This is episode 45 of the Steady Trade podcast with your host, Tim Bowen.

I don't know if we've ever really dialed in on the emotional roller coaster that trading is.

And Stephen Johnson.

Probably one of the most controversial episodes yet.

Right.

Because Stephen almost quit the podcast.

Because, in the words of a broken heart and a busted account.

I don't know if we've ever really dialed in on the emotional roller coaster that

trading is. Probably one of the most controversial episodes yet. But thankfully, Stephen did come back

and come home to us, darlings. So that's what you're going to hear in today's episode.

So if you tuned in for the second half of the Tim Gratani interview, don't worry.

We'll get back to that next week.

But first, let's dip into the listener mailback.

Today's question, what is the most common mistake made by beginning traders?

It's not a lack of discipline and too much emotion, is it?

So, Stephen, I got a question from Bill from Tallahassee.

He asked, and it's a good question, what is, in your opinion, I know you, you are obviously a new

trader recently and you talked to a lot of newer traders from your YouTube and stuff. What is

the most common mistake by a beginning trader? Yeah, by far the most common and by far the biggest,

and I made it constantly as well and you'll make it

over and over and over is trying to be the drag of all trades no pun intended and the master of none

so many people try and take on the crazy crazy world of trading and all of its variables and nuances all at once.

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