Category Archives: Trading Psychology

Trading psychology is ‘something’ that a trader creates from existing personality traits that are not initially related to trading, but surface from trading without method understanding.

Is Stock Trading gambling?

By | January 11, 2013 3:08 pm

Infosys came with a good set of earning after 4 quarters of bad earning and  moved up 16% today many traders were left with a surprise to see such a big move.Few traders  called me and said “Bramesh Sir asa move ana ke baad tu mujhe trading and gambling ek jasa hi lagtha hai ”… Read More »

How to survive stock market bubble

By | January 10, 2013 1:25 pm

An Interesting Article By Brian Perry, Investopedia In almost all instances, the root cause of a financial crisis is an asset bubble. But how does this bubble form, what finally causes it to pop and how can investors profit before it goes bust? In order for a market to attain the excessive valuations necessary to… Read More »

Trading Secrets of Successful traders

By | January 9, 2013 1:46 pm

During my training sessions i would like to ask my students what do you mean by trading? Most of the students will answer trading is all about mathematics and probabilities. Some will say its all about charts, other will say its all about earnings and future prospects of earnings about the particular stocks or Sensex.… Read More »

Common Traits of Successful Traders

By | January 7, 2013 3:42 pm

Learn to Lose Money to Make Money Unfortunately, it is the sad reality that the majority of people reading this are not profitable traders. If I could single out the most common culprit for sabotaging your trading it would have to be not being able to take a loss. This is especially prevalent amongst new… Read More »

Trading Principles:Success & Failure in Trading

By | January 3, 2013 2:27 pm

Different shapes and forms. Failure comes in all different shapes and forms.  The distance you fall after a failure,  time it took to get to the failure,and whether you get back up determines that shape and form.   I realize there are a million posts on why failure is important but success is important, especially in trading.… Read More »

Trading Psychology Edge

By | January 2, 2013 2:25 pm

1. OPTIMISM – It all starts with a hunch or a positive outlook leading us to buy a stock. 2. EXCITEMENT – Things start moving our way and we get giddy inside. We start to anticipate and hope that a possible success story is in the making. 3. THRILL – The market continues to be favorable and we… Read More »

Trader’s Resolutions for the New Year-2013

By | January 1, 2013 2:20 pm

With the advent of 2013 we all make resolution so lets discuses Trader’s Resolutions for 2013 Trader should DARE the Mr Market for 2013. Let me explain it in more details: Discipline Analyze Risk Education Discipline   We all need to be disciplined along with using good money and risk management skills, yet too much… Read More »

Common Trading Mistakes to avoid in 2013

By | December 31, 2012 5:13 pm

2012 will be an History after 11 Hours. As a Stock market trader we need to evolve as per market dynamics and be prepared to hit your goals. Traders should do brain storming and self evaluation to highlight the mistake which can ruin their trading account if not contained.Below are few mistakes traders should avoid… Read More »

Gambling and Trading

By | December 28, 2012 2:26 pm

This kind of get-rich-quick thinking is hard to shake, and it keeps many traders from reaching their full potential. The Danger of Gambling Psychology in Trading If you trade like a gambler, you’re bound to lose money. You’ll make bad trades. You’ll throw good money after bad. And eventually, you’ll find yourself wondering where all… Read More »