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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In trading fear can be good or bad, if you let fear control you it is bad if you control fear it can cause you to have positive behaviors. Here are the proper uses of fear in trading. GOOD FEAR Be afraid of losing more than 1% of your
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