Most of the time, you want to own the stock before it breaks out, then sell it to the momentum players after it breaks out. If you buy breakouts, realize that professional traders are handing off their positions to you in order to test the strength of the trend. They will typically buy it back… Read More »
Over many years of trading, I’ve found certain principles to be true. Understanding and using basic principles provides an anchor of sanity when trading in a crazy world. Whenever I find myself under stress, questioning my judgment or my ability to trade successfully, I pull out these basic trading principles and review them. Don’t Try… Read More »
Exit from your trading positions is an important quality a succesful traders needs to develop.-The exit is critical to being a successful trader. Let your winners run and your losers run out quickly. Two factors determine your exit, the Target and the Stop loss you have set on entering the trade. Today was a classic example, for trades who… Read More »
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 »
How do you feel when the trade you made went against you and you need to incur loss. The first thought an amateur trader will have is “This was not supposed to happen!”. There was no way it could work against you. After you have booked loss comes the most testing time for trader:Ideally a … Read More »
The Bitter truth abut trading enemy is: You are your own worst enemy in trading, as its you who make the one making decisions and your emotions are usually getting in the way and you are your own worst enemy. If you’re a trading junkie, you’re going to be reading a lot of books, taking… Read More »
Managing the risk of ruin.Do not risk so much on any one trade that 10 losing trades in a row will destroy your account. risking 1% to 2% of your trading capital per trade is a great baseline for eliminating the risk of ruin.When you do intraday trades or positional trades keep an eagle eye… Read More »
1. Caution. Excitement (and fear of missing an opportunity) can often persuade you to enter the market before it is safe to do so. After a downtrend, a number of rallies may fail before one eventually carries through. Likewise, the emotional high of a profitable trade may blind us to signs that the trend is… Read More »
Psychology matters more to trading or investing than perhaps any other income-producing activity. Here are some quotable quotes from some well known industry participants highlighting that reality… Anyone who claims to be intrigued by the “intellectual challenge of the markets” is not a trader. The markets are as intellectually challenging as a fistfight. Ultimately, trading… Read More »
Good traders are able to identify opportunities in the market, plan trades, execute trades, and manage trades at a reasonable level. A good trader identifies the opportunity, plans the trade, and executes the trade. He takes his losses with discipline. One might think that Bad traders are similar to good traders but just better. The… Read More »