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With Investagrams’ Trading Cup 2020 around the corner, most traders might be wondering if they can handle the pressure of managing both a competition and a real portfolio. Joining the competition will give you a chance to win prizes and see how you stack up against other traders. On the other hand, there is an associated risk that comes with handling multiple accounts at the same time. The truth is, managing both a competition and a real portfolio will divide your attention in a way that forces you to take smarter trades. 

Having two portfolios can divide your focus, but it is more likely that you will be forced to follow your trading plan. You want to grow your personal portfolio, while also doing your best to win the Trading Cup. Thus, you will do your best to reduce the number of impulsive trades that you take. 

In addition to this, you will need to pick only the best trades instead of trying to catch every trading opportunity that comes your way. In reality, some of you might already be implementing this in your system but by joining a competition, you will be encouraged to take this to the next level.

It is without saying that only executing smart trades is easier said than done. After all, no matter how right you think you are, the market can swing the other way leaving you speechless. This is where the use of trading tools really come in handy. By using tools such as screeners, watchers, and backtests, you can effectively automate your trading. These tools can also help you arrive at data driven decisions that can improve your trading executions.

Depending on your priority, you can set watch list alerts for one portfolio and then closely monitor the other one. But, if you really want to take your trading to the next level, you can set watch list alerts as well as conditional orders (stop loss and buy on breakout) to free yourself from monitoring the markets and instead focus on doing research.

Alternatively, you can do your research after the market closes, set your alerts and orders the next morning. This is to divert your attention to something else such as your full time job or other personal tasks. Again, some of you might already be practicing this, but joining a competition while managing a portfolio emphasizes the need to utilize the tools to their full potential.

All of this contributes to a paradigm shift in the way you trade. Instead of observing charts all day, you as a trader, will be more inclined to be data driven. Your profitability as a trader will then be more reliant on the decisions you make rather than the amount of time spent monitoring your positions. 

Eventually, when the competition ends, the changes that you made in your trading strategy will result in a more relaxed trading lifestyle. The pressure of managing two portfolios will leave but the changes you made to your trading system will stay. Instead of working hard to trade all day, you will effectively streamline your trading by only dealing with the important processes. 

All in all, the experience will lead to you taking smarter trades, spending less time in front of the computer screen, and hopefully one step closer to financial freedom. 

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Win over PHP 300,000 in PRIZES and become the Investagrams’ Trading Cup 2020 Champion!

The beauty of Virtual Reality games is to know the promising power it can bring in both the simulated environment and the real world itself. Virtual Reality is defined to be a near reality we experience as human beings. Even the what-ifs can be answered when we are immersed into different perspectives on game actions. 

Just like any other games, the Virtual Stock Market Trading is also created for almost the same purpose. You get to be a billionaire and buy all of the things you never had, just like Travie McCoy!

With just a few clicks, you can have your own 7-figure cash on your virtual trading account. Yes, that’s right. Remember, everything is virtual and temporary, just like your money in the game. You can also play with your own money and apply several strategies on how to buy and sell stocks. You can both gain and lose. However, whatever you gain, stays in the game. Everything is unreal.

Apart from enjoying your gains, you get the educational benefit from the game itself! Here’s the reality of how Virtual Stock Market Trading can help you become a better trader.

Reading while training

Every experienced and well-skilled investor started as a beginner. And one thing to learn about Virtual Stock Market trading is that you can start to learn on two sides, while reading and being involved with a practical training on the virtual platform. It is not necessary to start off with a real portfolio unless your heart is ready for the risks you are willing to take. With this way, it will also let you assess the areas in learning on which you need to learn more.

Strategic application

Aside from attending webinars, watching educational videos on Investagrams’ Youtube Channel, or even reading the financial journey of Warren Buffett, you can apply every strategy you have learned in Virtual Trading. 

Where’s the fun in this? You can buy any and every stock you want to try and play with. While you’re at it, you can slowly understand the movement and the dynamics of the market. Apply both your knowledge in strategies and analysis, get to meet and understand every possible challenge you may encounter.

Identifying your risks and improving your risk management

Most of all, in the Virtual Trading Game, you can identify the risk and possibly avoid them once you trade in the real market. Remember that when you lose, you lose nothing. While carefully exploring the world of risks, you can build up and create a better and healthy psychological environment for your emotions. In handling money, you do not only think of the risks and rewards, you must strengthen yourself to be able to fight without being dependent on your emotions.

Preparing for the real world

Post-Evaluation is always important in your trading. Just like how you track your income and expenses, you should always treat both your gains and losses as a ground for your educational growth. Keep in mind that everything is a simulation which serves as a preparation for you, but always expect beyond your immersive experiences. Always remember to journalize and track down the reasons why you gain and you lose. 

The best part of Virtual Trading is that you have no costs at all, even your mistakes and losses. Think of this as playing in the real game! Are you ready for this, player one?

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The Investa Trading Cup 2020: Bounce Back Challenge!

Get the chance to win over PHP 300,000 in PRIZES and the coveted Trading Cup Trophy and Champion’s Badge. Competition starts on September 28. 

You could say that you have been in the financial markets for as long as you could remember when you think about the missed opportunities that could have made a difference in your trading account. Indeed, it is common to miss such opportunities given that the financial markets are awake 24/7. 

As traders, we are in an environment where an endless stream of opportunities displays itself. There may be various reasons for not taking the said leading name. 

1.)   The price structure seems unattractive. 

2.)   Failure to screen such names. 

3.)   The trader is busy with other activities. 

4.)   Mentally unprepared to take the trade. 

Missed opportunities happen all the time. The best way to move on from such is to prepare a buyback criteria if the opportunity represents itself. 

It is conventional wisdom that doing things right leads to the correct outcomes. No doubt, it’s natural for us to think that way. However, that is not always the case for us market participants. There would be times that you have analyzed the stock through fundamentals or technicals and it could still move against your bias. The best way to conquer this is to accept the fact that anything can happen (we cannot control the movement of these assets). 

While the financial markets are an arena of endless opportunities, potential prospects expose the trader with inimical psychological conditions. It takes a lot of hard work and perseverance for a trader to indicate when such opportunities exist. However, learning how to pinpoint a potential leader does not mean that you have learned to think like a professional trader. Without possessing the right state of mind, a trader would not be able to produce consistent results. Indeed, consistency is a mindset that has at its core certain fundamental thinking strategies that are unique to trading (Douglas, 2000).

It is ideal to see the market from an objective perspective, wherein you must learn and accept the risks with no internal conflict. You must infuse a mentality that is unique to traders. A mentality that enables you to repudiate hesitation and to eradicate overconfidence. That is relatively the epitome of professional trading.