When a market’s price action falls straight down making lower lows continuously without stopping or bouncing back it is considered a ‘falling knife’ on a chart because of its speed and trajectory. It’s not a good idea to buy into a chart with plunging price action that can’t find support before there is a signal …
A cognitive bias is a mental pattern that breaks from logic, reason, and the ability to rationally judge something through the filter of facts and reality. It is when an individual’s thinking is so clouded by their own subjective reality, memories, and experience that they are unable to interpret new information correctly. A cognitive bias …
Is technical analysis bullshit? Many people will dismiss technical analysis as useless before doing the homework to even fully understand what it is or how it should be used. Dismissing technical analysis as bullshit after hearing that academics dismissed it in a paper is like saying no one can make any money in the stock …
“It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.” – George Carlin The long term trend of the stock market is up. Not individual stocks, as some go up 1,000% and others go to $0 over the years. However, equities as an asset class tend to go higher over five and ten year periods most …
Look for a mission in life not a job. “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Oriental proverb A career has a path where education and experience leads to growth in value and pay. A job can be any place you go to receive …
This is a Guest Post by Jake @TrendSpider In this weekend blog post, you will find our “Top 5 TrendSpider Charts This Week”, weekend analysis, and the link the this Sunday’s event! Make sure to check out our Sunday Event, “Lesson’s From Volatility Masters” this weekend starting at 10 AM EST!
Ray Dalio designed an asset allocation that is supposed to be able to weather any economic storm, manage risk exposure, and make steady returns over the long term. He calls it the All Weather Portfolio and it diversifies by holding multiple asset classes: bonds, commodities, and stocks. Tony Robbins first made this portfolio popular in …
This is a guest post by Manu Shoker of manushoker.com. Why Trading and Investing are so Fundamentally Different There is a popular misconception that trading and investing could be used interchangeably with one another. But as professional traders and investors can attest to, they are both radically different. It’s easy to mix the terms when both …
With the endless choices of podcasts on investing to listen to in 2020 I thought it would be helpful to recommend five that I enjoy and think bring great value and information to listeners. These five are a great place to start and listen to a few episodes and see if they align with your …
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” ― Tim Notke There are plenty of people with talent. There are people born with some innate talents naturally over others. As someone enters higher levels of competition whether in sports, business, academics, or investing, talent is not enough. All your competition has some level of skills and …
