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BPA trading room Q&A: January 30, 2015
BPA 交易室问答：2015年1月30日
I’m a beginner. I often find myself paralyzed and afraid to take a trade. Even if I’m sitting here and ready for the trade. I was waiting to get short on bar 20, but with bar 19 did not want to get in below a bull bar. Any advice for beginners cherry-picking too much? Audio duration: 3min 50sec — Scroll down for image
我是一名新手。我经常发现自己被恐惧所困，不敢入场交易。即使我坐在这里，准备好了交易，我也一直在等待在20号K线做空，但19号K线是一根阳线，我不想在它下方入场。对于新手挑选交易机会过于谨慎，有什么建议吗？音频时长：3分50秒——向下滚动查看图片
Audio transcript
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Okay, you wanted to short on bar 20 but you did not want to short below 19. That’s okay.
好的，你想在20号K线做空，但你不想在19号K线下方做空。这没问题。
My first thought is, whenever a trader is starting out and they’re afraid to trade, what they’re saying is they’re afraid to lose money, and what they’re saying is they really care about not losing money. The obvious solution to that is you have to get to the point that you do not care.
我的第一个想法是，当一个交易者刚开始交易时，如果他们害怕交易，那意味着他们害怕亏钱，也意味着他们非常在意不亏钱。解决这个问题的明显方法是，你必须达到一个不介意的状态。
A lot of traders starting out have a limited account size, and if they care and their account size is not big enough so that they can trade and not care – for example, if you buy above 1, your stop is down here (below bar 1 – Al’s cursor), you’re risking $400 on the first trade, and if you have a $5,000 account size, you cannot take that trade. So if you’re starting out and you have a small account size, and the bars are big, and you need big stops like risking $300, $400, $500 on a single contract, you have to wait. You cannot trade, and that’s okay.
许多刚开始交易的交易者账户规模有限，如果他们很在意，而他们的账户规模又不够大，无法让他们交易而不在意——例如，如果你在1号K线上方买入，你的止损就在下方（1号K线下方——Al的鼠标指针处），你在第一笔交易中冒了400美元的风险，而如果你的账户规模是5000美元，你就不能进行这笔交易。所以，如果你刚开始交易，账户规模较小，K线幅度较大，你需要设置较大的止损，比如单个合约冒300美元、400美元或500美元的风险，那么你必须等待。你不能交易，这没问题。
It’s nice to be able to say, “Oh, I can trade any market. I don’t care if I have to risk $1,000 on the trade, I can take the trade.” But a lot of traders starting out, that’s not their reality. Their reality is they have a small account size and they cannot take trades where the risk requires them to trade more, and to risk more than what they wanted to risk. And that’s okay. To me, every one of us is in a different position in life, and every one of us has to live within our comfort zones . Trading has to be fun, and if you’re worried about blowing out your account, then that’s not fun. To me, I just accept where I am in life. Would I like to be trading 1,000 contracts and not caring? Sure, but that’s not where I am. So you just have to accept your position in life, and try to make the most of it. And if you’re not able to take the stop that you need to use on a particular trade, don’t take the trade.
能够说“哦，我可以交易任何市场。我不在乎是否需要在交易中冒1000美元的风险，我可以进行交易”是很好的。但对于许多刚开始交易的交易者来说，这不是他们的现实。他们的现实是，他们的账户规模较小，无法进行风险要求他们交易更多、冒更多风险的交易，而这超过了他们愿意冒的风险。这没问题。对我来说，我们每个人在生活中都处于不同的位置，我们每个人都必须在自己的舒适区生活。交易必须是有趣的，如果你担心账户被清零，那就不有趣了。对我来说，我只是接受我在生活中的位置。我希望能够交易1000份合约而不在意吗？当然，但那不是我现在的位置。所以，你必须接受自己在生活中的位置，并尽力发挥它的优势。如果你无法在特定交易中使用所需的止损，就不要进行该交易。
One option is to trade Forex markets because you can trade very small. Theoretically, you can trade like a $500 account or a $200 account. Realistically, no one’s going to trade that, but you certainly can trade a $1,000 or a $2,000 account and trade very small positions, like the equivalent of $10,000, 10,000 units and not risk much. You can say, “Al, I can’t get rich if I only make $12, $13 on a trade.” That’s true, but what you can get is experience and comfort, and that’s very important. So if you cannot trade the Emini on a day like this where you have to risk 10 points, then you got to think about trading something else. One possibility is Forex, or if your account size is big enough you can trade stocks. There are a lot of stocks that trade really well. Some of them are not very expensive. For example, the XLE and some of the ETFs.
一种选择是交易外汇市场，因为你可以交易头寸很小。理论上，你可以像500美元账户或200美元账户一样交易。现实中，没人会真的这么做，但你完全可以交易1000美元或2000美元的账户，头寸很小，相当于1万美元，1万单位，风险不大。你可以说，“Al，如果我每笔只赚12美元或13美元，我发不了财。”这话没错，但你能获得的是经验和舒适感，这一点非常重要。所以如果在这一天你没法交易Emini，因为需要承担10点的风险，那就得考虑交易其他品种。一个选择是外汇；如果你的账户规模足够大，你也可以交易股票。很多股票交易起来表现很好，其中有些价格并不高。例如，XLE以及一些ETF。
The bottom line is, if you’re paralyzed, you’re probably afraid of losing money, and that’s good. Your instinct is correct. Would you really want to be risking $400 buying above bar one if you have a $5,000 account, the answer is no. So let me totally reassure you that not buying above one is a wise decision if you have a small account size. It’s appropriate to be paralyzed and fearful. Selling below 19, you got a triangle, yes, but you have a lot of bull bars. And Al keeps saying that we’re going to form an early low of the day, so do you want to sell below 19 with a bull signal bar? I’d say no, just wait. Just be patient.
说到底，如果你犹豫不决，那可能是因为你怕亏钱，这其实是好事。你的直觉是对的。如果你只有 5,000 美元的账户，你真的愿意在 1 号 K 线以上冒 400 美元的风险吗？答案当然是不。所以我可以完全向你保证，如果你账户规模小，不在 1 号 K 线以上买入是个明智的决定。犹豫和害怕是合适的。在 19 下方卖出，你看到的是一个三角形，没错，但你也有很多阳线。Al 一直在说今天会形成早盘低点，那么你愿意在 19 下方带着一个阳线信号 K 线去卖出吗？我会说不，那就等待吧。只要有耐心。
Bar 22 is interesting. You got a wedge bottom, and it was the low of the next couple of hours. So you could buy above 22, low risk, probability not high, but low risk. So you can just wait during the day for those few options where you do not have to risk very much, and therefore you do not have to care very much. Most of the time when you have low risk, you have low probability, but you have low risk. That means even if you have a small account, you can still take the trade if it’s a reasonable trade.
22号K线很有意思。你看到一个楔形底部，它成了接下来几个小时的低点。所以你可以在22号K线上方买入，风险很低，概率不高，但风险很低。所以你可以在当天等待这些风险不大的机会，这样你就不需要太在意了。大多数时候，当风险较低时，概率也较低，但风险较低。这意味着即使你的账户规模较小，只要交易合理，你仍然可以进行交易。
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