Re-posting an Old Article as we approach the end of 2016 so as to work on our mistakes and make the Journey of 2017 more profitable. The day I started trading I hoped to make lot of money, and ultimate goal of every trader is to trade for a living. My Guru asked me how… Read More »
Source by OLIVIER Stage Four: The Squiggle Trader Stage If you don’t quit, you’ll move into the “squiggle trader” phase. Since you failed with patterns and so on, you figure there’s some “secret weapon”, a “holy grail” that’s known to the select few, something that will help you filter out all those bad trades. Once… Read More »
Source by OLIVIER Very interesting description of how traders evolve over time. The pieces of advice Bo Yoder and Vadym Graifer give at the end of the article are spot on. Definitely worth reading as every trader worth his salt can relate to all the different stages. Enjoy. Stages of a Trader Stage One: The… Read More »
This post is a continuation of HOW YOUR BRAIN STOPS YOU FROM BEING A TRADER ( the previous post ) A lot of books have been written about the two sides of our brain. The Left Side which is the more linear, formula based, procedure oriented brain and The Right Side which understands design, symphony… Read More »
We are all numb nuts. Including me. And the best part – We don’t know that we don’t know. It’s called ‘Dogmatism’ – an unshakeable belief that we know something to be true even if we don’t. It’s difficult to accept, I know. So let me take you on a wild goose chase… Listen to… Read More »
An Engineer has to clear till 12 Class, than Clear Pre Engineering entrance test Like IIT/PET. Get into a good college he needs to again clears 42 Exams in 4 years and finally, after probably years of training and education, he gets a Job and there again he need to take training to lead bigger… Read More »
In all my years of trading and talking to fellow traders, I have noticed that retails traders suffer from mostly 3 mental blind spot which affects there trading .Hopefully, after reading this, you will be able to see them coming and stop them before they destroy your account. Being Undisciplined and Uneducated A trader who… 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 »
People will go to great lengths attempting to avoid discomfort. And as traders, much of what we do is in response to being uncomfortable. This is an extremely critical concept to understand and explains many trading problems and mistakes. The problem is not in being uncomfortable per se, the real problem is that our efforts… Read More »
The New Market Wizards 1. I don’t think you can consistently be a winning trader if you’re banking on being right more than 50 percent of the time. You have to figure out how to make money being right only 20 to 30 percent of the time. 2. I basically learned that you must get… Read More »