In the analysis of financial markets, and specifically in the area of Futures, most traders identify with a direction. However, profitability does not come from predicting the future, but from reacting correctly to the present.
There are two traditional profiles that usually operate in Futures:
The Bullish Profile (Bullish Bias): One who maintains a permanent optimistic view. Their greatest risk is denial: ignoring signs of market exhaustion due to the desire to see higher prices.
The Bearish Profile (Bearish Bias): One who constantly seeks collapse. Their greatest risk is the opportunity cost: missing out on solid trends by waiting for a correction in the indicators.
In my journey as a Trader, I found myself at times being bearish and at others being bullish. A few days ago, I said I no longer felt unidirectional; today, I define myself as "Opportunist"
Being opportunistic for me means that I do not have a blind belief in the direction of the price; my only loyalty is to technical confirmation.
What defines an Opportunistic Trader?
1. Emotional Neutrality: We do not celebrate rises nor fear falls. Both are opportunities to beat the market.
2. Flexibility of Criteria: If the price breaks a key support, our bullish thesis is immediately invalidated. We do not wait to see what happens; we execute the plan.
3. Liquidity Management: We understand that the market is a cycle of wealth transfer. If you are not able to change your mind, you end up being the liquidity of those who did.
Let us learn that closing a trade on time because the market changed direction is not a defeat, it is an intelligent administrative decision.
The market is not a battle of opinions; it is a reading of probabilities. Those who win consistently are not the ones who predicted the movement, but those who had the humility to follow the trend, whatever its direction.
Let's go all in! And those who are afraid of dying, should not be born!!!
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