related experiences. A child who almost drowns may be prone to developing a fear of water. Similarly, when hit with the "shock and awe" of a major loss, many traders never recover. They quit trading completely or spend their entire career trying to avoid a repeat of that negative emotional experience.
Developing A Healthy Attitude Towards Losses
Avoid chasing after the perfect system that promises to eliminate losses.
Don't equate losses with failure. In fact, complete elimination of losses should be seen as a failure -- you are likely to have eliminated most of your gains as a consequence.
Distinguish between abnormal losses and the small losses normally incurred by any trading system.
Accept that small losses are an unavoidable part of trading -- and that you will regularly incur them. They are as much a part of trading as are profits.
Most successful traders, as Van Tharp (Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom) points out, enjoy success rates no greater than 50%. What they are able to do, however, is to restrict the size of their losses while realizing substantial gains on their successful trades.
Focus on the collective effect (maximizing your overall gain) rather than on the impact of individual transactions.
Practice sound money management to restrict the size and frequency of your losses.
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