{"id":74740,"date":"2024-06-03T07:58:32","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T11:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/?p=74740"},"modified":"2024-06-03T07:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T11:58:52","slug":"sami-abusaad-trading-psychology-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.t3live.com\/2024\/06\/03\/sami-abusaad-trading-psychology-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Trading Psychology Tip &#8211; Do What IS NOT Comfortable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fe9bcgPSLsQ?si=fv2XkExftITS7wjv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sami Abusaad explains why in trading, you can't always do what's comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>When you feel very strongly about something, you should often do the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>Sami learned this from the Marty Schultz book &#8220;Pitbull&#8221; &#8212; specifically when Marty says you should double a position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sami Abusaad explains why in trading, you can&#8217;t always do what&#8217;s comfortable. 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