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 Emotions Affect Day Trading

By | April 2, 2015 11:04 am

In order to be a successful day trader, you need to have the right tools, choose the right markets, and trade the right trading systems. However, it is just as important to have the right psychological and emotional outlook. Lets illustrate the trading emotion using an Intraday Trades,similar emotions can occur over Swing trades and… Read More »

The training of a stock trader is like a medical education

By | March 27, 2015 4:18 pm

“The physician has to spend long years learning anatomy, physiology, material medical and collateral subjects by the dozen. “He learns the theory and then proceeds to devote his life to the practice. He observes and classifies all sorts of pathological phenomena. He learns to diagnose. If his diagnosis is correct – and that depends upon… Read More »

Interview with Jesse Livermore

By | March 26, 2015 3:51 pm

Conducted by Edwin Lefevre, dated circa 1922, this “interview” reveals great insights into the mind of the famous trader. As we will see, the wisdom imparted here could change our entire perspective on the speculative game we love and enjoy. It might even change our lives. I took the liberty of editing it due to… Read More »

The Hidden Variable in Your Trading Success

By | March 25, 2015 3:45 pm

Most traders realize that trading involves a lot of psychology. And most traders readily admit that a significant portion of their trading losses, or lack of performance, is due to “psychology”. Although the term ‘psychology’ isn’t always mentioned as an explanation, you can see it easily enough in the following statements ”I froze just as… Read More »