Category Archives: Trading Education

Why 90% of the Mental Game is Your Trading

By | October 16, 2014 3:46 pm

90% of the mental game being trading well; So here are three trading practices that reliably lead to emotional disruption: 1)  Poor risk management – Oversized positions; holding positions that are more correlated than you realize; failing to clearly define and trade a risk/reward relationship for each trade–all of these create outsized losses, which in… Read More »

Excuses Bears give In Bull Markets

By | October 8, 2014 4:01 pm

Instead of profiting from one of the greatest bull markets of all time perma-bears waste this opportunity with these excuses:  “It just can’t go any higher.”  “It is due for a pullback.”    “All time highs? That’s bearish.”     “I am loaded with puts.”     “I will wait for a pullback to cover my short… Read More »

What’s common between best sportsman and Successful Traders

By | October 6, 2014 1:36 pm

If you ever met a successful trader one thing you would have noticed most of them in some part of there life were related to sports. What’s the connection between being an  sportsman and stock market trader? I believe it has everything to do with the qualities and the mindset that these individuals have. I… Read More »

Characteristics of Successful Traders

By | September 30, 2014 3:48 pm

1) The amount of time spent on their trading outside of trading hours (preparation, reading, etc.); 2) Dedicated periods to reviewing trading performance and making adjustments to shifting market conditions; 3) The ability to stop trading when not trading well to institute reviews and when conviction is lacking; 4) The ability to become more aggressive… Read More »

Trading – a game of probability

By | September 26, 2014 5:31 pm

A big part of trading is a probability game. The market can move any directions and many times against all logic and fundamentals for a period of time.An edge in trading is the ability to have winning probabilities on your side. Most people cannot distinguish between luck and skill when it comes to forecasting the… Read More »