The language you use as a trader can provide either positive reinforcement through honest self awareness or negative results through demeaning self talk. In other words, when discussing your trading with others or in your journal become aware of how you view yourself. Do you see yourself as an amateur, a whipping post, a loser?… Read More »
In Continuation with Previous Post Step 3 – The Eureka Moment Towards the end of stage two you begin to realize that it’s not the system that is making the difference. You realize that it is actually possible to make money with a simple moving average and nothing else IF you can get your… Read More »
Trading has been a heck of a journey for me. I came in for the money at first and now after all these years I’m still in but my motives have changed, I’m in for the game. Trading has been a long journey of self discovery for me, something I never even thought I would… 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 »
If you’ve been trading for a long time, you no doubt have felt that a monstrous, invisible hand sometimes reaches into your trading account and takes out money. It doesn’t seem to matter how many books you buy, how many seminars you attend or how many hours you spend analyzing price charts, you just can’t… Read More »
During one of my trading session, a student told me “Sir I am a small trader , I make good money in trending market but when market goes sideways/choppy i lose my profit and most of my trading capital”. I asked him, Do you know the difference between trending and choppy market, He said… Read More »
Trading is a very complex undertaking and if you miss one element you will likely eventually fail in this endeavor. Here are the four different elements we must have working for us for success in trading: The Knowledge If we don’t do the homework to know what we need to know we will fail due… Read More »
Every trader wants to trade a well funded trading account (i.e. a 1,000,000 account), but very few of us actually get to do this. Most traders are stuck with trading relatively small accounts (i.e. just covering the required margin). Trading a small account requires very strict risk management (i.e. money management) because there is no… Read More »
Enter the “trader zone”…. wait, wait, wait, wait- pounce….. “A lone lion usually has a hunting success rate of only 15%. Though during a night hunt, their success rate can climb over 40% . In areas with tall grass, they manage a success rate of over 50% because they are able to get much… Read More »
“A trader is the weakest link of any trading system” (Alexander Elder) During one of my trading Seminar a student asked the following “After 4 years of winning and losing hundreds of trades and blowing out several accounts both demo and live, trying different systems, experimenting with many strategies, I am still unable to achieve… Read More »