“If you can’t measure it, you probably can’t manage it… Things you measure tend to improve.” – Ed Seykota Keeping a trading journal is like writing your own trading book about yourself. Writing a trading journal forces you to put your feelings, thoughts, mistakes, risk management parameters, and ego problems on paper. Writing helps […]
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This is a Guest Post by Dan Fitzpatrick of StockMarketMentor.com and OptionMarketMentor.com. I have a question for all SMM/OMM members: Are you taking control of your own trading development, or are you looking for the magic bullet, the Holy Grail, the secret sauce, the sure thing? Are you actually putting yourself on a path to
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If we want a perfect entry, we will never trade. If we want a perfect company, we will never invest. If we want a perfect person, we will never marry. If we want a perfect job, we will never be employed. Perfection is not the goal, success is. A big stumbling block for new traders
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In the past 25+ years of being active in the financial markets I have been a big reader. As many people will sit and watch television, play video games or be on the internet for hours I have done the same thing with books. I love learning new things and gaining life changing information to
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This is a Guest Post by Niclas Hummel, creator of the Risk Simulator and a trader living in Bangkok. “Trading is managing risk and being a trader is being a risk manager.” This simple statement implies two realities: There is always risk The only thing you can do is manage it So what can you do to be a
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This is a Guest Post by Jake @TrendSpider. In this weekend’s analysis, we take a look at the broad market ETF daily Raindrop Charts (TM) and weekly hollow candles into the last few days of July. To learn more about Raindrop charts and the platform in general, make sure to check out all of our User
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This is a Guest Post by Troy Bombardia of BullMarkets.co. Market outlook: Stocks’ next few months will be unlike the past few months It’s been 7 months since the stock market’s December 2018 bottom, and the S&P has rallied 28% since then. The rally is slowing down, and it is unreasonable to expect the next 7 months to
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This is a Video Guest Post by @AKFallable: In this video, we talk about the Tony Robbins conference our options trader Tyler went to. Tony Robbins is the master when it comes to trading and investing psychology. Watch More Of Our Videos: Check Out Our Analysis & Breakdowns of Billions Episodes Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0xXN3XH0zo&list=PLZWbVSavQFXTEwTLFrq4hwGiKJmcWHIQ3&index=1 Learn To
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This is a Guest Post by Dr. Arnout ter Schure on Twitter @intell_invest. What is the VIX/VXV ratio telling us about the state of the stock markets? The VIX:VXV ratio has been dropping from almost 1.05 in June to today’s low reading of 0.83. What does this ratio mean and why should we care? To answer the
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What is a price action trading strategy? When you abandon your own opinions and predictions and take a look at what the price action is telling you on the chart is when you go from guessing about the future to trading the present price action. Investors look at balance sheets to buy and sell based
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