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 »
All traders should have a good trading plan. One of the worst bad habits a trader can have is trading impulsively and without any guidelines. Traders who take the time to make a trading plan are much more likely to succeed, but even with a plan in place we can develop bad habits. A trader… Read More »
Trading can be a lot like gambling if you let it be so. Some of the best traders in the world are also great poker players, but there’s a big difference between how you trade and how people gamble. How can trading be gambling? What I’m talking about is the average trader out there that… Read More »
By: Monica Hendrix In the late eighties I was reading the excellent book “Market Wizards” by Jack Shwager and was fascinated by a story of how ordinary people were taught to trade in just 14 days and went on to make hundreds of millions of dollars. How was it possible? Let’s take a look… Read More »
When trading the markets, most of traders are Wrong than being right. Most of professional trades i have met have a success ratio of 50-55%, ie. They are wrong almost half of the time. There are many ways to be wrong. You Analysis using the Technical tools goes awry, Market is overbought and showing negative… Read More »
Most of us want to be as perfect as we can. We do not want to experience failure or setbacks or roadblocks. In fact, most of us have been raised that failure, in any case and at any time, is ‘bad’ and success is ‘good’. So if that is the case, then thinking in a very simplistic and… Read More »
In Continuation with Previous Article I wish I would have Exited the Trade When the First Signal to Exit Arose One of the difficulties of trading is that there are multiple forces at battle in any one moment. Many traders who are buying are able to see why a trade should continue going up even… Read More »
In July of 2009, 64 year old Martin Hickman lost 200,000 British pounds (approximately $333,000) in a single day trading on the London Stock Exchange (the FTSE). Hickman told The Telegraph (U.K), “I was going to be a househusband, take care of the dogs and do a little trading on the side. Then things escalated… Read More »
One of the main reason for not having consistency is Trading, just because we are itching to do something. Traders just want to be in trade at any cost. Our eyes should be focused on the future, and that is what trading is all about. Following a strategy that beats the market “over time,” and… Read More »
Regrets are fine to have as long as you act on them. Here is a list of common regrets that traders have had over the years and if you can identify them and work to avoid them going forward you can begin to see real progress in your trading results. “I did exactly the wrong… Read More »