Australian cricketer-turned-commentator Dean Jones, in an interview for Wisden, observed that two-thirds of Sachin Tendulkar’s game is based around defence. Most of the shots in any Sachin century, he says, are based on forward defence, back-foot defence and letting the ball go. As any coach would vouch, letting the ball go is possibly as important… Read More »
How do you go about building a trading plan? What do you need to consider, and what type of trader should you be? The last question is a logical place to start – deciding the type of trader you want to be, and understanding why. Type of Trader When creating a trading plan, a trader must decide the style of trading… Read More »
Aspiring traders often ask me whether or not it’s really possible to make a living trading the market. The short answer is yes. The longer answer is, yes you can make a living trading the market but you have to consistently do a lot of things right. Most traders simply do not yet possess the… Read More »
“The goal of a successful/Great trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.” Great traders do not have to be right about any one trade, their success is based on winning more than they lose on a large amount of trades. Great traders do not need trade ideas from other traders, they trade… Read More »
1. Lack of direction. Traders often fail to establish clear goals and create plans to achieve those goals. When traders fail to develop complete business and trading plans before entering the market they are setting themselves up for failure. 2. Impatience. This occurs when traders try to accomplish too much too soon, or expect to get results far faster than… Read More »
Everyone knows that chasing price is usually not beneficial, we either end up catching the move too late, or we get poor trade location, which makes it more difficult to manage the trade. However, there are other forms of chasing that are just as common, maybe more common, and just as counter-productive. Traders who are… Read More »
If you had gotten out of the market when these movies were released, you’d definitely have missed some big moves…to the upside. Wall Street came out after the crash of ’87 in December 1987, and taking money off the table for the multi-year bull market that followed would have been a big miss. Boiler Room came out… Read More »
You want to be trading opportunity, not your mood of the moment. – Brett Steenbarger Many traders I have interacted during my training session, one of the basic reason for loss is trading on mood, Somehow trader gets a feel and he does some aggressive trade which ultimately lead to “BIG LOSSES”. So lets discuss… 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 »
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… Read More »