Before start trading, we have to define our trading goals and make a plan for our trading endeavors.
When we define our goals, they are to be specific, measurable, attractive, realistic and has to be within a certain timeframe.
To define a plan, we should fist identify what we want to accomplish and how to achieve the goals. Sometimes traders look for a trading strategy first and then hope that the trading strategy will help them achieve the goals. That's putting the cart in front of the horse.
The final part is to execute the our trading plan and naturally that's where most of us fail. We must have the discipline to execute the plan because successful traders will realize that their problem does not lie in the plan but in the execution.

