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 »
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 »
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 »
During my Trading session most of traders I interact with want to become Full time trader, They want to ‘Make enough money to leave their job and become independent.’ Well it might sound exciting but the reality is not what it seems. Let me give you a blueprint what should be the thought process before… Read More »
If you want to be a successful trader, You need to have a VISION on what you want to do and goal setting is the first thing traders should do. Unfortunately, many traders jump right into trading without giving the first thought to where they’d like their new found profession to take them. As per… Read More »
Excellent Article from Brett N. Steenbarger, Ph.D. 1) Self-talk while trading – Is it angry and frustrated; negative and defeated? How much of your self-talk is market strategy focused, and how much is self-focused? Is your self-talk constructive, and would you want others to be talking with you that way while you’re trading? 2) What… Read More »
Long term investors – Warren Buffett is the best-known example – prefer to leave their money in the markets to reap the rewards of compounding. Jesse Livermore – a trader – thought this was unwise. His opinion was that, after a successful trade, traders “should make it a rule to take one-half of the profits… Read More »