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The Secret Sauce of Trading Success

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 16, 2012

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... Read more

Managing Trader Stress

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 15, 2012

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... Read more

Top Ten Reasons Facebook Could be A Monster Stock

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 14, 2012

10 Types of Stock Traders Based on Their Psychology. Which Are You?

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 13, 2012

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, Momen... Read more

Top Ten Things Traders Must Change to Survive

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 12, 2012

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 m... Read more

Top Ten Side Effects of Greedy Trading

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 11, 2012

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... Read more

50 Trading Rules from a Real Market Wizard

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 10, 2012

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 recog... Read more

Top Ten Ways for a New Trader to Lose Money

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 09, 2012

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... Read more

The Many Faces of RISK

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 08, 2012

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... Read more

Why are there Market Turning Points?

Posted By: Steve Burnson: May 07, 2012

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... Read more

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