When most traders leave their original platforms and start risking their own money, they begin to be trapped in negative emotions such as fear, greed, excitement or panic, and rarely successfully trade their own accounts - this proves that mentality is the key to trading success or failure. Few traders working in large institutions can realize that their success comes from managers who do risk control for them. Going out on your own means managing your own trades - this will be discussed in detail in the following chapters - we need to focus on how to manage our own trades.

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