Everyone says that psychology is the most important part of trading. So if trading is 80% psychology, what makes uppsychology? I believe psychology can be broken down into two parts: patience and discipline. This article focuses on discipline, and why it is so essential to your trading success. My mentor once told me the below… Read More »
Trading in the zone requires intense concentration and focus, but it’s difficult to maintain this stance when you are overly emotional. It’s vital to stay calm and in control. The better you can handle your emotions, the more profits you’ll take home. The capacity to perform under pressure has everything to do with emotion. As… Read More »
Need to be in Trade Syndrome is one of the main reason for many trading account going Bust. One of the keys to successful trading is eliminating any feeling of ‘needing’ to be in a trade. We had Monetary Policy today, My Inbox was full of question with traders asking How we should trade, What… Read More »
A day of celebrations of good over evil. We celebrate “Ram’s victory over Ravan”. And it happened thousands of years ago. And we continue to do celebrations and stopped at that. Only a handful have gone on to fight the good fight to overcome the evil within us. Others simply complain of the evil around… Read More »
Market has been Topsy turfy in past few trading session and we have a weekend coming ahead which should be used by traders in productive manner to improve trading, Let me discuss a real life incident of my student how he was afraid of trading and how after going through the training he transformed himself… Read More »
Winning traders are courageous. They show courage when they risk their money, and face the possibility of losing it. They show courage when they follow their convictions, and possibly let their pride and ego get hurt. But courageous trading is a little more complicated than it appears at first glance. Courageous trading is not merely… Read More »
One of the most frustrating things a trader can experience is being dead on right about a trade, taking it, BUT.. still losing money! How can this be? This can happen in five different ways, each of the first four contain a lesson for better planning the fifth way to lose money in this list… Read More »
When one starts any business, one has a pretty clear idea as to what would be the cost of starting the business. This may go from a few thousands (if you are starting a web based company) to a few crores (say to get a start in the construction business). But when it comes to… Read More »
Trading psychology contributes about 60% to success and position sizing contributes another 30%. Furthermore, most traders ignore the first two areas and don’t really have a trading system. That’s why 90% of them fail. Maintaining the right mindset is one of the most important factors in being a successful trader. Find out how you can… Read More »
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 »