Why do some traders you know seem to profit consistently, while those green trading days elude you? Why do you find yourself consistently making the same mistakes over and over again?

Traders who are successful month in-month out. handle losses in stride. They are comfortable with losing periods, while maintaining discipline. And most certainly, they do not accept under-performance. constantly training to improve their game.

The good news is you can be a successful trader who profits month in-month out.  Nobody is born to be a successful trader. These traits and characteristics can be learned.

Many of my profitable students, were not trained in any related field of finance. Yet they consistently make money.

Trading profitably is certainly possible for you, no matter where you are in your learning curve. But you have to work at it, and likely make a few adjustments from what you are already doing.

Here are 4 ways to drastically improve your trading.

1. Maintaining Commitment, Even During Challenging Periods

Throughout your learning curve in forex trading. the actions needed to get you there will not always be fun.

You have to love the process, and enjoy working towards your goals every day, regardless of the daily results.

If you were not being paid to trade, would you still love it, and enjoy the challenge? If so, you will maintain the commitment necessary to succeed.

2. Get Comfortable With Losses, and Losing Periods

How many emails have I received requesting a system with a high win rate? Enough to fill your inbox for a year.

By itself, the win rate does not guarantee profitability. Your risk of ruin does!

But Im going to make a controversial statement here. That is:

Most un-successful traders who want a high win rate, are really asking for compensation .

What are they wanting compensation for? A lack of confidence. It is wanting something solid, yet virtually nothing is solid about trading.

Obsessing over a high winning percentage is short sighted. Directing your focus to continually getting better (i.e. on the process ), is seeing the forest from the trees.

3. Intentions Must Be Consistent With Actions & Beliefs

If your goals, intentions & efforts in trading havent produced consistent results, there is likely one cause. You!

It is one thing to say or think, I want to be a successful & consistent trader . But if the moment comes to fill in your trading journal, and you balk, then there is inconsistency between your conscious and unconscious mind.

Just like you may conceptually say I want to be wealthy , but if you look around your house, and feel poor, you are not going to create wealth for yourself.

This is called thinking in one way, and feeling another . Only when these two (thinking and feeling ) come together in your mindset. do you  produce results that match your intentions.

4. Ban Under-performance in Trading

What is one thing which without fail promotes under-performance? Excuses. Have you ever used excuses for your results in trading? If so, you are making it more probable you will under-perform.

The best way to ban under-performance in trading, is to ban excuses . Adopt a no-excuses approach to trading. Better yet burn the following mantra in your brain:

You may not be in control of everything that happens in the market, but you are responsible for your performance.

In Closing

Ask yourself, how many of the suggestions would help you in your trading performance? If you were to adopt the above suggestions, would they change your mindset and approach to trading?