“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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How To Bust A Trading Slump
Are you having trouble remembering the last time you had a winning trade? Are you ready to quit this gosh forsaken business already and do something less stressful like air traffic controller or lion tamer? Don’t give up just yet, at least not until you read the rest of this article. Trading slumps happen to [...]
The Biggest Mistake Stock Traders Make
I’ve made so many mistakes in my trading career that it’s hard to focus on one being the biggest. But since I cornered myself by writing the title of this article first, I guess I’ll have to figure it out. I’ve traded many times without a plan. Not having a trading plan before you start [...]
Realized vs. Unrealized Gains And Losses
It’s important to always remember that you are running your trading as a business, in every way. Its more than just the construction of your business entity, or keeping good records of expenditures. Every single decision, and the complete analysis of your trading should take the form of a business audit. You should always be [...]
10 Key Points To Focus On When Trading A Bear Market
When we enter a bear market, the trading and investing rules don’t necessarily change, but they get modified for sure. Contrary to popular belief, a bear market is not just the opposite of a bull market. The behavior of a bear market is quite different, and can be quite a challenge if you don’t have [...]
Using Time Stops In Your Trading
We have all sat around at one time or another and figured out how much we would make when our analysis of the stock market trends plays out exactly as we thought it would. How many trades, or where the stock would have to go in order for us to buy that new car, get the [...]
Lock Yourself Out Before You Do More Harm
There are some days when your analysis of the stock market trends are just off. You had your plan all mapped out, you digested the morning news and economic reports, and you were ready to face the day. Unfortunately, the market didn’t go the way you thought it would, and you took a few stop [...]
Why Your Results Will Never Match Those Of The Super Gurus
My entrance into the trading business came after I received a direct mail advertorial from the biggest promoter of commodity trading the world has ever seen. It was dubbed the greatest business in the world (name changed so I don’t get sued) and I was told that I just needed to learn a few techniques [...]
Shhhhhhhhh….Be Very Very Quiet, We Are In the Doldrums
During the trading day there are certain times when the market should be avoided. Volume gets thin, and the range starts to contract. This leads to short term fake out moves and reversals that can frustrate the stock trader to no end. Even a veteran trader with a good feel for the stock market trends can [...]
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