In trading most new traders allow hope and fear to dictate their trading. They have a losing trade and instead of selling it and getting out they instead hope it will come back to even and fight a trend allowing their loss to grow bigger. Another error for new traders is that when they […]
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“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 is a time when you have to decide what you want and go get it, you do not stop until you reach your journey to your destination, this is when
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If one of the greatest traders in history told you how to buy and sell the best stocks for the most profits would you listen? Well we have a chance to do just that with William J. O’Neil’s book “How to Make Money in Stocks”. His lifetime of research on the precise fundamental and technical
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When I asked “What kind of psychological edge do you have in your trading?” in my Facebook trading group I had a lot of great answers. Here are a compilation of many of their great answers. Here are the 20 mental trading edges that a trader can use in their battle for profitability in the
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$SPY remains in the trading range it has been in since mid July. $214.25 support and all time highs are resistance at $219.60. This is a very tight range. The chart is still bullish as it stays near all time highs and tries to breakout. We finally had some movement on Friday with ATR increasing. It
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I don't remember anyone predicting the market would trade sideways for a month and a half — StockCats (@StockCats) August 26, 2016 Read that approx 10% of traders are on medication for mental issues. Thats scary, means 90% of traders out there are untreated. — Assad Tannous (@AsennaWealth) May 1, 2016 @AsennaWealth Easy$ trading bad
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“The game taught me the game. And it didn’t spare the rod while teaching.” -Jesse Livermore Trading Losses: There are two types of losses, one loss is caused by the market simply not being conducive to the profitability of your system. The other type of loss is caused by a lack of discipline, causing you not
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Reading Nicholas Taleb’s book Anti-Fragile really got me thinking about how traders are broken. (This may actually be my favorite book out of over a thousand I have read in my life.) Traders can become fragile and be broken in several ways: They can quit because they believe that trading successfully is impossible. They can
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Before there was a William J. O’Neil or a Nicolas Darvas there was Jesse Livermore. Livermore was considered to be one of the greatest traders to ever live. He is said to have made over $100 million shorting the 1929 crash, an unthinkable amount in his time. He made and lost millions on several occasions, he was
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted at Macro-Ops.com. “The generally accepted view is that markets are always right — that is, market prices tend to discount future developments accurately even when it is unclear what those developments are. I start with the opposite view. I believe the market prices are
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This has been a dull bullish market with just a slow grind to new highs. The stock market is under tight consolidation inside a price range with no pressure on bulls to sell as $SPY creeps around all time high prices. $SPY is over all key moving averages but lacks momentum. All dips are bought
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Your baseline: equities are in a bull market 85% of the time Why We’re Still Arguing Whether QE Worked Chart of the Day – Nasdaq Losing Streaks Take the Summer Off Trendlines 101 Interesting that, whilst bleeding from the jugular, most traders want to work on “psychology”. – Adam Grimes
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This summer, Einhorn and Robertson trimmed their $AAPL stake, Soros liquidated it and Singer went short. Berkshire raised its stake 55%. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) August 16, 2016 Call Hillary she knows how to trade them ?? https://t.co/8UxFaRWRnN — DK1 (@canuck2usa) August 18, 2016 Not many believe second half growth will be better than
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Here is a list of the ten most powerful quotes from Jesse Livermore’s book “How to Trade in Stocks.” Livermore was one of the greatest stock market operators of our time and his trading quotes stand the test of time. No one made more money in the markets or came back from more bankruptcies than Jesse
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I truly believe the hardest thing about real trading has not been the math, the method, or picking the right stock, currency, commodity, or futures contract. The most difficult thing about trading is dealing with the emotions that arise with trading itself. From the stress of actually entering a trade or the fear of loss as a trade
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There is nothing more bullish than all time highs. As all the holders of an asset sit with profits and no resistance except profit taking. We are in a Bull Market. Leading stocks are hitting all time highs. IPOS are having explosive moves. The $SPY 10 day ema is holding as short term support in
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The Intraday Stock Market Schedule How to Make Yourself a Better Trader, Right Now Market Timing Tips & Rules Every Investor Should Know Keep it simple
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Long whiskey, short soda — 3:30 Ramp Capital™♿️ (@RampCapitalLLC) August 12, 2016 Remember when you were supposed to sell in May, sell #Brexit, and August was supposed to be bearish? Good times! — 3:30 Ramp Capital™♿️ (@RampCapitalLLC) August 12, 2016 Let me guess: You need my services in 30 minutes. So predictable. Moochers. — 3:30
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