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.

How following NEWS can Bust your Trading Account

By | November 23, 2015 3:35 pm

In Continuation with Previous Article Are you a “News” Based Trader or Price action Based ? With the Drama over Fed Rate Hike coming in next few days most of Traders will become obsessed with news events. They get sucked into a ‘black hole’ of staring at economic news calendars from their broker or elsewhere… Read More »

Motivational Story of Charlie Munger

By | November 20, 2015 4:35 pm

Charles Thomas Munger (born January 1, 1924) is an American businessman, lawyer, investor, and philanthropist. He is vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett; in this capacity, Buffett describes Charlie Munger as “my partner.” Munger served as chairman of Wesco Financial Corporation from 1984 through 2011 (Wesco was approximately 80%-owned by… Read More »

The importance of failure in succeeding at trading

By | November 19, 2015 4:13 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 »

Are you a “News” Based Trader or Price action Based ?

By | November 18, 2015 4:24 pm

Many traders are always running behind news to understand the future course of action in market. With all the recent news surrounding Bihar Election and various  economic reports and other market-moving news events that happen each day, it can seem overwhelming to try and keep up with them all. What’s a trader to do? Simple… Read More »

Maintaining Trading Discipline; Easier Said Than Done

By | November 16, 2015 4:26 pm

The most important trait of winning trader is “DISCIPLINE” Sounds simple. And everyone should find this sentence easy to agree with. Basically, it just means following a specific trading strategy and not deviating from it. But people differ in terms of their ability to maintain self-control and discipline. Discipline vs. Emotions It is easy to… Read More »

Can Traders make money in Stock market?

By | November 13, 2015 3:08 pm

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 »

Muhurat Trading session: Vows Traders should make to avoid loss

By | November 11, 2015 7:37 am

Muhurat trading is the auspicious stock trading practice for an hour on Diwali (Deepawali) is done traditionally to celebrate New Year. It is a symbolic ritual which has been performed for years. As Diwali also marks the beginning of the New Year, it is believed that muhurat trading on this day brings in wealth and… Read More »

Two Emotions That Can Influence Your Trading

By | November 10, 2015 4:52 pm

Short term market volatility is powerfully influenced by fear and greed. But fear and greed aren’t the only emotions that influence market decisions. Other emotions, such as disappointment and regret, can also impact what market timers do and can have adverse effects on their timing decisions. It is only normal to feel “disappointment” when our… Read More »