Amateur retail traders tend to think that the professional trader or Institutional investor have some sort of secret knowledge/system that enables them to make huge profit in trading. However, the difference between a retail traders trying to make consistent profit and a professional traders zeros down to the trading mindset and trading psychology.The difference between… Read More »
1.Knowledge Knowledge about yourself, Your reaction when price goes in your favor, against you. Knowledge about your trading system and risk and money management. 2. Information You cannot trade without information. Information is required to evaluate any unforeseen influence entering in market. Knowing about results of company/Election results/Central Bankers meet. 3. Confidence With Confidence trader… Read More »
Source Dr. Van K. Tharp is a professional psychologist and trader coach who has come up with a very interesting set of trader personality types that novice traders can use to help assess their psychological suitability for the trading arena. Each of the fifteen trader types identified by Dr. Tharp conforms to a certain trading… Read More »
How do you know if your trading psychology problem is really just about trading or is a sign of larger problems? Here is a quick checklist: A) Does your problem occur outside of trading? For instance, do you have temper and self-control problems at home or in other areas of life, such as gambling or excessive spending?… Read More »
Larry Hite While the speculator doesn’t have the product knowledge or speed, he does have the advantage of not having to play. The speculator can choose to only bet when the odds are in his favor. That is an important positional advantage. In the above quote, Larry is referring to the fact that smaller retail… Read More »
As a trader we need to do constant improvement, as trading is an evolving filed and we need to adjust ourself based on changing market conditions. To be best we just need to avoid doing mistakes, the more we minimize our mistake better we will become. Below we have listed few mistakes which if avoided… Read More »
People will go to great lengths attempting to avoid discomfort. And as traders, much of what we do is in response to being uncomfortable. This is an extremely critical concept to understand and explains many trading problems and mistakes. The problem is not in being uncomfortable per se, the real problem is that our efforts… Read More »
If you’re an options trader, you may have heard about “Greeks” but you may not know exactly what they are or what they can do for you. What are Greeks anyway? Greeks, including Delta, Gamma, Theta, Vega and Rho, measure the different factors that affect the price of an option contract. Since there are… Read More »
By Martha Stokes One of the best Written Article from my Archives Every seminar and book will tell you that controlling your emotions and having discipline in you’re trading are essential to your success. But no one tells you how to achieve emotional control and personal discipline while trading the market. Every trader sees the… Read More »
It is absolutely essential to have a trading plan in writing before you begin trading . Most of traders do not have a written trading plan, Having a Written trading plan is always an additional edge most of profitable traders have. Without a trading plan, you will be prone to inconsistent and erratic trading with… Read More »