Category Archives: Trader Characteristics

Traders Need Game Plan to trade profitably

By | July 10, 2013 3:24 pm

All successful traders have one common, yet very important ingredient in their trading methodologies: a game plan.  “Many traders and investors go through their sometimes very short investing lives planning trades they never execute and executing trades they never plan.” “Experience has proven that success follows the wise trader/investor who identifies an effective strategy, and… Read More »

How to become a successful trader

By | July 3, 2013 3:04 pm

Every trader need to Identifying his Strengths and Weaknesses Trading requires as much honesty as is objectively possible. To be able to go over each trade and determine what you did right and what you did wrong requires putting ego aside for the benefit of becoming a better trader. You have to be able to… Read More »

When To Quit Your Job to become full time trader

By | June 29, 2013 12:54 pm

I have had many readers through the years and students of my trading course –most of whom were less-experienced traders–tell me that at some point in the future they planned to quit their 9-5 jobs and become a  full-time trader. Traders who have recently entered market and made good money also plan to become a… Read More »

Tips for Successful Trading

By | June 25, 2013 1:03 pm

Trading Methodology: Winning system-Only trade tested systems with a positive expectancy in the long term. Faith– Your system has to allow you to trade your beliefs about the market. Risk/Reward-Never trade unless your profit expectations are greater than your capital at risk. Trader Psychology: Discipline-You have to keep trading your method even when it doesn’t… Read More »

Are you Victim of Greed and Fear in trading?

By | June 21, 2013 3:16 pm

Greed is one of the main contributors to trading loss. Greed mangles the mind by distracting the trader from what matters most in the trade, which is quite frankly to protect your capital by prudent planning and following rules. Once a trader starts doing profitable trades, overconfidence creeps in and trader wants more and more… Read More »

Skills every trader should develop

By | June 20, 2013 3:16 pm

Financial Markets are under rout all round the globe. Whether you are day trader, positional trader or swing trader ,there are fundamental skills that each trader should master. Skill-building activities will help you sharpen your ability to make money and cash in on critical market movements like what we are seeing now. 1. Never ever go for perfect… Read More »

Qualities of Great Trader

By | June 17, 2013 1:04 pm

Great traders have really mastered a core set of skills: 1. They recognize when they are wrong. 2. They incorporate new information into their existing plans. 3. They execute at a high level. They perform. 4. They recognize when they are right, and they push their winners. Below, I review each core competency in greater… Read More »