Some helpful questions to ask in trading would be the following:

• What is the market telling me now?
• What does the market want?
• What are the probabilities?
• How much can I make?
• What is my risk?
• Where am I wrong?
• Where is my target?
• Is this a valid signal?
• Am I following my rules?
• Am I following good trading principles?
• Has anything changed?
• What would I think if I wasn't in this trade?
• Is there anything I'm not seeing?

Some unhelpful questions to ask while trading would include the following:

• What if I lose?
• What if I'm wrong?
• What if I can't succeed as a trader?
• What will my broker--my wife--my boss think?
• Why is it always so hard?
• How can I make this trade work out? (You're already wrong. Get out.)
  
  

Remember, there are questions that illuminate; and there are questions that destroy or confuse and stagnate. You have the power to construct the questions that will move your trading forward. Whenever you're in a quandary or things aren't going well, ask yourself, "What is the question I need to ask now?" What if, you could learn to ask yourself questions that will make you a winner over time?