Trading Against the Elephant
This blog post came from a discussion in my facebook trading group. It was originally shared by Vivek Ravindra Hardikar. He read this story in the starting part of a…
New Trader, Know Thyself
Trading is more about the trader than the markets. The markets are neutral; they have no agenda and no evil plots to take your money. Each random entry has…
New Trader University Blog Table of Contents
I have grouped my best blog posts of the past under different topic areas. Each blog title listed is available on this website. You can search for these blog titles…
The Fiscal Cliff Americas 2013 New Year Gift
Guest post by GG Finances This year American’s New Year gift will be delivered directly from Democrats, and basically on behalf of Obama, who planned the cuts in the…
Fragile Traders vs. Anti-Fragile Traders. Who breaks First?
Reading Nicholas Taleb’s newest book Anti-Fragile really got me thinking about how traders are broken. Traders can become fragile and be broken in several ways: They can quit because they…
Risk Management in 1 Lesson
This is a crucial time to remember the 1% rule in this current market environment or better yet stay in cash until a trend emerges. The very first rule we…
How to Trade Through the Pain
Trading is not all fun and games. We do not make money on every trade. It is not like other careers or jobs where you…
Apple’s Sneakiest Moving Average
Due to the discretionary nature of trend lines I trade using moving averages to identify trends along with support, and resistance levels for price action.…
Quitters Sometimes Win and Winners Know When to Quit
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” -Bruce Lee Quitting is not always the wrong thing to do. There…
If Will Smith Was a Trader This Would Be His Advice
You have to love trading to do the work that takes you over the hump to winning. Successful traders are not born, they are built…
