Fear can be a part of any move you make in your life. When it comes to investing your money (real money, not a demo account), this fear is certainly understandable. Being afraid of losing a trade is part of the game.

Taking a break can help you refocus. Taking one step further, it is wise to schedule these breaks. Here are a few ideas of how and when to do it.

James Woolley advises you not to rely only on forex trading. In his great article, Woolley mentions that market conditions can change and your systems may not work anymore.

Reasons to not quit trading – By Jakob from TradeProfits.net
The obvious reason why you want to quit trading is most likely due to huge losses along with being scammed by marketers promising rags to riches within the end of the week. You have tried just about everything and nothing seems to work. Quitting seems like the only reasonable choice to make. However, more often than not, this is the exact period where you learn some of the most important lessons as a forex trader. Because of expensive losses, you are likely to re-access your trading approach with a more realistic goal in mind. When this happens, the sense of urgency to make quick bucks diminishes, and hence the ability to make more rational trading decisions increases, often along with a stronger focus on money and risk management.

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Guest post from visionsofaffluence.com

Guest post from visionsofaffluence.com

When you approach trading as a sprint you open up your charts and begin opening trades at he drop of a dime because you are only focused on winning as many trades as possible in the shortest amount of time in much the same way that a sprinter lines up and as soon as he is given the signal runs as fast as he possibly can in order to win a race. This is the exact opposite of what a marathoner does. In a marathon the racer paces himself throughout the race taking his time making sure not to over exert himself too soon so that when a opportunity arises he is able strike quickly and bring himself closer to the end goal of winning the race. This is what you need to do in your trading. You need to pace yourself. Think of your trading capital as your energy. You don’t want to come out of the gate too strong, take too many sub par trades, and end up losing your capital because once that happens you are out of the race or good. Instead you should be patient, conserve your energy, and only take good trades that have a high probability of success, because after all trading is a numbers game and in order to be successful you have to stack the odds as high in your favor as possible. If you can learn to do that then you should have no problem winning the gold.