Good traders apply every ounce of intelligence in creating their systems, and then they are relentless in following them. You need to have a schizoid approach. Work like a demon to get it right and then ignore it as if you were a brick wall. This was said by Richard Dennis.

Don't focus on the money you can make or lose; seeing money as a way to keep score, like a marker of your batting average, is the best option to keep your head on your shoulders and your brain making the best decisions, but first you have to have failed many times and still want to get it right.

Traders tend to be self-destructive; take advantage of that in your favor. The problem is not NOT having "privileged" information; the problem is how to use the information you already have differently.

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