The wrong trading psychology is one of the biggest things that cause people to fail in trading the financial markets. No trading system will work, no matter how good, if a trader can’t follow it with discipline and focus over a long period of time. It is emotions and ego that usually cause a trader …
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A plan quantifies intentions or decisions about what you are going to do ahead of time. It is a map or decision tree that acts as a guide as things play out. A strategy is the science and art of employing plans or stratagems toward a goal. A strategy is an integrative set of choices …
A trading plan is used to express the actions you will take to express your trading system in the market through entries, exits, and position sizing. A trading plan sets the parameters for executing your signals with real capital in the markets based on predetermined signals. A trading plan is created when the market is …
This is a guest post by Sami Abusaad of @T3Live When the market turns unstable, what do you do? Panic sell? Seize the moment and start gambling? If you want to wade through the treacherous waters of a volatile market and come out with your P&L — and your dignity — intact, you need …
This is a Guest Post by Ivan @Retail_Trading Social media is a dangerous place for anyone new and in search of good trading mentors. I have seen this time and time again. People come in, join Facebook groups, follow people on Instagram and then those GURUS start posting charts with arrows and trend lines just …
This is a guest post by George Boncoraglio shared as a post in my Facebook Trading Group. It is reposted here with permission. I have always told new traders that you should always keep your word. This is a lesson I leaned from the Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation. Most of those people kept their …
This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video we talk about how you can improve your trading by being more like Dutch van der …
“I will be first to admit that charts do NOT forecast price – they show path of least resistance and provide an excellent risk management tool” – Peter L. Brandt Boolean logic reacts off how the pattern plays out. It is just probabilities not predictions. Boolean logic is named after a nineteenth-century mathematician, George Boole. …
This is a Guest Post by AK of Fallible AK has been an analyst at long/short equity investment firms, global macro funds, and corporate economics departments. He co-founded Macro Ops and is the host of Fallible. In this video my partner from Macro Ops, Tyler, will provide an example of one of his trades — shorting the …
Before you can trade you must first have a trading plan. A trading plan is written while the market is closed to tell you what to do when the market is open. A trading plan tells you how to specifically execute your trading system in real time with real money. A trading plan forces discipline …
