David Lopez

• Try to get better at what you know how to do and become more and more efficient
• Monitor your downside
• Look at briefing, gapping up/down, economic news
• Review trades, look at the big winners and losers
• Review big movers of the day, IBD
• Learn your keystrokes
• Narrow focus on your strategy: find something you know you can do and make money, keep doing it instead of trying tons of different strategies
• Make incremental changes and branching off of what you do well
• Watch top traders during the open, see how they react to different situations
• Talk to top traders, take your career in your own hands and don't expect to be spoon fed
• Learning how to make money and be consistent at it and once you start making money you start making a lot of money
• Don't get caught up in comparing yourself to others, focusing on doing your best and beating your best
• Confidence is key... when you're hot put down on the gas pedals; slow down when you're in a slump
• Follow your discipline and your rules
• Take a day off after a huge loss, clear your head
• Have your outside life in order
• Be in check with your emotions