A big part of trading is a probability game. The market can move any directions and many times against all logic and fundamentals for a period of time.An edge in trading is the ability to have winning probabilities on your side. Most people cannot distinguish between luck and skill when it comes to forecasting the… Read More »
During periods of market uncertainty, like what we are currently experiencing with fears of a Fed rates hike and myriad geopolitical risks appearing on the horizon, it can be helpful (and inspiring) to pay heed to the advice given by investment greats of the years gone by. One such great is Peter Lynch, who ran… Read More »
At the broadest level, trading consists of analyzing, synthesizing, and doing. Analyzing is extracting information from markets, immersing ourselves in data. It is our look through the microscope. Synthesizing is assembling those data into a coherent picture, extracting pattern and meaning from the reams of market information. It is our telescopic view. Doing is taking… Read More »
Investing in stock market can be a profitable and enjoyable proposition. It requires a great deal of patience and discipline. Right attitude and having proper tools is a must in the financial markets. Most traders loose because they do not do their homework and they dont plan their trades. They also dont realize that they… Read More »
Markets have consistently experienced “100-year events” every five years. While I spend a significant amount of my time on analytics and collecting fundamental information, at the end of the day, I am a slave to the tape and proud of it. I see the younger generation hampered by the need to understand and rationalize… Read More »
Most professionals nowadays undergo psychological profile employment tests in order for their prospective employers to assess their qualities as a person and whether or not it would match up to the traits they’re looking for in an employee. Different professionals, like policemen, firemen, and pilots all have their own different set of distinctive and desirable… Read More »
You should keep a trading journal of every trade you make! Backtest every system for at least 1,000 trades! Brush your teeth before bed! All of this is sound advice. However, how many traders actuallyfollow this advice? Do you? I would bet that less then a third of you reading this article keep a trading… Read More »
As a Trader it totally amazes me to see how we are almost “hard-wired” to do all the wrong things. It’s almost as if we were put on this planet to determine how many ways we can mess up our trading. How do you respond to a loss? How you respond to losing trade. During… Read More »
What are the common errors, the improprieties, the lack of attention to proper mores, the p’s and q of trading that cause so much havoc and could be rectified with a proper formal approach? Here are a few that cost one fortunes over time. 1. Placing a limit order in and then leaving the screen and… Read More »
Poor trading practice, poor execution, poor risk management and poor trade management, is responsible for much emotional distress. Trading affects our psychology as much as psychology affects our trading. Identify your greatest fears and face them as directly as possible, so that you find out they are not as powerful as they seemed. We are… Read More »