我们想结识的伟大的交易员都有一些共同的特质，值得我们学习、模仿：

他们有同理心，乐于倾听。
他们相信自己能够搞定生活中和工作中的问题。
他们谦虚，能够心平气和地接受失败。
他们为了更多的成功会去努力，而不是空想。

他们听的比说的多。他们有两个耳朵一张嘴，使用的频率与器官数量是成正比的。他们会倾听自己的内心，也会倾听市场，他们对成功有着严格的要求。

他们对自己的能力有着坚定的信心，他们会接受失误和失控，因为他早已进行了规划。对自己和他人的极度诚实为他们建立起超越常人的自信。

他们谦虚，他们明白自己并不比别人聪明、强壮、博学，他们只是拥有更坚定的信念，相信自己会度过难关达成目标。

相信自己能够搞定问题，虚心地接受失败，这是他们的特质，也是所有伟大交易员的特质。伟大的人不会受到周遭负面消息的影响，他们有目标、有计划，他们会成功的。虽然成功需要一些时间，他们会遭受挫折，但他们不会被困难压倒，他们会进行规划。

成功的交易员的计划是经过不断修正、拓展和测试的，他们的计划通常以日为单位。他们将计划视为未完成的作品而不是不可侵犯的圣杯。成功的交易员了解永远有未知的东西需要学习，无论今天的表现有多好，明天都会有继续提升的空间。

齐格勒说：“你没有计划？为什么？没有计划的交易就像进入了未知的领域。”如果成功，你会收获颇丰，但若没有计划，成功便不会到来。

成功不是用金钱数量来衡量的，成功起源于内心的信念、倾听的能力以及做好的计划。只有做好计划，才有机会获得财务自由。

Defining A Great Trader

Great traders that we have had the pleasure to know and to be around, on exchange floors and on trade desks, had certain repeatable traits that all level traders can learn, or take something from;

Empathy and the ability to listen.
Faith in their own ability to get things done, if life and in work.
Humility, and a willingness to accept defeat as graciously as accepting success.
Desire to work towards, and not to just expect, having more success than defeat.

They listened more than they spoke. They had two ears and one mouth and had learned to use them in the right proportion. The ability to listen, either to a mentor, to your inner self, or to the market, is critical for success.

They had an undying faith and belief in their own ability, and accepted that most things that went wrong were probably outside of their control, because they planned their work. Their brutal honesty with themselves and with others allowed them to develop a faith in their own ability that was beyond the norm.

They were humble, and understood that they were not smarter, stronger, nor wiser than others; they just knew that there were few others that had more faith in their own ability to follow something through and to achieve their goals.

They had faith that they could get it done, and humility to accept defeat; that is what defined them, and usually defines any great trader. The great ones in life, and on the floors, are the ones who are not susceptible to the negative influence of others, they have a goal, they have a plan, and they will get there. It may take time, they may fail along the way, but they just will not let things overwhelm them as they plot their course.

Successful traders have a plan that they refine, develop and test, and debrief on a daily basis. They share their plan as a work in motion, and not as the Holy Grail. A successful trader accepts that there is always something new to learn, and however good the plan is today, there will be the chance to improve it tomorrow.

Zig Ziegler says; "You are working with no plan? Why? Working without a plan is about as difficult as trying to come back from somewhere that you have never been". You will become profitable if you achieve success, but success rarely comes without a plan.

Success is not counted in cash; success starts with an inner faith, the ability to listen, and in having a plan. However, financial freedom only comes by following the plan.

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