Category Archives: Trading Education

All you want to know about LIX 15 Index launched by NSE

By | July 9, 2013 1:22 pm

National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched ‘LIX 15’ index, which will be available in the derivatives segment, in a bid to provide exposure to the liquid stocks. The index would be disseminated online, from Monday, July 8, 2013.Currently trading at 2376. LIX 15 Index is designed to provide exposure to the liquid stocks while making the… Read More »

How to become a successful trader

By | July 3, 2013 3:04 pm

Every trader need to Identifying his Strengths and Weaknesses Trading requires as much honesty as is objectively possible. To be able to go over each trade and determine what you did right and what you did wrong requires putting ego aside for the benefit of becoming a better trader. You have to be able to… Read More »

When To Quit Your Job to become full time trader

By | June 29, 2013 12:54 pm

I have had many readers through the years and students of my trading course –most of whom were less-experienced traders–tell me that at some point in the future they planned to quit their 9-5 jobs and become a  full-time trader. Traders who have recently entered market and made good money also plan to become a… Read More »

Why do options trade at lesser than theoretical value on the last day of expiry?

By | June 27, 2013 1:28 pm

Today is Nifty expiry and many traders will indulge in Option trading to make some quick buck if they are on right side of trade. I have seen trader taking position in Options that trades less them their theoretical value, thinking price will correct End of day and they will make profits but in reality… Read More »

Chimpanzees Are Like Stock Traders — They Take Gambles

By | June 26, 2013 12:41 pm

Humans aren’t the only gamblers in the animal kingdom. Our closest primate relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, demonstrate behaviors considered basic to human economics such as delaying gratification and assessing risk, according to new research published Wednesday May 29 in the journal PLoS One. Though they don’t bet on stock exchanges or casinos, they also have strong… Read More »

Tips for Successful Trading

By | June 25, 2013 1:03 pm

Trading Methodology: Winning system-Only trade tested systems with a positive expectancy in the long term. Faith– Your system has to allow you to trade your beliefs about the market. Risk/Reward-Never trade unless your profit expectations are greater than your capital at risk. Trader Psychology: Discipline-You have to keep trading your method even when it doesn’t… Read More »