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 »
How do you feel when the trade you made went against you and you need to incur loss. The first thought an amateur trader will have is “This was not supposed to happen!”. There was no way it could work against you. After you have booked loss comes the most testing time for trader:Ideally a … Read More »
The Bitter truth abut trading enemy is: You are your own worst enemy in trading, as its you who make the one making decisions and your emotions are usually getting in the way and you are your own worst enemy. If you’re a trading junkie, you’re going to be reading a lot of books, taking… Read More »
Managing the risk of ruin.Do not risk so much on any one trade that 10 losing trades in a row will destroy your account. risking 1% to 2% of your trading capital per trade is a great baseline for eliminating the risk of ruin.When you do intraday trades or positional trades keep an eagle eye… Read More »
1. Caution. Excitement (and fear of missing an opportunity) can often persuade you to enter the market before it is safe to do so. After a downtrend, a number of rallies may fail before one eventually carries through. Likewise, the emotional high of a profitable trade may blind us to signs that the trend is… Read More »
Psychology matters more to trading or investing than perhaps any other income-producing activity. Here are some quotable quotes from some well known industry participants highlighting that reality… Anyone who claims to be intrigued by the “intellectual challenge of the markets” is not a trader. The markets are as intellectually challenging as a fistfight. Ultimately, trading… Read More »
Good traders are able to identify opportunities in the market, plan trades, execute trades, and manage trades at a reasonable level. A good trader identifies the opportunity, plans the trade, and executes the trade. He takes his losses with discipline. One might think that Bad traders are similar to good traders but just better. The… Read More »
Few Important quotes which can keep you going into this amazing field of trading: Tony Saliba “How do you lose money? It is either bad day trading or a losing position. If it’s a bad position that is the problem, then you should just get out of it.” “Clear thinking, ability to stay focused, and… Read More »
Emotions have no place in trading,specially for day traders as their holding period is for few hours only. Most of traders are searching for Magic Indicator or Holy Grail which will lead the desired results and will never cause any loss to them. But in Reality No matter what technical indicator or stock trading system… Read More »
90% of Intraday Trades are losers, Intraday trading without a proper plan and trading system is equivalent to gambling which most of traders get indulged into. Before betting your hard earned money to earn quick returns its always better to know and understand the the fundamentals of intraday trading, if you hope to make money… Read More »