As the finale of 2013 approaches, we are each presented with an opportunity to reflect back while looking towards the future. The dawning of a new year is the perfect time to set new goals and embark down uncharted paths. Now is the time to plan your Resolution. What are our top trading resolutions for… Read More »
Eric Barker has a new article (link here) on how to win every argument. The article had a point which made me think whether the same situation happens in trading. So it quoted an experiment by psychologist Drew Westen, which showed to supporters, footage of their favorite candidates completely contradicting himself. The experiment found that as… Read More »
The Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) Here’s the scenario: you’ve been sitting on the sidelines while watching the market rally . Are you itching to jump in and buy? Are you frustrated because you are missing profits that others are making? Many traders I’ve been talking to feel this way right now and it’s not… Read More »
Trading successfully is not an easy game. Many people may think it is a difficult venture due to the fact that it is a complicated process and the markets move much too fast. There may be a little bit of truth to that, but in reality the downfall of most traders lies in the fact… Read More »
One of the most frustrating things a trader can experience is being dead on right about a trade, taking it, BUT.. still losing money! How can this be? This can happen in five different ways, each of the first four contain a lesson for better planning the fifth way to lose money in this list… Read More »
The foundation of trading is interconnected As most traders know, trading is finding the correct equilibrium of proper risk management, good analysis and trade strategies, efficient money management, and a balanced (trading) psychology. A trader cannot be successful if one of the elements is not sufficiently developed. Similar to a building, if one of the… Read More »
1. Don’t try making sense out of it. You’re in an insane asylum – things are not going to make sense, people will do things that don’t make sense, that they cannot adequately explain. People don’t know what makes them tick, only that they tick. 2. Happiness, of course…is all in your head. If you… Read More »
Trading seems so easy: Find a good setup, place a bet, close out the trade and take home the profits. Enduring trading success is easier said than done, however. Trading experts note that even those traders who achieve early success don’t maintain it. It’s easy to make a series of profitable trades early in one’s… Read More »
To trade in Stock market Many people have left high-flying careers to become full time traders.Sadly, many of them have lost their fortunes and bankrupted themselves in the same market. So what makes the difference between successful traders and failures? There are a few essential things that successful traders live by to achieve and retain… Read More »
If you want to be a winner trading in the long run there are THREE elements of trading that you must have in place. If you do these three things you can not lose in the long term, if you are missing one you will likely not last very long as an active trader. These… Read More »