If you want to win in trading you must have an edge. What is your edge? Trading Method Edge: You first have to have a method with a positive expectancy. This is not necessarily just a winning percentage. You simple want to win more money when you are right than you lose when you are […]
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You better be managing risks on days like today, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average rockets up almost 500 points due to announcements from central banks. Shorts were punished once again, not by the normal market functions of supply and demand or emerging trends, but government interference. Such is life in the markets and trading.
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How are you feeling? Were your palms sweating as you placed that last trade? Was your heart pounding the whole time you had the big trade on? Are you trading for excitement or to make money? The hardest part of trading is not math, it is not even developing a good methodology and system. Risk
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Eighty-five years ago, on Thursday, November 28, 1940, Jesse Lauriston Livermore entered the Sherry Netherland Hotel, where he took a seat near the bar and enjoyed a couple of old-fashioneds. After an hour, Jesse Livermore got up and went into the cloakroom, seated himself on a stool, and then shot himself in the head with
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Oh my! Europe may implode! The euro may become worthless! Many European countries could go bankrupt! Do I go long? Is this support? Do I short based on fundamentals, surely the market will be going lower, right? Do I scoop up hot stocks at a bargain? What should I do? Follow your system, methodology, and
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Have you ever heard of the legendary Turtle traders? Legendary millionaire trader Richard Dennis set off to find out if traders were just born to trade or if they could be trained to be successful in the markets from scratch. The answer? If they could follow rules they could be successful. Founder of the ‘Turtle
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