1. Losing traders think that because they reviewed price performance history, and saw patterns or results, trading in real time would be simple . They don’t understand that real time trading involves risk management, discipline, and a developed trading plan and probably never will. 2. Losing traders believe that what they learned in textbooks will… Read More »
Some describe trading as purely based on “LUCK” , “Tukka marna” as we call it in Hindi, but from my perceptive trading is all about “Skills” . Skills take time to develop. Take an Example of Engineer, To get an Engineering degree a student has to study for 6 years ( 2 Years for entrance… Read More »
In Continuation with Previous Article Are you a “News” Based Trader or Price action Based ? With the Drama over Fed Rate Hike coming in next few days most of Traders will become obsessed with news events. They get sucked into a ‘black hole’ of staring at economic news calendars from their broker or elsewhere… Read More »
In Continuation with Previous Post Todays post we will discuss Mistakes to avoid when writing/shorting Options Introduction Options Shorting/Writing Why Retail Traders “Buy Options” and Professional Trader “Write Options” Trading way above your Limit Over-positioning is the biggest mistake new option sellers make. This is how it works: New traders sell a few options, see… Read More »
Charles Thomas Munger (born January 1, 1924) is an American businessman, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist. He is vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett; in this capacity, Buffett describes Charlie Munger as “my partner.” Munger served as chairman of Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 through 2011 (Wesco was approximately 80%-owned by… Read More »
Different shapes and forms. Failure comes in all different shapes and forms. The distance you fall after a failure, time it took to get to the failure,and whether you get back up determines that shape and form. I realize there are a million posts on why failure is important but success is important, especially in trading.… Read More »
Many traders are always running behind news to understand the future course of action in market. With all the recent news surrounding Bihar Election and various economic reports and other market-moving news events that happen each day, it can seem overwhelming to try and keep up with them all. What’s a trader to do? Simple… Read More »
Biggest misconception of Retail Trader I found during my trading session I am a trader so I should trade. Well, this is the biggest mistake a trader can make. The trader’s job is not to trade but trade right based on trading strategies he has mastered on during the course of time. Trading is a… Read More »
The most important trait of winning trader is “DISCIPLINE” Sounds simple. And everyone should find this sentence easy to agree with. Basically, it just means following a specific trading strategy and not deviating from it. But people differ in terms of their ability to maintain self-control and discipline. Discipline vs. Emotions It is easy to… Read More »
A story will explain you the answer better. One day a teen boy was watching football on the TV. He got very excited about the game and wanted to learn it. One day while walking down the street from school to his home, he saw a football training in process. He went to the coach… Read More »