Written by admin on April 5th, 2010
Three Components of a Comprehensive Trading System
One common factor among people who fail in trading is that they lack trade systems. If you don’t have this yet, you may essentially be just floundering around in your chosen investment market. The only way to secure profits and cut losses is to follow a custom blueprint.
Anyone can claim to have guidelines in place. [...]
Written by admin on March 13th, 2009
Why Traders Knowingly Make Bad Decisions
“To Err is Human”, but in trading it often happens that traders will knowingly make decisions that create losing trades. Now we’re not talking about losses that come about because of testing out a trading plan or a specific indicator. Nor are we looking at simple errors committed purely by accident. If our goal is [...]
Continue Reading...Written by admin on January 22nd, 2009
Trading Psychology – Doubt
I want to talk about a common theme that’s in many of the email questions I get through my website.
Many people have bought a trading system, or a couple of books, or attended a seminar, and just not achieved the success they thought they’d get. These people are now trapped in a constant cycle of [...]
Continue Reading...Written by admin on February 5th, 2008
Day Trading and the Mind
What impact your mind frame has on your day trading activities will in part be determined by how emotionally tuned you are. In some cases, if you happen to blow with your emotions, your day will be heavily affected by other things in your life, frustration, or a few bad trades. In other cases, you [...]
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