The winning trader is cold, calculating, and unemotional. Fear and greed control the masses, but if they are allowed to control you, you become one of the millions who can’t understand why they cannot make a profit when, supposedly, everyone else is. There are also other emotions, such as anger and disappointment, that can influence… Read More »
Man’s seasonal trend changes just as the market and he has his good and bad cycles. By keeping a record of your own trades, you can determine when your trend is changing one way or the other. I have been able to make as many as 200 consecutive trades without a loss. When I started… Read More »
How to get what I want? You’ve heard the expression, “What you see is what you get.” My grandfather used to say: “If you look at a tree long enough, it will move.” We see what you want to see. Psychologists tell us that nothing controls our live more than our self-image. We live like… Read More »
1. 10,000 hours The greatest traders understand that trading much like being a doctor, engineer or any other focused and technical endeavor requires time to develop and hone the skill set. Now you wouldn’t see a doctor performing open heart surgery after 3 months on a surgery simulator. Why would trading as a technical undertaking… Read More »
During my Training Session This is the Most Important question I ask my Students. What is really important to you in your trading? Knowing Why you want to be a trader is very essential for being a profitable trader. They inform you about what sort of trader you want to be and can help you… Read More »
When trading goes right, it can be a great feeling. When trading goes wrong it can be a nightmare. Fortunes are made in a matter of weeks and lost in a matter of minutes.This pattern keep repeating itself again and again.For a trader to be successful he must acknowledge this pattern and then break it.… Read More »
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” He was a unique manager because he had several waiters… Read More »
All traders should have a good trading plan. One of the worst bad habits a trader can have is trading impulsively and without any guidelines. Traders who take the time to make a trading plan are much more likely to succeed, but even with a plan in place we can develop bad habits. A trader… Read More »
Source After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you and would love to spend some time with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER,… Read More »
At the broadest level, trading consists of analyzing, synthesizing, and doing. Analyzing is extracting information from markets, immersing ourselves in data. It is our look through the microscope. Synthesizing is assembling those data into a coherent picture, extracting pattern and meaning from the reams of market information. It is our telescopic view. Doing is taking… Read More »