For traders, the most important thing is their years of experience. It does make all the difference in the world to them! Losses, gains, trading mistakes and analysis; it is all recorded in the journal of our trading memories.

When the time has come to take the next trade, we swing between emotions of greed, fear, regret, and hope. In the middle of it all comes our trading experience that reveals itself and prints a new high or low in our current trading track record.

And in the middle of it all, one thing will always stay the same: your next trade will never be the same as any of your past trades.

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Matov, Atanas. The Quiet Trader: Philosophical Guide to Profitable Trading- 240 Meditations (p. 40). Atanas Matov.