Think back to a time when you had a losing trade, or made an error with your trade execution, or had a bad trading day. Who was responsible for the result that you got? The market? The Trading Guru You Follow? Your Friend whose analysis went wrong The trading platform you were using? The room… Read More »
The goal of trading is to make money by forecasting future price movements.This is inherently difficult because, as human beings, we cannot tell the future. Surely many new traders analyze data announcements, or economic reports with the goal of buying cheaply before prices may run up, or selling ‘expensive’ before prices move lower; but those… Read More »
In Continuation with Previous Article Internal confidence, on the other hand, is not based on the outcome of your trading results. Internal confidence is process based. It comes from three things you have complete control over: 1. Knowledge you acquire, 2. Skills you develop, 3. Ability to apply your knowledge and skills in the market.… Read More »
Only six percent of the people who attempt to become professional traders actually succeed. Why do most fail? Lack of passion When people come into the world of trading many think that they only need to learn a strategy and follow the rules of that strategy. And, there are some people who actually do this… Read More »
Trading is a profession and nothing less. Most professions such as medical, legal, psychological,pharmaceutical, technical, mechanical, engineering, etc., require several years of education, study and effort. Not to mention the money required for learning the necessary skills. Then it takes many more years of actual practice to develop the skills and gain the experience to… Read More »
Trading is a completely different animal entirely. I’m not condemning any approach to the markets at all. Cycles work, astrology works, Elliott Wave works, Gann methods work, trend line breaks work, technical analysis works, fundamental analysis works, moving averages work, oscillators work, chart patterns work, etc. However, no approach, no matter how good, will work… Read More »
What is Risk? Risk is exposure. In trading, risk refers to exposure to the price changes of a stocks/index. Often, risk makes people wary of trading stocks, commodities, or currencies. It is true that risk is an integral part of every trade. In other words, there is no such thing as a “risk free” trade.… Read More »
Money management is the single most neglected and overlooked key in the trading business. In my experience, money management is by far the most essential element to actually making significant money from the markets! Everyone spends such an enormous amount of effort, trying to find ways to optimize entry into the markets, or develop systems,… Read More »
We are going to Discuss a Case Study (Previous one can be read here) of one of My Student How we were able to help him to get rid of a bad Trading habit as part of Psychological and Performance Coaching, Many of readers would also be facing the same trading problems can learn from… Read More »
People will go to great lengths attempting to avoid discomfort. And as traders, much of what we do is in response to being uncomfortable. This is an extremely critical concept to understand and explains many trading problems and mistakes. The problem is not in being uncomfortable per se, the real problem is that our efforts… Read More »