Category Archives: Learn

Trading Lessons

By | July 2, 2014 4:23 pm

Most of the time, markets are very close to efficient (in the academic sense of the word.) This means that most of the time, price movement is random and we have no reason, from a technical perspective, to be involved in those markets. There are, however, repeatable patterns in prices. This is the good news; it… Read More »

Why Human Nature Works Against You as a Trader

By | June 28, 2014 1:19 pm

In this article, we attempt to look at the psychological elements of trade, risk, and money management as presented in the  Successful Traders research series. The goal of trading is to make money by forecasting future price movements.This is inherently difficult because, as human beings, we cannot tell the future. Surely many new traders analyze… Read More »

Trade Like a Casino House

By | June 27, 2014 4:47 pm

Any quick drive through Goa Casino makes it pretty clear who is making in the money – the Casinos! Why do gamblers keep going back despite losing most of the time?  Misplaced hope, fantasies about the big win, promising themselves they will walk away when they are up and still winning, and probably the inability… Read More »

How to make a Trading Plan

By | June 21, 2014 4:13 pm

“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets planning.”  —Thomas Jefferson “Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.” — Napoleon Hill “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” However you want to look at it, or whomever you may want… Read More »

What separates the 10% that make money from the 90% that don’t?

By | June 20, 2014 4:15 pm

Must read for every kind of trader. Enjoy your weekend! What separates the 10% that make money from the 90% that don’t? 10,000 hours. The key to success in any cognitively complex field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours. 10,000 hours equates… Read More »