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How to become more productive in your stock trading

How to become more productive in your stock trading

This is not your typical video about stock trading, but it’s very useful if you are trying to become better at it.

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Position Sizing Video

Position Sizing Video

This video is best viewed in full screen mode by clicking the button to the right on the controls of the video. Press play and then hover your mouse over the bottom of the video to show it.  Below is what it will look like:

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A totally painless way to try out a new stock trading system

A totally painless way to try out a new stock trading system

Stock trading systems are a dime a dozen. You will come across hundreds of them in your career, and see all kinds of promises on performance, profitability and the like. Most of these will not work out as described, but that doesn’t mean that all of them are fraudulent. Some of them could have indeed [...]

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7 Things I’m Doing To Trade Better In 2013

7 Things I’m Doing To Trade Better In 2013

It’s that time of year again.  I always take the last few days of the year to debrief and reflect on my trading business, using what I’ve learned to gear up for next year’s market action. This list is the groundwork for my trading plan, which I rework each and every year.  I would love [...]

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Slow Down Speedy! Why You Should Take Your Time When You Are Trading

Slow Down Speedy! Why You Should Take Your Time When You Are Trading

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”- Ferris Bueller The world we live in travels at breakneck speed.  Everyone is looking to do things faster.  Speed seems to be the best known secret to success, and the faster you can grab the data [...]

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The Three Types Of Gaps And How To Trade Them

The Three Types Of Gaps And How To Trade Them

A gap occurs in a price chart when a trade takes place outside of a previous day’s range. Gaps are usually related to news events, but that doesn’t mean they lack genuine value.  Gaps give clues as to the location of the trend, and will many times be reliable predictors of the immediate expected movement. [...]

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How To Surrender In Your Stock Trading

How To Surrender In Your Stock Trading

Stock Trading Surrender? When you think of your stock trading, the first thing that pops in your head is probably not surrendering. After all, to surrender is akin to quitting, and we aren’t quitters, we are stock trading killers, right? Quitters never win!  Don’t give up!  Fight until you are dead! These are all great [...]

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Good For Your Stock Trading- Meditation Helps The Processing Of Information

Good For Your Stock Trading- Meditation Helps The Processing Of Information

I read an interesting article on some research done in regards to meditation and thought it had a potentially interesting connection to improving your stock trading. If you’ve read this site, you know that I’m a big proponent of meditation before the start of the trading day.  I do not believe it is possible to [...]

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Fundamental Stock Analysis Explained

Fundamental Stock Analysis Explained

I make my trading decisions based on technical analysis, which is the study of past price and volume patterns to predict where price may go.  Technical analysis is what is often used for timing buy and sell decisions, and for the short term, that is often times all that is needed. When you start to [...]

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Historical Stock Market Trends: Window Dressing Primer

Historical Stock Market Trends: Window Dressing Primer

Winning is public and losing is private. That’s one of the stock market trends that you can bank on. If you don’t believe it, then ask any mutual fund manager about window dressing, one of the most pervasive historical stock market trends out there.   At the end of each quarterly reporting period, many fund [...]

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