Very true - thank you! I have to shift my perception.
I need to look into Al Brooks as well!
I actually have the exact opposite. I mainly trade FX and am so reluctant to go long on any pair. I donāt hesitate to short and am usually very confident about my short trades but i canāt really get my head around to trade long.
Almost 90% of my trades are short Trades!
Short trades are better when you constantly know what to do and long traders are for those who have the patience but short trade is what most users use.
I relate to the fear of shortsā¦ my dilemma is fear of longs. lol
It seems that there are many people with similar attitudesā¦
I have dealt with this by developing charting that clearly depicts the trend and that seems to have cured my bias.
Does this fear also happen when the market is on an uptrend and youāre trying to go long? 
I am not laughing at you, i am laughing at the situation. Cause 98% of my profitable trades are actually shorts, and i am struggling to figure out why i am not profitable on the longs.
I donāt have any fear, itās just that i spot more short opportunities,
Thatās really interesting. I have sometimes the opposite fear. Maybe itās fear of heights, or Iām just more of a permabear maybe =)
But itās not bad to be afraid of shorting american indices for exemple, since the FEDās āānot QEāā is injecting so much money that the real dangers lies in shorting themā¦
Almost all of my trades are short. I guess Iām just a bearish trader or I just see the setups more clear to the down side
Thatās wild!! When you did try to go long, how did you end up feeling? I have this fear of impending doom when I try to short 
I think I just need to work on getting more comfortable with the market 
Iām glad youāve figured out a way for yourself!
Not at all - itās only with shorts! Iām trying to figure out if this has anything to do with the trend visibly going down and my brain somehow making a connection that the trend is failing.
Once again, I think I may have work on my comfort level with the market. Not sure where this weird fear came from. Iām glad youāre finding success!!
I donāt consider myself a fearful person. Iām a fan of extreme sports and I have skydived before. I need to figure this out and move through it.
In Equities or commodities markets, short trades are generally harder than long trades, statistically less profitable, and indeed the sudden momentum with which bearish corrections occur can be much more sudden and drasticā¦and therefore much more unnerving.
ā¦but in FX, this doesnāt applyā¦as someone has already suggested, if you see a short but canāt bring yourself to take it, then simply switch the ticker symbols around, and treat it like a long.
Perhaps being supportive of a ānegativeā outcome just doesnāt sit with your psychologyā¦it is after all kind of counter intuitive.
I really want to try inverting the chart - I just need to figure out how to do that on the MT4. Not sure if thatās possible.
Here is my take. Aim to keep it simple.
USE TRENDLINES TO OVERCOME YOUR FEAR OF SHORTS!
The beauty of trading is that we make money whether the market is going up down. So dont let that fear of shorts take that away from your trading.
Note : NO INDICATORS NEEDED
USE only D1 and H4 for your trend analysis and you can find entries on H1.
The main criteria here is to ensure that a downtrend is already established.
There are few ways to find out if a downtrend is already established but a simple 1-2-3 move down from an obvious high in a strong resistance zone should suffice. ( but you can also use the zig zag indicator to help you visualise these points if your eyes are not yet well trained. ( be sure to remove the zigzag indicator after connecting your first two lower highs- keep your chart clean! ).
Now this could well be a big retracement in a overall up trend or it may well be the start of a new down trend.
Or it may well be an established downtrendā¦
it is very useful to know which of these scenarios you are actually trading
Letās keep it this way to keep this simple
So on the H4 you have a trend line connecting the outer upper ends of the two new lower lows.
One way to visualise this is to imagine you are walking down a flight of stairs.
Think of the ādiagramā or side view of the flight of stairs going down if you sketched it. We are looking for the first two steps at the topā¦
Hope this makes sense ?
When looking for trade entries going short, only aim to take trades at or near this trend lineā¦ ALWAYS WAIT for a retracement which prices fall initially with the trend then rise back to approach the trend line.
Now at or near the trend line, you are looking for candle stick patterns showing ārejectionā or bearish continuation signals.
Another simple yet very powerful concept is looking to see if this zone on your chart corresponds to an area of previous support now turning to resistance at or near that trend lineā¦
Also if that area corresponds to a Fib retracement level 31.8, 50, 68.1 then even more confirmation to confidently take a shortā¦
These are multiple confirmations that the down trend will continueā¦
Place your stop using 1 or 1.5 ATR from that level.
As long as the price keeps closing below your trendline, keep going short.
Again your best R:R is taking trades at or near the trend lines after retracements.
Only downside is that trendlines are very subjectiveā¦ no perfect way to draw them. But practice, practice practice,
I hope this helps.
I have a telegram channel where a do a bit more teaching. I am not sure if I am allowed to post a link hereā¦
But if any one wants a link to my channel, PM meā¦
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If youāre scared the market will turn around maybe you are planning to enter at the wrong price or you are trading too big position size. Before entering your trade, check economic calendar and check stochastic.
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please kindly contact me i have a strategy to that
Why donāt you share the strategy here so we could all check it out? 
I think that would be super helpful!
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