Doing The Right Thing Is Enough
"When you've done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top — credit for the good deed or a favor in return?"
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
When we compare today's meditation to trading, doing the right thing is definitely enough!
Once you have practiced and practiced your strategies, rinse and repeat, every day that you trade, you will become habitual and almost robotic in executing and fully managing your trades to completion.
This can be monotonous and boring for some of you, but these are good habits to adopt and it will make your trading much more consistent and profitable over the longer term. If you want excitement, go to the casino!
We don't need recognition and/or thanks for doing the right thing when we are trading. We will gain a sense of achievement and satisfaction, when we see our results!
As long as we stick 100% to the rules/criteria for our strategies and we make sure that we cut short any potential losing trades at our pre-agreed exit point, "doing the right thing is enough"
Nobody said trading would be easy, but stick at it and you will reap the rewards; I promise you!