Since late December the stock market large cap index has not trended up it has just churned. In 2014 $SPY is up less than 1% year to date. Equities are not being accumulated as an asset class they are being traded in and out of. This years market action has left buy and holders and […]

Why, hello there. pic.twitter.com/Xwe5Inw3AZ — Steve Burns (@SJosephBurns) February 28, 2014 @SJosephBurns the problem with having "Bear" friends is they are unable to buy you dinner on Friday night. #trendfollowing — Peter (@Trendanoid) February 27, 2014 @SJosephBurns the only thing that tells a trader he/she is great is the PnL — LHommeAncien (@Lhommeancien) February 27,

                      Many new traders just get lost in the mountain of trading information out there so here are ten key things to study how to do. The answers to these questions are different for everyone because everyone has to trade their own plan and their

There is so many know it all traders on twitter that present themselves as some type of guru that ‘knows’ what will happen next and argue with anyone that disagrees with them that I just have to say a few things. Here are 10 warning signs that your trading guru may just be a seller

                            I unfollow traders who get stubborn with their positions and opinion of the future price action. Perma-bulls and perma-bears are not good to follow especially for new traders because they can skew their perspective. I unfollow traders that major on minors,

                    Do not look for a job look for a career, the best way to get up enough trading capital to be a serious trader is to create value somewhere else then save that money to trade with. A career or your own business is the

                If something looks irrational —and has been so for a long time —odds are you have a wrong definition of rationality. — Nassim N. Taleb (@nntaleb) February 16, 2014 Soon I am going to start charging per tweet. The monthly subscription model is so overrated. Will release

                Structure your position sizes and stop losses in trades so that if you are wrong you will not lose more than 1% of your trading capital on any one trade. Reducing your risk per trade to 2% of trading capital would be a huge improvement for many

                            “The reason it takes so long to learn to trade successfully is because of all the garbage you you have to sift through.” – Travis James I would highly advise that if a new trader sees a few of these signs

                              They could not handle the losses. Some could not handle losing money at all, others chose to not manage risk and the big losses ruined them financially and they had to stop trading. Or the big losses ruined them mentally

   We had a very bullish ‘V’ shaped bounce at the $174 price level right at the 30 RSI level last week that is bullish. We are in striking distance of the $SPY all time high next week. The odds are that we get there next week. This move off the lows has become parabolic

@SJosephBurns I guess all of the bears are dead now. — FEYE (@30Min_CrossOver) February 14, 2014 @traderstewie buy the ducking fip! — △ (@mnycx) February 14, 2014 I agree completely. Less to focus on = more focus. Better to be master of a few than medicore at many. @SJosephBurns — SystemsTrader95 (@SystemsTrader95) February 14, 2014

                            Some of my best trades were when I came into the morning wanting to go short if key support levels were lost. I really thought I was about to get a big short play but ended up going long as the

                              Someone on social media suddenly demanding to see a personal P&L to prove a trader is real is just silliness. Real world rules apply on social media. If a perfect stranger suddenly walked up to me and demanded to see

                      The 10 Dumbest Things I Used To Do As A Trader I attempted to swing trade the March 2000-2002 melt down that was in a down trend. I went long with in days of the bottom in March of 2009 but was shaken out