If you want to trade in Stocks/Commodity/Forex you need to know what you’re getting into. Trading is not for gamblers but for professionals.For many novice traders trading looks easy but after few trades harsh reality of trading comes out. To make your job easy i am discussing few important question you need to ask yourself… Read More »
Subjective: Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.Proceeding from or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external world. Subjective traders they are intertwined with their trades.Their signals are generally entering out of greed and exiting based on their own internal fear. The believe in their opinions more than the… Read More »
Self-Confidence is one of the most important quality required by human being in any business venture. Professor Raj Persaud posits that true self-confidence comes from an attitude where you: Promise yourself, no matter how difficult the problem life throws at you, that you will try as hard as you can to help yourself. You acknowledge… Read More »
Some of today’s great trading philosophies actually date back to the early to mid-1900s.And W.D. Gann, Jesse Livermore and Richard D. Wyckoff all were considered “market mavens” of that time,according to author Jim Wyckoff. “They stressed hard work and preparation as pre-conditions for successful trading of markets. Their work is still valid and renowned by… Read More »
Big Swings came in market in August and many traders emotions were high as Markets were swinging wildly.Many traders “Hoped” of making a killing and few are living in “Regret” of missing the rally. Lets analyze both Hope and Regret emotions and understand how these are fatal for your trading career. Hope Hope is a… Read More »
Paul Rotter is arguably the most successful individual futures trader executing trades on the Eurex exchange primarily in the Bund. Every trader can aspire to imitate Paul’s success as he is proof that it IS possible for a small trader to build on his success and grow into the biggest most active speculator around. Q:… 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 »