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.

Trading Myths

By | December 12, 2012 3:22 pm

Risk/reward is set in concrete. Nothing in trading, with the exception of the process, is set in stone. I have seen that stone sink many peoples trading careers. Risk/reward is as much of a filtering process as it is risk management. We look at market in terms of volatility, it keeps us out of slow… Read More »

How to use Stop Loss order in Trading

By | December 11, 2012 10:33 am

When markets are Volatile Overbought in Short Term May Reverse from the current trend as per technical Most common term used by traders/analyst is Tighten your Stop Loss/Use Trailing Stop Loss Stop loss order is an order to close position if/when losses reaches a particular point. In other words  stop loss trade  is an order… Read More »

How traders make money:Strong Trade Psychology

By | December 10, 2012 4:08 pm

Many traders have asked and discussed with me When i keep a Stop loss order its gets triggered and market reverses just from my stop loss level giving them a feeling of helplessness and most of them decide never to keep a stop loss order.     The market often rewards bad behavior. You exit… Read More »

How To Improve Your Trading Success

By | December 7, 2012 1:19 pm

 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 »

Mindset of Winning and Losing Traders

By | December 7, 2012 12:00 pm

There is a big difference between Losing traders and good and profitable traders, here is what I think separates one from the other:  Losing traders continually have the desire to short the hottest  stocks with the strongest momentum. What is their reasoning? “It can’t go any higher, this price is ridiculous.” Do they understand it… Read More »

Emotions and Day Trading

By | December 6, 2012 1:38 pm

Despair = Losing Money – Trading Better Do not despair look at your losses as part of doing business and as paying tuition fees to the markets.     Disappointment = Expectations – Reality Enter trading with realistic expectations. You can realistically expect 20%-35% annual returns on capital with great trading. More than that is… Read More »

The 14 Stages of Trading Psychology

By | December 5, 2012 3:02 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… Read More »

How to Set Profit Targets in Trading

By | December 4, 2012 12:03 pm

Once you are in a trade the question quickly rears its head: How and when do you get out of the trade at a profit? Setting targets has to be one of the most important elements of your trading strategy. Targets can be time-based (”I’ll stay in the trade for three weeks”) Technically-based Depending on… Read More »

Why Traders Lose Their Discipline while trading stocks/forex and commodity

By | December 3, 2012 10:57 am

Losing discipline is not a trading problem; it is the common result of a number of trading-related problems. Here are the most common sources of loss of discipline, culled from my work with traders: Boredom cause a lack of focus:What market we are witnessing in October Series , Choppy market with range bound trading from… Read More »