1. Do not be overly concerned about whipsaws a good trend pays for them all. A whipsaw is when you enter a position but get stopped out quickly when the market reverses opposite to your position. If you are a trend trader this may happen many times in a row in a range bound market. … Read More »
The fear of being wrong: Traders fear being wrong so much they will hold a small loss until it becomes a huge loss. Even adding to the loss in the hopes of it coming back and getting to even. Don’t do this, holding on to a loser after it hits your predetermined stop loss is… Read More »
We have RBI Policy tomorrow, markets are going to be volatile. Most of traders will be lured by the idea if one trade goes right i can make big money but one wrong trade can wipe off also. In trading activity alone does not make money, the right activity at the right time is what… Read More »
What is the difference between Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Shewag, Both have class of their own, infact Shewag palying style is far better than Sachin instead of this Sachin is remembered as All time Greatest whereas Shewag has been forgotten by most of the Cricketing fraternity. The Big Difference is Consistency. This leads me to… Read More »
Trading is a war and there may be few battles which may get lost, Losing a battle does not means you have lost the war. Trading is not about one day, one week, or even one year. Trading is about taking money out of the markets over and over again, consistently. When I have bad… Read More »
A good futures trader is someone who can profit in any type of market condition. Traders come from many different backgrounds and lifestyles, but most good futures traders are: Independent Thinkers Great futures traders think for themselves. They follow what is happening with world-related events, the markets and other factors to make their trading decisions.… Read More »
1. Successful traders stay neutral: Staying neutral means to be emotionally detached from your trading decisions. I’ve met many day traders that were emotionally suffering for the rest of the day after losing 1000 or even less and when they made 10000 they would be “on top of the world”. They are definitely not trading… Read More »
A common problem that many futures traders run into is that they start trading, make some decent profits, then all of the sudden they encounter what seems to be an endless stream of losses. Eventually they end up losing their profits and eating away at their trading capital as they struggle to try and figure… Read More »
I’ve had the question of whether I have a trading plan template or anything like that I can provide or recommend a couple of times in recent weeks. In short, the answer is no, but that’s because I’m hesitant to recommend one. You see trading plans necessarily must be very personalized things. That makes the… Read More »
If you’re reading this blog post because you actually think there is some one thing that successful traders know that unsuccessful ones don’t, then let me first say: There is no single secret to successful trading! And by that I mean there is no secret wisdom passed down from master to pupil, or sacred texts… Read More »