Followed my trading plan today but closing the day with a loss. Loss management is a big part of trading. Live to fight another day — traderstewie (@traderstewie) November 3, 2016 Even though indices have pulled back in the last 2 weeks, they aren't fully portraying the brutal carnage I'm seeing in individual stocks — […]
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We talk a lot about the importance of trading plans, but it has occurred to me that plans may be where many of us are coming up short. Merriam Webster defines a plan as a set of actions that have been thought of as a way to do or achieve something, or something that a
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Here are principles from Dana Glante from the Stock Market Wizards book by Jack Schwager on how she made double digit returns year after year from her short only trading strategies even in bull markets. Steve Watson in the same book contributed the last one. 10 RED FLAGS: High receivables (large outstanding billings for goods
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Here are five market participants that are arguably the greatest traders and investors of all time when you look at the size of their wins, how famous they are, the duration of consistent returns, and the magnitude and brilliance of their greatest trades. George Soros gained international notoriety when, in September of 1992, he risked
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps which was originally posted at Lessons From a Trading Great: Michael Marcus. Michael Marcus turned $30,000 into $80 million over a 20 year period — not too shabby. He was profiled in Schwager’s original classic Market Wizards, giving one of the more impressive interviews in a book
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All time highs continue to be resistance. Upward momentum continues to be faded in this market. This is not an uptrend or a downtrend, the market is simply going sideways in a range. The market has a very narrow trading range currently only very quick trades are profitable. Trend traders are not making money in
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Lessons from Betting on a Biased Coin Larry Williams on Why Pure Chart Analysis is Deceptive SPIVA U.S. Scorecard does not look good for active money management 10 Things That Don’t Work Trading Stocks
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Q3 GDP 2.9% vs expected 2.6%. They’ll revise this number 5 times, try not to celebrate or make up a new dance over it. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) October 28, 2016 Reality Check: $AAPL earns a $100 million profit EVERY DAY. You wish you had those “problems”. https://t.co/5LHLQtVgT0 — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) October
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This is a Guest Post by Alex @MacroOps this post originally appeared here: Lies, Untruths, and False Trends: George Soros On What Really Moves Markets It is used with permission. George Soros was quoted in a speech he gave to the Committee for Monetary Research and Education back in the early 90’s as follows: Economic
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This is a Guest Post by Dante Vincent you can find him on Twitter @DGTrading101. His website is dgtrading101.blogspot.com. Transparency & Accountability in Trading This post originally posted here on 10/20/16 and republished here with permission. I got whacked today, nothing catastrophic, but took a nice 9K loss after breaking some rules. It inspired me to briefly
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Cindicator is a new app which is quantifying the wisdom of its voters to forecast the probabilities of future price moves in stocks and markets after economic news like earnings and job reports. While financial analysts will many times align their price targets, forecasts, and opinions to their own bank employers interests Cindicator is a new platform that uses the wisdom
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We are currently in a range bound market. Long term resistance remains at all time highs. $210 is a key price support level as it was resistance at the beginning of the year. The 100 day EMA has provided a key support level since September. $SPY has closed under the 10 day EMA 8 of
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Transparency & Accountability in Trading Trading is gambling. But so is going to a 9-5 or marrying your spouse Lessons From a Trading Great: Michael Marcus S&P 500 Technical Update: Are You Confused Yet? Are You Operating in Peak Performance Mode?
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Markets are very difficult for the swing trader here with many breakout failures which suggest cash unless very skilled as some in my room — Dan Zanger (@DanZanger) October 20, 2016 The hallmark of a great trader by @markminervini pic.twitter.com/fiBhDSBjOA — Trading Proverbs (@tradingproverbs) October 20, 2016 "How many millionaires do you know who have
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In most professions working more is what makes you more money. If you are paid for your time the more you work the more money you make. This does not transfer into trading. Over trading can be expensive in trading losses, losing in the bid/ask spread, and commission cost. The best trades come when you are
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Ten Golden Trading Rules That Can Help New Traders Never add too a losing trade. In adding to a losing trade you are already wrong but now become more wrong with a bigger trading size. Adding to losers makes you a counter trend trader that will eventually end badly when you find yourself on the
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While trading quotes can be taken out of context, and it is crucial to have a full understanding of what the trader meant at the time, they can also give traders important insights. I asked some of my followers for their favorite trading quotes. There were a lot of great suggestions, but here are the
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Through mid-September the $SPY average true range of prices have stayed steady. However the range has stayed so tight it is difficult for trend traders, swing traders, and even day traders to catch much of move in any direction. Buy and hold investors are up 7.74% year to date but had to sit through a
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How to avoid getting chopped up in the noise Trailing Stops vs Time Interval Stops. Yes ETFreplay has stops built into its architecture. Do 80% of Options Expire Worthless? TECHNICAL ANALYSIS…IN THE CROSSHAIRS: BUYING THE DIP VS BUYING THE BREAKOUT The Waitress Who Turned $20K into $1M in the Stock Market
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