There are times with charts and markets that it is best to be out of them. With the current risk and volatility I have been trading smaller and smaller and less and less until finally I am only in a few positions for the first time all year. One of the keys to me holding […]
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It is difficult for most traders to trade with headline risk hanging overhead. It simply causes chaos in the markets. Here are five things that are caused by the risk of market moving news coming out at any moment. Headline risk disturbs the normal flow of the markets,
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This book may be one of the greatest trading books ever published. Jack Schwager set about interviewing some of the world’s top traders in 1988 and the principles these traders were kind enough to share has stood the test of time. These were not one year wonders these traders
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If you want to be a winner trading in the long run there are THREE things that you must do. If you do these three things you can not lose in the long term, if you are missing one you will likely not last very long as an active trader.
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This past year has been just like the chart studies I have done. Using the $SPY as the market filter in late December 2011 we had a break above the 200 day then a retest with support, we had confirmation of an up trend beginning in January 2012 with
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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 quotes stand the test of time. No one made more money in the markets or came back
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For me the best indicator of a trend is simply price action as measured through using moving averages. Moving averages capture trends visually for the trader, going higher or lower based on the price itself. No only does the power of moving averages lie in their power to measure price trends but they are followed
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The only place luck has in trading is that you will hopefully be on the right side of unexpected moves due to surprises. In trading you should trade in such a way that good luck will benefit you and bad luck will not destroy you. In my trading luck has
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The Power of the 1% Bet One of the most powerful principles that makes me a successful trader is not stock picking, a specific indicator, or a trading holy grail. What allows me to win and stay in the game is that my top priority is to only risk 1% of
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With real money on the line, a new trader will discover that live trading is not the same as books or simulated trading. One of the top three things that will determine the success of a trader is the trader’s psychology. The weakest part of any trading plan is the trader himself. Stress can knock a
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The debate rages about whether facebook is hype or the big winning stock of this decade. Whether it is a whole new form of communication that is changing the world or just a fad. The debate rages whether its earnings and revenue growth can appease Wall Street or if they have even begun
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In the markets there are many different types of traders and many motivations that drive them. Everyone has heard of different types of traders based on their trading method: Swing Traders, Day Traders, Momentum Traders, etc. But what about different types of traders based on their psychology, their very purpose?
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The trader that changes survives. Stubborn traders do not make it very long in the markets. The first time they are wrong in a big trade and refuse to cut their losses they are ruined. A perma-bull in a bear market loses money as does a perma-bear in a bull market. The market is the
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If I was a trading doctor, I would look for these 10 symptom in a trader before I diagnosed them as being greedy. Greedy trading can result in blindness to danger, dizziness for profits, and a loss of trading capital. Look for these ten warning signs : Greed causes the trader to only look at
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Linda Bradford Raschke – 50 Time Tested Classic Stock Trading Rules by Olivier on December 20, 2009 Last posted in Tischendorf Letter Shout-out to LeRoy Gardner. He posted these rules a while back on his blog. Ms. Raschke was recognized in Jack Schwager’s critically acclaimed book, The New Market Wizards. She produces six
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With the wild action in the market it is more important than ever for us not do stupid things in our trading. While the market is trying to digest what a socialist president means for France and a Greek political fracture means for Greece’s future in the European Union we need to tread carefully. The
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There are times in the markets where risk management is far more important than profits, keeping the capital you have safe more important than growing it. I believe this is one of those times with volatility growing, uncertainty increasing, and many types of traders seeing profits evaporate and losses mount quickly. This is a great
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Why does a junk stock rebound when you think it is going to zero? Why does a monster stock that you think will run another 100 points based on fundamental valuations suddenly fall 20%? Why do stocks that have blow out earnings then fall 5%? What is going on? What causes trends to go farther
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After 200+ trading books and 13 years of trading that has accumulated some nice 6 figure profits I have many things that I have decided on in my trading. I am a discretionary rule based trend follower. I have found that I have a knack for seeing the big picture
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Trading is really not as much of a numbers game as it is a mind game. Winning or losing in the long term will come down to whether you quit or keep going on your trading journey. Trading is not for everyone, there is no easy money in the markets. You will fight for
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